small problem launching openoffice from desktop

2014-07-23 Thread JD
created the desktop launcher: The launcher name is Open Office The command is: /usr/bin/ooffice in /usr/bin, I have: $ ls -l /usr/bin/*office* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root jd 32 Jul 23 12:18 /usr/bin/ooffice - /opt/openoffice4/program/soffice $ ls -l /opt/openoffice4/program/soffice -r-xr-xr-x 1 root

Re: small problem launching openoffice from desktop

2014-07-23 Thread JD
On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 4:08 PM, Andrea Pescetti pesce...@apache.org wrote: On 23/07/2014 JD wrote: in /usr/bin, I have: $ ls -l /usr/bin/*office* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root jd 32 Jul 23 12:18 /usr/bin/ooffice - /opt/openoffice4/program/soffice This is a symlink you put there, right? YES

Re: Please subscribe me

2014-07-27 Thread JD
On Sun, Jul 27, 2014 at 6:50 PM, Brad Lai lai.b...@gmail.com wrote: -- *Best Regards,Brad* *lai.b...@gmail.com* lai.b...@gmail.com Subscribe yourself at: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users - To

Re: review, comments, conflicts with Oo 4.0 and higher

2014-07-28 Thread JD
On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 7:10 PM, CMLDMB publis...@inglesidepublishing.com wrote: Correct, there is no image. Nor is there any indication that something is missing. I only new something was missing when I opened the documents in question in the Word 2010. As for the other, I tried .doc,

Re: Open office keeps crashing.

2014-07-29 Thread JD
What version of Apache Open Office are you using now, and what version did you use when it did not crash? On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 9:42 PM, Mohsain Essa emohs...@gmail.com wrote: I have macbook air with OS 10.9.4 I have the most recent Open Office. Each time I tried to open a file that had no

Re: small problem launching openoffice from desktop

2014-07-30 Thread JD
On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 6:12 PM, NoOp gl...@sbcglobal.net wrote: On 07/23/2014 12:17 PM, JD wrote: created the desktop launcher: The launcher name is Open Office The command is: /usr/bin/ooffice Mine (from openoffice4.0-debian-menus_4.1-9764_all.deb: code #!/usr/bin/env xdg-open

Re: small problem launching openoffice from desktop

2014-07-31 Thread JD
Well, you are indeed free to open the bug on behalf of everyone. I find it strange that they have not taken care of this from the get-go. On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 12:53 AM, NoOp gl...@sbcglobal.net wrote: On 07/23/2014 03:20 PM, JD wrote: On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 4:08 PM, Andrea Pescetti pesce

Re: opening open office docs with microsoft word

2014-08-02 Thread JD
On Sat, Aug 2, 2014 at 1:11 PM, Randi Moore randimoor...@yahoo.com.invalid wrote: Hi my name is Randi Moore. I am an online college student and one of the tech requirements is that I have microsoft word 2007 or later version. Well I do NOT want to spend that money to download MS word 2007!

Re: Download OO v4.1.0 for MAC OS X v8.5 (i7, 8GB memory Hard Drive)

2014-08-02 Thread JD
Before you jump on buying a DVD, I just downloaded it from: http://superb-dca2.dl.sourceforge.net/project/openofficeorg.mirror/4.1.0/binaries/en-US/Apache_OpenOffice_4.1.0_MacOS_x86-64_install_en-US.dmg ​It is a slow download, about 15 to 220 kilobytes/s. ​ ​

Re: Updated Version

2014-09-27 Thread JD
On Sat, Sep 27, 2014 at 9:25 PM, NoOp gl...@sbcglobal.net wrote: On 9/27/2014 3:47 AM, Janet Rogers wrote: Dear Sir/Madam I have the OpenOffice version 4.1.1 (4.11.9775) which was updated on 23.08.2014. I have, today, received a Download Alert email from Cnet saying that there is an

Re: Nicht druckbare Zeichen erscheinen nicht mehr

2014-09-30 Thread JD
1. Seien Sie sicher, dass Sie das Paket aus http://sourceforge.net/projects/openofficeorg.mirror/files/latest/download heruntergeladen Sie müssen möglicherweise neu installieren , wenn Sie bereits aus den obigen Link heruntergeladen es . 2014-09-30 11:09 GMT-06:00 Ursula Denker

Re: Install/Download of AOO 4.1.3 Failure

2017-02-08 Thread JD
One thought: when installing, do you have Administrator privs? On 02/08/2017 11:56 AM, VinceB. wrote: On 2/8/2017 12:52 PM, Andrea wrote: Am 08.02.2017 um 18:17 schrieb VinceB.: Today is the 2nd time that I have been unsuccessful in getting to the 4.1..3 version of AOO. I am using Windows

Re: Open Office current release terms and conditions

2017-04-03 Thread JD
_Unfortunately, many people around the world are snagged by web sites that sell them a non-current release on a DVD. _ On 04/03/2017 11:36 AM, Isaac Schrader wrote: The software is open source. The only terms and conditions are you cannot sell the software to any party and you cannot alter the

Re: unsubscribe????

2017-03-09 Thread JD
Read your OWN message. it contains the link: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org On 03/09/2017 01:00 PM, Robert William Allen wrote: Folks….my problem has been corrected and I feel that I do not need to continue with this chat line. How do I UNSUBSCRIBE Thanks. Bob

Re: open office 4

2017-04-08 Thread JD
It is NOT true that antivirus software will detect and remove ALL viruses. If you have access to another computer that does NOT have openoffice, install it on that computer and run it there to see if the behaviour is the same. PS: Which release version of OO 4 are you using? I am at Apache

Re: HELP!!

2017-08-14 Thread JD
So,Shawna Did this help to open your file or retrieve your file in any way. I am curious because I have not run into this situation and would like to know if it worked. Cheers, JD On 08/13/2017 08:42 PM, zahra a wrote: hi. if you use windows and newer version than xp, you can right click

Re: Subscription

2017-09-22 Thread JD
On 09/22/2017 07:13 PM, James Knott wrote: On 09/22/2017 07:16 PM, Diane Posell wrote: HP signed me up and said that it is free forever. I want to know if that is correct and if there is a charge how much is it? I have also started using it and find it a little difficult to navigate. The

latest build of 4.1.3

2017-09-22 Thread JD
My build id is ProductBuildid=9783 Is there a more recent build? - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org

Question about OO requiurements

2018-01-26 Thread JD
--address=systemd: --nofork --nopidfile --sys jd2505 1 0 Jan24 ?00:00:00 dbus-launch --sh-syntax --exit-with-session jd2506 1 0 Jan24 ?00:00:00 /bin/dbus-daemon --fork --print-pid 4 --print-address 6 --session jd2828 2824 0 Jan24 ?00:00:00 /bin

Latest AOO on Fedora 27 x86_64

2018-01-26 Thread JD
Hi all, 1. I first UNINSTALLED LibreOffice, only to find 2 mate desktop packages depend on some libreoffice package. So, now I have something slightly broken in my dnf database. 2. In downloaded AOO, and I installed it without any problems. 3. from the command line, I executed

Re: Question about OO requiurements

2018-01-27 Thread JD
How do I subscribe to that list??? On 01/26/2018 09:26 PM, Keith N. McKenna wrote: On 1/26/2018 9:43 PM, JD wrote: Could one of the developers tell me why I am getting this? Thanx. $ soffice GConf warning: failure listing pairs in `/desktop/gnome/interface': Client failed to connect

Re: Question about OO requiurements

2018-01-27 Thread JD
Wrong list. I was advised to subscribe to the dev list. On 01/27/2018 10:10 AM, Wade Smart wrote: Bottom of every email: To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org -- Registered Linux User: #480675 Registered

Re: Latest AOO on Fedora 27 x86_64

2018-01-27 Thread JD
On 01/27/2018 12:05 PM, Rory O'Farrell wrote: On Sat, 27 Jan 2018 10:28:51 -0800 Girvin Herr <ghe...@fastmail.com> wrote: JD, Are you trying to run AOO from a shell command line or in an xterm inside your desktop? If the former, keep in mind AOO requires a desktop (xfce, kde, etc)

Re: Latest AOO on Fedora 27 x86_64

2018-01-27 Thread JD
No worries. The missing lib is now installed and all is well! And yes, you CAN invoke soffice from the command line, as long as the DT is running. On 01/27/2018 11:28 AM, Girvin Herr wrote: JD, Are you trying to run AOO from a shell command line or in an xterm inside your desktop

Re: Latest AOO on Fedora 27 x86_64

2018-01-28 Thread JD
On Sun, Jan 28, 2018 at 10:58 AM, Andrea Pescetti <pesce...@apache.org> wrote: > JD wrote: > >> The missing lib is now installed and all is well! >> > > Can you confirm that the solution is the same as outlined at > https://bz.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=12

Re: on Fedora 27 - install of latest open office is flagged by dnf as creating conflicts :( :(

2018-02-26 Thread JD
2018 at 11:03 AM, JD <jd1...@gmail.com> wrote: So, if I run dnf erase libreoffice, it eliminates so many dependencies that other packages also depend on, that it would ruin my f27 installation. Therefore, you need to issue an advisory to those of us who prefer Apache OO, how to safely so

Re: open office license

2018-08-17 Thread JD
NO LICENSE is needed Go ahead and install. I was using it at almost every software company I worked at. No problems whatsoever. Just be careful and make sure that you download it from http://www.openoffice.org/download/index.html On 08/17/2018 09:05 AM, 許耀彰 wrote: Dear Support Team, Would

Re: open office license

2018-08-17 Thread JD
No one EVER asks anyone or any commercial entity for their license to use OopenOffice. On 08/17/2018 10:07 AM, Dan Lewis wrote: On 08/17/2018 11:05 AM, 許耀彰 wrote: Dear Support Team, Would it be possible to install openoffice in commercial place? Is there license agreement which we can follow

Re: PROBLEM SOLVED Re: problem remains Re: [Issue 127728] SPELLCHECK/DICTIONARY NOT WORKING AFTER UPDATE INSTALL to 4.1.5

2018-03-10 Thread JD
A better solution: do not create a an OpenOffice user profile. PERIOD. It is totally useless for the correct operation of OO. On 03/10/2018 11:05 AM, Andrea Pescetti wrote: Maurice Howe wrote: This guy makes it indelibly clear why users are sometimes encouraged to try I concur this is

Re: Software being sold on Amazon.com and Vipon.com

2018-03-23 Thread JD
Well, back when I could not afford high speed internet (dialup was allI could afford), I found it easier to buy the DVD of the free software online. The sad part of that I was stung by embedded malware that got installed by the installation script. But most of the time, things were clean for

on Fedora 27 - install of latest open office is flagged by dnf as creating conflicts :( :(

2018-02-26 Thread JD
So, if I run dnf erase libreoffice, it eliminates so many dependencies that other packages also depend on, that it would ruin my f27 installation. Therefore, you need to issue an advisory to those of us who prefer Apache OO, how to safely solve this problem.

Re: Fwd: Youtube: Douglas Ducote - The Caravan Is Coming To America

2018-10-24 Thread JD
Hey Maurice, You are POLLUTING our technical mailing list with your political opinion that NO ONE ASKED OF YOU So, keep it to yourself. We do not wish to be bothered by it. We are getting earfuls of it every frickin' day!! On 10/24/2018 03:36 PM, Maurice Howe wrote: Whatever your views

Re: EVERYTHIGN LOST!!!!

2018-09-14 Thread JD
Have you considered that 1. your machine might be hacked and contains malware? 2. You hard drive might be failing? 3. Your dram might be failing? On 09/14/2018 09:31 AM, Daniel Landgraf wrote: after saving my document it consists only of ## (sharps)!!! Very bad, now i lost everything!!

Re: OpenOffice 4 email?

2019-03-08 Thread JD
Hey cj-gs, you could install the Thunderbird Email Client application to send/receive emails. Latest release: download from https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/thunderbird/releases/ Highest number current release is 60.5.3

Re: ODF Files Created by HP Laserjet 1110A Scanner

2019-03-12 Thread JD
On 03/12/2019 12:53 PM, Rory O'Farrell wrote: On Tue, 12 Mar 2019 13:28:00 -0400 "Vic Bermudez" wrote: Hello, I have many ODF files that were created by an HP Laserjet 1100A printer/scanner. I can't seem to open these with any of the Open Office ODF menu options. Does anyone have

Re: Printing

2019-02-08 Thread JD
Is it an inkjet printer? If yes, perhaps your black ink is out or it is so old that it is dry. On 02/08/2019 09:33 AM, Bud Walker wrote: Hi guys: I have Apache Open Office 4.1.6. I have a problem printing a document using font color black. I just brought a new HP All in one computer. It

Re: Removing Duplicate entries?

2019-06-20 Thread JD
if you are on a unix machine or a linux machine, and your list is a text file (lets say mylist.txt); then you can eliminate duplicates in this way: sort -f mylist.txt | uniq > mylist2.txt the -f option ignores the case of the characters (ie. upper or lower). On 6/20/19, daniel wrote: > Hi

Re: Fwd: Is Open Office Going Away?

2019-09-18 Thread JD
That wind you got was just some people's brain fart because they are the club of a derivative software called libre' office. This club wants to discourage people from using OpenOffice and junp onto the band wagon of Libre' Office, which many programmers on the inside have intimated to me

OpenOffice 4.1.7: No page borders

2019-11-23 Thread JD
Hi, I tried to create a document without any left, right, top, or bottom borders via Format->Page->Borders which I set to 0. But the editor keep starting text at .5 inch offset from the left page's edge, and wraps at .5 inch offset from right page's edge. How do I prevent this from happening?

Re: Problem Downloading Open Office

2019-10-04 Thread JD
Don has a very good point. I think OpenOffice should stop using sourceforge.net because sourceforge does NOT check to see if the software projects it hosts are malware free. In addition, Apple is invested in selling MS office ported to the MAC-OS. So, I think Apple's code that rejects SW

Re: Problem Downloading Open Office

2019-10-04 Thread JD
On 10/4/19 11:22 AM, Matthias Seidel wrote: Am 04.10.19 um 19:14 schrieb JD: On 10/4/19 10:41 AM, Matthias Seidel wrote: Am 04.10.19 um 18:40 schrieb Andrea: The only official site does not support Mac ... Of course it does. Matthias, The official link for mac os takes you to https

Re: Problem Downloading Open Office

2019-10-04 Thread JD
t question. Regards, Dave Sent from my iPhone On Oct 4, 2019, at 10:22 AM, JD wrote: Don has a very good point. I think OpenOffice should stop using sourceforge.net because sourceforge does NOT check to see if the software projects it hosts are malware free. In addition, Apple is invested in selling

Re: Downloading Open Office With Windows 10

2020-01-27 Thread JD
On Mon, Jan 27, 2020 at 6:47 AM Tony wrote: > I have tried to do this with no success, will it download while I am using > Windows 10, am I missing something obvious. I have just moved from Windows > 7 to 10 and I had Open Office on my old system. I will be gratefull for any > advice you can

Re: Cancel membership

2020-06-22 Thread JD
Hi Wade, The person Wade Smart used a fake return email address: Meredith Guirguis So, I do not think she will be able to read our replies. On Mon, Jun 22, 2020 at 11:45 AM Wade Smart wrote: > Open office is free - there is NO charge. > You should check your credit card as you were >

Re: open office language pack cannot be downloaded

2020-12-15 Thread JD
go to http://www.openoffice.org/download/index.html and click on the language pack It is a bit slow, but it DOES download. On Tue, Dec 15, 2020 at 6:33 AM EDWIN VANDEWALLE wrote: > Dear helpdesk, > > when I try to download Apache open office 4.1.8 i get the following > message; > > OpenOffice

Re: open office

2021-01-04 Thread JD
(and corrected). Regards, JD On Mon, Jan 4, 2021 at 10:41 AM Dave Fisher wrote: > We would like to review sites that may be abusing our users. Please > provide the URL where you were asked for a credit card number. > > Thanks, > Dave > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Jan

Re: Recent version update

2021-05-19 Thread JD
I have reverted to the latest version 9 due to issues I am having. They could be my mistakes, but I do nothave time to find out in order to elaborate. On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 6:08 AM Martin Groenescheij wrote: > > On 19/05/2021 00:36, Walter . wrote: > > Goodnight. > > > > I live in

Re: Can not install 4.1.9

2021-02-09 Thread JD
On Tue, Feb 9, 2021 at 8:20 AM B. de Lange wrote: > Hello all, > > I tried to install update 4.1.9 on my windows 10 computer. But got the > message "The specified version in the folder below cannot be updated: > OpenOffice 4.1.9 Language pack (Dutch) install in: C:\Program Files >

Re: I need help!

2021-04-12 Thread JD
One solution is to changes the leading zeros to upper case letter O. Not an ideal solution, but the problem is with the CSV formatter, which treats zip codes as an arithmetic number, where leading zeros have no arithmetic value, so they are omitted. On Mon, Apr 12, 2021 at 11:47 AM Kristi

Re: Problem installing openoffice 4.1.10

2021-08-23 Thread JD
Thank you!!! That works. On Mon, Aug 23, 2021 at 10:03 AM Andrea Pescetti wrote: > On 21/08/2021 jd1008 wrote: > > During install of the rpms (Fedora 34 x86_64), > > I get this strange message: ... > >- package openoffice4.1.10-redhat-menus-4.1.10-9807.noarch requires > >

Re: Can't download

2021-09-15 Thread JD
Show us the URL you used to download? On Wed, Sep 15, 2021 at 5:51 PM rev nice wrote: > I tried all the different links using chrome but the download quickly got > stuck. > > So I tried IE. There were no selections under the drop down menus. > > Just to let you know. > > rev >

Re: Can't download

2021-09-17 Thread JD
ke to call it. Interestingly enough, such docs you create on OO will be fully compatible with MS office ware. On Fri, Sep 17, 2021 at 12:33 AM rev nice wrote: > JD: > > The problem was on my end, I had two wifi cards and they got confused. > > Since we're chatting, I've got a couple of quest

Re: OO crashed - which is a very rare thing for me

2022-03-11 Thread JD
On Fri, Mar 11, 2022 at 11:51 AM Matthias Seidel wrote: > Hi, > > Am 11.03.22 um 19:46 schrieb Nasha Sooryaya: > > Java was and still is indeed installed and it is the only > > package that provides JRE. > > To wit: > > > > java-11-openjdk-1:11.0.12.0.7-4.fc35.x86_64 : OpenJDK 11 Runtime > >

Re: Cannot get OpenOfficeOrg to completely download and open

2022-01-14 Thread JD
Where did you download it from??? Just browse openoffice.org, follow the links to download. Once fully downloaded, run it and it will install. On Fri, Jan 14, 2022 at 12:25 PM Lorraine Mix wrote: > I have a new ISM laptop and I have tried and tried to download and open > this product. I had

Re: Problem with OpenOffice

2022-12-28 Thread JD
Use Firefox instead. I have no such problem when I use firefox. Choose your platform: https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/108.0/linux-x86_64/en-US/ https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/108.0/win64/en-US/ https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/108.0/mac/en-US/ On Wed, Dec

Re: Pleas help me 'set up Open Office' on my MacBook Pro

2022-12-09 Thread JD
Download from https://sourceforge.net/projects/openofficeorg.mirror/files/4.1.13/binaries/en-US/Apache_OpenOffice_4.1.13_MacOS_x86-64_install_en-US.dmg/download On Fri, Dec 9, 2022 at 10:25 AM acharya...@gmail.com wrote: > Dear Apache team, Pleas help me 'set up Open Office' on my MacBook Pro >

Re: Open Office becoming impossible to use- bug ridden

2023-06-04 Thread JD
I have been using it for more than 12 years. No problems here On Sun, Jun 4, 2023 at 2:37 PM James Baker wrote: > How do you do that? I have erased and replaced the program twice and it > worked briefly, then started freezing again. > Jim Baker > > From:

Basic question-Mac user

2023-10-16 Thread JD & Melanie
Is there a download compatible with Mac OS 10.12.6? All I want to do is be able to open existing Word files and create new on a computer that previously used Office for Mac 2011. Thank you. Melanie Cole