Re: [users] endnote citations

2007-12-10 Thread Brian Barker
At 22:06 09/12/2007 -0500, Jimmy Wu wrote: I am trying to write a paper with OpenOffice.org, and I was wondering if anyone had some tips on good ways to do citations. What I am trying to do is use endnotes, which is working fine, except that I have no idea how to reuse endnotes - if I cite

Re: [users] Re: OO Math Symbol

2007-12-10 Thread Thomas Lange - Sun Germany - ham02 - Hamburg
Hi Mike and all, Thank you everyone for the great response, Now there are many choices for evaluated from a to b which will work well in different situations. Math fonts might prove to be the best solution for many situations, but I did not try them, these will work great for me. Just

Re: [users] Re: OO Math Symbol

2007-12-10 Thread Thomas Lange - Sun Germany - ham02 - Hamburg
Hi Joe, Joe Smith wrote: Thomas Lange - Sun Germany - ham02 - Hamburg wrote: ... If you like to have the right line longer you could try one of these left none f(x) size *2 phantom {} right rline ^a_b newline f(x) {size *2 \rline} ^a_b newline And if you badly like to have that right

Re: [users] questions

2007-12-10 Thread mike scott
On 10 Dec 2007 at 7:52, Harold Fuchs wrote: On 10/12/2007, mike scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... Silly question, perhaps, but which way round do you put the envelope into the printer? Whereas /paper/ is always inserted in portrait orientation, envelopes generally go through open edge

Re: [users] Mac user, where can i select write, impress, etc

2007-12-10 Thread Guy Voets
2007/12/9, James Knott [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Robert Owen wrote: Hi, i'm a mac user using 10.4 tiger Intel and have installed the X11 as per instructions on the openoffice website. Then i downloaded the openoffice 2.3 and installed it. When i start the openoffice, it opens on writer. Even

Re: [users] Re: bug in Format and Styles menu

2007-12-10 Thread Guy Voets
2007/12/10, NoOp [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On 12/07/2007 05:11 PM, Bob Stites wrote: I am using OO Writer 2.3, and want to report a bug in the format-styles menu. The help file tells me to display the format styles menu by clicking an icon on the formatting menu. There is no icon like the one

Re: [users] Help, please

2007-12-10 Thread Guy Voets
2007/12/10, David Lowe [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Dec 7, 2007, at 6:26 AM, Joel Kellner wrote: In OpenOfice, when I click on PAGE PREVIEW to look at a document right before printing, it takes forever to load. It's especially maddeningly long when the document is a spreadsheet and the cells

Re: [users] [moderated]

2007-12-10 Thread James Knott
Michael Adams wrote: On Sun, 09 Dec 2007 13:06:24 -0500 James Knott wrote: Ashley Johnson wrote: how do I go about copying an open office text file to a CD-RW disc? I have really enjoyed using Open Office, but I need to make a back-up copy of some text files that I have created

Re: [users] questions

2007-12-10 Thread James Knott
Harold Fuchs wrote: On 10/12/2007, mike scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Silly question, perhaps, but which way round do you put the envelope into the printer? Whereas /paper/ is always inserted in portrait orientation, envelopes generally go through open edge first, which may

Re: [users] Don't know how to install OpenOffice on Leopard

2007-12-10 Thread Guy Voets
2007/12/9, James Knott [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Allie Paventi wrote: Hi, I just got a macbook and i downloaded openoffice, and the openoffice writer works great, but i dont know how to get those other applications, like openoffice calc. And than i tried reading all these installation instructions

Re: [users] Re: New version

2007-12-10 Thread Guy Voets
2007/12/9, Jonathan Kaye [EMAIL PROTECTED]: MIYKLE wrote: G'Day ; I've just downloaded the new version but I'm not sure if I should uninstall the old on first or just run the new one, could you point me in the right direction please G'Day to you mate, You can

Re: [users] Re: New version

2007-12-10 Thread Guy Voets
copy to OP 2007/12/10, Guy Voets [EMAIL PROTECTED]: 2007/12/9, Jonathan Kaye [EMAIL PROTECTED]: MIYKLE wrote: G'Day ; I've just downloaded the new version but I'm not sure if I should uninstall the old on first or just run the new one, could you point

Re: [users] I am using open office.org 2.3

2007-12-10 Thread Guy Voets
2007/12/9, James Knott [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Stephen Schochet wrote: Hi I am using open office org; everything was fine, I wrote some documents but now I cannot open on my mac book using X-11; it is giving me a blank screen. Here is my reciept: Hello Stephen A Schochet, Thanks for

Re: [users] [moderated] HTML Tables Broken when editing document from previous version

2007-12-10 Thread Guy Voets
2007/12/5, Josh Tavares [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hello I am using version 2.3 of Open Office, and I am editing an HTML document created using version 2.0.1. The document has a number of HTML tables, but they are not being edited. If I save the document, the table dimensions are changed (I go

Re: [users] FAQ

2007-12-10 Thread Dotan Cohen
On 09/12/2007, Johnny Rosenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2007/12/9, Carl-Heinz Johanning [EMAIL PROTECTED]: MS Office user can not read my letter. Wat ist the causalität. Please write in German. Thanks Carl-Heinz Johanning MS Office can not read your letters, that's probably correct.

Re: [users] [moderated]

2007-12-10 Thread Guy Voets
2007/12/7, De Winter J-P [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Bonjours J'avais open office 2.0 J'ai down loader la version 2.3 et depuis je ne parviens plus a avoir les dico j'ai redown loader les dico (3X)suivit toutes les instructions (3X) mais impossible d'avoir le vérificateur ortographique Jusqu'a

Re: [users] Uninstall

2007-12-10 Thread Guy Voets
2007/12/6, Megan Donegan [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hello - Please inform me how to uninstall the entire Open Office program from my MacBook. It was accidently installed and I need to remove it ASAP. Thank you, Megan Hello, If you reallky want to get rid of this IMO excellent and free

[users] Impress: override slide transitions

2007-12-10 Thread Dotan Cohen
I just received 4 Powerpoint presentations, 20 slides each, for a lab next week. The author has added an annoying, time consuming slide transition to each slide. On some of them, the paragraphs appear one after the other. So I'm reading them in Edit mode. Is there any way to cancel slide

Re: [users] FAQ

2007-12-10 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2007/12/10, Dotan Cohen [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On 09/12/2007, Johnny Rosenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2007/12/9, Carl-Heinz Johanning [EMAIL PROTECTED]: MS Office user can not read my letter. Wat ist the causalität. Please write in German. Thanks Carl-Heinz Johanning MS Office

[users] Can't display .xml documents

2007-12-10 Thread Christian Cottignies
I tried to open contents.xml file from Andrew Pitonyak AndrewBase with either OpenOffice writer or Firefox. Both gave me a nonformatted result in raw HTML as follows: ?xml version=1.0 encoding=UTF-8? office:document-content xmlns:office=urn:oasis:names:tc:opendocument:xmlns:office:1.0

Re: [users] Impress: override slide transitions

2007-12-10 Thread Michele
[snip] Is there any way to cancel slide transitions, so that I can simply view the slides one by one without resorting to Edit mode. Slide transitions are marked with a diamond between the slides in the Slides pane (on the left in the default edit mode). Select one slide, then go to the

Re: [users] Can't display .xml documents

2007-12-10 Thread Drew Jensen
Christian Cottignies wrote: I tried to open contents.xml file from Andrew Pitonyak AndrewBase with either OpenOffice writer or Firefox. Both gave me a nonformatted result in raw HTML as follows: ?xml version=1.0 encoding=UTF-8? office:document-content

Re: [users] questions

2007-12-10 Thread Harold Fuchs
On 10/12/2007 07:52, Harold Fuchs wrote: On 10/12/2007, *mike scott* [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Silly question, perhaps, but which way round do you put the envelope into the printer? Whereas /paper/ is always inserted in portrait orientation,

[users] Re: OO Math Symbol

2007-12-10 Thread Joe Smith
Thomas Lange - Sun Germany - ham02 - Hamburg wrote: ... And for the second one there is no vertically centered element in this line. Everything displayed is baseline centered as this is the default. ... Ahh, yes. That makes sense. Thanks for the clue! Joe

[users] Re: Printing Multiple Copies

2007-12-10 Thread Jim Allan
Keith Bates wrote: Just did a rough test. Printing 3 copies of one document: Printing through OOo-- took 6 min 15 sec. Printing 3 copies of pdf from evince-- 2 minutes 40 sec. Obviously that doesn't include the time of converting to pdf which is negligible. That is very interesting and

Re: [users] bug in Format and Styles menu

2007-12-10 Thread Bob Stites
I am using Windows XP Version 5.1, (build 2600 xpsp_sp2_gdr.070227-3354: Service Pack 2) Thanks, Bob Stites Harold Fuchs wrote: On 08/12/2007 01:11, Bob Stites wrote: I am using OO Writer 2.3, and want to report a bug in the format-styles menu. The help file tells me to display the format

[users] I am using version 2.3.1 and have problems

2007-12-10 Thread Beth Betts
I am using open office version 2.3.1 on Vista and after downloading it and using it for 1-2 months, while it seems to still be on my computer itt will not open any documents. I have dealt with it by uninstalling it and reinstalling it and that works only to have it stop working again!

[users] typing a color

2007-12-10 Thread GARY GANGWISCH
dear sir/madam: cannot type in color. went to tools-options-accessibilty unchecked auto color.i even rebooted. when i drop down the color chart i see the automatic is highlighted.above that it says font color, i tried clicking on that still prints black. when i click on a color and go down to the

[users] saving

2007-12-10 Thread Tom Griffin
I have been using open office writer for a year with now problem. I mail lots of attachements so I save them as Microsoft Word file. Anything I know I will never need to e mail I save as an open office doc. in the last couple of days all docs are saving differently - when I look at the

[users] SEND FREE

2007-12-10 Thread NICKLAS RÖNNBLOM
SEND FREE OPEN OFFICE CD TONICKLAS RÖNNBLOMSOFIEHEMSVÄGEN 9 S-90738 UMEÅ COUNTRY:SWEDEN _ Spara, redigera och organisera dina foton enkelt med Photo Gallery! http://get.live.com/photogallery/overview

[users] Other people can't open openoffice writer files attached to e-mails

2007-12-10 Thread Robert Kaye
Please tell me how to make openoffice writer documents readable to people without openoffice! It's really really important as I use openoffice to write out c.v.s etc. and I've recently discovered that people can't open them and so it has dramatically cut my chances of finding a job!

[users] Calc - text searching

2007-12-10 Thread Phil Farris
I want to search text terms in Calc to cost out formulations/recipes. I have seen that this is not (yet?) supported. Excel does not excel either. Any clues? Phil Farris Chemist/user

[users] [moderated]

2007-12-10 Thread Ray Walsh
I just downloaded OpenOffice 2.3 for my Ma (OS X.4.1) and when I went to use it, I was told I needed OS 11 and the set up disc that came with my computer. I'm travelling for several months and don't have this. It seems to me that offerig the choice of a download for OSX or 11 suggests that

[users] [moderated] using ver 2.3.1 I need to count paragraphs in a file.

2007-12-10 Thread John Wilson
I'musing version 2.3.1 and ned to count the number of paragraphs in files, large files. I have found no way to do this. It is feature available in MSWORD. -John Wilson - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional

Re: [users] This is not a winword97 file?!

2007-12-10 Thread Karl Lindemalm
Thanks a lot for the response! The box automatic file... is selcted. And it was not Microsoft but Open office writer thats said of its own document: This is not a Windord97 file... Karl Lindemalm users@openoffice.org Skriver: On 06/12/2007 06:25, Karl Lindemalm wrote: Hej! I am running open

[users] Downloading spreadsheet

2007-12-10 Thread Keith Sonnenberg
Sirs: I am unfamilair with Open Office. Can I just download the spread sheet portion or is this all one program known as Open Office Suite? Thank you. Keith Sonnenberg (480) 668-9220 Mesa, AZ

Re: [users] openoffice documentation or bug?

2007-12-10 Thread Henry Ballard
- Original Message From: Harold Fuchs [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: users@openoffice.org; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, December 9, 2007 11:04:10 AM Subject: Re: [users] openoffice documentation or bug? On 09/12/2007 06:45, Henry Ballard wrote: I am using openoffice 2.3 - just downloaded

[users] Program for Opening Files with Power Point Icon

2007-12-10 Thread Bandzippy
Please tell me how to obtain the program for opening files with the Power Point Icon. Tom Dark 256-325-2587, fax 256-325-2597 **Check out AOL's list of 2007's hottest products. (http://money.aol.com/special/hot-products-2007?NCID=aoltop000301)

Re: [users] [moderated]

2007-12-10 Thread Frank Cox
On Mon, 10 Dec 2007 11:04:40 -0600 Bill Melendez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Purchased this package a while back and them saw your website where it is offered for free. You also ask for donations to maintain the project. Isn't companies like this (see attached) counterproductive to your efforts

[users] Cannot access the internet

2007-12-10 Thread Daniel David
I can not get on the internet once the software is installed, except I can aaccess the internet if I disable add ons. When I uninstall the software I can access the internet with no problem. There is something in the software. When I click on the internet browser it will flash up for a few

[users] Using documents prepared in Oo for Mac with Oo on a Windows system

2007-12-10 Thread Joan Willis
If someone uses Open Office for Mac to prepare an Excel-type document, will I be able to work with it on my Windows system utilizing my Open Office program? Joan Willis [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [users] installer corrupted or incomplete

2007-12-10 Thread MJBroyles
Thanks. I will try it. mj In a message dated 12/9/2007 1:49:54 P.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On 08/12/2007 19:56, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I downloaded the program with no problem. However, I lost everything on my hard drive. When I resolved that issue, I

Re: [users] DOCX file

2007-12-10 Thread Pat Brown
Still no luck. I tried the SimpleText.docx file thinking maybe the formatting on my OO file were too much, but even that shows ASCII junk, pages breaks, but no text. Pat On Dec 9, 2007 6:45 PM, James Knott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Russ Fineman wrote: On Sunday 09 December 2007 03:14:09 pm

[users] Special characters

2007-12-10 Thread Peter Challenger
I there any way of assigning a Special Character to a shortcut key, as can be done with Microsoft Word: eg. an A umlaut to F2? Peter Challenger - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail:

Re: [users] SEND FREE

2007-12-10 Thread Frank Cox
On Mon, 10 Dec 2007 14:30:02 +0100 NICKLAS RÖNNBLOM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: SEND FREE OPEN OFFICE CD http://distribution.openoffice.org/cdrom/index.html#cdrom -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Melville Sask ~ http://www.melvilletheatre.com

[users] Openoffice.org base with Vista Home Premium

2007-12-10 Thread IAN EDMUNDS
I am trying to use openoffice base 2.3 with Windows Vista Home premium. Everthing seems to be OK except that I cant edit my tables. I have followed instructions from help and from the PDF download. I have registered the database, opened it for edit but the edit key is greyed out. I have

Re: [users] Other people can't open openoffice writer files attached to e-mails

2007-12-10 Thread Frank Cox
On Mon, 10 Dec 2007 13:22:01 + Robert Kaye [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Please tell me how to make openoffice writer documents readable to people without openoffice! It's really really important as I use openoffice to write out c.v.s etc. and I've recently discovered that people can't open

Fw: [users] Can't display .xml documents

2007-12-10 Thread Christian Cottignies
I don't know how to get the documentwhen I use Firefox to go to http://www.pitonyak.org/database/AndrewBase.odt, I get this displayed: PK�����G��6^�2

Re: [users] Downloading spreadsheet

2007-12-10 Thread Paul
Sirs: I am unfamilair with Open Office. Can I just download the spread sheet portion or is this all one program known as Open Office Suite? Thank you. Keith Sonnenberg (480) 668-9220 Mesa, AZ Just the spreadsheet (calc) module cannot be downloaded separately. The whole suite needs

Re: [users] Downloading spreadsheet

2007-12-10 Thread Frank Cox
On Sun, 9 Dec 2007 21:27:33 -0700 Keith Sonnenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am unfamilair with Open Office. Can I just download the spread sheet portion or is this all one program known as Open Office Suite? OpenOffice is available only as the complete package so you must download the

Re: [users] Program for Opening Files with Power Point Icon

2007-12-10 Thread Frank Cox
On Sun, 9 Dec 2007 21:45:44 EST [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Please tell me how to obtain the program for opening files with the Power Point Icon. http://www.openoffice.org Click on the green download link. -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Melville Sask ~ http://www.melvilletheatre.com

Re: [users] Using documents prepared in Oo for Mac with Oo on a Windows system

2007-12-10 Thread Frank Cox
On Sun, 9 Dec 2007 21:07:29 -0500 Joan Willis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If someone uses Open Office for Mac to prepare an Excel-type document, will I be able to work with it on my Windows system utilizing my Open Office program? Yes. ODF is an international standard file format. -- MELVILLE

Re: Fw: [users] Can't display .xml documents

2007-12-10 Thread Frank Cox
On Mon, 10 Dec 2007 19:43:26 +0100 Christian Cottignies [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't know how to get the documentwhen I use Firefox to go to http://www.pitonyak.org/database/AndrewBase.odt, Right-click on the link instead of left-clicking. Select Save link as. -- MELVILLE THEATRE

Re: [users] saving

2007-12-10 Thread Paul
I have been using open office writer for a year with now problem. I mail lots of attachements so I save them as Microsoft Word file. Anything I know I will never need to e mail I save as an open office doc. in the last couple of days all docs are saving differently - when I look at the

Re: [users] Adding Clip Art To The Gallery

2007-12-10 Thread David Lowe
On Dec 9, 2007, at 10:20 AM, Paul wrote: When you right click on a theme select properties. Under files tab thre is a 'find files' button. Select that then select the folder which your images are stored in. Once that is selected it will display all the 'media' that it finds. [Sound of

Re: [users] This is not a winword97 file?!

2007-12-10 Thread Michael Adams
Which begs the question: Did you simply rename an ODT as a DOC or did you resave the file as a Microsoft Word 97,2000,XP file using the Save as type drop down list? The former method won't work whereas the latter will. On Mon, 10 Dec 2007 07:42:30 +0100 Karl Lindemalm wrote: Thanks a lot for

Re: [users] Program for Opening Files with Power Point Icon

2007-12-10 Thread James Knott
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Please tell me how to obtain the program for opening files with the Power Point Icon. You can download and install OpenOffice for free from www.openoffice.org. The component of OpenOffice, that handles PowerPoint files is called Impress. Please respond only to

Re: [users] Downloading spreadsheet

2007-12-10 Thread James Knott
Keith Sonnenberg wrote: Sirs: I am unfamilair with Open Office. Can I just download the spread sheet portion or is this all one program known as Open Office Suite? You have to download the entire package from www.openoffice.org. The spreadsheet component is called Calc. -- Use

Re: [users] Other people can't open openoffice writer files attached to e-mails

2007-12-10 Thread James Knott
Robert Kaye wrote: Please tell me how to make openoffice writer documents readable to people without openoffice! It's really really important as I use openoffice to write out c.v.s etc. and I've recently discovered that people can't open them and so it has dramatically cut my chances of

Re: [users] SEND FREE

2007-12-10 Thread James Knott
NICKLAS RÖNNBLOM wrote: SEND FREE OPEN OFFICE CD TONICKLAS RÖNNBLOMSOFIEHEMSVÄGEN 9 S-90738 UMEÅ COUNTRY:SWEDEN _ Spara, redigera och organisera dina foton enkelt med Photo Gallery! http://get.live.com/photogallery/overview We

Re: [users] saving

2007-12-10 Thread James Knott
Tom Griffin wrote: I have been using open office writer for a year with now problem. I mail lots of attachements so I save them as Microsoft Word file. Anything I know I will never need to e mail I save as an open office doc. in the last couple of days all docs are saving differently -

Re: [users] [moderated]

2007-12-10 Thread James Knott
Bill Melendez wrote: Purchased this package a while back and them saw your website where it is offered for free. You also ask for donations to maintain the project. Isn’t companies like this (see attached) counterproductive to your efforts at self supporting? Are these companies allowed to

Re: [users] Other people can't open openoffice writer files attached to e-mails

2007-12-10 Thread James Knott
Frank Cox wrote: On Mon, 10 Dec 2007 13:22:01 + Robert Kaye [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Please tell me how to make openoffice writer documents readable to people without openoffice! It's really really important as I use openoffice to write out c.v.s etc. and I've recently discovered that

Re: [users] bug in Format and Styles menu

2007-12-10 Thread Harold Fuchs
Top post as this user seems to want it. Two possibilities spring to mind. 1. It is possible to dock OpenOffice toolbars, including the Styles Formatting toolbar. Move the mouse **slowly** rightwards from the **extreme** left edge of the screen and watch it **carefully**. Does it change to a

Re: [users] [moderated] using ver 2.3.1 I need to count paragraphs in a file.

2007-12-10 Thread Brian Barker
At 00:56 10/12/2007 -0700, John Wilson wrote: I'm using version 2.3.1 and need to count the number of paragraphs in files, large files. I have found no way to do this. It is feature available in MSWORD. Go to File | Properties... | Statistics. One statistic provided is Number of Paragraphs.

Re: [users] SEND FREE

2007-12-10 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
For your information, only using capitals is recognized as shouting and may offend some people on the list. It's also harder to read. By the way, why do you want a CD? Do you have a dial-up connection only? I can make you a CD and send it to you if you pay me for expenses (CD-R + envelope +

Re: [users] I am using version 2.3.1 and have problems

2007-12-10 Thread Harold Fuchs
On 10/12/2007 16:50, Beth Betts wrote: I am using open office version 2.3.1 on Vista and after downloading it and using it for 1-2 months, while it seems to still be on my computer itt will not open any documents. I have dealt with it by uninstalling it and reinstalling it and that works only to

Re: [users] Calc - text searching

2007-12-10 Thread Harold Fuchs
On 10/12/2007 13:16, Phil Farris wrote: I want to search text terms in Calc to cost out formulations/recipes. I have seen that this is not (yet?) supported. Excel does not excel either. Any clues? Phil Farris Chemist/user Please give some examples of what you are trying to do. Calc

Re: [users] endnote citations

2007-12-10 Thread Jimmy Wu
On Dec 10, 2007 3:14 AM, Brian Barker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 22:06 09/12/2007 -0500, Jimmy Wu wrote: I am trying to write a paper with OpenOffice.org, and I was wondering if anyone had some tips on good ways to do citations. What I am trying to do is use endnotes, which is working

Re: [users] Other people can't open openoffice writer files attached to e-mails

2007-12-10 Thread James Knott
Robert Kaye wrote: Thanks for your reply. I went to do this and found out that it is already under the setting as 'save as word document xp/2000/etc'. Any idea why my grandmother couldn't open a document that I sent to her then as she has microsoft office? In addition to being saved in Word

Re: [users] This is not a winword97 file?!

2007-12-10 Thread James Knott
Michael Adams wrote: Which begs the question: Did you simply rename an ODT as a DOC or did you resave the file as a Microsoft Word 97,2000,XP file using the Save as type drop down list? The former method won't work whereas the latter will. Actually, renaming ODT to DOC will work with

Re: [users] Impress: override slide transitions

2007-12-10 Thread Dotan Cohen
On 10/12/2007, Michele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] Is there any way to cancel slide transitions, so that I can simply view the slides one by one without resorting to Edit mode. Slide transitions are marked with a diamond between the slides in the Slides pane (on the left in the

Re: [users] SEND FREE

2007-12-10 Thread Per
Hi Nicklas Check out computermagazines like, PC för Alla etc. They often send a CD with some software. Very often they ship OpenOffice on these CD:s. // Per NICKLAS RÖNNBLOM skrev: SEND FREE OPEN OFFICE CD TONICKLAS RÖNNBLOMSOFIEHEMSVÄGEN 9 S-90738 UMEÅ COUNTRY:SWEDEN

Re: [users] [moderated]

2007-12-10 Thread Per
If you mean OpenOffice.org (OO.o), the answer is yes. // Per Nancie skrev: can you tell me if this is compatible with MS Vista? - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL

Re: [users] [moderated]

2007-12-10 Thread Per
Hi Chris. Yes it can. Best regards // Per christopher stephen skrev: Could open office suite be used with Vista Premium Chris - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL

Re: [users] Download OOo

2007-12-10 Thread Per
Welcome to OOo-world. :-) 1. Yes OOo runs with Windows XP, Windows XP is the operativsystem that runs the computer. OOo can also run parallel to other office-suits, like MS Office. 2. You hav to download the whole package. 3. It´s free, pass it to friends, family and others... 4. 2.3.1 is

Re: [users] FAQ

2007-12-10 Thread Dotan Cohen
On 10/12/2007, Johnny Rosenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The problem with MSO users is that they do not realize that there exists a group that goes by the title almost everyone except Microsoft. They think that everyone uses MSO. For them, it's simply office, much like Windows is computer

Re: [users] Downloading spreadsheet

2007-12-10 Thread Detlef
Yes it is all one program known as Open Office Suite. -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Keith Sonnenberg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Gesendet: Montag, 10. Dezember 2007 05:28 An: users@openoffice.org Betreff: [users] Downloading spreadsheet Sirs: I am unfamilair with Open Office. Can

[users] recently self-published novel uses GNU GPL FsF software and fonts

2007-12-10 Thread wayne corbett
A recent self-published novel was proud to use GNU GPL FsF software. and fonts for typesetting and page layout Following is a copy from the book of the two pages of credit for and appreciation of those creative applications. *Editor's Comment* This manuscript was formatted using

Re: [users] [moderated]

2007-12-10 Thread James Knott
Ray Walsh wrote: I just downloaded OpenOffice 2.3 for my Ma (OS X.4.1) and when I went to use it, I was told I needed OS 11 and the set up disc that came with my computer. I'm travelling for several months and don't have this. It seems to me that offerig the choice of a download for OSX or 11

Re: [users] Re: DOWNLOADING IS DAMN COMPLICATED

2007-12-10 Thread John R. Sowden
M Henri Day wrote: 2007/12/9, Jonathan Kaye [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Please make it simple. People don't want to search how to download stuff. They want to click and that's it. Your download stuff is the most complicated I have seen in my entire

Re: [users] [moderated]

2007-12-10 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2007/12/7, Nancie [EMAIL PROTECTED]: can you tell me if this is compatible with MS Vista? I wish it wasn't, but unfortunately it is. J.R.

RE: [users] Can Open Office be Used as the Email Editor for Outlook?

2007-12-10 Thread Leach, William R
...because Outlook will try to startup MS Word when you receive e-mails created by people that use MS Word as their e-mail editor. Best I can tell (by looking at the Outlook's options you can not change the editor that Outlook will start up. /sarcastic No doubt this is another fine example of

Re: [users] Can Open Office be Used as the Email Editor for Outlook?

2007-12-10 Thread Harold Fuchs
On 10/12/2007 22:42, Leach, William R wrote: ...because Outlook will try to startup MS Word when you receive e-mails created by people that use MS Word as their e-mail editor. Best I can tell (by looking at the Outlook's options you can not change the editor that Outlook will start up.

Re: [users] DOCX file

2007-12-10 Thread James Knott
Pat Brown wrote: Still no luck. I tried the SimpleText.docx file thinking maybe the formatting on my OO file were too much, but even that shows ASCII junk, pages breaks, but no text. Did you try to install that odf-converter from Novell on a 32 bit system? I found that worked for me, but

Re: [users] Can Open Office be Used as the Email Editor for Outlook?

2007-12-10 Thread Klaas
*Harold Fuchs* typed up the following, at 11-Dec-07 09:49 (UTC+1100) ; On 10/12/2007 22:42, Leach, William R wrote: ...because Outlook will try to startup MS Word when you receive e-mails created by people that use MS Word as their e-mail editor. Best I can tell (by looking at the Outlook's

[users] Spreadsheet: Text to Numeric Conversion

2007-12-10 Thread Pierre
I have been given a very large spreadsheet to work on. What should be numeric (integer) values appear to be text or string values, that is 100 is entered as '100 Is there a quick way to convert the text values back to numeric ones? TIA Pierre

Re: [users] Spreadsheet: Text to Numeric Conversion

2007-12-10 Thread Harold Fuchs
On 10/12/2007 23:57, Pierre wrote: I have been given a very large spreadsheet to work on. What should be numeric (integer) values appear to be text or string values, that is 100 is entered as '100 Is there a quick way to convert the text values back to numeric ones? TIA Pierre

Re: [users] Special characters

2007-12-10 Thread jonathon
On Dec 9, 2007 11:49 PM, Peter Challenger wrote: I there any way of assigning a Special Character to a shortcut key, Ian's alt key handler is the easiest way to do that. http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/hillview/OOo/ xan jonathon -- OOo can not correct for incompetence in creating documents

Re: [users] [moderated]

2007-12-10 Thread jonathon
On Dec 10, 2007 5:04 PM, Bill Melendez wrote: companies like this (see attached) Attachments tend to be deleted before being processed by the list. supporting? Are these companies allowed to sell your free software? Free can mean one of two things: * Libre: * Gratis; 1: Libre The

Re: [users] Spreadsheet: Text to Numeric Conversion

2007-12-10 Thread Pierre
Harold Fuchs wrote: Not sure if this is the quickest way but ... Save the file as a .csv (Comma Separated Values) file. This will save your values as strings surrounded by quotes and separated by commas. Each row will start on a new line. Close Calc. Open the .csv file in a text editor (or

Re: [users] DOWNLOADING IS DAMN COMPLICATED

2007-12-10 Thread Jimmy Wu
On Dec 9, 2007 10:55 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Please make it simple. People don't want to search how to download stuff. They want to click and that's it. Your download stuff is the most complicated I have seen in my entire life. George I think someone has serious issues if they

Re: [users] CALC: Control portion of spreadsheet users can see

2007-12-10 Thread kevin johnston
I don't know if this will accomplish exactly what you are thinking of: In a spreadsheet, you can hide arbitrary rows and/or columns. So let's say your sheet extends from cell A1 to cell H44. You can hide all columns I through IV and all rows 45 through 65536. All that will be left visible

[users] best PDA for OpenOffice.org

2007-12-10 Thread Healthy Beaver
Hi, I have a Palm TX but it does not do OOo and so I want to buy something that will. What do you recommend? Thanks in advance Floyd

Re: [users] Spreadsheet: Text to Numeric Conversion

2007-12-10 Thread Brian Barker
At 10:57 11/12/2007 +1100, Pierre Noname wrote: I have been given a very large spreadsheet to work on. What should be numeric (integer) values appear to be text or string values, that is 100 is entered as '100 Is there a quick way to convert the text values back to numeric ones? You have

Re: [users] Spreadsheet: Text to Numeric Conversion

2007-12-10 Thread Anthony Chilco
Hi Pierre, Assuming that the numbers are in column A, enter the formula =value(a1) into the top cell of an empty column and fill down. Copy the results and paste special into column A, with 'formulas' unchecked. tc Pierre wrote: I have been given a very large spreadsheet to work on. What

[users] Re: [moderated]

2007-12-10 Thread NoOp
On 12/10/2007 11:27 AM, James Knott wrote: Bill Melendez wrote: Purchased this package a while back and them saw your website where it is offered for free. You also ask for donations to maintain the project. Isn’t companies like this (see attached) counterproductive to your efforts at self

[users] Re: Spreadsheet: Text to Numeric Conversion

2007-12-10 Thread Joe Smith
Pierre wrote: ... Is there a quick way to convert the text values back to numeric ones? A Find Replace triggers a re-interpretation of the values, so Search for: .* Replace with: Options / Regular expressions: YES Will also convert all the numeric strings to the actual numeric values. Joe

Re: [users] typing a color

2007-12-10 Thread Carol Butler
I tested this myself and got the same results - although the icon color changed for font color, my typing was in black. I was able to highlight text and click on the icon, and the text changed color, but this seems like an unworkable solution. CButler On Dec 10, 2007 9:57 AM, GARY GANGWISCH

Re: [users] typing a color

2007-12-10 Thread Carol Butler
On going back to my document, I turned off the color icon by clicking it, but my type remained the alternate color I had chosen. I was not able to go back to black type until I again highlighted the text and clicked on black. On Dec 11, 2007 1:00 AM, Carol Butler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I

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