Re: [users] Calc: insert a date string into a cell - not a function, not a format.

2009-05-28 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2009/5/21 Clifton Liles c.li...@sbcglobal.net: OK, I'm wrong.  I thought I saw the problem, but did not.  What we need is a function that puts the results of on 'NOW()' in the cell. I do not know how to do that in Calc.  It just died when I ask for the help for 'current function'.  I 'll

Re: [users] Calc: insert a date string into a cell - not a function, not a format.

2009-05-28 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2009/5/28 Johnny Rosenberg gurus.knu...@gmail.com: 2009/5/21 Clifton Liles c.li...@sbcglobal.net: OK, I'm wrong.  I thought I saw the problem, but did not.  What we need is a function that puts the results of on 'NOW()' in the cell. I do not know how to do that in Calc.  It just died when I

Re: [users] How to get current cell in Basic Macro

2009-05-28 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
object. It's the most helpful tool I used so far with OpenOffice.org BASIC. I think it is installed by default these days, if not you can find it somewhere, use google… Well, I guess you got it by now. Johnny Rosenberg

Re: [users] Signera makron med e-legitimation?

2009-05-25 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
OpenOffice.org (fast jag kör fortfarande engelsk version) men inte samma operativsystem. Johnny Rosenberg Den den 24 maj 2009 21:54 skrev Per perj...@gmail.com: Hejsan Jag har oxå Nordea och testade jag med. samma sak som för dig. Vet inte om det är Nordeas certifikat som krockar

[users] Macro certificate

2009-05-24 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
… Kind regards Johnny Rosenberg - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org

[users] Signera makron med e-legitimation?

2009-05-24 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
insnöat att man bara kan använda amerikanska certifikat eller liknande? Vänliga hälsningar Johnny Rosenberg - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org

[users] Re: Signera makron med e-legitimation?

2009-05-24 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
Sorry, sent this to the wrong list. My apologises. Kind regards Johnny Rosenberg Den den 24 maj 2009 10:01 skrev Johnny Rosenberg gurus.knu...@gmail.com: Upptäckte i makromenyn att man tydligen kan signera sina makron digitalt själv (Tools → Makros → Digital signatures… och nej, jag har inte

Re: [users] Update Problem

2009-05-23 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Features#Features_planned_for_OOo_3.2_.28November_2009.29 2009/5/23 Koray ERŞEN ker...@iyigullu.com.tr: Hi Everyone; I am using OpenOffice.Org 3.1 version, and when I want to check the updates of this version from the menus, help/check for

Re: [users] IsDate

2009-05-21 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
this in other spreadsheets, you can make that function global. I think there are a lot of information out there how to do that, so I won't mention it here unless you (or anyone) ask. Kind regards Johnny Rosenberg - To unsubscribe, e

Re: [users] IsDate

2009-05-21 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
noticed that with my cell function. This simply didn't work. Maybe it's a OpenOffice.org Calc bug, I don't know. Johnny Rosenberg (A little behind the scene code maintains a 'General' number format, while displaying it as a Date.)  I have yet to find any way to detect this as a date

Re: [users] Calc: no overflow

2009-05-18 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
no other solution than all those already mentioned. Except filing a bug report, perhaps? Johnny Rosenberg http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional

Re: [users] OpenOffice 3.1 and Xandros

2009-05-18 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
somewhat sure that you first need to uninstall the currently installed very old (2.0.4, right?) version. Johnny Rosenberg - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h

Re: [users] Re: OpenOffice.org 3.1.0 speed improvements.

2009-05-16 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
happen in like 50-100 years or so, but maybe there could be other spreadsheets out there, growing faster… Well, I know, maybe I should use Base for this, but that doesn't mean that OpenOffice.org doesn't need to be faster. J.R. 2009/5/14 Gordon gbpli...@gmail.com: Johnny Rosenberg wrote: 2009/5/14

Re: [users] Re: OpenOffice.org 3.1.0 speed improvements.

2009-05-14 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2009/5/14 Gordon gbpli...@gmail.com: Johnny Rosenberg wrote: There are a bit more than 2000 rows and what I want you to do is to use the autofilter function. For example I did this: Click the autofilter button in the ”Till” column, which is column I. Select the first thing in the list

Re: [users] OpenOffice.org 3.1.0 speed improvements.

2009-05-11 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2009/5/11 Charles T. Bell cbel...@cfl.rr.com: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 David B Teague wrote: Johnny Rosenberg wrote: I just installed OpenOffice.org 3.1.0 on my Ubuntu 8.10 system. Before I did that I read about what's new and things like that. It was interesting

Re: [users] Re: OpenOffice.org 3.1.0 speed improvements.

2009-05-11 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2009/5/11 NoOp gl...@sbcglobal.net: On 05/11/2009 09:02 AM, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: So, if someone will compare with Excel, what do we think about this? Should a bit more than 2000 rows take this long to filter? Last time I last Excel was Excel '97 on Windows 98 and I remember that I

[users] OpenOffice.org 3.1.0 speed improvements.

2009-05-09 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
I just installed OpenOffice.org 3.1.0 on my Ubuntu 8.10 system. Before I did that I read about what's new and things like that. It was interesting to see that they finally did something about at least some speed issues, so I was looking forward to install it and see if it feels faster. However,

Re: [users] ODT file: I forgot my password!

2009-04-26 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2009/4/26 James Knott james.kn...@rogers.com: Dotan Cohen wrote: You might be waiting a very long time. That sounds reasonable. 72 characters (alphanum+symbols) ^ 10 characters comes out to about 100 million years. Of course, on average, it'll take only half that time.  ;-) Maybe you

Re: [users] ODT file: I forgot my password!

2009-04-26 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2009/4/26 Dotan Cohen dotanco...@gmail.com: Maybe you missed that 100 million years wasn't correct, it's (a little less than) 1 billion years… But yes, half of that in average. 1 billion years is ”worst case”… Of course, that is assuming 125 tries per second. If we can get that up to 150...

Re: [users] Re: ODT file: I forgot my password!

2009-04-26 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2009/4/26 Ed Jones ed_jo...@verizon.net: On or about 4/26/2009 3:28 AM, Johnny Rosenberg typed the following: 2009/4/26 James Knott james.kn...@rogers.com: Dotan Cohen wrote: You might be waiting a very long time. That sounds reasonable. 72 characters (alphanum+symbols) ^ 10 characters

Re: [users] ODT file: I forgot my password!

2009-04-26 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2009/4/26 Dave Post davep...@earthlink.net: On Apr 26, 2009, at 10:36 AM, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: the macro was modified so it could generate 8300 passwords/s on a 3.19 GHz Penthium. snip You could perharps attack the file directly using a C program. I'd want to know first how long

Re: [users] ODT file: I forgot my password!

2009-04-25 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2009/4/25 Dotan Cohen dotanco...@gmail.com: Minimum time track = recreate the document from scratch. From a previous responder Jonathan: QUOTE Source code at http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=23014highlight=password+cracker 125 passwords checked per second. Number of

[users] Strange bug when saving to doc format

2009-04-05 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
Normally I never save to anything but ODF or PDF, but I am doing one thing, just for once, for a guy I know who is an absolute computer idiot so I can hardly ask him to install something, no matter how easy it seems to be. So I need to save as Microsoft Word. The files I am going to do for him

Re: [users] Can't open a 2nd spreadsheet?

2009-03-15 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2009/3/15 Meenie1 meen...@cox.net I have a small business. I have an inventory made in OO spreadsheet. I want to open a second OO spreadsheet to make some calculations for my taxes so I want to be able to refer to the first spreadsheet, but OO won't let me open a second spreadsheet. Why not?

Re: [users] msoffice

2009-03-04 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2009/3/3 sgb215 b sgb...@gmail.com Dear Sirs, In tally9 while exporting any data .xls is mandatory. What is tally9? Why cann't use open office? You probably can… Can Open office be fully alternative for msoffice? Depends on who you are and what you need. For me, for example, MS

Re: [users] Re: Solved

2009-03-04 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2009/3/4 Richard judgesi...@netscape.net Graham Bowden wrote: In the spirit of co operation that will make OOo the strongest software - please enlighten us on the registry changes you made and their effect so that all using this forum may benefit. Many thanks - Original Message -

Re: [users] ver 3 is rubbish.

2009-02-27 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2009/2/27 Adam Tauno Williams awill...@whitemice.org On Fri, 2009-02-27 at 14:36 +0100, M Henri Day wrote: 2009/2/27 Richard judgesi...@netscape.net OOo3 is the worst version ever and like Netscape ver 4 a complete disaster that will loose countless users and loyal supporters I am

[users] Charts customising

2009-02-26 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
Ubuntu 8.10 OpenOffice.org 3.0.0 (not the Ubuntu version) I made a chart, it's that lines kind of thing (sorry for bad English). To the right in the chart there is something that is called ”legent” when I hover the mouse over it. It explains what the different line colour s stands for. My

Re: [users] Charts customising

2009-02-26 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
. The only way to manipulate its size is to change the size of the font. The issue for this missing feature is: http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=28670 Kind regards, Ingrid Johnny Rosenberg wrote: Ubuntu 8.10 OpenOffice.org 3.0.0 (not the Ubuntu version) I made a chart, it's

Re: [users] Charts customising

2009-02-26 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
that suggestion to the bug report if some else did not, I think. J.R. Johnny Rosenberg wrote: Ubuntu 8.10 OpenOffice.org 3.0.0 (not the Ubuntu version) I made a chart, it's that lines kind of thing (sorry for bad English). To the right in the chart there is something that is called ”legent” when I

Re: [users] question about Calc calculating age autmaticalliy

2009-01-24 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2009/1/24 John Mary Linge jomali3...@gmail.com Assuming birthday is in A1, put formula =(TODAY()-A1)/365.25 365.2425 would be slightly more accurate; every year when frac(year/4)=0 is a leap year, EXCEPT when frac(year/100)=0, then it's a leap year only if frac(year/400)=0. So in 400 years

Re: [users] How to use VLOOKUP function

2009-01-15 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2009/1/14 ithelpdesk@shreyas.co.in Dear ALL, When we are using a vlookup fuction in dowloaded file that gives up error 508. for this we can me can use past special for both data but output not come. We know the command = VLOOKUP (SearchCriterion; Array; Index; SortOrder) But

Re: [users] Re: Some issues with Option buttons, OpenOffice.org Calc 3.0.0.

2009-01-02 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2009/1/1 Brian Barker b.m.bar...@btinternet.com On 31/12/2008, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: View | Toolbars | Form controls Design mode on Draw a couple of Option buttons. I tried this with two different versions of OpenOffice.org, with different kinds of failure… Version a: 3.0.0 300m7

Re: [users] I a trying to unsubscribe from here using the unsub email below and still

2009-01-01 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2009/1/1 Rob Clement r...@robbev.com Beth Cornell wrote: I AM TRYING TO UNSUB FROM THIS LIST USING THE EMAIL BELOW AND STILL GETTING EMAILS EVEN AFTER I CONFIRMED. PLEASE HELP. SORRY FOR THE CAPS I AM VISUALLY IMPAIRED.

[users] Re: Some issues with Option buttons, OpenOffice.org Calc 3.0.0.

2009-01-01 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
that, in that case. J.R. 2008/12/31 Johnny Rosenberg gurus.knu...@gmail.com View → Toolbars → Form controls Design mode on Draw a couple of Option buttons. I tried this with two different versions of OpenOffice.org, with different kinds of failure… Version a: 3.0.0 OOO300m7 (Build:9354), OS

[users] Some issues with Option buttons, OpenOffice.org Calc 3.0.0.

2008-12-31 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
a couple of rows with a few option buttons on each row, letting me select ONE option PER ROW? Not only one option per spreadsheet. Thanks Johnny Rosenberg

Re: [users] Re: OpenOffice.org 3.0.0 doesn't let me input formulas the way I want…

2008-12-20 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2008/12/19 NoOp gl...@sbcglobal.net On 12/19/2008 01:17 PM, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: 2008/12/19 NoOp gl...@sbcglobal.net On 12/19/2008 12:39 PM, NoOp wrote: One thing that I find is, if I enter: =SUM($A$1:A1) in the B1 cell it works just fine (I just copied pasted from

Re: [users] Re: OpenOffice.org 3.0.0 doesn't let me input formulas the way I want…

2008-12-20 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2008/12/20 Johnny Rosenberg gurus.knu...@gmail.com 2008/12/19 NoOp gl...@sbcglobal.net On 12/19/2008 01:17 PM, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: 2008/12/19 NoOp gl...@sbcglobal.net On 12/19/2008 12:39 PM, NoOp wrote: One thing that I find is, if I enter: =SUM($A$1:A1

Re: [users] OpenOffice.org 3.0.0 doesn't let me input formulas the way I want…

2008-12-19 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2008/12/19 Jean-Baptiste Faure jbf.fa...@laposte.net Le 17.12.2008 17:53, Johnny Rosenberg a écrit : *What happens?* This worked in 2.4.1: Write this in a cell, for example in B1: =SUM($A$1:A1) Hit ↵ (Enter) Go back to the cell and look at its formula. OpenOffice.org has changed

Re: [users] Re: OpenOffice.org 3.0.0 doesn't let me input formulas the way I want…

2008-12-19 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2008/12/19 NoOp gl...@sbcglobal.net On 12/19/2008 12:39 PM, NoOp wrote: One thing that I find is, if I enter: =SUM($A$1:A1) in the B1 cell it works just fine (I just copied pasted from your post). However, if I enter the same in the input bar, the data in the cell becomes text:

[users] OpenOffice.org 3.0.0 doesn't let me input formulas the way I want…

2008-12-17 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
? If no one can tell me, I guess I'll send a bug report, if there isn't one already. Johnny Rosenberg

Re: [users] Uninstalling

2008-12-14 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
Yet another troll. Getting so tired of this! 2008/12/13 Jane Krychiw stchr3...@comcast.net How do I uninstall? I don't want this program taking up all this space in my My Documents folder Jane in NJ Windows XP I just rented a sewing video at: a

[users] Regular expressions

2008-12-07 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
I have tried almost everything, but I just can't get this particular search to find anything (I know it's there to find, because I can find it manually…). The search string I want to find looks like this, kind of: The text /configItem, sometimes followed by a space but not necessary. Then a

Re: [users] Regular expressions

2008-12-07 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2008/12/7 Harold Fuchs [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 07/12/2008 11:16, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: I have tried almost everything, but I just can't get this particular search to find anything (I know it's there to find, because I can find it manually…). The search string I want to find looks like

Re: [users] tech support

2008-12-06 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
that… But they should at least know it's possible to have both MS Office and OpenOffice.org installed and run at the same time. Johnny Rosenberg

Re: [users] Sheets in Calc

2008-11-27 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2008/11/25 Dotan Cohen [EMAIL PROTECTED] It seems to me that the Sheets Selector in Calc is too small and difficult to read. Before I file an issue, I would like to ask other OOo Calc users their opinions on the subject. In my opinion the Sheets Selector should be larger and more prominent,

[users] Suggestion for new line chart feature

2008-11-15 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
I just want to check with you guys before filing this suggestion for additional feature. I created a chart a while ago from a spreadsheet. I add data to the spreadsheet almost every day so eventually there will be thousands of rows to process. I have date on the X axis and SEK (Swedish currency,

[users] Re: Suggestion for new line chart feature

2008-11-15 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2008/11/15 Johnny Rosenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] I just want to check with you guys before filing this suggestion for additional feature. I created a chart a while ago from a spreadsheet. I add data to the spreadsheet almost every day so eventually there will be thousands of rows to process. I

Re: [users] Re: Please reconsider.

2008-10-28 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2008/10/28 Guy Voets [EMAIL PROTECTED] Am I the only one who has a separate email account for mail lists only? I find it very convenient, especially since it's a web mail account. I never erase anything (except emails containing passwords etc, but that almost never happens on this

Re: [users] Re: PDF Import for Linux OOo v3.

2008-10-27 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2008/10/27 norseman [EMAIL PROTECTED] James Knott wrote: Javier Rivera wrote: James Knott escribió: In my example, it can be manually installed in a 64 bit system, where it works, but it won't install on 32 bit. Does this problem occur on all distros or only OpenSUSE? I'm using the

Re: [users] Re: Please reconsider.

2008-10-27 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2008/10/27 Larry Gusaas [EMAIL PROTECTED] Nancy Russell wrote: I Have asked to be unsubscribed at the unsubscribe link but am still getting email. Am wondering how long it takes to get off the list. It has been three days already. Guyess I will try again. You have to reply to a

[users] Bug? Invalid name of tab…

2008-10-26 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
Create a new tab an the OpenOffice.org Basic window. Change its name to something that's not allowed, such as My tab (spaces are not allowed, as it seems). Now a pop-up window shows up, saying Invalid name. Click OK, and it pops up again. Click the ☒ in the upper right corner and it pops up

Re: [users] Re: OpenOffice.org 3.0.0 - PDF import extension

2008-10-21 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2008/10/20 NoOp [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 10/20/2008 08:18 AM, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: 2008/10/19 Steven P. Ulrick [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sat, 18 Oct 2008 17:40:28 +0200 Johnny Rosenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Installed the new 3.0.0 a couple of minutes ago and I finally could try

Re: [users] Re: OpenOffice.org 3.0.0 - PDF import extension

2008-10-21 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2008/10/21 NoOp [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 10/21/2008 08:50 AM, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: 2008/10/20 NoOp [EMAIL PROTECTED] [snip] Nor do I think you will be able to with the extension; I don't think it's meant for that. So is there something out there, that IS meant for that? I guess

Re: [users] Re: OpenOffice.org 3.0.0 - PDF import extension

2008-10-21 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2008/10/22 Harold Fuchs [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 21/10/2008 21:03, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: 2008/10/21 NoOp [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 10/21/2008 08:50 AM, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: 2008/10/20 NoOp [EMAIL PROTECTED] [snip] Nor do I think you will be able to with the extension; I don't think

Re: [users] OpenOffice.org 3.0.0 - PDF import extension

2008-10-20 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2008/10/19 Steven P. Ulrick [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sat, 18 Oct 2008 17:40:28 +0200 Johnny Rosenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Installed the new 3.0.0 a couple of minutes ago and I finally could try the PDF import extension, that needs OpenOffice.org 3. It's great now being able to import

[users] OpenOffice.org 3.0.0 - PDF import extension

2008-10-18 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
Installed the new 3.0.0 a couple of minutes ago and I finally could try the PDF import extension, that needs OpenOffice.org 3. It's great now being able to import PDF files, but unfortunately my test file didn't look very good, so it's pretty useless for me, at least at the moment. Take a look

Re: [users] Math formulas

2008-10-11 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2008/10/11 Bashar Maree [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi, I remember the old versions of OOo used to have a math formula editor though I've never really used it. I'm using Ubuntu 8.04 and the InsertObjectFormula option in OOo is greyed out. Is there another way to access it if that editor is still

Re: [users] Common font for Linux and MS-windows

2008-10-05 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2008/10/4 H. S. Rai [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is there some way to prepare documents and presentations which look same across various platforms? I suggested my students to use OpenOffice on Linux in order to avoid proprietary fonts. But when we open files on MSwindows, they show disturbed layout.

Re: [users] openoffice.org

2008-10-04 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2008/10/3 Guy Voets [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2008/9/28 Chuck Evans [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please delete/unsubscribe the email address [EMAIL PROTECTED] all Google lists. This is NOT my email address and is an address used to harass my business. I would like to know where this email originates so

Re: [users] Re: compile error

2008-10-03 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2008/9/29 Chuck Evans [EMAIL PROTECTED] Delete [EMAIL PROTECTED] from your list. Send an empty message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] from the account you want to be removed. You will get a confirmation reply which tells you how to confirm that you want to be removed. Simple as that… J.R. -

Re: [users] Re: compile error

2008-09-28 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2008/9/28 Russell Butler [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: my computer os is ubuntu 8.04,when i compile the openoffice 3.0,occured the follow errors, please give me a help. Hello Unless you _really_ want to compile the program, there is a .deb version of the binary

Re: [users] Problems with UNICODE characters

2008-09-28 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
an X11 problem. I don't know how X11 works with MacOS X, but now we don't need to. :D J.R. On Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 11:23 AM, Johnny Rosenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Nice that yousolved your problem in some kind of way, at least. 2008/9/27 K W [EMAIL PROTECTED] Good morning

Re: [users] Problems with UNICODE characters

2008-09-27 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
, K.W. On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 8:49 PM, Johnny Rosenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2008/9/25 K W [EMAIL PROTECTED] Good evening, I am using the German version of OpenOffice.org Writer on a Mac G4 under OS X 10.5. While normal functions work fine - a great thanks to all who

Re: [users] Problems with UNICODE characters

2008-09-25 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2008/9/25 K W [EMAIL PROTECTED] Good evening, I am using the German version of OpenOffice.org Writer on a Mac G4 under OS X 10.5. While normal functions work fine - a great thanks to all who developed Open Office! - I have a specific problem when dealing with Unicode characters not normally

Re: [users] Re: Installing RC - where is it?

2008-09-24 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2008/9/23 M Henri Day [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2008/9/23 Johnny Rosenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2008/9/23 Johnny Rosenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2008/9/22 NoOp [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 09/22/2008 11:55 AM, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: Thanks, that helped some, but not completely

Re: [users] Re: Installing RC - where is it?

2008-09-24 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2008/9/23 NoOp [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 09/23/2008 07:58 AM, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: I did it now. Same result as before. Can I do something to get more detailed error messages? J.R. Can you try from the terminal? cd /opt/openoffice.org3/program ./soffice Yes, of course I can do

Re: [users] Re: Installing RC - where is it?

2008-09-24 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2008/9/24 Johnny Rosenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2008/9/23 NoOp [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 09/23/2008 07:58 AM, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: I did it now. Same result as before. Can I do something to get more detailed error messages? J.R. Can you try from the terminal? cd /opt

Re: [users] Re: Installing RC - where is it?

2008-09-23 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2008/9/22 NoOp [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 09/22/2008 11:55 AM, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: Thanks, that helped some, but not completely: The command opens a window where I can select what I want to do. When I select anything except Writer and Calc it works fine. If I select Wrtier or Calc, I

Re: [users] Re: Installing RC - where is it?

2008-09-23 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2008/9/23 Johnny Rosenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2008/9/22 NoOp [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 09/22/2008 11:55 AM, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: Thanks, that helped some, but not completely: The command opens a window where I can select what I want to do. When I select anything except Writer and Calc

Re: [users] Re: Installing RC - where is it?

2008-09-22 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2008/9/21 NoOp [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 09/20/2008 10:27 AM, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: 2008/9/20 Johnny Rosenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] [snip] No, I only got another location, which only lead me to the 2.4.1 once again. However, I finally found it, thanks to you. /opt/openoffice.org3.program

[users] Installing RC - where is it?

2008-09-20 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
Distro=Ubuntu 8.04 OpenOffice.org, latest RC (downloaded today from the Openoffice.org site). I unpacked, opened a virtual terminal, went to the directory with all the debs, then did sudo dpkg -i *deb It installed fine. I wanted to intall it alongside the 2.4.1 version, and when I click the

Re: [users] Installing RC - where is it?

2008-09-20 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2008/9/20 M Henri Day [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2008/9/20 Johnny Rosenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] Distro=Ubuntu 8.04 OpenOffice.org, latest RC (downloaded today from the Openoffice.org site). I unpacked, opened a virtual terminal, went to the directory with all the debs, then did sudo dpkg -i

Re: [users] Installing RC - where is it?

2008-09-20 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2008/9/20 Johnny Rosenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2008/9/20 M Henri Day [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2008/9/20 Johnny Rosenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] Distro=Ubuntu 8.04 OpenOffice.org, latest RC (downloaded today from the Openoffice.org site). I unpacked, opened a virtual terminal, went to the directory

Re: [users] Impossible to save spreadsheets with a password. Obstacle to confidentiality.

2008-09-13 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2008/9/13 Marc BOOSZ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello, With the 2.4.1 version of Open Office, it is not possible to save spreadsheets with a password; This is an important disadvantage of Open Office in comparison to Microsoft Excel. I hope that version 3.0 of Open Office will correct this problem

Re: [users] xml editors

2008-09-12 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2008/9/11 emf [EMAIL PROTECTED] Which xml editors are recommended by people over here? -emf -- It ain't THAT, babe! - A radical reinterpretation http://www.geocities.com/itaintme_babe/itaintme.html I am not sure if I am one of the people over here, but I use Emacs. I am not sure I can

Re: [users] Virgin user

2008-09-08 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2008/9/5 Francois du Toit [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi there, I am about to download the Openoffice software, and was wondering if it will automatically remove my existing software, MS office suite XP (I think!) It's an office suite, not a gangster virus… J.R. After I have downloaded Open

Re: [users] Getting started with openoffice

2008-09-05 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2008/9/3 Pam Moore [EMAIL PROTECTED] I just downloaded openoffice and had a few questions to help get me started. (1) If I don't want to register, how can I still use the program? (2) I need to email a client a spreadsheet that was done in Microsoft Works. He is unable to open it and can only

Re: [users] Problem mit Galery

2008-09-05 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2008/9/3 Angelika Klehn [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hallo, liebe OO-Experten, ich benutze Open Office 2.3.1 mit Windows Vista Home Premium. Nun wollte ich aus der Galery Grafiken laden und stelle fest, dass die bei mir nicht vorhanden sind. Hat jemand eine Idee woran das liegen könnte? Mit

Re: [users] Re: Problems with Open Office

2008-09-03 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2008/9/3 TomW [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jim Allan wrote: Erling Larsen wrote: I have to disagree. No matter if you are experienced or novice, the question of desktopicons is about personally preferences, I build my first pc in -86 or -87 and see my self as an experienced user. I want icons for

Re: [users] Re: Hello

2008-09-03 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2008/9/2 Jim Allan [EMAIL PROTECTED] m.a. martin wrote: Great idea. Try blocking the users@openoffice.org and you'll still get a shitload of mail. I did all caps because this is a losing battle and you aren't going to get out of this one alive. I wanted to get your attention. The only

Re: [users] OO.Draw ... why A4?

2008-09-02 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2008/9/2 Adrian Try [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Johnny On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 1:13 AM, Johnny Rosenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Have you tried to save in svg format? That certainly never worked for me. If it did, I would use it a lot. I always end up having to save my work in png format

Re: [users] Re: Problems with Open Office

2008-09-02 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2008/9/2 mike scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 1 Sep 2008 at 21:21, Twayne wrote: ... This isn't new, for whatever reason; it's been around just like this for a long time. I don't know if they took it out or not, but the BETA of version 3.0 I tested did create an icon at least for the desktop

Re: [users] Hello

2008-09-02 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2008/9/2 m.a. martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] TRUST ME. YOU DON'T WANT TO USE THIS PROGRAM. ENJOY THE CRAP LOAD OF USELESS SPAM YOU'RE GOING TO RECEIVE BECAUSE YOU CAN'T UNSUBSCRIBE TO IT. THESE BASTARDS DON'T ALLOW YOU TO UNSUBSCRIBE. THE PROGRAM IS AS CLEAR AS MUD. I SUGGEST YOU FIND ANOTHER

Re: [users] Openoffice.org vs Word2002

2008-09-02 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2008/8/28 François GENETIER [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bonjour, 1. Peut-on télécharger OpenOffice.org tout en conservant Word/Excel/... afin de faire des essais ? 2. Quelle sont les extensions des fichiers créés par Writer ? 3. Le traitement de texte Writer permet-il de lire un fichier Word2002 et

Re: [users] Problems with Open Office

2008-09-01 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2008/9/1 James Knott [EMAIL PROTECTED] Marcus Parker wrote: Hello, I'm in need of help with Open Office. I just downloaded Open Office and I'm having trouble getting into a Word Document. Once I open the icon for Open Office, I get so many places/icons to look that I'm totally lost! Is

Re: [users] OO.Draw ... why A4?

2008-09-01 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2008/8/30 Adrian Try [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Cyorxamp On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 10:33 PM, Steven Maddox (Cyorxamp) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm told OO.Draw isn't meant to be Publisher and is more meant to be Visio. In other words diagrams, flow charts, etc... but not Desktop Publishing

Re: [users] Problems with Open Office

2008-09-01 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2008/9/1 mike scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 1 Sep 2008 at 16:49, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: 2008/9/1 James Knott [EMAIL PROTECTED] Marcus Parker wrote: Hello, I'm in need of help with Open Office. I just downloaded Open Office and I'm having trouble getting into a Word Document

Re: [users] Calc question - Names.?

2008-08-29 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2008/8/29 Richard Travers [EMAIL PROTECTED] In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], m.a. martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] shouted: I WISH SOMEONE WOULD TELL ME HOW TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM ALL THIS SHIT! [snip] - To unsubscribe, e-mail:

Re: [users] Re: scim input

2008-08-27 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2008/8/27 Lisi Reisz [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Saturday 05 July 2008 13:06:39 M Henri Day wrote: 2008/7/5 Lisi Reisz [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Saturday 05 July 2008 05:18:25 H.S. wrote: In scim, to toggle between two inputs one just has to do CTRL+SPACE combination (other combination can be

Re: [users] Calc question - Names.?

2008-08-26 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2008/8/26 James Elliott - WA Rural Computers [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have named ranges of cells in a bookkeeping spreadsheet: Date; Transaction; Debit; Credit; Balance ... etc Trouble is ... that I have selected the whole column, in each case, eg from cell A1 in the Date column to cell A65536.

Re: [users] Calc question - Names.?

2008-08-26 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2008/8/26 Brian Barker [EMAIL PROTECTED] At 21:33 26/08/2008 +0800, James Elliott - WA Rural Computers wrote: I know how to Insert a Name, but I don't know how to go back and edit the ranges I have previously specified. o Go to Insert | Names | Define... . o Click on the name in the

Re: [users] adding fonts

2008-08-21 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2008/8/21 Michael Adams [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:11:01 +1000 Chris Paterson increased personal carbon footprint by exciting electrons the world over with these memorable words: Hi there, Just wondering how do I add more fonts to Writer? I want to use them with a Singer

Re: [users] adding fonts

2008-08-21 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2008/8/21 Chris Paterson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi there, Just wondering how do I add more fonts to Writer? I want to use them with a Singer sewing machine program for embroidery and I can't find where the extra fonts are. All fonts are usually administered by Windows. They reside in the

Re: [users] [moderated]

2008-08-20 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2008/8/18 Cole Lester [EMAIL PROTECTED] 8 18 08 OO.o: I use OO.o only for its text functions. How can I eliminate the other functions which consume an unnecessary and large portion of my HD? Thanks, C. Lester You could uninstall it and install AbiWord instead. It's

Re: [users] macros help

2008-08-15 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2008/8/15 David Cummings [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi I have a little Excel program that works on several macros and I want to add some more to it. However, I cannot get it to work in Open Office Calc. I have been working with this for several years on and off and my brother and I finally

Re: [users] How to insert a math formula into a text frame?

2008-08-12 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2008/8/12 Louis-H Desouvrey [EMAIL PROTECTED] mike scott wrote: On 10 Aug 2008 at 21:13, Louis-H Desouvrey wrote: ... Let's me clarify. When I am in OOo Writer, I can't insert a formula into a text box (created by clicking the T button in the Draw toolbar...). As you put it, the option

Re: [users] How to insert a math formula into a text frame?

2008-08-11 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
I personally feel that the formula object is not very flexible. In writer I can't even group it to a text box and I found that there is a lot of other things that seems to be impossible too. Maybe we should collect all the things we want and make a wish list to report as a wish for enhancements.

Re: [users] How to insert a math formula into a text frame?

2008-08-11 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2008/8/11 Michael Adams [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:02:11 +0200 Johnny Rosenberg wrote: I personally feel that the formula object is not very flexible. In writer I can't even group it to a text box and I found that there is a lot of other things that seems to be impossible

Re: [users] How to insert a math formula into a text frame?

2008-08-10 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
Doesn't work for me either: OpenOffice.org 2.4.1 Ubuntu 8.04 The Insert → Object is grayed out. I have tried with rectangle and text box. Same result in both cases. J.R.

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