[users] Re: calculating fields with a macro in a database

2009-12-13 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Andreas Saeger wrote: Jonathan Kaye wrote: Andreas Saeger wrote: menu:InsertQuery (SQL)... SELECT *, UPPER(Name) AS NAME FROM Your Table SELECT *, Charis(ENTRY Sorting) AS Beaut FROM Table1 SQL is not a programming language. It is more like a command line environment

[users] Re: Re: calculating fields with a macro in a database

2009-12-12 Thread Jonathan Kaye
data, you might investigate more thoroughly how you might solve your problem using SQL. John On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 8:00 AM, Jonathan Kaye jdkay...@gmail.com wrote: jomali wrote: On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 4:49 AM, Jonathan Kaye jdkay...@gmail.com wrote: This is a simple question

[users] Re: calculating fields with a macro in a database

2009-12-12 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Andreas Saeger wrote: menu:InsertQuery (SQL)... SELECT *, UPPER(Name) AS NAME FROM Your Table Selects all the fields from a table named Your Table plus a calculated field labeled NAME having the upper cased value of a text field named Name. Just replace the quoted object names with you

[users] Re: calculating fields with a macro in a database

2009-12-11 Thread Jonathan Kaye
jomali wrote: On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 4:49 AM, Jonathan Kaye jdkay...@gmail.com wrote: This is a simple question but hours of searching various documents hasn't turned up an answer yet. In a spreadsheet I can assign a function whose argument is a cell to perform an operation

[users] calculating fields with a macro in a database

2009-12-09 Thread Jonathan Kaye
This is a simple question but hours of searching various documents hasn't turned up an answer yet. In a spreadsheet I can assign a function whose argument is a cell to perform an operation that is displayed in the cell containing the function call. Thus, if cell B1 has the formula =upper(A1)

[users] [Solved] expanding one record into many in calc

2009-09-08 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Harold Fuchs wrote: Not using a Calc macro. If it were me I'd export the sheet as a CSV file, write a Perl script to generate a new [correctly formatted] CSV file and import that into a new sheet. I doubt a suitable Perl script would be more than about 10 lines of *un*obfuscated code.

[users] expanding one record into many in calc

2009-09-07 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Hi all, Here's the problem. I have a spreadsheet organised as Follows A B C D ... 1 Tom, Dick, Harry | z123| blah blah | mxyz ... The vertical bar | represents the cell boundary. Note in column A the names are separated by commas. What I need to do is split off

[users] Re: expanding one record into many in calc

2009-09-07 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Harold Fuchs wrote: Not using a Calc macro. If it were me I'd export the sheet as a CSV file, write a Perl script to generate a new [correctly formatted] CSV file and import that into a new sheet. I doubt a suitable Perl script would be more than about 10 lines of *un*obfuscated code. Hi

[users] Re: how to install OOo DEB on Ubuntu system?

2009-09-03 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Web Kracked wrote: How do I install the 3.1.1 DEB version of OOo on my Ubuntu system? I get all these DEB files but how do I install them? Seems that every one had dependancy problems. There should be one file to install and all of the rest will be installed as well. I am a very new

[users] Page style for a dictionary

2009-08-30 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Hi all, This may be a tricky one. I am helping to produce a dictionary and things are nearing completion thanks to the outstanding support from this group. I've got an .odt file laid out exactly as it should be. Entries are in paragraph form using the hanging indent style. The only hard line

[users] Mail Merge Bug: confirmation?

2009-08-21 Thread Jonathan Kaye
I believe I have found a bug in openoffice's mail merge routine (OOo version 3.1.0 - running on Debian/testing). If someone can replicate the problem then I'll file a bug report. Here's the bug. Mail Merge losses formatting information applying to individual fields (fonts, italics, etc.) if the

[users] Re: Re: Deleting 2+ spaces throughout a document

2009-08-21 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Johnny Rosenberg wrote: 2009/8/20 Jonathan Kaye jdkay...@gmail.com: Harold Fuchs wrote: snip In the Find Replace dialogue click More options and then check Regular Expressions. Now, in the Find box, enter  * without the quotes. That is 2 spaces followed by an asterisk. Enter a single

[users] Re: Re: Deleting 2+ spaces throughout a document

2009-08-21 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Pradeep Srinivas wrote: On Friday 21 August 2009 00:52:57 Johnny Rosenberg wrote: 2009/8/20 Jonathan Kaye jdkay...@gmail.com: snipped by Jonathan Thanks for the offer - I will, in return, treat you to some great Indian snacks if you brought the bottle to India Oh Pradeep. You have found

[users] Re: Re: Deleting 2+ spaces throughout a document

2009-08-21 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Jonathan Kaye wrote: snip Here is my second question, Pradeep, since you know regular expressions quite well. I want to match a string from the start of the record to the first full-stop (if any) in the record. That part is easy: ^.*\. gives me what I want. Now the hard part: in the replace

[users] Re: Deleting 2+ spaces throughout a document

2009-08-21 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Brian Barker wrote: At 19:51 21/08/2009 +0200, Jonathan Kaye wrote: Here is my second question, Pradeep, since you know regular expressions quite well. Sorry, I'm not Pradeep; will I do? Please don't be sorry, Brian. I feel I am being pampered by all this expert help; the more the merrier

[users] Deleting 2+ spaces throughout a document

2009-08-20 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Hi all, I've written a very clunky macro for reducing all sequences of spaces 1 to a single space. It is a find/replace loop finds a sequence of 2 spaces and reduces it to 1 and then loops back to the beginning and repeats 10x. I do this 10 times since I don't know the maximum number of spaces

[users] Re: Deleting 2+ spaces throughout a document

2009-08-20 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Jonathan Kaye wrote: Hi all, I've written a very clunky macro for reducing all sequences of spaces 1 to a single space. It is a find/replace loop finds a sequence of 2 spaces and reduces it to 1 and then loops back to the beginning and repeats 10x. I do this 10 times since I don't know

[users] Re: Deleting 2+ spaces throughout a document

2009-08-20 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Harold Fuchs wrote: 2009/8/20 Jonathan Kaye jdkay...@gmail.com Hi all, I've written a very clunky macro for reducing all sequences of spaces 1 to a single space. It is a find/replace loop finds a sequence of 2 spaces and reduces it to 1 and then loops back to the beginning and repeats

[users] Re: Deleting 2+ spaces throughout a document

2009-08-20 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Johnny Rosenberg wrote: 2009/8/20 Harold Fuchs hwfa.openoff...@googlemail.com: 2009/8/20 Jonathan Kaye jdkay...@gmail.com Hi all, I've written a very clunky macro for reducing all sequences of spaces 1 to a single space. It is a find/replace loop finds a sequence of 2 spaces and reduces

[users] Re: Deleting 2+ spaces throughout a document

2009-08-20 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Pradeep Srinivas wrote: On Thursday 20 August 2009 15:04:04 Harold Fuchs wrote: 2009/8/20 Jonathan Kaye jdkay...@gmail.com Hi all, SNIPPED by Pradeep All suggestions are welcome. TIA Jonathan In the Find Replace dialogue click More options and then check Regular Expressions. Now

[users] Re: Deleting 2+ spaces throughout a document

2009-08-20 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Harold Fuchs wrote: snip In the Find Replace dialogue click More options and then check Regular Expressions. Now, in the Find box, enter * without the quotes. That is 2 spaces followed by an asterisk. Enter a single space into the Replace with box and click Replace all. That should do it.

[users] Re: Hard page break: search and replace

2009-08-19 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Twayne wrote: Jonathan Kaye jdkay...@gmail.com wrote in message news:h6ei8g$eh...@ger.gmane.org Hi all, Googled high and low and nothing even close to a solution. Here's the problem. I'm using mail merge to convert data in a spreadsheet into a nice report formatted the way I want

[users] [Solved] Hard page break: search and replace

2009-08-19 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Harold Fuchs wrote: Jonathan Kaye wrote: Hi all, Googled high and low and nothing even close to a solution. Here's the problem. I'm using mail merge to convert data in a spreadsheet into a nice report formatted the way I want. Everything is great except that OOo wants to put a hard page

[users] Re: Hard page break: search and replace

2009-08-19 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Harold Fuchs wrote: Please try the following. It works in a simple case in which I deliberately created a 4-page document by inserting a manual page break before each of lines 2, 3 4 of what started as a 4-line document. * Select the entire document except the first record (Ctrl-A

[users] Re: Hard page break: search and replace

2009-08-19 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Uwe Fischer wrote: On 08/18/09 17:44, Jonathan Kaye wrote: Hi all, Googled high and low and nothing even close to a solution. Here's the problem. I'm using mail merge to convert data in a spreadsheet into a nice report formatted the way I want. Everything is great except that OOo wants

[users] Re: [Solved] Hard page break: search and replace

2009-08-19 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Twayne wrote: Jonathan Kaye jdkay...@gmail.com wrote in message news:h6hahl$at...@ger.gmane.org Harold Fuchs wrote: Jonathan Kaye wrote: Hi all, Googled high and low and nothing even close to a solution. Here's the problem. I'm using mail merge to convert data in a spreadsheet

[users] Hard page break: search and replace

2009-08-18 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Hi all, Googled high and low and nothing even close to a solution. Here's the problem. I'm using mail merge to convert data in a spreadsheet into a nice report formatted the way I want. Everything is great except that OOo wants to put a hard page break following every record (83,000 of them) but I

[users] Re: New GUI for OOo ?

2009-08-10 Thread Jonathan Kaye
NoOp wrote: On 08/06/2009 07:21 AM, M Henri Day wrote: I think most of us can agree that the OOo GUI is getting a bit long in the tooth, but I'm not sure that everybody wants a needed update to tread the primorose path taken by Microsoft Office. List members can judge for themselvs on the

[users] Re: Rhetorical question

2009-08-02 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Ian L. Target wrote: http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/userguide3/index.html Why are the above documents in .pdf format as opposed to the OOwriter format? It would be nice to be able to cut and paste certain sections so that I could refer to them. Ian PS: I am not

[users] Re: File Formats

2009-08-02 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Gene Young wrote: Ian wrote: http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/userguide3/index.html Rhetorical Question: Why are the above documents in .pdf format as opposed to the OOwriter format? It would be nice to be able to cut and paste certain sections so that I could refer to them.

[users] Re: Cannot even register

2009-08-02 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Allan M Watt wrote: Hello Andy, My son, who is a computer wizard has disabled Open Office 3 from the start up, I think it was in the program files. Since he has done what he has done, I have SUCCESSFULLY installed 3.1! Thank you for your kind help and assistance Andy wrote: Allan M Watt

[users] Re: Cannot even register

2009-08-02 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Paul wrote: My question: In a spreadsheet, I cannot undo. If I accidentally enter information into a cell that already has information, I cannot undo and retrieve the original contents. It is lost forever. I have to exit without saving changes just to open up again to find out what

[users] Re: I have a stupid question

2009-07-19 Thread Jonathan Kaye
JOYCE AND JERRY BESCHTA wrote: I have just installed Open Office. How do I start the program? When I click on the desktop icon, I get a listing of the folders and files in the application. Thanks! Not stupid at all. Just follow the instructions.

[users] Re: unsubscribing

2009-07-19 Thread Jonathan Kaye
twilight1...@aol.com wrote: I hate getting all these emails from everyone. I want to unsubscribe Use a newsreader. jonathan -- Registerd Linux user #445917 at http://counter.li.org/ Please do not send me copies of list mail. I read the lists. Thanks!

[users] Re: I pledge to NOT respond directly to non-subscribed posters.

2009-07-17 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Harold Fuchs wrote: snip During 2008 there was an *average* of over 1800 messages per month on this list. For 2009 Jan-Jun, the figure is over 800. For 2007 the figure is just shy of 3000 *per month*. If I'm a new[ish] user of OpenOffice, or simply a puzzled one, and I have a question to

[users] Re: [SOLVED] Extension can't be removed (barcode 1.2)

2009-07-13 Thread Jonathan Kaye
NoOp wrote: Yes. I wish I'd seen that prior to messing around with my uno registry etc., and messing up my /3. I've suggested to Daniel Darabos to make this the primary method modify the faq and post on the extension page. Also suggested that he create a script that does this automatically

[users] Re: Using SSH

2009-07-13 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Mark C. Miller wrote: Excuse me if this isn't appropriate for this group; just tell me and I'll try and find another place to ask. I have all my documents/images/presentation files on a computer at my house that can be reached via SSH using DYNDNS. I work from three different machines at

[users] [SOLVED] Extension can't be removed (barcode 1.2)

2009-07-12 Thread Jonathan Kaye
NoOp wrote: snip You might make a backup of your /3 folder and then try: A somewhat more complicated solution is to manually upgrade the extension without using the Extension Manager. * Locate the installed extension. It can be either in your user profile or the shared folder under

[users] Re: Extension can't be removed (barcode 1.2)

2009-07-11 Thread Jonathan Kaye
NoOp wrote: On 07/10/2009 01:37 AM, Jonathan Kaye wrote: Hi all, I am stuck between a rock and a hard place. I'm running OO3.1 on Debian Testing. At some point curiosity got the better of me and I installed the barcode extension. It resides in this folder: ~/.openoffice.org/3/user

[users] Extension can't be removed (barcode 1.2)

2009-07-10 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Hi all, I am stuck between a rock and a hard place. I'm running OO3.1 on Debian Testing. At some point curiosity got the better of me and I installed the barcode extension. It resides in this folder: ~/.openoffice.org/3/user/uno_packages/cache/uno_packages/4WZ4rR_/Barcode.oxt/ I keep getting

[users] Re: having a problem...

2009-06-24 Thread Jonathan Kaye
angelika drott wrote: hello everybody, unfortunately i am having a problem. not a special one but still having it. i really would like to cancel microsoft on my new computer but i dont knwo if i can cancel the microsoft office test version just like that and download open office without

[users] Re: UnSubscribe me please,It's not working

2009-03-03 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Herb Wanger wrote: As U can plainly see it's not working. Please see to it, I ' ve gotten about 20 of these over the weekend. Thanky U, for such a quick solve to this problem, Next My Lawyers. It's naught to do with us mate. We're just ordinary users like your good self. Lawyer on, dude.

[users] Re: another stupid question about Impress

2009-02-26 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Steve Brettell wrote: How come I can't get Impress? Running Ubuntu, and OO 3. No Impress downloaded. Also. I can't save any document in any OOo application. Not with Save, Save As, or anything. 1. Open Openoffice. 2. In the File menu click on the New item. 3. Select Presentation 4.

[users] Re: Database form question.

2009-02-26 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Clifton Liles wrote: Hi All I am using OO database and have a form which has a multi-line text field. The field is 5 lines tall, but some of the entries have more. I tried adding a scrollbar and it moves but does not move the text! How do I connect the scrollbar to the text? Thanks Cliff

[users] Re: Vulnerabilities in OpenOffice.org 3

2009-02-23 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Mike Cassidy wrote: I have just done the first full scan with Kaspersky Internet Suite 2009 after replacing Bullguard suite. The scan reported the following vulnerability: http://www.viruslist.com/en/advisories/30599 This says it is in OOo2.4 and to fix by upgrading to v2.4.1. However, I

[users] Re: How do I use OO.o to edit PDF's

2009-02-15 Thread Jonathan Kaye
David Bird wrote: i tried to use Draw to edit a pdf for my wife and I found that I couldn't actually do anything with it. I tried doing a search on the web and that didn't help... Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Dave Hi David, You need to install the extension called

[users] Re: Open Office vs MS Office 97

2009-02-07 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Christian Ertlbauer wrote: hello, i have a short question. i have a access 97 mdb file and must use this for my product calculations. but, office 97 is not vista compatible and so i can´t use this file. is there any reason to open the file with open office? it´s very very important for me

[users] Re: Zotero on OOo 3.0?

2008-12-16 Thread Jonathan Kaye
John Jason Jordan wrote: I have Zotero working perfectly in OOo 2.4.1 on Ubuntu Intrepid. But after installing OOo 3.0 the Zotero toolbar is still in the toolbar list, but it does not appear when I click on it. Zotero is a deal killer for me. I absolutely have come to depend on it for

[users] Re: Zotero on OOo 3.0?

2008-12-16 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Jonathan Kaye wrote: John Jason Jordan wrote: I have Zotero working perfectly in OOo 2.4.1 on Ubuntu Intrepid. But after installing OOo 3.0 the Zotero toolbar is still in the toolbar list, but it does not appear when I click on it. Zotero is a deal killer for me. I absolutely have come

[users] Re: Re: My OOO3 does work.

2008-12-01 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Magicloud wrote: Hi, Thank you for the reply. I tried to run it from console, and when it freezed, nothing printed. And I think it did not even use any CPU resource. And may I know how to run it in debug mode? You can use gdb (the gnu debugger; or gdb64 for a 64bit system).

[users] Re: My OOO3 does work.

2008-11-29 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Magicloud wrote: I used OOO3 (downloaded from official website) on rhel5. No matter with or without JRE (if so I use jre 1.6.0u10). OOO3 has the same problem. Everything is fine until I press an any key. No matter what program I am using, just a key-press, it hangs. Any idea? Hi MC, You

[users] Re: Office Assistant

2008-11-15 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Simon Newitt wrote: Hi all I was put onto Open Office by our IT Manager and am now using it on my new laptop. I'm very impressed with it and it is streets ahead of the Microsoft equivalent. One question? Is there an extension for Open Office that allows you to install an

[users] Re: Build of OpenOffice 3.0 rc3 on Ubuntu 8.04

2008-10-01 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Rob Clement wrote: I am hitting some errors building OOo3.0 rc3 on Ubuntu 8.04 I am using the sudo dpkg -i *.deb command in the unpacked DEBS folder in the terminal to preform the build. When processing the following packages I am getting a broken pipe error Errors were encountered

[users] Re: Build of OpenOffice 3.0 rc3 on Ubuntu 8.04

2008-10-01 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Jonathan Kaye wrote: Rob Clement wrote: I am hitting some errors building OOo3.0 rc3 on Ubuntu 8.04 I am using the sudo dpkg -i *.deb command in the unpacked DEBS folder in the terminal to preform the build. snip Another problem is that once I did all that any all the packages were

[users] Re: Displaying characters in Openoffice 3 beta

2008-08-19 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Séamas Ó Brógáin wrote: I notice that Openoffice 3 beta (on Open SUSE 11) does not display characters from the private-use area of fonts (all characters in the region E000–F8FF). Is there any possibility that this fault will be fixed before the release of Openoffice 3? Séamas Ó Brógáin

[users] Re: A question

2008-08-10 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Roy Montgomery wrote: Someone made me aware of your Suite and have been looking at your webpages. My question is: If I download and use your Suite, where is the data stored? In otherwords, do you house the data or is it only on my machine. Thanks, Roy Montgomery, DVM, PhD, Executive

[users] Re: Won't download

2008-07-31 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Kathy Barnett wrote: When I try to download OpenOffice and click on the green button it states: Bouncer Logout » Skip to main content Bouncer Logout » Download Chooser The download you have chosen could not be initiated automatically.Please visit the download

[users] OOo equivalent of Block Protect

2008-07-25 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Hi all, Way back in the old days, WordPerfect had a feature called block protect. You highlighted a number of lines and then applied block protect and the protected text could not be separated by a page break. The whole block would be moved to the following page rather than breaking up the block.

[users] Re: OOo equivalent of Block Protect

2008-07-25 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Jonathan Kaye wrote: Hi all, Way back in the old days, WordPerfect had a feature called block protect. You highlighted a number of lines and then applied block protect and the protected text could not be separated by a page break. The whole block would be moved to the following page rather

[users] Re: Reading PDF Files

2008-07-23 Thread Jonathan Kaye
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello! I am about to start proofreading for another organization. I am used to receiving my articles in Word Files and want to update my creaky Word 97. The new group sent me PDF files and I don't have Adobe.? Can OpenOffice read/edit PDF files? Please answer

[users] Re: An idea from a grandma in the outback!

2008-07-21 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Yolanthe wrote: Dear Readers and programmers, Simple stuff really and it has to remain very simple indeed for grandmas like me. There is OneNote 2007 that I do use all the time, so I wonder if that can be included or all people to use? There is the fact that out in the middle of the

[users] Re: what version to download

2008-07-21 Thread Jonathan Kaye
dana d.k. wrote: Hello support team Teaching on Internet and translating, I need to use several languages on the same computer. Mostly I work with Hebrew, Romanian, French, English and Turkish. 1 - Do I need to download separate programs? 2 - Beside French extension and a whole

[users] Re: Cannot use Equation Editor

2008-07-19 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Dotan Cohen wrote: I need to add a formula to a paper that I'm working on in Writer. This is a native OOo Writer document, created in the same OOo installation that I'm working with, and saved as odf. Insert-Object-Formula is greyed-out, that is, it is deactivated. I tried opening a new

[users] Re: Aqua Download Confusion

2008-07-15 Thread Jonathan Kaye
William Brown wrote: What a confusing download site! I have several times tried to find and download OpenOffice Aqua for my Mac (PC, 10.4), but after clicking links that take me around and around in a circle I can only find one download page that contains at least a hundred files - none of

[users] Re: Open Office

2008-07-13 Thread Jonathan Kaye
rvtraveler3 wrote: Hi, not sure if this is the address to write to about a problem with Open Office. We purchased Open Office and it works great with Windows Vista, but we now have a MAC. Mac OS X, 10.5.4, Leopard We have tried to install Open Office on our Mac, but it just want work

[users] Re: Good tutorial on macros (either OO.o or the other one).

2008-06-11 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Jerry Feldman wrote: I might have a few macros to write, and I was wondering if there is a good online tutorial. I was able to find a few decent references to a few things I wanted to do, but not things like ActiveCell, Selection. In m context all macros would need to be used in both OO.o and

[users] Re: OpenOffice - Email application

2008-06-11 Thread Jonathan Kaye
K Ramakrishna Udupa wrote: Hi All, Is OpenOffice coming up with an “E-mail” application, which is similar to MS Outlook? If Yes, when can we expect the same? Thanks Regards, K R Udupa Hi, No, but there are some excellent open source alternatives to Outlook. Thunderbird is quite

[users] Re: How I can see and work with doc files with review information inside them?

2008-06-09 Thread Jonathan Kaye
legolas wrote: Hi I have a doc file which has some review information which my editor has put into the file for me in order to let me know what and where I should change, can you tell me what I should do to see these review information and comment? Thanks I'm not sure what you mean bye

[users] Re: Microsoft Office

2008-06-01 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Beth wrote: Can OpenOffice.org be ran on the same machine as Microsoft Office XP? Hi Beth, Yup Cheers, Jonathan -- Registerd Linux user #445917 at http://counter.li.org/ Please do not send me copies of list mail. I read the lists. Thanks!

[users] Re: Re: Testing OOo3 snapshot

2008-05-21 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Drew Jensen wrote: Yes is the idea...one thing though. I run the ubuntu distro version of 2.4 and the OO.o vanilla version of 3.0. so they install into different locations anyway. In the past I have had multiple copies of OO.o distributed OO.o...LOL..that is so darned silly the

[users] [results] Testing OOo3 snapshot

2008-05-21 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Jonathan Kaye wrote: Hi all, I've downloaded a snapshot version of Openoffice.org3 for testing purposes. I depend heavily on Openoffice and would not want to disturb my smooth running 2.4 installation. I'm running Debian Lenny and I use the .deb files for installation along with the update

[users] Testing OOo3 snapshot

2008-05-20 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Hi all, I've downloaded a snapshot version of Openoffice.org3 for testing purposes. I depend heavily on Openoffice and would not want to disturb my smooth running 2.4 installation. I'm running Debian Lenny and I use the .deb files for installation along with the update shell script. Will this

[users] Re: Testing OOo3 snapshot

2008-05-20 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Drew Jensen wrote: Jonathan Kaye wrote: Hi all, snip Will this snapshot test version be treated as an upgrade and remove my 2.4 installation or will it be treated as a separate package and install without touching my existing installation? (this is what I want) Can anyone reassure me

[users] Re: misunderstanding?

2008-05-09 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Tomek Pietak wrote: When I start new document by clicking the right buttom of the mouse the language in spellcheck is English. I want it Polish but I CAN'T CHANGE IT! HOW SHOULD I DO THIS? THERE IS NO BUTTOM OK, CONFIRM, or stuff like theat. In MS Office this is done better. Improve this

[users] Re: Starting applications

2008-05-09 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Mark Komiensky wrote: I just downloaded Openoffice 2.4, but when I open it the only thing I get is a blank writer window. The option of going to the starter window is not selectable under the file menu. I really need Base for school. Hi Mark, Go to the File menu and then select New. There you

[users] Re: Open Office Help

2008-05-09 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Martin, David wrote: Hello, The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction has graced the Education Department with Open Office as our means of programming inmates. My question needs a verbal response, as I have exhausted the Help section and the Open Office Manual of about 438 pages.

[users] Re: Internationql virtual keyboards

2008-05-04 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Tillie Ch'ien wrote: I am working on a document in French on a MacBook with a British keyboard. Even though I have chosen the language as French with a mask of a French keyboard, I cannot make OpenOffice (both the French version and the English version) to recognise the French characters. Do

[users] Re: can I

2008-05-04 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Joseph Reynolds wrote: help.vbefore i make bill gates richer, can i make changes to .doc time sheets witjh some graphs (light) and line on page if i download your open-office nedd to know. Can i e-mail the actual forms i'm talking about so you can see if it can be

[users] Re: Translate

2008-05-04 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Edward Anthony Regler wrote: Hi Enjoying using your system, however only very new to same, and have been unable to find out if there is a system for translating whole pages or sections. I'm in the process of learning Spanish, and it helps when I am given homework in English to Translate,

[users] Re: download

2008-05-04 Thread Jonathan Kaye
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My ms office will not open how do i download the msoffice to my computer without any problems, Thks Ernald Sharpe If you truly mean Microsoft Office and not Openoffice.org, then you need to pay something to Microsoft or a supplier. You cannot simply download MS Office.

[users] Re: Free AVG8.0 Is Now Available

2008-04-30 Thread Jonathan Kaye
JOE Conner wrote: Off topic, but of general interest, free AVG 8.0 is now available for home use: http://free.grisoft.com/ww.download?prd=afe general interest??? I don't think so. ;-) Jonathan -- Registerd Linux user #445917 at http://counter.li.org/ Please do not send me copies of list

[users] Re: 2.4 Trouble

2008-04-19 Thread Jonathan Kaye
James Knott wrote: Ethan Swiger wrote: I just did the update to 2.4 Open office. Now nothing works my shortcuts I had for writer and spreadsheet don't work. I can't figure out how to get into any of the new programs to open up my files and the 2.3 version has some how been deactivated by the

[users] Re: Updates

2008-04-16 Thread Jonathan Kaye
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Where on your website can I find OpenOffice Updates for users of that software. I've had the automatic update come and go in my desktop toolbar, but I tend not to trust that stuff. I would rather go to your website and update my OpenOffice software. The automatic

[users] Re: Invisibility of a font

2008-04-16 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Bob Dowling wrote: Summary: One particular combination of fonts isn't appearing in my OpenOffice.org font selector, even though all its variant forms are. In the font selector (for the paragraph style) I select DejaVu Sans for the font. The list of typefaces I am presented in the middle

[users] Re: downloading

2008-04-16 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Sharon Gianetto wrote: I started using your program in November, 2007 when I purchased a new computer and this was on it. I am having difficulty using this and go back to word and other programs because I have been unable to understand the operation and it is easier to use an old

[users] Re: problem

2008-04-14 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Przemek Kupka wrote: #261;#261;#261;#261;#261 Hi Przemek, It looks like you set the system to enter HTML codes. For example #261; is HTML code for the Polish nasal a (the letter a with a hook underneath). Some how you are inputting html code instead of normal ascii/unicode input. Cheers,

[users] Re: adding words, names

2008-04-08 Thread Jonathan Kaye
lotten säfström wrote: Hello. I am new to open office and I want to know if it is possible to add words and names to the auto spelling feature in the program? Yours sincerely Lotten, Malmoe, Sweden. Hi Lotten, Yes, you can add words, names, etc. to the spellchecker. When something is

[users] Re: JRE issue

2008-04-04 Thread Jonathan Kaye
David and Jennifer Walters wrote: I recently installed OpenOffice 2.4. I have Java 1.6.0_05. When I open a program (e.g. Calc), I get a message that says: OpenOffice.org requires a Java runtime environment (JRE) to perform this task. The selected JRE is defective. Please select another

[users] Re: Openoffice.org 2.4 parcialmente traducido

2008-04-03 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Marcos Delgado wrote: Hola listeros. Pues tristemente les comento que algunos elementos del trabajo con gráficos esta parcialmente traducido. La ayuda aparece unas partes en español y otras en inglés. Tanto en la versión para Windows como la versión para Linux basada en Debian. Saludos.

[users] Re: Opening WDB Files.

2008-03-30 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Peter Brown wrote: Hi There, I have downloaded Open Office 2.4 and have tried to open a WDB file (most of my data base files are wdb). I've checked through all the various file extentions and can't find wdb is it a file that is not supported? I have no problem

[users] Re: downloaded, installed, will not run for lack of x11, beginning to think OOo for Mac OS X is a hoax

2008-03-30 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Jim Broni wrote: Finally able to download and install OOo. X11 missing so it won't run. Neither your site nor Apple's is at ALL helpful to find and install this stuff. I have been unable to figure out how to get X11 installed and your software won't run without it. Are you guys yanking my

[users] Re: downloaded, installed, will not run for lack of x11, beginning to think OOo for Mac OS X is a hoax

2008-03-30 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Jim Broni wrote: Finally able to download and install OOo. X11 missing so it won't run. Neither your site nor Apple's is at ALL helpful to find and install this stuff. I have been unable to figure out how to get X11 installed and your software won't run without it. Are you guys yanking my

[users] Re: [moderated] YOU MUST GIVE A SUMMARY HERE

2008-03-30 Thread Jonathan Kaye
ch wrote: Already cc-ed to OP. dear good hearts at open office just wondering whether u hv open office word processor in thai script?? pls advise... thanks regards h. goh Try this link: http://th.openoffice.org/about-downloads.html Jonathan -- Registerd Linux user #445917 at

[users] Re: Urgent file recovery help needed

2008-03-25 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Aditya Tandel wrote: Hi My roommate did not save his work(several hours of it) and then the computer crashed. When he restarted it, the file went back to how it was before he did all the work. Is there any way the data can be recovered? Any help will be greatly appreciated,

[users] Re: Spreadsheets

2008-03-24 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Slawek Bródka wrote: Hi, Will I find advanced spreadsheets tools in OpenOffce, like Solver? I haven't yet installed it but I consider this very seriously. Thanks. Hi Slawek, I'm not exactly sure what a solver does but is this what you're looking for?

[users] Re: Question

2008-03-23 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Nicolas Kordas wrote: Hello, at first I love Open office it's great! But I miss a webeditor like Dreamweaver 8 or some else. I want to ask you, if the new Open office would have a Webeditor just like Dreamweaver! I am 16 years old and I live in germany. I make and made many promotions for

[users] Re: Does OpenOffice have proofing tools for Greek, German, Spanish, etc?

2008-03-23 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Alexander Sofianos wrote: Yes -- Registerd Linux user #445917 at http://counter.li.org/ Please do not send me copies of list mail. I read the lists. Thanks! - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional

[users] Re: Auto character recognition for Writer for Portuguese

2008-03-23 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Ross Foley wrote: Hi I downloaded Writer in Brazilian Portuguese in order to have word processing that recognises their accents. My other computer which I bought in Brazil has MS Word and it recognises their accents and auto corrects using them. When I type in Writer it recognises

[users] Re: Compatibility for a newbie

2008-03-23 Thread Jonathan Kaye
McCue wrote: I could not find the answer to my question in the FAQs. Is open office compatible with all the MS Office 2000 formats? Grady Hi Grady, Yes. Cheers, Jonathan -- Registerd Linux user #445917 at http://counter.li.org/ Please do not send me copies of list mail. I read the lists.

[users] Re: won't take my money/info

2008-03-23 Thread Jonathan Kaye
Steve Skavinsky wrote: James, OK, then I think I did screw up. I gave my VISA number to mbcontact.com for the amount of $34.95 for the 3 year purchase of open office. Do you know anything about them? Did I make a big mistake? Steve... If you consider throwing away $34.95 a big

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