[users] Saving for Microsoft Word 2011 for Mac

2011-10-30 Thread John J. Baker
Can you tell me how to save a document so that it will open properly in Microsoft Word 2011 for the Mac, without squirrely changes in the formatting? John jjoeba...@gmail.com -- - To unsubscribe send email to

[users] saving in RTF

2011-04-19 Thread Stephen Throop
I have a Mac PPC. If I use OO Writer to type a document and save it as RTF, it will open fine. If I use OO Writer to open an RTF created with another app, then save as RTF, keystrokes and words will be missing, seemingly at random. The same problem occurs if I copy and paste text to OO

[users] Saving one sheet as a separate file in Calc.

2011-03-21 Thread William Case
Hi; This may just be a brain cramp, but I can't see anything in help. If it is in help could you tell me under which topic I should be looking. I have a big spreadsheet in Calc with several sheets. I simply want to save one sheet to a new file (.xls). The data and calculations on this sheet

[users] Saving scanned image as ODT?

2010-07-08 Thread Gordon
Does anyone know of a Linux scanner utility that will save the scanned image as odt or something capable of being imported into odt? (On Windows my wife's HP Officejet has a function to scan into a Word document - unfortunately this function doesn't work in Linux!)

Re: [users] Saving scanned image as ODT?

2010-07-08 Thread James Knott
Gordon wrote: Does anyone know of a Linux scanner utility that will save the scanned image as odt or something capable of being imported into odt? (On Windows my wife's HP Officejet has a function to scan into a Word document - unfortunately this function doesn't work in Linux!) That

Re: [users] Saving scanned image as ODT?

2010-07-08 Thread JOE Conner
On 7/8/2010 8:49 AM, Gordon wrote: Does anyone know of a Linux scanner utility that will save the scanned image as odt or something capable of being imported into odt? (On Windows my wife's HP Officejet has a function to scan into a Word document - unfortunately this function doesn't work in

[users] Saving Page Styles

2010-06-22 Thread Mark C. Miller
1. I open OOo writer to a new page 2. I select styles and formatting 3. I right click in the blank area of page styles 4. I create a new page style and click OK 5. The new page style appears in the page style listing. 6. I exit OOo. 7. The next time I open OOo writer and go to styles and

Re: [users] Saving Page Styles

2010-06-22 Thread Barbara Duprey
Mark C. Miller wrote: 1. I open OOo writer to a new page 2. I select styles and formatting 3. I right click in the blank area of page styles 4. I create a new page style and click OK 5. The new page style appears in the page style listing. 6. I exit OOo. 7. The next time I open OOo writer

Re: [users] Saving Page Styles

2010-06-22 Thread John Kaufmann
In a message dated 2010.06.22 17:04 -0500, Mark C. Miller wrote: 1. I open OOo writer to a new page 2. I select styles and formatting 3. I right click in the blank area of page styles 4. I create a new page style and click OK 5. The new page style appears in the page style listing. 6. I

[users] Saving to latest version of Word

2010-05-03 Thread Abdul Hai
I have just checked that and it seems the latest version of a Open Office document I can save in Word is 2000. Is there any plans to do it for Word 2007? Support solar power in the developing world. http://www.everyclick.com/solaraid http://www.solar-aid.org/

Re: [users] Saving to latest version of Word

2010-05-03 Thread Barbara Duprey
Abdul Hai wrote: I have just checked that and it seems the latest version of a Open Office document I can save in Word is 2000. Is there any plans to do it for Word 2007? All the Word formats, including the Word 2007 ones, can be read by OOo; all versions with any claim to being recent can

RE: [users] Saving files

2010-04-24 Thread Manuel Barros
would became a more happy user of OOo. Regards. Manuel Barros -Mensagem original- De: Barbara Duprey [mailto:b...@onr.com] Enviada: sábado, 24 de Abril de 2010 01:29 Para: users@openoffice.org; gcur...@uwclub.net Assunto: Re: [users] Saving files george curran wrote: Sir, I have

Re: [users] Saving files

2010-04-24 Thread RA Brown
Manuel Barros wrote: Hello everybody. Dear user helpers, let's suppose that I use separate main files for odt and ods works and that I have been working on an xxx.ods file and then I have closed OOo application. If then I need to work on an xxx.odt file, when trying to open it, the files that

[users] Opening files - (Was) Re: [users] Saving files

2010-04-24 Thread Michael Adams
Because you started your question by replying to another post it is hard to tell which part of the email is yours and which belongs to previous posters. This is also more relevant because you top posted your question. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style For new questions please send a new

RE: [users] Saving files

2010-04-24 Thread Manuel Barros
Hi Andy, My apologies for hijacking, it was not my intention at all. Rgds Manuel -Mensagem original- De: RA Brown [mailto:rabr...@the-martin-byrd.net] Enviada: sábado, 24 de Abril de 2010 15:46 Para: users@openoffice.org Assunto: Re: [users] Saving files Manuel Barros wrote: Hello

RE: [users] Opening files - (Was) Re: [users] Saving files APOLOGIES TO EVERYBODY

2010-04-24 Thread Manuel Barros
] Opening files - (Was) Re: [users] Saving files Because you started your question by replying to another post it is hard to tell which part of the email is yours and which belongs to previous posters. This is also more relevant because you top posted your question. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style

Re: [users] Saving files

2010-04-24 Thread Barbara Duprey
Manuel Barros wrote: Hello everybody. Dear user helpers, let's suppose that I use separate main files for odt and ods works and that I have been working on an xxx.ods file and then I have closed OOo application. If then I need to work on an xxx.odt file, when trying to open it, the files that

RE: [users] Saving files/Barros

2010-04-24 Thread Brewster Gillett
On Sat, 2010-04-24 at 16:20 +0100, Manuel Barros wrote: Hi Andy, My apologies for hijacking, it was not my intention at all. Rgds Manuel While we're at it, would you please stop top-posting, and failing to edit out irrelevancies from the backquotes? Thank you, Brewster --

Re: [users] Saving files

2010-04-23 Thread Barbara Duprey
george curran wrote: Sir, I have just converted my original Microsoft x-cel and word files to your open office system. Whilst the transfer was successful I note I can only access the files by checking on all files Can you advise in which format I can save the original

Re: [users] Saving files

2010-04-22 Thread Keith R Bainbridge
On 21Apr2010, at 21:43 , george curran wrote: Sir, I have just converted my original Microsoft x-cel and word files to your open office system. Whilst the transfer was successful I note I can only access the files by checking on all files Can you advise in which format I

[users] Saving files

2010-04-21 Thread george curran
Sir, I have just converted my original Microsoft x-cel and word files to your open office system. Whilst the transfer was successful I note I can only access the files by checking on all files Can you advise in which format I can save the original x-cel and word docs so

[users] Saving as template

2010-01-16 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
1. Open an empty spreadsheet (or any other spreadsheet) 2. Shift+F11 3. Give your new template a name 4. Hit ↵ 5. An error message pops up, reading something like (and I translate from the grammatically incorrect Swedish message): ”Error at when the document noname1 was saved as a template:

Re: [users] Saving as template

2010-01-16 Thread Drew Jensen
Johnny Rosenberg wrote: 1. Open an empty spreadsheet (or any other spreadsheet) 2. Shift+F11 3. Give your new template a name 4. Hit ↵ 5. An error message pops up, reading something like (and I translate from the grammatically incorrect Swedish message): ”Error at when the document noname1 was

Re: [users] Saving as template

2010-01-16 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi Johnny, Johnny Rosenberg wrote (16-01-10 20:42) 1. Open an empty spreadsheet (or any other spreadsheet) 2. Shift+F11 3. Give your new template a name 4. Hit ↵ 5. An error message pops up, reading something like (and I translate from the grammatically incorrect Swedish message): ”Error at

Re: [users] Saving as template

2010-01-16 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2010/1/16 Cor Nouws oo...@nouenoff.nl: Hi Johnny, Johnny Rosenberg wrote (16-01-10 20:42) 1. Open an empty spreadsheet (or any other spreadsheet) 2. Shift+F11 3. Give your new template a name 4. Hit ↵ 5. An error message pops up, reading something like (and I translate from the

Re: [users] Saving as template

2010-01-16 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2010/1/16 Johnny Rosenberg gurus.knu...@gmail.com: 2010/1/16 Cor Nouws oo...@nouenoff.nl: Hi Johnny, Johnny Rosenberg wrote (16-01-10 20:42) 1. Open an empty spreadsheet (or any other spreadsheet) 2. Shift+F11 3. Give your new template a name 4. Hit ↵ 5. An error message pops up, reading

Re: [users] saving

2009-12-20 Thread James Wilde
OOo 3.1.1 works fine on two machines I installed it on today, both running Windows XP, so it's not something that has happened to the file on the OO site. Didn't expect that that would be the cause, but at least it's now removed from the suspect list! //James On Dec 19, 2009, at 09:25 ,

Re: [users] saving

2009-12-20 Thread bstanevich
Thanks for continuing to work with me on this. It is very frustrating! On 12/19/2009, James Wilde (james.wi...@sunde-wilde.com) wrote: I noticed that Beckie said she had had a similar problem with Word, which makes me wonder whether she can save anything at all, Good catch, I missed that

Re: [users] saving

2009-12-19 Thread James Wilde
On Dec 18, 2009, at 23:45 , Barbara Duprey wrote: Beckie answered me directly, so let's bring this back to the list. There is definitely something strange going on here. -: Thank you for your fast response. I'm impressed!! I think I've only seen one message here

Re: [users] saving

2009-12-19 Thread James Wilde
On Dec 19, 2009, at 03:30 , chatur vidur wrote: I am having the same problem, but I am using a MAC OS X tiger 10.4.11, guess i should also try the same thing? Yes, except that you're working on a Mac, which doesn't have the chkdsk program. Unfortunately I'm new to the Mac, and don't yet

Re: [users] saving

2009-12-19 Thread Tanstaafl
On 12/18/2009 11:10 PM, Barbara Duprey wrote: Do you have any plugins installed? If so, try disabling them and see if the problem goes away. If so, enable them one at a time until you finf the culprit. If thats not the problem, run chkdsk /r on your C: drive. Otherwise, I'm not sure what

Re: [users] saving

2009-12-19 Thread Tanstaafl
On 12/19/2009, James Wilde (james.wi...@sunde-wilde.com) wrote: I noticed that Beckie said she had had a similar problem with Word, which makes me wonder whether she can save anything at all, Good catch, I missed that somehow. Becky, if you are having the same problem in Word, then this is

Re: [users] saving

2009-12-18 Thread Tanstaafl
On 12/17/2009, bstanev...@aol.com (bstanev...@aol.com) wrote: I see lots of coomplaints about not being able to save documents, I don't... ? but no answers. My version - with Vista - says that the document doesn't exist, so it can't save it. Well, of course it doesn't exist - it won't save

Re: [users] saving

2009-12-18 Thread Barbara Duprey
bstanev...@aol.com wrote: I see lots of coomplaints about not being able to save documents, but no answers. My version - with Vista - says that the document doesn't exist, so it can't save it. Well, of course it doesn't exist - it won't save it DUH Is there a fix other than

Re: [users] saving

2009-12-18 Thread Barbara Duprey
Beckie answered me directly, so let's bring this back to the list. There is definitely something strange going on here. -: Thank you for your fast response. I'm impressed!! I think I've only seen one message here (in several years) where the problem was not with

Re: [users] saving

2009-12-18 Thread Tanstaafl
On 12/18/2009, Barbara Duprey (b...@onr.com) wrote: Remember the famous Chinese curse (probably apocryphal, but...) May you live in interesting times!? Well, you've got an interesting problem! It has to be something really rare about your setup, since we aren't seeing it over and over again

Re: [users] saving

2009-12-18 Thread chatur vidur
I am having the same problem, but I am using a MAC OS X tiger 10.4.11, guess i should also try the same thing? On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 4:47 AM, Tanstaafl tansta...@libertytrek.orgwrote: On 12/18/2009, Barbara Duprey (b...@onr.com) wrote: Remember the famous Chinese curse (probably apocryphal,

Re: [users] saving

2009-12-18 Thread Barbara Duprey
Tanstaafl wrote: On 12/18/2009, Barbara Duprey (b...@onr.com) wrote: Remember the famous Chinese curse (probably apocryphal, but...) May you live in interesting times!? Well, you've got an interesting problem! It has to be something really rare about your setup, since we aren't seeing it

[users] saving

2009-12-17 Thread bstanevich
I see lots of coomplaints about not being able to save documents, but no answers. My version - with Vista - says that the document doesn't exist, so it can't save it. Well, of course it doesn't exist - it won't save it DUH Is there a fix other than removing open Office from my

Re: [users] saving new files

2009-09-27 Thread Harold Hauge
It is allways a good idea to start any message with the Operating system (XPPro with Service Pack2, Ubuntu 9.1) . If you have a new Vista system and you are trying to save to a networked device, you need to set persmissions. Anyway, I'm not an expert but when I have a problem that is that

[users] Saving relative path when inserting graphics as link?

2009-03-20 Thread Toralf Lund
Is there any way I can get OOo to save the filename as a relative path when an image is inserted as a link - e.g. by selecting insert Picture-From File..., then ticking Link in the file selector? (I'm assuming that an *absolute* path is generally saved - at least my tests suggest this.) -

Re: [users] Saving relative path when inserting graphics as link?

2009-03-20 Thread Brian Barker
At 11:49 20/03/2009 +0100, Toralf Lund wrote: Is there any way I can get OOo to save the filename as a relative path when an image is inserted as a link - e.g. by selecting insert Picture-From File..., then ticking Link in the file selector? (I'm assuming that an *absolute* path is generally

[users] saving documents

2009-02-13 Thread Steve Brettell
I'm using OOOo with Ubuntu's latest version (some kind of Ibis) Whenever I try to Save As, I get the message that the doc can't be saved because it doesn't exist. I generally get this answer on Save as well I have to close the document, and when asked if I want to save it, I can name the document

Re: [users] Saving files

2009-01-31 Thread Dotan Cohen
For TFA, I have tested both Miriam's and Rogier's files off list and found them to be savable, even when enlarged via copy-paste of existing paragraphs. This is on Kubuntu 8.04, with OOo 3.0 as installed from the openoffice-pkgs PPA. -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il

Re: [users] Saving files

2009-01-29 Thread Dotan Cohen
2009/1/28 miriam raskin msr...@sbcglobal.net: I have been using OO2.4 for several months and like it very much. Now I have installed 3.0, and I am thrilled. It is such a gigantic leap forward, in appearance and in function. I have one problem. This version doesn't want to save files in ,odt

Re: [users] Saving files

2009-01-29 Thread Rogier van Vlissingen
I am having the same problem, but it is more erratic. I'll be working happily with an .odt file, but suddenly when it's 20 pages (usually after a while at least), it will refuse to save, and all I can do to preserve my work is to save it as a .doc. It seems to be related to when files are

Re: [users] Saving files

2009-01-29 Thread Dotan Cohen
2009/1/29 Rogier van Vlissingen vlisc...@gmail.com: I am having the same problem, but it is more erratic. I'll be working happily with an .odt file, but suddenly when it's 20 pages (usually after a while at least), it will refuse to save, and all I can do to preserve my work is to save it as

Re: [users] Saving files

2009-01-29 Thread Drew Jensen
miriam raskin wrote: I have been using OO2.4 for several months and like it very much. Now I have installed 3.0, and I am thrilled. It is such a gigantic leap forward, in appearance and in function. I have one problem. This version doesn't want to save files in ,odt format. If I try that, it

[users] saving an swriter file

2009-01-27 Thread walter hoogland
I use a template for an odt document. When I save the document it properly indicates that it will be saved as an .odt. However it is saved as file with type file. When I open I have to indicate that I want to open the file with swriter instead of it doing it automatically. Saving it again

Re: [users] saving an swriter file

2009-01-27 Thread Barbara Duprey
walter hoogland wrote: I use a template for an odt document. When I save the document it properly indicates that it will be saved as an .odt. However it is saved as file with type file. When I open I have to indicate that I want to open the file with swriter instead of it doing it

[users] Saving files

2009-01-27 Thread miriam raskin
I have been using OO2.4 for several months and like it very much. Now I have installed 3.0, and I am thrilled. It is such a gigantic leap forward, in appearance and in function. I have one problem. This version doesn't want to save files in ,odt format. If I try that, it goes into an

Re: [users] Saving files

2009-01-27 Thread Yuniar Adi
:37 AM To: users@openoffice.org Subject: [users] Saving files I have been using OO2.4 for several months and like it very much. Now I have installed 3.0, and I am thrilled. It is such a gigantic leap forward, in appearance and in function. I have one problem. This version doesn't want to save

[users] Saving dta on a samba-share

2008-11-06 Thread Dieter Treichel
We are using staroffice 8 and openoffice 2 since 2006 on about 300 pc in my school. The users are saving their data on their personal samba-share. Now we want to change to OO-3 and have the problem, that no user is able to save data in his/her home-share. Cause is the new behaviour of open office,

Re: [users] Saving data on a samba-share

2008-11-06 Thread Brian Barker
At 12:08 06/11/2008 +0100, Dieter Treichel wrote: We are using staroffice 8 and openoffice 2 since 2006 on about 300 pc in my school. The users are saving their data on their personal samba-share. Now we want to change to OO-3 and have the problem, that no user is able to save data in his/her

Re: [users] Saving data on a samba-share

2008-11-06 Thread Dieter Treichel
Brian Barker wrote: At 12:08 06/11/2008 +0100, Dieter Treichel wrote: We are using staroffice 8 and openoffice 2 since 2006 on about 300 pc in my school. The users are saving their data on their personal samba-share. Now we want to change to OO-3 and have the problem, that no user is

Re: [users] Saving data on a samba-share

2008-11-06 Thread Mike Scott
Brian Barker wrote: At 12:08 06/11/2008 +0100, Dieter Treichel wrote: We are using staroffice 8 and openoffice 2 since 2006 on about 300 pc in my school. The users are saving their data on their personal samba-share. Now we want to change to OO-3 and have the problem, that no user is able to

Re: [users] Saving data on a samba-share

2008-11-06 Thread Mike Scott
Dieter Treichel wrote: ... I think the OP needs to get his samba config changed - that seems to me to be the real issue. I wasn't actually aware 'dot' files could be prohibited under samba - and my own OOo v3 running under XP works very happily using a samba share. ... I will try to explain my

Re: [users] Saving data on a samba-share

2008-11-06 Thread Brian Barker
At 13:44 06/11/2008 +, Mike Scott wrote: I beg to differ: I don't think that's at all unreasonable behaviour. Even if you open a file in OOo just to read it, it is nevertheless opened in r/w mode, and it therefore needs to be locked because the system can't read the user's mind -- it might

Re: [users] Saving dta on a samba-share

2008-11-06 Thread James Finnall
I have seen several replies to this question. But none seem to address the original issue of the creation of the file itself. It has been my long understanding that file locking semantics are _NOT_ part of any data application program to start with.So any file for the purpose of file

Re: [users] Saving data on a samba-share

2008-11-06 Thread Mike Scott
Brian Barker wrote: At 13:44 06/11/2008 +, Mike Scott wrote: I beg to differ: I don't think that's at all unreasonable behaviour. Even if you open a file in OOo just to read it, it is nevertheless opened in r/w mode, and it therefore needs to be locked because the system can't read the

Re: [users] Saving dta on a samba-share

2008-11-06 Thread Mike Scott
James Finnall wrote: I have seen several replies to this question. But none seem to address the original issue of the creation of the file itself. It has been my long understanding that file locking semantics are _NOT_ part of any data application program to start with.So any file for

Re: [users] Saving dta on a samba-share

2008-11-06 Thread Robin Laing
James Finnall wrote: I have seen several replies to this question. But none seem to address the original issue of the creation of the file itself. It has been my long understanding that file locking semantics are _NOT_ part of any data application program to start with.So any file for

Re: [users] Saving Styles

2008-10-03 Thread mike scott
On 2 Oct 2008 at 12:56, JOE Conner wrote: mike scott wrote: ... Don't forget the stylist (F11) can load styles into an existing document from a variety of places - you don't have to start by opening a suitable template to create your document. I confess I've not tried it, but the

Re: [users] Saving Styles

2008-10-03 Thread JOE Conner
mike scott wrote: On 2 Oct 2008 at 12:56, JOE Conner wrote: mike scott wrote: ... Don't forget the stylist (F11) can load styles into an existing document from a variety of places - you don't have to start by opening a suitable template to create your document. I confess I've

Re: [users] Saving Styles

2008-10-02 Thread JOE Conner
mike scott wrote: On 1 Oct 2008 at 9:45, Harold Fuchs wrote: 2008/10/1 JOE Conner [EMAIL PROTECTED] I cannot discover any way to save styles apart from including them in a template. Can this be done? ... SNIP Don't forget the stylist (F11) can load styles into an existing

Re: [users] Saving Styles

2008-10-01 Thread Harold Fuchs
2008/10/1 JOE Conner [EMAIL PROTECTED] I cannot discover any way to save styles apart from including them in a template. Can this be done? Joe Conner, Poulsbo, WA USA Not only can it be done, it's the correct (only?) way to do it. I suppose you could open an existing document with all the

Re: [users] Saving Styles

2008-10-01 Thread mike scott
On 1 Oct 2008 at 9:45, Harold Fuchs wrote: 2008/10/1 JOE Conner [EMAIL PROTECTED] I cannot discover any way to save styles apart from including them in a template. Can this be done? ... 1. Create a blank document having the styles you want. FileSave As and choose Template as the type of

Re: [users] Saving Styles

2008-10-01 Thread JOE Conner
Harold Fuchs wrote: 2008/10/1 JOE Conner [EMAIL PROTECTED] I cannot discover any way to save styles apart from including them in a template. Can this be done? Joe Conner, Poulsbo, WA USA Not only can it be done, it's the correct (only?) way to do it. I suppose you could open an

Re: [users] Saving Styles

2008-10-01 Thread JOE Conner
mike scott wrote: On 1 Oct 2008 at 9:45, Harold Fuchs wrote: SNIP Don't forget the stylist (F11) can load styles into an existing document from a variety of places - you don't have to start by opening a suitable template to create your document. I confess I've not tried it, but the drop-down

Re: [users] Saving Styles

2008-10-01 Thread Brian Barker
At 09:29 01/10/2008 -0700, Joe Conner wrote: What I ultimately am attempting to do, is capture a style from a document someone else emailed to me and is not natively already on my computer, ... As Mike Scott has already suggested, this is straightforward: o In the document where you need to

Re: [users] Saving Styles

2008-10-01 Thread mike scott
On 1 Oct 2008 at 9:56, JOE Conner wrote: mike scott wrote: On 1 Oct 2008 at 9:45, Harold Fuchs wrote: SNIP Don't forget the stylist (F11) can load styles into an existing document from a variety of places - you don't have to start by opening a suitable template to create your

Re: [users] Saving Styles

2008-10-01 Thread norseman
JOE Conner wrote: I cannot discover any way to save styles apart from including them in a template. Can this be done? Joe Conner, Poulsbo, WA USA -

Re: [users] Saving Styles

2008-10-01 Thread David Lowe
On Oct 1, 2008, at 10:37 , mike scott wrote: A silly question, but /exactly/ what do you mean by save a style as a file by itself? What are you expecting to have? What are you trying to actually achieve by having a style as a file? I thought the OP was pretty clear: he wanted to be able to

Re: [users] Saving Styles

2008-10-01 Thread JOE Conner
David Lowe wrote: On Oct 1, 2008, at 10:37 , mike scott wrote: A silly question, but /exactly/ what do you mean by save a style as a file by itself? What are you expecting to have? What are you trying to actually achieve by having a style as a file? I thought the OP was pretty clear: he

Re: [users] Saving Styles

2008-10-01 Thread mike scott
On 1 Oct 2008 at 22:01, JOE Conner wrote: David Lowe wrote: On Oct 1, 2008, at 10:37 , mike scott wrote: A silly question, but /exactly/ what do you mean by save a style as a file by itself? What are you expecting to have? What are you trying to actually achieve by having a style as a

[users] Saving Styles

2008-09-30 Thread JOE Conner
I cannot discover any way to save styles apart from including them in a template. Can this be done? Joe Conner, Poulsbo, WA USA - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] Saving Files with a colon in name

2008-09-16 Thread Grover Blue
Thanks for the reply. I'm using Windows 2000. The problem occurs with both development (XStorable.storeToURL) and Writer. The exact message I get from Writer is You cannot save in the URL location you specified. Please choose another location. Open Office version 2.4.1 Windows 2000 SP4 File

Re: [users] Saving Files with a colon in name

2008-09-16 Thread mike scott
On 16 Sep 2008 at 9:09, Grover Blue wrote: Thanks for the reply. I'm using Windows 2000. The problem occurs with both development (XStorable.storeToURL) and Writer. The exact message I get from Writer is You cannot save in the URL location you specified. Please choose another location.

[users] Saving in Color Problem

2008-08-23 Thread Samantha Weber
Hi, Here is my problem. I created a table in the writer program, most of the type is black. Some of the words are blue or red. About half of the table is unhighlighted. The other half (sporadically) is highlighted either in the color blue 8 or in the color yellow 2. I save the document. When

Re: [users] Saving in Color Problem

2008-08-23 Thread Adrian Try
Hi Samantha I save the document. When I reopen it later, the blue 8 is now some shade of grey, the yellow is completely unhighlighted and the text colors are unchanged. What is going on here? Are you saving the document in OpenDocument format? If you are saving in Microsoft doc format or

Re: [users] Saving in Color Problem

2008-08-23 Thread Jack D. Lewis
Samantha Weber wrote the following on 8/21/2008 3:15 PM: Hi, Here is my problem. I created a table in the writer program, most of the type is black. Some of the words are blue or red. About half of the table is unhighlighted. The other half (sporadically) is highlighted either in the color

Re: [users] Saving in Color Problem

2008-08-23 Thread Jack D. Lewis
Samantha Weber wrote the following on 8/21/2008 3:15 PM: Hi, Here is my problem. I created a table in the writer program, most of the type is black. Some of the words are blue or red. About half of the table is unhighlighted. The other half (sporadically) is highlighted either in the color

Re: [users] [Saving text from Calc to .csv in specified format]

2008-07-10 Thread Brian Barker
At 19:05 09/07/2008 +0100, Mike Scott wrote: [...] I don't see anything in the save as csv dialogue that allows just selected columns to be saved - is it there? No, I don't think it is. Hiding an unwanted column doesn't help. Possible workarounds are: o copying the formatted values back

Re: [users] [Saving text from Calc to .csv in specified format]

2008-07-10 Thread Phil Hibbs
mike scott: I missed the OP's note that the fields were quoted text not numbers - apologies. They have leading zeros that are significant, I'd classify that as text. Also the only reason that the separators are not present is a size constraint in the source database, another indicator that they

Re: [users] Saving .xls to .csv with full precision for numbers

2008-07-09 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
James Knott wrote: Rick Bilonick wrote: On Tue, 2008-05-06 at 10:46 -0400, James Knott wrote: Rick Bilonick wrote: I have a spreadsheet with numbers like 71.08929399 which when save end up to be 71.09. I need to save all numbers in the exact precision in which they are stored. I'm using OOo

Re: [users] Saving .xls to .csv with full precision for numbers

2008-07-09 Thread mike scott
On 9 Jul 2008 at 14:29, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a case where numbers are used in a text format of xx (10 characters), that should be converted to xxx.xxx. (10 characters in groups of 3, 3 and 4 separated by a dot) The characters should be text, but using numbers;

Re: [users] Saving .xls to .csv with full precision for numbers

2008-07-09 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
mike scott wrote: On 9 Jul 2008 at 14:29, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a case where numbers are used in a text format of xx (10 characters), that should be converted to xxx.xxx. (10 characters in groups of 3, 3 and 4 separated by a dot) The characters should be

Re: [users] [Saving text from Calc to .csv in specified format]

2008-07-09 Thread Brian Barker
At 14:29 09/07/2008 +0200, Al Noname wrote: I have a case where numbers are used in a text format of xx (10 characters), that should be converted to xxx.xxx. (10 characters in groups of 3, 3 and 4 separated by a dot). The characters should be text, but using numbers; e.g.

Re: [users] [Saving text from Calc to .csv in specified format]

2008-07-09 Thread mike scott
On 9 Jul 2008 at 17:08, Brian Barker wrote: Since you have text values in the cells, converting them to numbers is probably going in the wrong direction. Instead, create a new column with the values actually as you wish to see them exported. One way to do this would be:

Re: [users] [Saving text from Calc to .csv in specified format]

2008-07-09 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
mike scott wrote: On 9 Jul 2008 at 17:08, Brian Barker wrote: Since you have text values in the cells, converting them to numbers is probably going in the wrong direction. Instead, create a new column with the values actually as you wish to see them exported. One way to do this

[users] Saving in excel format

2008-05-17 Thread Neels Smit
Hi When you open a document saved with an .xls extension and close it again, without changing anything, the program asks you if you want to save changes. I'm using OpenOffice 2.4.0. Please help. SCS Computers a division of FM Smit Trading as FSI Services Neels -- This message has been

Re: [users] Saving in excel format

2008-05-17 Thread Jack D. Lewis
Neels Smit wrote the following on 5/16/2008 3:30 AM: Hi When you open a document saved with an .xls extension and close it again, without changing anything, the program asks you if you want to save changes. I'm using OpenOffice 2.4.0. Please help. SCS Computers a division of FM Smit

Re: [users] Saving .xls to .csv with full precision for numbers

2008-05-07 Thread Jerry Feldman
On Tue, 06 May 2008 10:56:40 -0400 Rick Bilonick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The number 71.08929399 is what is actually in the .xls spreadsheet Actually, that is not exactly true. The number in the physical cell is a binary 64-bit floating point number. I think James answered your question about

[users] Saving .xls to .csv with full precision for numbers

2008-05-06 Thread Rick Bilonick
I have a spreadsheet with numbers like 71.08929399 which when save end up to be 71.09. I need to save all numbers in the exact precision in which they are stored. I'm using OOo 2.3 (Red Hat). I don't see any options to force this. Rick B.

Re: [users] Saving .xls to .csv with full precision for numbers

2008-05-06 Thread James Knott
Rick Bilonick wrote: I have a spreadsheet with numbers like 71.08929399 which when save end up to be 71.09. I need to save all numbers in the exact precision in which they are stored. I'm using OOo 2.3 (Red Hat). I don't see any options to force this. You can set up to 20 decimal places for a

Re: [users] Saving .xls to .csv with full precision for numbers

2008-05-06 Thread Rick Bilonick
On Tue, 2008-05-06 at 10:46 -0400, James Knott wrote: Rick Bilonick wrote: I have a spreadsheet with numbers like 71.08929399 which when save end up to be 71.09. I need to save all numbers in the exact precision in which they are stored. I'm using OOo 2.3 (Red Hat). I don't see any

Re: [users] Saving .xls to .csv with full precision for numbers

2008-05-06 Thread James Knott
Rick Bilonick wrote: On Tue, 2008-05-06 at 10:46 -0400, James Knott wrote: Rick Bilonick wrote: I have a spreadsheet with numbers like 71.08929399 which when save end up to be 71.09. I need to save all numbers in the exact precision in which they are stored. I'm using OOo 2.3 (Red Hat). I

Re: [users] Saving .xls to .csv with full precision for numbers

2008-05-06 Thread Anthony Chilco
Rick Bilonick wrote: On Tue, 2008-05-06 at 10:46 -0400, James Knott wrote: Rick Bilonick wrote: I have a spreadsheet with numbers like 71.08929399 which when save end up to be 71.09. I need to save all numbers in the exact precision in which they are stored. I'm using OOo 2.3 (Red Hat). I

Re: [users] Saving .xls to .csv with full precision for numbers

2008-05-06 Thread James Knott
James Knott wrote: Rick Bilonick wrote: On Tue, 2008-05-06 at 10:46 -0400, James Knott wrote: Rick Bilonick wrote: I have a spreadsheet with numbers like 71.08929399 which when save end up to be 71.09. I need to save all numbers in the exact precision in which they are stored. I'm using OOo

Re: [users] Saving .xls to .csv with full precision for numbers

2008-05-06 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Tuesday 06 May 2008 15:56:40 Rick Bilonick wrote: The number 71.08929399 is what is actually in the .xls spreadsheet but only 2 decimal places display in the cell. When I save the spreadsheet to a .csv file, only 71.09 is saved. I want to always and automatically save the full precision to

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