[users] Re: Help!!

2012-02-08 Thread Dan Lewis
On Mon, 2012-02-06 at 18:53 +, ELE v. wrote: Ciao non so se parlate italiano o inglese e non so nemmeno se leggerete mai questa mail..ma io sono disperata e provo lo stesso! Ho bisogno di un'informazione importantissima: il mio open office non mi numera le ultime pagine di un documento di

[users] Re: Help!!

2012-02-08 Thread Brian Barker
At 18:53 06/02/2012 +, Elena Vonly wrote: i don't know if you speak italian or english ... I can do English! ... and i don't know if you will read this mail..but I'm going [] crazy so i try to send it! I need a very important information: my open office program don't want to put

[users] Re: Help with Styles

2011-12-16 Thread Brian Barker
At 16:56 15/12/2011 +, Mike Scott wrote: On 15/12/11 16:30, Sharon Plate wrote: I defined a new style which I applied to one document but I would like to be able to use this style in other documents as well. I know there must be a way to do this but I don't know where to begin. Can

[users] Re: Help with Styles

2011-12-16 Thread Peter Hillier-Brook
On 16/12/11 08:48, Ian Samson wrote: Brian, do you perhaps know how to create business cards in Writer? I have posted a request but have had zero response. Ian, the method I use is based on Avery business card stock (J8414) and the simplest method is to use a table-based template. I probably

[users] Re: Help with Styles

2011-12-15 Thread Ian Samson
Other than saving the first one as a template, no sorry I don't know. On 15 December 2011 18:30, Sharon Plate sharon.pl...@santaana-nsn.govwrote: I defined a new style which I applied to one document but I would like to be able to use this style in other documents as well. I know there must

[users] Re: Help with Styles

2011-12-15 Thread Mike Scott
On 15/12/11 16:30, Sharon Plate wrote: I defined a new style which I applied to one document but I would like to be able to use this style in other documents as well. I know there must be a way to do this but I don’t know where to begin. Can someone point me in the right direction? Open the

[users] Re: Help with Styles

2011-12-15 Thread Sharon Plate
:56 AM To: users@openoffice.org Subject: [users] Re: Help with Styles On 15/12/11 16:30, Sharon Plate wrote: I defined a new style which I applied to one document but I would like to be able to use this style in other documents as well. I know there must be a way to do this but I don't know where

[users] Re: HELP TO UNSUBSCRIBE

2011-10-22 Thread thebaumgardners
Thanks I will try again  have another better email to use. delete this one from your list  pls --- On Fri, 9/2/11, Rlucas rlu...@centurytel.net wrote: From: Rlucas rlu...@centurytel.net Subject: [users] Re: HELP TO UNSUBSCRIBE To: users@openoffice.org Date: Friday, September 2, 2011, 12:06 PM

[users] Re: Help with writing macro

2011-09-21 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2011/9/20 Grzesiek Sójka p...@sojka.co: Hi there. I need to write a macro accepting variable length parameter list. I was tryint to googl but no luck. So the question is how to write (preferably in OpenOffice Basic) macro accepting variable length parameter list. Thanks in advance for any

[users] Re: Help with writing macro

2011-09-21 Thread Grzesiek Sójka
On 09/21/11 17:08, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: Can you give an example? I'm not sure what you mean by ”accepting variable length parameter list”. I do need to get some kind of statistic-like data. So I can not make any assumptions on the number of the results specified. Lets say that my macro is

[users] Re: Help with writing macro

2011-09-21 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2011/9/21 Grzesiek Sójka p...@sojka.co: On 09/21/11 17:08, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: Can you give an example? I'm not sure what you mean by ”accepting variable length parameter list”. I do need to get some kind of statistic-like data. So I can not make any assumptions on the number of the

[users] Re: Help with writing macro

2011-09-21 Thread Grzegorz Sójka
On 09/21/11 18:53, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: I haven't done this myself, but I would try to use ”Optional” and ”IsMissing”, something like this: Function MyFunction(A As Double, Optional B As Double, Optional C As Double) As Double ' Some code If IsMissing(B) Then ' Do

[users] Re: Help with writing macro

2011-09-21 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
: [users] Re: Help with writing macro On 09/21/11 17:08, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: Can you give an example? I'm not sure what you mean by ”accepting variable length parameter list”. I do need to get some kind of statistic-like data. So I can not make any assumptions on the number of the results

[users] Re: Help with writing macro

2011-09-21 Thread Tom Keene
How about passing your data in an array. Then you only need one parameter. On Sep 21, 2011, at 12:53 PM, Grzegorz Sójka wrote: On 09/21/11 18:53, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: I haven't done this myself, but I would try to use ”Optional” and ”IsMissing”, something like this: Function

[users] Re: Help with writing macro

2011-09-21 Thread Grzesiek Sójka
On 09/21/11 23:12, Tom Keene wrote: How about passing your data in an array. Then you only need one parameter. Could you please be a little more specific?? I do not have to much experience in writing macros. -- - To unsubscribe

[users] Re: Help with writing macro

2011-09-21 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
On 09/20/2011 04:48 PM, Grzesiek Sójka wrote: I need to write a macro accepting variable length parameter list. I was tryint to googl but no luck. So the question is how to write (preferably in OpenOffice Basic) macro accepting variable length parameter list. I am not aware of any way to write

[users] Re: Help with writing macro

2011-09-20 Thread Anthony Chilco
Hi GS, Check this out: http://www.pitonyak.org/oo.php tc From: Grzesiek Sójka p...@sojka.co To: users@openoffice.org Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2011 4:48:46 PM Subject: [users] Help with writing macro Hi there. I need to write a macro accepting variable

[users] Re: Help with OpenOffice.org

2011-09-14 Thread JOE Conner
On 9/13/2011 1:51 PM, Star Lockwood wrote: Suddenly when I open a document, it is too small to read. The entire page is too small and even if it were a font problem, the font reads 1 and I cannot get it to 12 for normal usage. I don't know what happened. HELP?!--

[users] Re: HELP TO UNSUBSCRIBE

2011-09-02 Thread David B Teague sr
On 9/2/2011 12:45 PM, Rlucas wrote: To unsubscribe send email to users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org You did send email to users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org did you not, from the email address you receive these messages? You should have received a confirm unsubscribe message to which you must

[users] Re: HELP TO UNSUBSCRIBE

2011-09-02 Thread Jim Moran
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[users] Re: HELP TO UNSUBSCRIBE

2011-09-02 Thread Rlucas
Thanks David -- From: David B Teague sr davidbtea...@comporium.net Sent: Friday, September 02, 2011 11:20 AM To: users@openoffice.org Subject: [users] Re: HELP TO UNSUBSCRIBE On 9/2/2011 12:45 PM, Rlucas wrote: To unsubscribe send email to users

[users] Re: HELP TO UNSUBSCRIBE

2011-09-02 Thread matthew chapa
Unsuscribition is futile... The Borgs run this operation- I have asked an infinite # of times to no avail- everything that comes in NOW is labelled SPAM- doesn't stop it but it damn well reduces future hocks from this situation. *When you work simply for yourself or for your own personal gain

[users] Re: Help

2011-08-29 Thread Shannon Lanoue
There is a plugin that you need to download. Go to Open Office .org website. Click on downloads. On the far right under documentations choose get most recent java(JRE). On the next page choose the operating system you use for example Windows 7, XP Online and download the plugin. On Sun, Aug

[users] Re: Help

2011-08-28 Thread Sylvia
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 What Operative System are you using? El 26/08/11 17:32, Joanne Pugmire escribió: When I attempt either a Data base or Spreadsheet project I get a notice that the JRE is defective. Attempts to download a new Java or an update fail…I will now try

[users] Re: Help

2011-08-28 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011-08-26 2:32 PM Joanne Pugmire wrote: When I attempt either a Data base or Spreadsheet project I get a notice that the JRE is defective. Attempts to download a new Java or an update fail…I will now try to download a new Open Office. Any suggestions. Thanks, A update to Java broke

[users] Re: Help

2011-08-28 Thread NoOp
On 08/28/2011 04:13 PM, Sylvia wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 What Operative System are you using? ... According to the header: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1084) it appears that Joanne is using a Mac. --

[users] Re: HELP - Keyboard Shortcuts

2011-08-21 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2011/8/18 Dustin Beckham dustinrbeck...@gmail.com: To Whom It May Concern: I need to assign some keyboard shortcuts that are not listed with the available keyboard shortcuts.  I wish to assign Ctrl+. (period) and Ctrl+, (comma) to navigate between worksheets in Calc.  I do not wish to use the

[users] Re: help

2011-07-04 Thread David B Teague sr
Kim Instructions on how to unsubscribe and to get help on the mailing list commands are at the bottom of every message you receive from the list. Nevertheless, for help on the mailing list commands, you should send email with the subject help addressed to sy...@openoffice.org With Warmest

[users] Re: Help

2011-06-02 Thread Michael Adams
On Thursday 02 June 2011 15:02, Kenneth Lawler wrote: I downloaded OpenOffice and installed it, but I can't get passed the register page no matter what I do. Suggestions?-- With OpenOffice.org being gifted to the Apache Project. registration on the existing website may be of no future benefit.

[users] Re: HELP!!!!

2011-03-16 Thread John Boyle
On 3/15/2011 8:07 PM, Larry Gusaas wrote: On 2011/03/15 4:55 PM Lisa Dee wrote: Larry - While the advice you gave was helpful, I had figured that much out... That advice was from James Wilde. I forwarded it to you since you are not subscribe to the mailing list. the problem is that the OO

[users] Re: HELP!!!!

2011-03-16 Thread James Wilde
On Mar 16, 2011, at 18:22 , John Boyle wrote: On 3/15/2011 8:07 PM, Larry Gusaas wrote: On 2011/03/15 4:55 PM Lisa Dee wrote: Larry - While the advice you gave was helpful, I had figured that much out... That advice was from James Wilde. I forwarded it to you since you are not

[users] Re: HELP!!!!

2011-03-16 Thread Jim Woodworth
I empathize everyone's frustration with MS-Office; I still have not recovered from my frustration dealing with Windows 3.0. OpenOffice is a wonderful set of products. Alternatively, you can look at Corel's Wordperfect. It has a great feature called reveal codes. You can view your document in

[users] Re: HELP!!!!

2011-03-15 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011/03/15 4:55 PM Lisa Dee wrote: Larry - While the advice you gave was helpful, I had figured that much out... That advice was from James Wilde. I forwarded it to you since you are not subscribe to the mailing list. the problem is that the OO is still setting as default document

[users] Re: help with a non functioning toolbar.

2011-03-07 Thread Sigrid Carrera
Hello Debra, On Fri, 04 Mar 2011 16:49:09 -0500 debraschey debrasc...@comcast.net wrote: HiI'm an older , minimal user and need to increase my knowledge! I seem to be locked into something I had typed before, and I can't get out of it. I don't have access to a helpful toolbar to

[users] Re: help

2011-03-02 Thread Paul
Question is more suited to the users@openoffice.org mailing list. If you can provide additional details about operating system being used, OpenOffice version used and exact wording of any error messages someone will be able to provide some hints on what is going on. /paul On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at

Re: [users] Re: Help! Export to PDF not embedding fonts

2010-11-02 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 11/01/10 20:55, John Jason Jordan wrote: I recommend that you install an additional desktop. After doing so you will have the additional desktop as a login option. The reason I recommend this is because it gives you an additional way to log in if you mess up something in Gnome and it won't

[users] Re: Help! Export to PDF not embedding fonts

2010-11-01 Thread NoOp
On 10/31/2010 11:54 AM, John Jason Jordan wrote: I created a presentation in Impress (3.1.1 from OOo, not from the repositories, on Fedora 11, x86_64) in which I used the fonts Bitstream Vera Sans Regular and Bold. When I export to PDF all text appears as just blank boxes for the letters. I

[users] Re: Help! Export to PDF not embedding fonts

2010-11-01 Thread NoOp
On 10/31/2010 11:54 AM, John Jason Jordan wrote: I created a presentation in Impress (3.1.1 from OOo, not from the repositories, on Fedora 11, x86_64) in which I used the fonts Bitstream Vera Sans Regular and Bold. When I export to PDF all text appears as just blank boxes for the letters. I

Re: [users] Re: Help! Export to PDF not embedding fonts

2010-11-01 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 11/01/10 15:29, NoOp wrote: On 10/31/2010 11:54 AM, John Jason Jordan wrote: I created a presentation in Impress (3.1.1 from OOo, not from the repositories, on Fedora 11, x86_64) in which I used the fonts Bitstream Vera Sans Regular and Bold. When I export to PDF all text appears as just

Re: [users] Re: Help! Export to PDF not embedding fonts

2010-11-01 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Mon, 01 Nov 2010 16:10:42 -0400 webmas...@krackedpress.com webmas...@krackedpress.com dijo: On 11/01/10 15:29, NoOp wrote: On 10/31/2010 11:54 AM, John Jason Jordan wrote: I created a presentation in Impress (3.1.1 from OOo, not from the repositories, on Fedora 11, x86_64) in which I used

Re: [users] Re: Help! Export to PDF not embedding fonts

2010-11-01 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 11/01/10 19:52, John Jason Jordan wrote: On Mon, 01 Nov 2010 16:10:42 -0400 webmas...@krackedpress.com webmas...@krackedpress.com dijo: On 11/01/10 15:29, NoOp wrote: On 10/31/2010 11:54 AM, John Jason Jordan wrote: I created a presentation in Impress (3.1.1 from OOo, not from the

Re: [users] Re: Help! Export to PDF not embedding fonts

2010-11-01 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Mon, 01 Nov 2010 20:45:15 -0400 webmas...@krackedpress.com webmas...@krackedpress.com dijo: It is clearly a bug in OOo 3.1.1. Eventually I will move up to 3.2, which hopefully will resolve the problem. In the meantime, for this project I just changed all the fonts to DejaVu. For those

[users] Re: Help! Export to PDF not embedding fonts

2010-11-01 Thread NoOp
On 11/01/2010 04:52 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: On 11/01/10 15:29, NoOp wrote: ... What happens when you print to a cups-pdf printer? The resulting PDF has all the fonts converted to Times, and no font metrics. ... Fedora 11 x86_64 with OOo 3.1.1 from OOo, not the repositories. The

Re: [users] Re: Help! Export to PDF not embedding fonts

2010-11-01 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Mon, 01 Nov 2010 17:57:50 -0700 NoOp gl...@sbcglobal.net dijo: Fedora 11 x86_64 with OOo 3.1.1 from OOo, not the repositories. The problem is only Bitstream Vera family. I have hundreds of other fonts installed, including Adobe OTF Pro fonts. OOo is happy to embed and print all of them,

[users] Re: help

2010-09-12 Thread Paul
On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 3:42 AM, WILLIAM DOVE wadov...@gmail.com wrote: I want to ask a question about open office and get an answer, this sounds fairly simple but I am having no luck. would you please explain how to ask a question and where to find the answer. MY question which I have sent 4

Re: [users] Re: Help with envelops/mailing labels

2010-09-08 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2010.09.07 21:33 -0500, Twayne wrote: FWIW, it seems the way OO.o does envelopes uses the bottom of the envelope page and right side of it to base all its calculations on. The problem with using the bottom as a reference is that it means the printer must have the exact same

Re: [users] Re: Help with envelops/mailing labels

2010-09-08 Thread openoffice . mbourne
Twayne - twa...@twaynesdomain.com wrote: In news:4c85771a@the-martin-byrd.net, RA Brownrabr...@the-martin-byrd.net typed: Hi All, We have been seeing a lot of discussion about printing envelops from OpenOffice.org. I decided to try and do something about it. In the process of doing the

[users] Re: Help with envelops/mailing labels

2010-09-07 Thread Maurice Batey
On Mon, 06 Sep 2010 22:56:49 -0400, John Kaufmann wrote: her approach says to make a template - take as much time as you need to get it right - and then use it whenever you need an envelope. That's exactly what I do - for the two sizes of envelope that I use. Works fine for me. --

Re: [users] Re: Help with envelops/mailing labels

2010-09-07 Thread Peter Hillier-Brook
On 07/09/2010 15:48, Maurice Batey wrote: On Mon, 06 Sep 2010 22:56:49 -0400, John Kaufmann wrote: her approach says to make a template - take as much time as you need to get it right - and then use it whenever you need an envelope. That's exactly what I do - for the two sizes of envelope

Re: [users] Re: Help with envelops/mailing labels

2010-09-07 Thread John Kaufmann
Maurice, Peter, and all other logical people, :-) In a message dated 2010.09.07 11:23 -0500, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: On 07/09/2010 15:48, Maurice Batey wrote: her approach says to make a template - take as much time as you need to get it right - and then use it whenever you need an

[users] Re: Help with envelops/mailing labels

2010-09-07 Thread Twayne
In news:4c85771a@the-martin-byrd.net, RA Brown rabr...@the-martin-byrd.net typed: Hi All, We have been seeing a lot of discussion about printing envelops from OpenOffice.org. I decided to try and do something about it. In the process of doing the research I found this web blog page,

[users] Re: Help needed

2010-03-15 Thread Andreas Saeger
Tanstaafl wrote: Cool... I'm looking forward to the day KDE is ready to run on Windows (laughing as James spills his $beverage all over his keyboard)... ;) http://kde.org/developerplatform/ The entire KDE Development Platform is built upon the Qt toolkit from Qt Development Frameworks, a

Re: [users] Re: Help needed

2010-03-15 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2010-03-15 6:40 AM, Andreas Saeger wrote: Tanstaafl wrote: Cool... I'm looking forward to the day KDE is ready to run on Windows (laughing as James spills his $beverage all over his keyboard)... ;) http://kde.org/developerplatform/ The entire KDE Development Platform is built upon the Qt

Re: [users] Re: Help needed

2010-03-14 Thread Daniel Lewis
Programmer In Training wrote: On 03/13/10 15:04, Daniel Lewis wrote: snip Update: The lady who asked for the help has been helped by those of us who were willing to CC her because she is not a member of this mailing list. So the problem has apparently been solved. snip OK, so

Re: [users] Re: Help needed

2010-03-14 Thread James Knott
Robert Holtzman wrote: On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 09:38:19PM -0500, James Knott wrote: ..snip The only problem with that is Windows will often hide the extension. So, where you need it most, you don't see it. My windows days are long behind me but

Re: [users] Filing and Issue ( was: Re: [users] Re: Help needed)

2010-03-14 Thread Tanstaafl
On 3/14/2010 12:11 AM, Drew Jensen wrote: Because filing an OOo issue is extraordinarily, ridiculously overly complicated - unless things have changed drastically since the last time I tried... May I ask which public access issue tracking systems you use, or are familiar with, that you

Re: [users] Re: Help needed

2010-03-14 Thread Tanstaafl
On 3/14/2010 12:51 AM, Robert Holtzman wrote: The only problem with that is Windows will often hide the extension. So, where you need it most, you don't see it. My windows days are long behind me but I remember an option to always show extensions. It's a pre-configured option (to not 'hide

[users] Re: Help needed

2010-03-14 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2010/03/14 8:32 AM Tanstaafl wrote: On 3/14/2010 10:12 AM, Programmer In Training wrote: On 03/14/10 09:05, Tanstaafl wrote: On 3/14/2010 12:09 AM, Programmer In Training wrote: I have an idea about that: Maybe you can type the file suffix yourself and then

Re: [users] Re: Help needed

2010-03-14 Thread Programmer In Training
On 03/14/10 13:08, Larry Gusaas wrote: snip He is complaining to the right person. You clipped the attributions in the message you replied to, which contained the attribution for the part you replied to. Here is the message you replied to. Compare it to your reply. snip Thank you, Larry, but

Re: [users] Re: Help needed

2010-03-14 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2010-03-14 2:08 PM, Larry Gusaas wrote: On 2010/03/14 8:32 AM Tanstaafl wrote: On 3/14/2010 10:12 AM, Programmer In Training wrote: On 03/14/10 09:05, Tanstaafl wrote: On 3/14/2010 12:09 AM, Programmer In Training wrote: I have an idea about that: Maybe you can type the file suffix

[users] Re: Help needed

2010-03-13 Thread Joe(theWordy)Philbrook
It would appear that on Mar 13, Richard Detwiler did say: Tanstaafl wrote: Which begs the question - why is that checkbox even there? All it does is cause this problem (our users have been bit by it a lot too)... Good question -- not sure why anyone would ever have the need or

Re: [users] Re: Help needed

2010-03-13 Thread Daniel Lewis
Joe(theWordy)Philbrook wrote: IMHO any user who does have such a special need should be capable of using a shell command to rename the file after OO.o is done writing it. That said, some new users might feel secure seeing visual evidence that the appropriate file extension will automatically be

Re: [users] Re: Help needed

2010-03-13 Thread James Knott
Joe(theWordy)Philbrook wrote: It would appear that on Mar 13, Richard Detwiler did say: Tanstaafl wrote: Which begs the question - why is that checkbox even there? All it does is cause this problem (our users have been bit by it a lot too)... Good question -- not sure why

Re: [users] Re: Help needed

2010-03-13 Thread Tanstaafl
On 3/13/2010 4:04 PM, Daniel Lewis wrote: For those who used this thread to question the need for the Automatic file name extension: why don't one of you file an issue and make your suggestions there? That is how things like this can be changed. Because filing an OOo issue is extraordinarily,

[users] Filing and Issue ( was: Re: [users] Re: Help needed)

2010-03-13 Thread Drew Jensen
Because filing an OOo issue is extraordinarily, ridiculously overly complicated - unless things have changed drastically since the last time I tried... Hi, May I ask which public access issue tracking systems you use, or are familiar with, that you would say are easy to use? Thanks Drew

Re: [users] Re: Help needed

2010-03-13 Thread Programmer In Training
On 03/13/10 15:04, Daniel Lewis wrote: snip Update: The lady who asked for the help has been helped by those of us who were willing to CC her because she is not a member of this mailing list. So the problem has apparently been solved. snip OK, so what was the problem and how did it get

Re: [users] Re: Help needed

2010-03-13 Thread Robert Holtzman
On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 09:38:19PM -0500, James Knott wrote: ..snip The only problem with that is Windows will often hide the extension. So, where you need it most, you don't see it. My windows days are long behind me but I remember an option to always show

[users] Re: Help!

2010-01-31 Thread Russell Butler
On 31/01/10 19:00, ps...@mindspring.com wrote: 1/30/10 Hi, Since I had my computer in to be fixed, I can no longer access my Open Office sites. I believe it was 2007 that I purchased the Open Office disk from you. I still have this disk, but it doesn't seem to work with my Vista

[users] Re: Help!

2010-01-31 Thread Russell Butler
On 01/02/10 13:32, James Knott wrote: Jeez... You try to help someone and this is what you get back. I wonder if she's sitting around wondering why no one replies. ps...@mindspring.com wrote: I apologize for this automatic reply to your email. To control spam, I now allow incoming messages

[users] Re: Help ! - How to 'Pack Go' a presentation.

2009-08-01 Thread Gene Kohlenberg
Mark C. Miller wrote: On Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:53:08 -0700, Gene Kohlenberg wrote: You set your computer to extend the desktop across both screens to use the presenter. I keep hearing people say to extend the desktop, but I've not figured out how to do that. I use Ubuntu mostly, but if

[users] Re: Help ! - How to 'Pack Go' a presentation.

2009-07-30 Thread Gene Kohlenberg
Mark C. Miller wrote: On Sun, 26 Jul 2009 21:03:32 +0100, Harold Fuchs wrote: On 23/07/09 21:27, Etan Doronne wrote: Thanks Harold. Valuable tip. linked. And one more question, if you don't mind, do you know how I can screen the presentation on a big screen (meaning from laptop through the

[users] Re: Help ! - How to 'Pack Go' a presentation.

2009-07-30 Thread Mark C. Miller
On Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:53:08 -0700, Gene Kohlenberg wrote: You set your computer to extend the desktop across both screens to use the presenter. I keep hearing people say to extend the desktop, but I've not figured out how to do that. I use Ubuntu mostly, but if you could tell me how to

[users] Re: Help ! - How to 'Pack Go' a presentation.

2009-07-29 Thread Mark C. Miller
On Sun, 26 Jul 2009 21:03:32 +0100, Harold Fuchs wrote: On 23/07/09 21:27, Etan Doronne wrote: Thanks Harold. Valuable tip. linked. And one more question, if you don't mind, do you know how I can screen the presentation on a big screen (meaning from laptop through the VGA connection to a

[users] Re: Help font size

2009-07-22 Thread Eustace
On 2009-07-22 03:55 Uwe Fischer wrote: Hi, Eustace wrote: Is there a way to increase the font size in the Help? In the Navigation pane it's OK (it gets it from the system, where I have set Comic Sans MS as font outside the writing area), but in the pane on the right it's too small for me.

[users] Re: Help request from bobalethaking

2009-05-08 Thread Dave Post
On May 8, 2009, at 6:01 PM, bobalethak...@gmail.com wrote: Did you write to volunteer to help me with my problem? Last night I downloaded and installed OpenOffice 3.1. Now I have a mess! I can't open it, I can't repair it, and I can't uninstall it! Please Help Me!! Bob King I have no

[users] Re: Help with Spell check

2009-02-17 Thread Russell Butler
Christina Lewark wrote: On my OpenOffice, my spell check won't work. I have checked and un-checked everything to do with spell check/Languages. I would be nice to have it work. Please try to help my program. cklewark Hi Christina Have a look at:

[users] Re: Help!

2008-10-03 Thread Larry Gusaas
Shelley Evans, 2008/10/02 11:12 AM: I have a new IMAC (two days old). Downloaded OO and then yesterday downloaded some Mac upgrades. Now OO doesn't work at all and I really want to uninstall it from my nice new Mac. Please help me by telling me how to do thisI am a computer neophyte big

[users] Re: Help! Problems with Open Office 2.4 for Mac

2008-09-23 Thread Larry Gusaas
Dan Klinglesmith, 2008/09/23 8:49 AM: Ok I downloaded and opened the FILE OOo_3.0.0rc2_MacOSXIntel_SDK_install_en-US.dmg There is no Open Office Application file in the resulting OpenOffice.org3.0_SDK folder. this was the only file I found in the OOo_3.0.0rc2 folder that indicates en-US

Re: [users] Re: Help! Problems with Open Office 2.4 for Mac

2008-09-23 Thread Dan Klinglesmith
Guy's original instruction does not say to me this is the correct file if you want the US english version. How ever once the fact is pointed out that the US english version in unlabeled as such I can interpret Guy's instruction correctly. Thanks for the help and even more thanks to apple

[users] Re: Help! Problems with Open Office 2.4 for Mac

2008-09-23 Thread Larry Gusaas
Dan Klinglesmith, 2008/09/23 10:23 AM: Guy's original instruction does not say to me this is the correct file if you want the US english version. Yes it did. After giving the location Guy said: You download the US English version(OOo_3.0.0rc2_MacOSXIntel_install.dmg or...PPC_install.dmg), or

Re: [users] Re: Help! Problems with Open Office 2.4 for Mac

2008-09-23 Thread Dan Klinglesmith
Like I said before we are not all as smart as you. I did understand your explanation in your previous e-mail. But I still disagree with you about the Clarity of Guy's original instruction. If he had worded it the way you did in this last e-mail I would not have been confused at all. As I

[users] Re: HELP WITH POWERPOINT

2008-09-22 Thread Jim Allan
Jaunice York wrote: I have Vista on my computer. Since it comes with Microsoft Works, there is no power point program and when I downloaded the free program it would not work. So, I am using my OpenOffice for this. It works perfectly except I cannot get sound. What do I need to

Re: [users] Re: HELP WITH POWERPOINT

2008-09-22 Thread mike scott
On 22 Sep 2008 at 11:04, Jim Allan wrote: Jaunice York wrote: I have Vista on my computer. Since it comes with Microsoft Works, there is no power point program and when I downloaded the free program it would not work. So, I am using my OpenOffice for this. It works

[users] Re: HELP WITH POWERPOINT

2008-09-22 Thread Jim Allan
mike scott wrote: That's old hat now. It takes a bit of fiddling, but you /can/ now have a single sound running through the whole Impress-ive show. Then how about showing us some documentation about the fiddling that is necessary. I don’t use Impress much at all, but those who do who are

Re: [users] Re: HELP WITH POWERPOINT

2008-09-22 Thread mike scott
On 22 Sep 2008 at 12:36, Jim Allan wrote: mike scott wrote: That's old hat now. It takes a bit of fiddling, but you /can/ now have a single sound running through the whole Impress-ive show. Then how about showing us some documentation about the fiddling that is necessary. I don´t use

[users] Re: Help color bug

2008-08-25 Thread emf
Hi, Brian. On 2008-08-25 00:33 Brian Barker wrote: At 19:54 24/08/2008 -0400, Eustace Noname wrote: In my computer I use white text on blue background. When I open Help, the page contains a white rectangular box with white letters which are unreadable. If I highlight the text, everything is

Re: [users] Re: help with printer installation URGENT!

2008-07-18 Thread Guy Voets
2008/7/17 NoOp [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On 07/17/2008 02:42 AM, Guy Voets wrote: Hello Shay As others already pointed out, you wrote to an OpenOffice.org users list, where volunteers that use the program try to help out other users about how OOo works. [snip excellent reply] Thanks

[users] Re: help with resizing window

2008-07-17 Thread NoOp
On 07/15/2008 12:27 AM, Shaun Langley wrote: Ok. I'm running Oo2.4 on an ubuntu (hardy heron). The problem is not a huge deal, but it annoys me. I can't resize the document converter window, rendering the d(*Dn thing useless. I've tried reinstalling, but it doesn't help. Even a clean

[users] Re: help with printer installation URGENT!

2008-07-17 Thread NoOp
On 07/17/2008 02:42 AM, Guy Voets wrote: Hello Shay As others already pointed out, you wrote to an OpenOffice.org users list, where volunteers that use the program try to help out other users about how OOo works. [snip excellent reply] Thanks Guy.

[users] Re: HELP ! ! !

2008-04-09 Thread Russell Butler
r.c. greene wrote: CAN ANYONE OUT THERE TELL ME WHY ( if it's available at all ) I CANNOT GET A RULER DISPLAYED ON THE BORDER WHILE I'M ON A SPREADSHEET ? WHEN YOU GO TO HELP AND TYPE IN RULER, ALL I CAN GET IS A STATEMENT TELLING ME WHAT A RULER IS ! THIS I KNOW. IT WILL NOT HOWEVER, TELL

Re: [users] Re: HELP ! ! !

2008-04-09 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
No he was after a ruler in Calc not Writer. As far as I can see there is not one available in Calc. Neil Russell Butler wrote: r.c. greene wrote: CAN ANYONE OUT THERE TELL ME WHY ( if it's available at all ) I CANNOT GET A RULER DISPLAYED ON THE BORDER WHILE I'M ON A SPREADSHEET ? WHEN YOU

[users] Re: HELP ! ! !

2008-04-09 Thread Russell Butler
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No he was after a ruler in Calc not Writer. As far as I can see there is not one available in Calc. Neil Thanks Neil, I should look past the shouting :-( It is not clear whether he wants a vertical or horizontal ruler. I have both enabled in writer, and the

Re: [users] Re: HELP ! ! !

2008-04-09 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi Russell I can't see any ruler, vertical or otherwise in Calc (WinXP OOo2.4) If you type in rulers in the help it appears to talk about them but I think the help is mixed up and it is referring to Presentations. Neil Russell Butler wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No he was after a ruler in

[users] Re: HELP ! ! !

2008-04-09 Thread Russell Butler
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Russell I can't see any ruler, vertical or otherwise in Calc (WinXP OOo2.4) If you type in rulers in the help it appears to talk about them but I think the help is mixed up and it is referring to Presentations. Neil Russell Butler wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

[users] Re: help with .docx files

2008-02-24 Thread NoOp
On 02/24/2008 01:59 AM, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: 2008/2/22, Daniel Gunter [EMAIL PROTECTED]: hello, I have just installed your software and need to ask. Does OpenOffice open .docx format text files? That is the Only reason I have installed it. If it does not, then I will be deleting it.

[users] Re: help with .docx files

2008-02-24 Thread NoOp
On 02/24/2008 12:39 PM, NoOp wrote: On 02/24/2008 01:59 AM, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: Support for DOCX is planned for the next version, 2.4 I think, so just uinstall the program and try again later this year. Version 3.0: http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Features Sorry, forgot

Re: [users] Re: help please. [EMAIL PROTECTED]

2008-02-13 Thread Dotan Cohen
On 13/02/2008, Jack D. Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wouldn't do you too much good to change codepages. Codepage 437 and Codepage 1252 are identical for the first half of the characters (#0 thru #127) and only the last half are different. The normal keyboard characters are found in the

Re: [users] Re: help please. [EMAIL PROTECTED]

2008-02-13 Thread Jack D. Lewis
Dotan Cohen wrote the following on 2/13/2008 1:07 AM: On 13/02/2008, Jack D. Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wouldn't do you too much good to change codepages. Codepage 437 and Codepage 1252 are identical for the first half of the characters (#0 thru #127) and only the last half are

Re: [users] Re: help please. [EMAIL PROTECTED]

2008-02-13 Thread Dotan Cohen
On 13/02/2008, Jack D. Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You can check it yourself here: http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/reference/oem/437.mspx Thanks. Wikipedia also has a differences from ascii section in their page on codepage 437. It is ascii compatible in the latin letter range at least.

Re: [users] Re: help please. [EMAIL PROTECTED]

2008-02-13 Thread James Knott
Dotan Cohen wrote: On 13/02/2008, Jack D. Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You can check it yourself here: http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/reference/oem/437.mspx Thanks. Wikipedia also has a differences from ascii section in their page on codepage 437. It is ascii compatible in

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