Re: Reminder: List Conduct Guidelines

2014-01-08 Thread Richard Driscoll
I have in subscribed twice in the last week without effect. Please remove my email address from the list. I am no longer using the software. richard.drisco...@icloud.com Thank you Richard Richard Driscoll Sent from my iPhone > On 8 Jan 2014, at 02:30, Rob Weir wrote: > > Intructions for how t

Re: All essay text turned to hashtags

2014-01-08 Thread Rob Weir
On Sun, Jan 5, 2014 at 2:32 PM, Rory O'Farrell wrote: > I've added your suggestion Roband Steve Ahlers to a draft document. I'll wait > in case of more input and then we can consider a short questionaire and > revise the wording. > One further idea on this: I can turn this into the form of a

Re: Reminder on list policy

2014-01-08 Thread TN Patriot
On Tue, 7 Jan 2014 19:47:54 -0500 "Think" wrote: > The fact that... You go on, and on, and on, and on, blathering and whining when someone disagrees with you, yet anything you seem to want to say is just fine. You're one of those 'do as I say, not as I do' types. That's the reason you st

Re: All essay text turned to hashtags

2014-01-08 Thread Rory O'Farrell
On Wed, 8 Jan 2014 09:11:38 -0500 Rob Weir wrote: > On Sun, Jan 5, 2014 at 2:32 PM, Rory O'Farrell wrote: > > I've added your suggestion Roband Steve Ahlers to a draft document. I'll > > wait in case of more input and then we can consider a short questionaire > > and revise the wording. > > >

Re: Reminder on list policy

2014-01-08 Thread Peter Junge
Please calm down! The only result of fueling the fire of such discussions will be that users, who are solely interested in finding support here, will leave. Peter On 01/08/2014 10:44 PM, TN Patriot wrote: On Tue, 7 Jan 2014 19:47:54 -0500 "Think" wrote: The fact that... You go on, and

Re: Restored Documents

2014-01-08 Thread Ernie Kurtz
Rob, I appreciate your thorough answers, from which I often learn much. But on this one, I use OO 4.0.0, and there is no "Options" choice under "Tools." Can you tell me, please, where I might find it? Thanks. ernie kurtz ernestkurtz.com On Jan 7, 2014, at 10:17 PM, Rob Weir wrote: > > Ano

Re: Restored Documents

2014-01-08 Thread Rory O'Farrell
On Wed, 8 Jan 2014 11:01:21 -0500 Ernie Kurtz wrote: > Rob, > > I appreciate your thorough answers, from which I often learn much. But on > this one, I use OO 4.0.0, and there is no "Options" choice under "Tools." Can > you tell me, please, where I might find it? Thanks. > > ernie kurtz > e

Re: Restored Documents

2014-01-08 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2014-01-08, 10:01 AM Ernie Kurtz wrote: I appreciate your thorough answers, from which I often learn much. But on this one, I use OO 4.0.0, and there is no "Options" choice under "Tools." Can you tell me, please, where I might find it? Thanks. On Macs look in OpenOffice/Preferences. --

RE: Being Good, was: RE: Reading and Exporting spreadsheets--another commentary

2014-01-08 Thread Think
Actually, according to my Philosophy/Logics prof at UGA, attacking someone does invalidate the argument. Any time there is a personal attack of any kind, it shows an inability or lack of willingness to debate the "facts" in evidence. Hence, attacking someone says "I am not going to play fair and wo

RE: Reminder on list policy

2014-01-08 Thread Think
irgu...@gmail.com https://www.mail-archive.com/slackbuilds-users@slackbuilds.org/msg08961.html http://slackware.org.uk/slackbuilds.org/14.0/academic/convertall/convertall.SlackBuild John Berger, you already put your name on the internet. So you have already exercised that "prerogative." Why no

RE: Reminder on list policy

2014-01-08 Thread Think
A moderator who is asking for calm, shouldn’t be using exclamation marks. Try educating the users on the policies of the list and how following those policies will keep the list safe for all to comment. Also, provide the emails of all moderators and explain that the complaint process drives inv

RE: Reminder on list policy

2014-01-08 Thread Jim Parkhurst
Ya' know, all of this bantering has become LONG past being something to attempt to read. Please go to your respective corners and stop this nonsense. Or the list risks the possibility of losing lurkers - such as myself - to mindless bantering that has long since lost its appeal of anything relev

RE: Reminder on list policy

2014-01-08 Thread Think
All it will take is for the moderators to step up and ensure that this list is fair, equitable, open to all; that people who post on this list will not be bullied or ravaged, no matter how "stupid" or simple the question. As one of those who is keeping this issue alive, I fully understand how my

Next steps for the AOO users list

2014-01-08 Thread Rob Weir
I just want to make sure that you all know that we're not ignoring this list and its recent troubles. The PMC is taking this very seriously and discussing what actions to take. This discussion may take another day or two. Once done we'll act but also have clearer procedures in place for how to ac

Re: Reminder on list policy

2014-01-08 Thread Jim Plante
Or for the moderators to simply suspend your subscription. Please follow your own advice. I'm getting tired of deleting you. On Jan 8, 2014, at 12:31 PM, Think wrote: > All it will take is for the moderators to step up and ensure that this list > is fair, equitable, open to all; -

Re: Reminder: List Conduct Guidelines

2014-01-08 Thread Robert Holtzman
On Wed, Jan 08, 2014 at 10:03:39AM +, Richard Driscoll wrote: > I have in subscribed twice in the last week without effect. Please remove my > email address from the list. I am no longer using the software. You should have received a confirmation email. You have to reply to it in order to be

Re: Reminder on list policy

2014-01-08 Thread Robert Holtzman
On Wed, Jan 08, 2014 at 08:44:26AM -0600, TN Patriot wrote: > On Tue, 7 Jan 2014 19:47:54 -0500 > "Think" wrote: > > > The fact that... > > You go on, and on, and on, and on, blathering and whining when someone > disagrees > with you, yet anything you seem to want to say is just fine. You'r

Re: Reminder on list policy

2014-01-08 Thread John Meyer
On 1/8/2014 1:47 PM, Robert Holtzman wrote: On Wed, Jan 08, 2014 at 08:44:26AM -0600, TN Patriot wrote: On Tue, 7 Jan 2014 19:47:54 -0500 "Think" wrote: The fact that... You go on, and on, and on, and on, blathering and whining when someone disagrees with you, yet anything you seem to

Re: Reminder on list policy

2014-01-08 Thread Brian Waldner
Delete! On Jan 8, 2014, at 3:47 PM, Robert Holtzman wrote: > On Wed, Jan 08, 2014 at 08:44:26AM -0600, TN Patriot wrote: >> On Tue, 7 Jan 2014 19:47:54 -0500 >> "Think" wrote: >> >>> The fact that... >> >> You go on, and on, and on, and on, blathering and whining when someone >> disagree

Re: Reminder on list policy

2014-01-08 Thread Alan B
+1 to BHN regarding her desire for a civil list that provides supportive direction to people seeking help and one on which asking a question doesn't open the poster to incivil responses. On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 3:52 PM, Brian Waldner wrote: > Delete! > > > > > On Jan 8, 2014, at 3:47 PM, Robert

Re: Next steps for the AOO users list

2014-01-08 Thread Rob Weir
On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 1:55 PM, Rob Weir wrote: > I just want to make sure that you all know that we're not ignoring > this list and its recent troubles. The PMC is taking this very > seriously and discussing what actions to take. This discussion may > take another day or two. Once done we'll ac

RE: Next steps for the AOO users list

2014-01-08 Thread Maurice Howe
Eh? What's done? Is there a "report" or something we should see? Maurice Howe (a dedicated AOO user, but a weary blog follower) -Original Message- From: Rob Weir [mailto:robw...@apache.org] Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2014 4:46 PM To: users@openoffice.apache.org Subject: Re: Next steps

A suggestion for those un-interested in off-topic arguments

2014-01-08 Thread e-letter
Readers, Occasionally read this mailing list; this time was amazed and amused at the recent nonsense occurring. For novices to mailing lists, a suggestion: subscribe using the digest mode. You receive a delayed, single combined message of a group of messages. It is an easy and convenient way to a

RE: A suggestion for those un-interested in off-topic arguments

2014-01-08 Thread Maurice Howe
Ummm. And I can do that how?? Cheers, Maurice Howe I'm retired. Go around me. -Original Message- From: e-letter [mailto:inp...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2014 5:03 PM To: users-dig...@openoffice.apache.org; users@openoffice.apache.org Subject: A suggestion for those u

Re: Next steps for the AOO users list

2014-01-08 Thread Rob Weir
On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 4:57 PM, Maurice Howe wrote: > Eh? > What's done? > Is there a "report" or something we should see? > I'm not going to call out names. Those affected have been notified. They are now unable to post to this list, though they can remain subscribed if they want to read posts.

RE: Next steps for the AOO users list

2014-01-08 Thread Maurice Howe
Bless you and your dedicated team of volunteers! I'm greatly relieved that we can now get back to business -- our work projects, and the fixing of an occasional AOO burp). Maurice Howe -Original Message- From: Rob Weir [mailto:robw...@apache.org] Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2014 5:21

Re: Reminder on list policy

2014-01-08 Thread Linda Hull
In the 1980s and more in the 90s, Unix and Linux developers began the 'Developer Attitude' - "We know it all and you are just too stupid to find it out yet. Go read the (curse word) manual, you misbegotten worm!" Sadly, this attitude became the "Cool thing to do", continuing in many Help forums,

OpenOffice 3.2.1

2014-01-08 Thread Les Brown
Friends, I am trying to do some work with this version of OpenOffice. After down loading and using the Draw programme, I was able to use the Fontwork tool bar, which would appear when selected in the View menu. However since that first occasion the Toolbar will not appear when being select

how to uninstall open office

2014-01-08 Thread Tiphaine Beausseron
Hi there, I would like to uninstall my current version of openoffice and then download the new one. But How can Uninstall it ? I am on Mac OS XX. Cheers Tiphaine Beausseron - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.

Re: OpenOffice 3.2.1

2014-01-08 Thread Alexandro Colorado
The fontwork toolbar is only available on Writer, Draw uses some other tools but no fontwork. On 1/8/14, Les Brown wrote: > Friends, > I am trying to do some work with this version of OpenOffice. > After down loading and using the Draw programme, I was able to use > the Fontwork tool bar, which w

Re: how to uninstall open office

2014-01-08 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2014-01-08, 5:57 AM Tiphaine Beausseron wrote concerning "how to uninstall open office": I would like to uninstall my current version of openoffice and then download the new one. But How can Uninstall it ? I am on Mac OS XX. You uninstall it the same way you uninstall most applications o

sending resume using open office

2014-01-08 Thread jcishome
To whom it may concern, My name is John, I have been using open office for some time now and fine it as good or better than windows office. I have a problem with AOO, every time I send a resume to a potential employer, it always comes back. What is the problem I am having ? I always need to mo

Re: sending resume using open office

2014-01-08 Thread Keith N. McKenna
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 jcish...@suddenlink.net wrote: > To whom it may concern, My name is John, I have been using open > office for some time now and fine it as good or better than > windows office. I have a problem with AOO, every time I send a > resume to a potential em

Re: sending resume using open office

2014-01-08 Thread Tim Deaton
If you are sending out resumes, they need to be in .doc format or .pdf format. You can save the document to both of those formats from within OpenOffice. For .pdf format, there is an icon in the standard toolbar just above your document. Click on that to create the .pdf file. For .doc form

Re: A suggestion for those un-interested in off-topic arguments

2014-01-08 Thread M. Fioretti
On Wed, Jan 08, 2014 22:03:26 PM +, e-letter wrote: > For novices to mailing lists, a suggestion: subscribe using the > digest mode. You receive a delayed, single combined message of a > group of messages. It is an easy and convenient way to avoid the > nonsense polluting your e-mail inbox. w