[users] Re: limit # of columns in a spreadsheet

2011-06-30 Thread jomali
On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 4:46 PM, Helen etter...@gmail.com wrote: How do you prevent the new spreadsheet from creating infinite columns? Seems all my OO (and libre) spreadsheets take the default of infinite columns. You see infinite columns but the actual number of columns in the OOo sheet is

[users] Re: Problem Open Office Writer

2011-06-08 Thread jomali
is it. Signed Peeved' You're trying to get help on a FREE product, and you are beefing about not being hand-held by Oracle, and depending upon users for help? Good riddance! jomali -- - To unsubscribe send email to users-unsubscr

[users] Re: Convert a row of table to text

2011-05-17 Thread jomali
below the row you want to convert as in 1 and 2. 4. Put cursor in the row you want to convert. 5. Select Table-Convert-Table to text jomali -- - To unsubscribe send email to users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands

[users] Re: anchor to character ???

2011-05-16 Thread jomali
The command is anchor AS character and the help file says Anchors the selected item as a character in the current text. If the height of the selected item is greater than the current font size, the height of the line containing the item is increased. On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 9:11 AM, Mike Scott

[users] Re: Export Html Outline Numbering/Lettering Broken

2011-03-27 Thread jomali
I looked at your forum post as a courtesy to you. If you really want help, I'd suggest you post the problem itself here rather than asking us users to chase it down. I made an outline document and saved it to html. It worked just fine. What version of OOO are you using and what operating system?

[users] Re: OO default

2011-03-17 Thread jomali
only select Always open with for that document. However, in Get Info, you will also see a button labeled Change All... which will change file associations for all files of that type. jomali On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 1:25 AM, Lisa Dee l1sa...@yahoo.com wrote: First - hardly a rant - merely

Re: [users] HELP...sending documents to people

2011-01-17 Thread jomali
Why would you do that? Simply export to PDF directly in OOo and send that file to the recipient. On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 4:58 PM, Vic Dura vpd...@hiwaay.net wrote: On Mon, 17 Jan 2011 10:55:45 -0800, JOE Conner joeconner2...@gmail.com wrote Re Re: [users] HELP...sending documents to people:

Re: [users] HELP...sending documents to people

2011-01-17 Thread jomali
Simply do a File-Send-E-mail as PDF to send the file as a PDF document. If you want it to be editable, do a File-Send-E-mail as Microsoft Word... On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 8:48 AM, Debi Banes dlba...@yahoo.com wrote: Hello, What do I have to do when I email someone a document I created in OO

Re: [users] Missing stuff on a Mac

2010-12-19 Thread jomali
Whitney, You'll have to be more specific about what you are seeing. As a Mac user, I have never had the Mac menubar (not toolbar) disappear. It has the application-specific items for the active window in all applications, including Ooo on my machines. Jomali On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 12:02 PM

Re: [users] Question

2010-12-16 Thread jomali
Why don't you ask the administrator rather than this list? This is not and OpenOffice question. On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 5:13 PM, m93s...@aol.com wrote: I am trying to uninstal OpenOffice but everytime I try it says: This administrator has put policies in place that prevent uninstillation

Re: [users] Re: What is the use case for multiple sheets in Calc?

2010-11-03 Thread jomali
, with the ability to reference data between them. OOo already allows some such interaction, albeit with data in separate files. I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for such a redesign to happen. Of course, if someone provided the resources... Jomali

Re: [users] Why register Db?

2010-07-30 Thread jomali
that for mailing labels and such like... I do not see the database as an option in my Ubuntu version of OOo. It is grayed out of the menu screen. snip As I recall, Ubuntu ships a version of go-oo without the Base component. You have to install the full version to get Base. Jomali

Re: [users] Why register Db?

2010-07-30 Thread jomali
records from your text documents and spreadsheets. Thus, you should always register a database. In case you are wondering, registering does not mean sending data to any outside destination. It is a local registration like entering data in the registry in Windows. Jomali

Re: [users] Need help to Market OOo

2010-07-21 Thread jomali
@Paula, It's great that you have found using OOo so helpful. However, you could give back to the community by sharing the glitches you have found with Calc. Perhaps users could help you overcome those glitches, or perhaps your experience would help developers to improve the system. Jomali

Re: [users] NIGHTMARE!!!

2010-06-16 Thread jomali
It works fine here (OOo 3.2 on Mac OS X 10.6). What is the specific problem you are having with the document? jomalie On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 5:30 PM, Claus Fuetterer c.fuette...@physik.uni-leipzig.de wrote: Fill out windows forms with openoffice writer IS A SHEER NIGHTMARE!!! I risk to fail

Re: [users] What is the use of the envelope style?

2010-06-10 Thread jomali
are not (usually) developers. You might get better answers on a development list. I hope this helps. Jomali

Re: [users] What is the use of the envelope style?

2010-06-10 Thread jomali
Sorry to reply to my own post, but I have an erroneous statement I correct below. On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 9:25 AM, jomali jomali3...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 11:22 AM, John Kaufmann kaufm...@nb.net wrote: [This is a third attempt in two weeks at a question that has so far had

Re: [users] Macs

2010-06-06 Thread jomali
Ask him to install Openoffice on his Mac. Jomali On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 12:02 PM, Abdul Hai ahai11lon...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Hi can I share open office documents with my friend who uses a Mac? Support solar power in the developing world. http://www.everyclick.com/solaraid http://www.solar

Re: [users] Re: Force MS Office file type to be associated to OpenOffice

2010-05-26 Thread jomali
provided by the Windows OS are arrogant? Take off your blinders. Jomali

Re: [users] Re: Force MS Office file type to be associated to OpenOffice

2010-05-26 Thread jomali
Since I worked in Windows for many years before moving to a sane OS, and managed file associations regularly, I know that Windows does provide resources for associating file extensions with the programs to open them. What functionality does Windows lack that you want OOo to provide? Jomali

Re: [users] Re: Force MS Office file type to be associated to OpenOffice

2010-05-26 Thread jomali
feature in Ooo, since it's so easy to do in Windows and since not even Microsoft Office has such a feature. Jomali On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 3:58 PM, Tanstaafl tansta...@libertytrek.orgwrote: On 2010-05-26 3:06 PM, jomali wrote: Since I worked in Windows for many years before moving to a sane OS

Re: [users] Re: Water Marks

2010-04-06 Thread jomali
. Neither theism nor atheism is provable using mathematical or scientific criteria, so we (I think) should accept others where they are without disparagement while acknowledging disagreement. Jomali On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 8:23 AM, James Knott james.kn...@rogers.com wrote: Programmer In Training wrote

Re: [users] Very strange sorting error/brian

2010-03-01 Thread jomali
On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 11:08 AM, Brewster Gillett b...@fdi.us wrote: snip bg: That's an intriguing notion. Since ZIPs only ever consist of numbers, why would it be preferable to store them as text? So as to avoid confusion with real numbers? jomali: That's not entirely true. Extended zip

Re: [users] Writer; Decimal Tab Stops?

2010-02-28 Thread jomali
On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 7:28 PM, Twayne twa...@twaynesdomain.com wrote: Hi, I'm in the process of changing some Word templates to Writer templates and I've hit a snag. How do you set a decimal tab stop? That's one where, when digits are entered, they align to the left or right of the

Re: [users] discontinue

2010-02-21 Thread jomali
are more than happy to help other users when possible. c) You are the only one who can unsubscribe yourself. Just follow the directions that are included in each message you receive. d) Shouting will get you nowhere. Jomali On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 9:51 AM, Christine Hanley snuggles

Re: [users] discontinue

2010-02-21 Thread jomali
to support a customer support system. Instead, users support one another. Developers sometimes chime in to help as well. I, for one, appreciate the efforts of so many experienced users who volunteer their time and expertise to help us out. Jomali On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 5:26 PM, Terry Plowman

Re: [users] Fault in spelling check

2010-02-15 Thread jomali
enter a feature request so the developers can consider a change in the future? Jomali On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 9:02 AM, Séamas Ó Brógáin s...@iol.ie wrote: I’ve just noticed what seems to be a fault in Openoffice 3.2. Two words separated by a dash, thus: then—after

Re: [users] Using OOo to count words in documents

2010-02-13 Thread jomali
On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 4:36 AM, Johnny Rosenberg gurus.knu...@gmail.comwrote: snip Isn't word count already implemented in OpenOffice.org Writer? Regards Johnny Rosenberg Yes. Select File-Properties to get word count and other properties of the document. John

Re: [users] msword docs dont display properly

2010-02-11 Thread jomali
This subject has come up many, many times. The OOo developers have done an outstanding job in trying to maintain compatibility between OOo and MS Office. However, it is inevitable that there will be some incompatibilities between the tools. Might I suggest a workflow solution to the problem,

Re: [users] OOo on 21 % of German Internet users' computers

2010-02-07 Thread jomali
, 2010 at 5:53 AM, James Wilde james.wi...@sunde-wilde.comwrote: On Feb 6, 2010, at 05:09 , jomali wrote: What do you mean There is no context sensitive help? On the help menu, the second item down is Context Sensitive Help. When you click it, a question mark is displayed that brings up

Re: [users] OOo on 21 % of German Internet users' computers

2010-02-05 Thread jomali
What do you mean There is no context sensitive help? On the help menu, the second item down is Context Sensitive Help. When you click it, a question mark is displayed that brings up the relevant help page for the clicked-on UI item. John On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 10:36 PM, Pierre

Re: [users] Mail Merge won't create multiple letters

2010-01-24 Thread jomali
On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 4:35 PM, D p-collec...@gmx.com wrote: Sorry if this is a FAQ. I did look but didn't see any resolution to this. I'm trying to create a simple mail merge setup. I created my form document easy enough as well as the Base database of recipients, but when I go through the

Re: [users] Re: Re: Writer: adding newline before table

2010-01-21 Thread jomali
When this thread began, I thought How else would one add a line before a table? This is exactly the way Microsoft Word works (I just tried it to refresh my memory). Since, when a table begins a document, there is no space before the table to put the cursor in, the current operation is about all

Re: [users] [moderated]

2010-01-02 Thread jomali
What photo handling program does Microsoft Office have? What do you want to do with such a program? John On Sat, Jan 2, 2010 at 8:05 AM, John Neale stony.ne...@googlemail.comwrote: Does open office have a photo handling program like Microsoft office has.

Re: [users] my problem

2009-12-17 Thread jomali
On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 9:39 PM, Programmer In Training p...@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us wrote: On 12/16/2009 3:59 PM, Programmer In Training wrote: On 12/16/2009 3:11 PM, James Knott wrote: Is it not possible to check the md5sum on a Mac? It's always a good idea to verify download integrity.

Re: [users] my problem

2009-12-16 Thread jomali
On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 8:06 PM, Penny Larish penn...@mts.net wrote: Hi, I am completely lost. I downloaded openoffice last night but my computer battery went dead just after the download. Since recharging my Macbook I attempted to open my download. I received a warning that I need to

Re: [users] my problem

2009-12-16 Thread jomali
On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 4:59 PM, Programmer In Training p...@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us wrote: On 12/16/2009 3:11 PM, James Knott wrote: Is it not possible to check the md5sum on a Mac? It's always a good idea to verify download integrity. snip Are there any native[1] utilities on a Mac to do

Re: [users] Re: To use Alt-* or Ctrl-* for keyboard shortcuts?

2009-12-13 Thread jomali
On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 7:26 PM, Larry Gusaas larry.gus...@gmail.comwrote: On 2009/12/13 3:18 PM Johnny Rosenberg wrote: 2009/12/13 Harold Fuchshwfa.openoff...@googlemail.com: Dotan Cohen wrote: Many of OOo's menus have keyboard shortcuts underlined. How is the user supposed to know if

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

2009-12-11 Thread jomali
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 but hours of searching various

Re: [users] CR/LF (carriage return/line feed) in OO Calc

2009-12-09 Thread jomali
On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 5:03 AM, Peter Hillier-Brook p...@hbsys.plus.comwrote: Ian L. Target wrote: In Office 97 Excel, I could hit SHIFT RETURN to get a CR/LF in a cell. How is this done in OO Calc? It's tedious, but it can be done by: 1 Select the cell in which you wish to introduce new

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

2009-12-09 Thread jomali
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 that is displayed in the cell

Re: [users] Styles Question

2009-12-09 Thread jomali
On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 5:05 PM, Mark C. Miller mr.mcmil...@gmail.comwrote: Let me preface this by saying that when I hit F11, and saw list styles I thought it was a 'list of styles'; (like a list of files) , not styles applied to lists. That's just to give you a frame of reference of my

Re: [users] Request for assistance

2009-11-24 Thread jomali
Hi, June, Did you ever hear of Google? I just put openoffice watermark into Google and got a plethora of hits, including one that gave three alternative ways of doing what you want. We are glad to help other users with their problems, but I find it very annoying when the user doesn't do at least

Re: [users] Request for assistance

2009-11-24 Thread jomali
Oops - I forgot to reply-all. Hi, June, Did you ever hear of Google? I just put openoffice watermark into Google and got a plethora of hits, including one that gave three alternative ways of doing what you want. We are glad to help other users with their problems, but I find it very annoying

Re: [users] Does OO Help's Find support an exact string search?

2009-11-19 Thread jomali
The entity you are looking for is, in fact, called a hyperlink. Among its parameters is the URL it points to and its representation in a document. Unfortunately, the designers of OOo decided to refer to its style when it has not been visited as an Internet Link and the style when it has been

Re: [users] Re: How to insert cut cells in Cacl

2009-10-19 Thread jomali
I don't know that this is unique to OOo, since that's the way Excel (2000) works as well. I just tried it to refresh my memory, since I rarely use Excel anymore. However, in Excel, if you try to drag drop a column, you get a warning about replacing the data in the target column. In Calc, there is

Re: [users] Special formats in Base

2009-10-17 Thread jomali
You're doing nothing wrong, Arnold. The display format of the data is one thing and the data in the database is another. Why would you want to waste space in the database to store the parentheses, spaces and dash in the phone number when you can interpret it as you wish on output? John On Fri,

Re: [users] Special formats in Base

2009-10-17 Thread jomali
workflow to minimize editing raw data. John On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 3:35 PM, 71234.3...@compuserve.com wrote: Hi jomali, Why would you want to waste space in the database to store the parentheses, spaces and dash At least in my case, because I often modify data in the raw stored database

Re: [users] Inserting check boxes in Writer

2009-10-16 Thread jomali
What's wrong with inserting a frame, anchoring it as a character, aligning it to the middle, giving it a border as you desire and a size as you desire? John On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 4:26 PM, AG computing.acco...@googlemail.comwrote: I am designing a check-list that I will be using as

Re: [users] Re: [openoffice] [users] Photos in DataBase

2009-09-26 Thread jomali
On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 11:28 PM, John Kaufmann kaufm...@nb.net wrote: In a message dated 2009.09.06 19:54 -0500, Keith Bates wrote: On Sat, 2009-09-05 at 13:47 -0700, Susan Wallace-Masse wrote: ... I am transcribing a cemetery and I need to be able to attach one or more photos to each

Re: [users] Possible to put Writer document in body of email?

2009-09-22 Thread jomali
On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 5:27 AM, Dotan Cohen dotanco...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/9/18 Barbara Tobias barbtobia...@gmail.com: I'm using Ubuntu Linux, OOo 3.1.1, and Evolution for email. When I click on the email option from writer, it does bring up an email compose window, but the Writer

Re: [users] Possible to put Writer document in body of email?

2009-09-22 Thread jomali
On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 4:24 PM, James Knott james.kn...@rogers.com wrote: jomali wrote: That's odd. I copy and paste from Writer to gmail frequently and the formatting comes along with the text. I just tried it in Apple's Mail and formatting also accompanied the pasted text. Since OSX

Re: [users] openoffice send mail

2009-09-21 Thread jomali
On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 9:34 PM, M Henri Day mhenri...@gmail.com wrote: snip Lars, given that I have a so-called «broadband» connexion, rather than a dial-up, I can't see any advantages for me in using an email client rather than directly loading my webmail provider. If you know any way of

Re: [users] search for numbered item by number

2009-09-21 Thread jomali
On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 8:20 AM, David B Teague davidbtea...@verizon.netwrote: TomW wrote: David B Teague wrote: TomW wrote: David B Teague wrote: SNIP SNIP. These numbers for which I am searching are generated by OpenOffice.org, and you cannot highlight them, nor copy them to the

Re: [users] Database indexes

2009-09-18 Thread jomali
Hi, Bob, Generally, you can have as many as you need. No, you don't have to delete your ID index. In fact, you have to have a primary index in order to enter any data at all. All additional indexes (indices?) do is to make ordering faster when you order on the index parameters. For a name and

Re: [users] Database indexes

2009-09-18 Thread jomali
for speedy response. At the moment, my data entry form is based on the (single) table. To get it to automatically display records in sorted order, I should create a query and base the form on that? Bob On Friday 18 September 2009 19:14:00 jomali wrote: Hi, Bob, Generally, you can have

Re: [users] Re: How to sort mixed alpha numbers?

2009-09-16 Thread jomali
Sure, go ahead. I'd be glad to look at it. John On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 8:10 PM, NoOp gl...@sbcglobal.net wrote: On 09/15/2009 07:34 PM, jomali wrote: Put the formula =MID(A1;FIND( ;A1);LEN(A1))+0 in Cell B1. Extend down as far as your data in Column A goes. Sort on column B Voila

Re: [users] Re: How to sort mixed alpha numbers?

2009-09-15 Thread jomali
Put the formula =MID(A1;FIND( ;A1);LEN(A1))+0 in Cell B1. Extend down as far as your data in Column A goes. Sort on column B Voila! John On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 6:30 PM, NoOp gl...@sbcglobal.net wrote: On 09/12/2009 01:51 AM, Bob Estes wrote: NoOp wrote: On 09/09/2009 08:35 PM, NoOp

Re: [users] Export to PDF: not all pages same size / dimensions

2009-08-11 Thread jomali
I don't know what computer or OS you are using, but on my Mac OS 10.5, the document has consistent page sizes in Preview and in Adobe Reader. Thus, I have to conclude the document is OK, but the application reading the document is not. John On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 4:37 AM, Dotan Cohen

Re: [users] Writer: Highlight row

2009-04-03 Thread jomali
Shift + End Triple click on the line. John On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 7:50 AM, Dotan Cohen dotanco...@gmail.com wrote: In OOo 3.0 Writer, how can a user highlight the current row of text with a keyboard shortcut? Specifically, I intend to use this with lists, for highlighting a list item.

Re: [users] Writer: Highlight row

2009-04-03 Thread jomali
You're quite right about the shift+end combination. I didn't know of your need to be anywhere in the line. How about using Home to go to the beginning of the line, followed by Shift+end to select the whole line. I'm on a Mac, and I'm sure I have also used the same triple-click on a PC. What

Re: [users] Writer: Highlight row

2009-04-03 Thread jomali
On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 10:51 AM, Dotan Cohen dotanco...@gmail.com wrote: You're quite right about the shift+end combination. I didn't know of your need to be anywhere in the line. How about using Home to go to the beginning of the line, followed by Shift+end to select the whole line.

Re: [users] Re: Bug?

2009-03-10 Thread jomali
On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 12:40 AM, JOE Conner joeconner2...@gmail.comwrote: Joe Smith wrote: snip I must admit, it took me a looong time to get used to typing semicolons instead of commas, like every other function syntax I've ever used. I still find myself tripping over it. I