Re: Windows 11

2016-01-15 Thread Jim McLaughlin
There is, as yet, no Windows 11. If your question was meant to refer to Windows 10, which does exist, AOO is reportedin many posts on this list, be compatabl with Windows 10. I have not, yet, personally used AOO 4.1.2 with Win 10. On Fri, Jan 15, 2016 at 12:34 PM, Richard Beeston wrote: > Dea

Re: Windows 11

2016-01-15 Thread Jim McLaughlin
gt; > Sorry to inform you but Windows 11 was launched the day before yesterday > and is in stores now. > > Regards Richard > > -Original Message- From: Jim McLaughlin > Sent: Saturday, January 16, 2016 7:55 AM > To: users@openoffice.apache.org ; ar2l...@bigpond.com &g

Re: Windows 11

2016-01-15 Thread Jim McLaughlin
On Fri, Jan 15, 2016 at 1:58 PM, Richard Beeston wrote: > Well what is this then > > > Image result for windows 11 > > > Windows 11 Release Date, Feature Concepts, Update And ... > > > > windows11update.com/ What it is is a non Microsoft site with a bunch of third party speculation. Its sort

Re: Windows 11

2016-01-16 Thread Jim McLaughlin
Brian -- ROTFL. Excellent. It appears to me that our friend Richard is either a troll or a loon, and perhaps both. On Sat, Jan 16, 2016 at 2:21 AM, Brian Barker wrote: > At 21:03 16/01/2016 +1100, Richard Beeston wrote: > >> > 4 branches of House of windows and internet >> > > Why lag behin

Re: Compatibility

2016-01-18 Thread Jim McLaughlin
Not an Apple guy, so I can't tell you if AOO 4.1.2 is compatible with your op sys. If you download ONLY from www.openoffice.org and no where else you will be "safe" in the sense that you will not get any "add ons"or assorted malware. That site should list compatiIble Apple OS versions, if the se

Re: Help please!

2016-01-25 Thread Jim McLaughlin
Dan - Katherine had a question about apparently disappearing files when she tried to load a history manager onto her OO installation. Jan, who's first language is not English, graciously tried to help by recommending a program called "recuva" to recover the missing files. The phrase "dwn @pirif

Re: how do I convert a template to a style?

2016-01-25 Thread Jim McLaughlin
Now I am confused. What is a "registered Template" as opposed to a "non registered template" On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 12:49 PM, Regina Henschel wrote: > Hi Julian, > > Julian Thomas schrieb: > >> I create a new document, and then want to apply the formatting specified >> in one of my templates.

Re: please

2016-01-25 Thread Jim McLaughlin
Gee Craig, you were so sympathetic and persuasive in your request for help that on both the hotmail and comcast addresses you use I immediately filtered you out. You can rant and rage until the end of time and I won't pay a bit of attention or even "hear" or see a word you say or type. Have a lou

Re: how do I convert a template to a style?

2016-01-26 Thread Jim McLaughlin
Thank you. I understand now. On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 5:04 AM, Regina Henschel wrote: > Hi Jim, > > Jim McLaughlin schrieb: > >> Now I am confused. >> >> What is a "registered Template" as opposed to a "non registered template" >> >

Re: new wireless touch pad driving me bonkers

2016-02-28 Thread Jim McLaughlin
Dave Mainwaring - I had the same issue with a Dell Pavillion 17 laptop, product number K4Q96UA#ABA running 64 bit Win10 Home on a non touch screen. Synaptic SMBus touch pad. Couple weeks ago I gave up on the touch pad and plugged in an old logitech wireless mouse. Its not a Win 10 compliant m

Re: new wireless touch pad driving me bonkers

2016-02-28 Thread Jim McLaughlin
Dave Mainwaring - Follow up on my prior post re using mouse instead of touchpad with Win 10. HP mouse is a "X3000". I did finally connect it this afternoon. Functions perfectly. On Sun, Feb 28, 2016 at 2:30 PM, Jim McLaughlin wrote: > Dave Mainwaring - > > I had the sam

Re: Windows 10 and Apache open office

2016-03-29 Thread Jim McLaughlin
Lucy Blake - I upgraded my laptop from Win 8.1 to Win 10 about three months ago, just after New Years. I had no issues. The upgrade went fine. There is a learning curve from Win 8 to Win 10. I did back up all my files (not programs, but files) to an external hard drive as a precaution, but

Re: A question

2016-05-21 Thread Jim McLaughlin
Please be sure that when you do download Open Office you download it *ONLY* from: http://www.openoffice.org/ On Sat, May 21, 2016 at 12:40 PM, wrote: > > On Sat, 21 May 2016 19:57:16 +0100 Rory O'Farrell > writes: > > > No, you have to download it all, a file of about 140MB. You can > > then

Re: Referencing a cell from previous worksheet in same spreadsheet file...

2016-06-03 Thread Jim McLaughlin
try this: highlight cell to be copied> click edit >click copy;>navigate to sheet where cell is to be pasted> navigate to cell on second sheet where original cell is to be pasted >highlight destination location > edit > click "paste special" > on grey pop up screen click "link" On Fri, Jun 3, 20

Re: Referencing a cell from previous worksheet in same spreadsheet file...

2016-06-03 Thread Jim McLaughlin
the formula bar for destination cell, then > navigate to the original cell, click on it and hit "Enter" ( or "Return") > > Steve > Sent from my iPad > > On Jun 3, 2016, at 7:21 AM, Jim McLaughlin > wrote: > > > try this: > > > > highlight

Re: can't open 2 programs at once

2016-06-06 Thread Jim McLaughlin
Brian and JonlyDonly - STOP. HITLER. End this, please. On Mon, Jun 6, 2016 at 1:36 PM, Brian Barker wrote: > At 12:35 06/06/2016 -0600, Jonly Donly wrote: > >> You misquote who wrote the statement. >> > > Sorry, but I didn't: it was definitely you. > > Jonly Donly did not post it. >> > > Oh,

Re: hi

2016-06-11 Thread Jim McLaughlin
This is neither rocket surgery nor brain science. Go to Open Office Help by pressing F1. Click the INDEX tab. On the search line, "*superscript text*". Press the Display radio button. Follow the directions which come up in the right panel. On Sat, Jun 11, 2016 at 5:51 AM, wrote: > hi, > >

Re: #############################################

2016-06-15 Thread Jim McLaughlin
Doug - Its the repetitive hash tag / pound sign in the OP's (Sean's) initial post which will make many readers think the initial message is SPAM. Wade is not indicating / stating or implying that a spam message will create the issue initially described by Sean. Wade is telling Sean that a subjec

Re: Languages Office Writer

2016-07-09 Thread Jim McLaughlin
Dan - SNIP > 2. >How well do you understand the use of styles in Writer? If not >well you need to learn. There are chapters on styles that will be >very helpful. > > Where are these "chapters" on styles located? > > On 7/5/2016 9:40 AM, chaxiraxi...@gmail.com wrote: >> >>> H

Re: Languages Office Writer

2016-07-10 Thread Jim McLaughlin
Brian - Yes, it does help. Thank you. On Sun, Jul 10, 2016 at 12:58 AM, Brian Barker wrote: > At 10:22 09/07/2016 -0700, Jim McLaughlin wrote: > >> Where are these "chapters" on styles located? >> > > In the documentation, available from > https://w

Re: propagating changes

2016-07-19 Thread Jim McLaughlin
Brian - Thank you for the walk through on managing and changing default fonts in Writer. Esay to follow and helpful. A slightly related question: How do I change the default font in Calc? I have vision issues and both the Arial font structure as well as the default size are an issue for me. Wh

Re: propagating changes

2016-07-19 Thread Jim McLaughlin
16 at 1:33 PM, Brian Barker wrote: > At 12:57 19/07/2016 -0700, Jim McLaughlin wrote: > >> How do I change the default font in Calc? I have vision issues and both >> the Arial font structure as well as the default size are an issue for me. >> While I can change each new s

Re: Conveting files from Word Perfect x7

2016-07-29 Thread Jim McLaughlin
I have not used any Word Perfect product in at least a dozen years. I do not know what file formats WP 7 uses. It is my understanding that Open Office (OO) 4.2.1does not directly handle the PW file format *.wpd, due to licensing issues with Corel, the publisher of Word Perfect. Similarly, OO doe

Re: Double line spacing

2016-08-06 Thread Jim McLaughlin
virii On Sat, Aug 6, 2016 at 12:40 PM, Felmon Davis wrote: > On Mon, 1 Aug 2016, Doug wrote: > > I agree that I brought up the word "manuscript" since something like a >> term-paper or a dissertation might frequently >> be called by that term, and I thought that the derivation from the Latin >>

Re: Double line spacing

2016-08-06 Thread Jim McLaughlin
2 PM, Brian Barker wrote: > At 13:14 06/08/2016 -0700, Jim McLaughlin wrote: > >> virii >> > > Sorry, but that's sillier than silly. If "virus" were a second declension > noun with a Latin plural (which it isn't), its plural would be "viri"

Re: Can't open program

2016-08-30 Thread Jim McLaughlin
*"What am I doing wrong?"* You mean in addition to using a MAC? On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 1:35 PM, dc wrote: > I have an iMac running 10.10.5 Yosemite. I downloaded OpenOffice 4.1.2 as > a disk image. I opened and moved OpenOffice into the Applications folder. > When I double click OpenOffice a

Re: add a custom dictionary for my local language

2016-09-26 Thread Jim McLaughlin
The longest journey starts with byt a single step. If you wait for someone else to create your custom dictionary, you will never have it. No one else will create the custom dictionary for you. On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 5:46 AM, Brahim B. wrote: > I like to add 3 entries. I cannot add all th

Re: Update

2016-10-13 Thread Jim McLaughlin
I'm missing somethingdid the install work or not work? Your post gives no data regarding the success of lack of same. Does your post have a point? On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 10:13 AM, John Gregson wrote: > I am using 4.1.2. > Tried to update to 4.1.3 using the built-In update checker. > I am

Re: Update

2016-10-13 Thread Jim McLaughlin
Just because i was curious, I went to the openoffice.org web site and downloaded 4.1.3 directly, without using the "updates" drop down within OO 4.1.3 Download and install under Windoze went quickly and without any apparent hitches. Reads all my old documents created in each of 4.1.3; 4.1.2; 4.1.

Re: New Open Office Apache program

2016-10-14 Thread Jim McLaughlin
Nothing at all *sub rosa *about Apple.'s corporate culture of ripping off their customers. On Fri, Oct 14, 2016 at 8:27 PM, Jim Driscoll wrote: > Dear Sir, > > I have a new Apple Mac Pro computer. I previously had to get special > permission from Apple to open your old Open Office program. I m

Re: cannot download office 4...

2016-10-14 Thread Jim McLaughlin
Just because i was curious, I went to the openoffice.org web site and downloaded 4.1.3 directly, without using the "updates" drop down within OO 4.1.3 Note that I used the openoffice.org web site and did not use Sourceforge. Download and install under Windoze 10 went quickly and without any appar

Re: cannot download office 4...

2016-10-15 Thread Jim McLaughlin
Yes Brian I noticed. No it was not Sourceforge. On Fri, Oct 14, 2016 at 11:35 PM, Brian Barker wrote: > At 23:09 14/10/2016 -0700, Jim McLaughlin wrote: > >> ... I went to the openoffice.org web site and downloaded 4.1.3 directly, >> without using the "updates" dro

Re: Invitation to collaborate in usability survey

2016-10-20 Thread Jim McLaughlin
Willfully rude and insulting, John? On Thu, Oct 20, 2016 at 12:34 PM, John Hart wrote: > On 10/19/2016 11:04 PM, lucrecia.ller...@predoc.uam.es wrote: > >> This research aims to provide empirical evidence to resolve many >> usability issues with which the OpenOffice Writer community is unfamili

Re: Re-Install Open Office Suite in new Windows 10 computer

2016-11-21 Thread Jim McLaughlin
Do what Janes Knott said. AND BE SURE THAT YOU DOWNLOAD ONLY FROM: www.openoffice.org No where else. On Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 10:21 AM, wrote: > I recently purchased a new Windows 10 computer and would like to know how > to install the Open Office suite The new machine rejects the installatio

Re: Windows 10 default Apps

2016-11-24 Thread Jim McLaughlin
Bert - A. Why not just remove Micro$loth Word? B. Also remove Open Office and use instead the fully functional Libre Office? While Douglas Hamilton will come all unglued that some one dares speak truth to power,, the reality is that OO is a dying application. On Thu, Nov 24, 2016 at 3:20

Re: Windows 10 default Apps

2016-11-24 Thread Jim McLaughlin
Wrong as usual Brian. On Thu, Nov 24, 2016 at 4:14 PM, Brian Barker wrote: > At 15:55 24/11/2016 -0800, Jim McLaughlin wrote: > >> Bert - >> A. Why not just remove Micro[soft] Word? >> > > Probably because that wouldn't help him! Removing the current

Re: DOCX file extension

2016-11-26 Thread Jim McLaughlin
Not directly. One of the many "features" of OO 4,x.x On Sat, Nov 26, 2016 at 6:59 AM, David Kendal wrote: > Hello, > > I have the most recent version of Open Office but am unable to > open DOCX files sent to me. > > Is there a way of opening these files? > > Thanks, > > David Kendal

Re: DOCX file extension

2016-11-26 Thread Jim McLaughlin
esort to insults and foul language because others have experience different from yours. On Sat, Nov 26, 2016 at 12:10 PM, Larry Gusaas wrote: > > > On 2016-11-26, 1:59 PM Jim McLaughlin wrote: > >> Not directly. One of the many "features" of OO 4,x.x >> >

Re: DOCX file extension

2016-11-26 Thread Jim McLaughlin
cx files but all too frequently requires a sort of "translator" to open. Now stop playing with your computer, and stop playing with your self, get out of your mother's basement and go play outside with the other children. On Sat, Nov 26, 2016 at 3:50 PM, Larry Gusaas wrote: >

Re: What should be a simple Question

2016-12-17 Thread Jim McLaughlin
As others have noted, with regard to OpenOffice 4.x.x the answer is basically "Yes". I am going to espouse heresy here. I have used OO about 4 years. When I started, it was a reasonable alternative to the Micro$loth product. Over that time period, IMHO OO has gone downhill. Too many bugs not

Re: Impress keeps changing my font color to black

2016-12-26 Thread Jim McLaughlin
The chronically obnoxious Mr. Groenescheij runs true to form yet again. Totally lacking in communication skills, and being utterly without any actual knowledge with which to answer another user's question, Mr. Groenescheij resorts to a snarky put down of both the original poster and a statement fr

Re: Apache OpenOffice 4.1.3 Install

2017-01-05 Thread Jim McLaughlin
SElf proclaimed Apple fanatics like Goeyass are incapable of actually learning. On Thu, Jan 5, 2017 at 6:17 PM, Julian Thomas wrote: > > > On Jan 5, 2017, at 16:32, Larry Gusaas wrote: > > > > Answered in the Forum many times. The solution is listed under Known > Issues in the release notes > >

Re: Cant access a template

2017-01-29 Thread Jim McLaughlin
Yet another instane of a long festering defect in the OO "organization" and the inability or unwillingness of the organization to resolve it. OO is effectively dead. Try Libre Office fr a somewhat better experience. Sad to be a *former* OO user, but after a while dealing with the defective OO

Re: Help needed NO FORUM PLEASE

2017-02-02 Thread Jim McLaughlin
So you are a dumb shit incapable of receiving advice in th omly manner in which it is offered. Your problem. Send microsoft youur money and begone from the forum. On Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 11:32 PM, Rory O'Farrell wrote: > On Wed, 1 Feb 2017 23:43:06 -0200 > Giulli Castro wrote: > > > So I appar

Re: Libre Office

2017-02-06 Thread Jim McLaughlin
Libre Office works. On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 11:19 AM, John Gregson wrote: > What is the difference between Open Office and Libre office? > > > > > > J. Gregson > jfgreg...@shaw.ca > >

Re: Libre Office

2017-02-06 Thread Jim McLaughlin
> So does OpenOffice. > > > Am 06.02.2017 um 20:59 schrieb Jim McLaughlin: > > Libre Office works. > > > > On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 11:19 AM, John Gregson wrote: > > > >> What is the difference between Open Office and Libre office? > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> J. Gregson > >> jfgreg...@shaw.ca > >> > >> > > >

Re: Libre Office

2017-02-06 Thread Jim McLaughlin
of a leghorn.. > > Vincent Juliano > vjuli...@optonline.net > > > On Feb 6, 2017, at 3:09 PM, Jim McLaughlin > wrote: > > No, it doesn't. > > OO is a bad joke. yaers and years with the same defects, unresolved. > Dictionary issues; shut down failures; us prof

Re: Libre Office

2017-02-06 Thread Jim McLaughlin
urate. On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 12:37 PM, Matthias Seidel wrote: > Yes, enough is enough. > > It is time for you to go to bed! > > Am 06.02.2017 um 21:36 schrieb Jim McLaughlin: > > Vinnie - > > You and I have neen using OO since the same edition /ssue. > > It has

Re: Installing OO.o

2017-02-26 Thread Jim McLaughlin
Why would Microsoft alter Windows Defender in Win 10 to make use of open source garbage like OO 4.1.3 easier? Microsoft is in the business of selling, among other things, Office and Word. You truly think that Microsoft wiould willingly cut into the sales of Office or Word to assist Open Office us

Re: Installing OO.o

2017-02-26 Thread Jim McLaughlin
Imagine how much I care what you think. On Sun, Feb 26, 2017 at 9:14 AM, M Henri Day wrote: > 2017-02-26 18:01 GMT+01:00 Jim McLaughlin : > > > Why would Microsoft alter Windows Defender in Win 10 to make use of open > > source garbage like OO 4.1.3 easier? > > > >

Re: Installing OO.o

2017-02-26 Thread Jim McLaughlin
And yet you've responded twice to my post, which you could have ignored. You apparently do think I care, and lack the self restraint to control yourself. I own you. On Sun, Feb 26, 2017 at 10:48 AM, M Henri Day wrote: > 2017-02-26 18:38 GMT+01:00 Jim McLaughlin : > > > Imagin

Re: Open Office Latest Update

2017-04-06 Thread Jim McLaughlin
Get an actual computer and operating system instead of an Apple product. On Thu, Apr 6, 2017 at 2:40 PM, Edwin Irving wrote: > Just updated to Open Office 4.1.3 and now I can’’t open the App. I get > “OpenOffice" can’t be opened because it is from an unidentified developer. > > "Your security pr

Re: Open Office Latest Update

2017-04-06 Thread Jim McLaughlin
So sad that facts so often ruin your day. Even sadder that you are incapable of any communication without profanity and threats of violence. On Thu, Apr 6, 2017 at 3:38 PM, Larry Gusaas wrote: > On 2017-04-06, 4:31 PM Jim McLaughlin wrote > > Get an actual computer and operati

Postal Bar Code Add on - US

2014-02-19 Thread Jim McLaughlin
. Can anyone here direct me to such a feature, either native to OO, or as an add on or plug in. Thank you. Jim McLaughlin

Re: Postal Bar Code Add on - US

2014-02-19 Thread Jim McLaughlin
digit zip on the envelopes / mailing labels. Some how, it just looks better, more complete and professional, with the bar code for trhe 9 digit zip. Thank you again for the information. I guess my age is showing. Jim McLaughlin On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 7:10 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: >

Re: windows 7

2014-04-15 Thread Jim McLaughlin
I've been using 4.0.1 very well with Windoze 7 Home Premium. On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 3:13 PM, Robert Wray wrote: > Hi Folks, I note that Open Office is compatible with windows XP and 8 but > windows 7 is not mentioned. Can I use it with Windows 7? Thanks. > Bob > bobro...@bellsouth.net

Re: OpenOffice Weekly News #2

2014-04-29 Thread Jim McLaughlin
29 April 2014 14:58 Pacific daylight Time (US) the blog link is still returning a 404 error. On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 2:09 PM, Don Daugherty wrote: > On 4/28/2014 7:24 AM, Rob Weir wrote: > >> The new issue is out and you can find it here: >> >> https://blogs.apache.org/OOo/entry/apache_openoffic

Re: Suggestion.

2014-05-12 Thread Jim McLaughlin
I would certainly "second" Gordon Lee's suggestion for ver. 5.x.x that having a parallel to the Corel/WP "reveal Codes" function would be invaluable. On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 6:06 PM, Sarala Lee wrote: > Sir / Madam, > For many years I used WordPerfect as my Word Processor and Desktop >

Re: not working version of OO4.1.0

2014-05-16 Thread Jim McLaughlin
Google 401.msi The msi extension is a Microsift Installer file. I found a series of conversations back in November, 2013 regarding 401.msi errors for OO with a purported link to a file source to fix thise errors. Following is what I found: *openoffice401*.*msi* download - 2shared

Re: Suggestion.

2014-05-16 Thread Jim McLaughlin
This has been a very interesting thread. It has also been the single most posted to thread I've seen in the six or so months I've been a subscrber to this group. What fascinates me is that other than the three defender's of OO "orthodoxy" regarding "styles" ve. alternative methods, like a WP "re

Re: Reveal Codes Query - or Re: Suggestion.

2014-05-19 Thread Jim McLaughlin
All the more reason why the open source community operating under the Apache umbrella should add a "Reveal Codes" analog to OO. On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 8:01 AM, Doug wrote: > > On 05/19/2014 09:38 AM, 許哲崇 wrote: > >> If we use OpenOffice to edit the file and use WordPerfect to reveal code, >> w

Re: Help for users@openoffice.apache.org

2014-05-26 Thread Jim McLaughlin
Me too. My second one came in on 24 May. I notice the others were dated 25 May. \ This is the second message I received. *"Hi! This is the ezmlm program. I'm managing the users@openoffice.apache.org mailing list. I'm working for my owner, who can be re

Re: How to prevent very long text in a cell overlap the footer in Calc?

2014-06-13 Thread Jim McLaughlin
On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 4:45 PM, Jesse Lafian wrote: > yo. unsubscribe me please. this shit is super annoying. > > *To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org *

Re: OpenOffice for Android

2014-06-13 Thread Jim McLaughlin
On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 4:47 PM, Jesse Lafian wrote: > I would like to be unsubscribed. > *To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org *

Re: OCR A Extended font

2014-07-07 Thread Jim McLaughlin
In Windows 7, there does not appear to be a listing under Control PanelFonts...for the OCR A Extended font about which the first poster inquired. No idea about any other "flavor" of Windows. On Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 5:02 PM, Martin Groenescheij wrote: > If you're using Windows open the C

LABELS question

2014-07-13 Thread Jim McLaughlin
Printer is an HP 6310. OS is Windows 7. Open Office 4.0.0 Label sheets are Avery # 5160. I'd like to print multiple different labels on different column / row combinations on the Avery sheet. (Note: I do not want to print 30 iterations of the same label on a sheet.) As it is, I can readily

Re: LABELS question

2014-07-13 Thread Jim McLaughlin
Yes, thank you, problem solved. I was certain that there was something simple which I was overlooking. On Sun, Jul 13, 2014 at 4:26 PM, Brian Barker wrote: > At 16:00 13/07/2014 -0700, Jim McLaughlin wrote: > >> Printer is an HP 6310. OS is Windows 7. Open Office 4.0.0. Label s

Re: What's this "Warning from users@openoffice.apache.org"

2014-07-14 Thread Jim McLaughlin
Me three on getting these odd missives. Show up about every three weeks, and despite the text, no "bounced messages" are ever attached. Very odd. On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 8:30 PM, Rochelle wrote: > Good question. I get them too, but not recently. I've asked and have not > gotten any answer ei

Boots, instructions, and unsubscribing

2014-07-27 Thread Jim McLaughlin
Dennis- Rather than repeatedly performing an action which does not yield the result you are seeking, why not actually read and follow the directions for unsubscribing from the Open Office forum? Or are you too stupid to pour piss out of a boot while reading the directions written on the sole of t

Inserting jpeg into .odt document

2014-07-30 Thread Jim McLaughlin
I have created a document, saved with the .odt extension. I want to insert a .jpeg file int the document, between paragraphs in the teext within the document. I am having difficulty getting the .jpeg file to appaer and print within the document. Would some kind soul here walk me through the step

Re: Inserting jpeg into .odt document

2014-07-30 Thread Jim McLaughlin
Thak you, that resolved the issue. On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 8:56 AM, Brian Barker wrote: > At 06:41 30/07/2014 -0700, Jim McLaughlin wrote: > >> I have created a document, saved with the .odt extension. I want to >> insert a .jpeg file into the document, between paragraphs in

Re: problem with installation

2014-08-14 Thread Jim McLaughlin
Alan - Thank you for the pointers to the malware cleaner and registry cleaner programs. Very valuable to tuck away in case of future need. Thanks again. On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 3:52 PM, Alan B wrote: > On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 5:59 PM, wjs wrote: > > > I have tried downloading Open Office th

Re: I want to install Open Office version 1 on a Windows 98 SE installed computer.

2014-08-15 Thread Jim McLaughlin
What disk? Where did you get the disk? I suspect you purchased the disk from a third party reseller, and if so, you are taking several risks. I urge you to DOWNLOAD the Open Office 4.0.1 or 4.1.0 or whatever it is this week directly from either: www.openoffice.com or www.sourceforge.com T

Re: emails bouncing`

2014-10-07 Thread Jim McLaughlin
I also get the same set of "bouncing E mail messages". I got all panicked the first couple of times, but I wisely learned to ignre them. It is a tad irritating that the "Powers Who Have Appointed Themselves To Be", though notified of and aware of the issue with the list management software, have

Re: en lecture seule

2014-10-08 Thread Jim McLaughlin
There is no need for your insulting remarks regarding the use of French in the newsgroup. I'm American, not Canadian, yet I am bi lingual in English and French. You will note that the original poster, M. Chenavier, provided a full translation, into idiomatic American English, of his question. No

Re: Re: FW: Open Office error

2014-10-09 Thread Jim McLaughlin
This was an almost content free post from Martin ( and that is *really* unusual.) All that was in it was the word "image", at left margin,repeated on two consecutive lines. Did the list management software scrub out an enclosure / attachment / image? On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 3:59 PM, Martin Groen

Re: Please Remove me from Open Office Spreadsheet issue

2014-11-14 Thread Jim McLaughlin
Shocking I know that you can't and won't be waited on, but if you want off the list, you have to do it yourself. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 10:12 AM, Glenn Harder wrote: > Please take me off the users open office mailing list > Thanks

Re: windows 8

2014-11-14 Thread Jim McLaughlin
yes, it is compatable. Be very careful which site you use from which to download OO. Please use only: https://www.openoffice.org/ which will redirect to the SourceForge site. On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 12:36 PM, Pearl Swan wrote: > I am interested in downloading Open Office bit I have window

Re: Lost info

2014-11-16 Thread Jim McLaughlin
Alexandro - Thank you for that reminder. It caused me to check my save settings and I noted with horror that I had left the saving interval setting at the default 15 minutes. Fortunately I have not yet had an issue, but I was very glad to correct the interval before having an issue. On Sun, Nov

Re: windows 8

2014-11-21 Thread Jim McLaughlin
>From you E mail address I intuit thatht your primary ISP is in Canada. I do not know if you are an Anglophone r Francophone, but from your comments I must presume you are an Anglophone. I hope that you have downloaded the German language version of Open Office through the official open office sit

Re: Commentary and votes on the wording of "Keep Current Format" for saving

2014-11-23 Thread Jim McLaughlin
How does one "...apply for a BZ account..."? On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 4:17 PM, Kay Schenk wrote: > Just a post to raise awareness. > > We recently had issue 125890 filed that deals with the wording for a Save-- > https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=125890 > > I don't know how many folks

Re: Print Range on Combined Spreadsheet

2014-11-29 Thread Jim McLaughlin
Dennis - Thank you. That is an "elegant" solution to the problem posted. On Sat, Nov 29, 2014 at 7:33 AM, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote: > Open the problematic sheet in Calc. > > With the cursor initially in cell A1, Click Ctrl-End on your keyboard. > This will move to the lower-right corner cell o

Re: Quick Office Pro

2014-12-02 Thread Jim McLaughlin
Exactly. That's why Simon is providing info that OO/ Apache is not related to Quick Office; explaining that this group can't help re QO, and directing the person making inquiry to a possible source for help since that help can't be obtained here. I can't think of a better function for a MODERATO

Open Office 4.1.1

2014-12-13 Thread Jim McLaughlin
Monsieur - Je suis attristé d'apprendre que vous éprouvez des difficultés à l'installation d'Open Office 4.1.1 Je embarrassé par le ton et la teneur de certaines des réponses que vous avez reçues des membres sur le groupe de cet utilisateur. Pour commencer à répondre à vos questions, nous aurion

Re: Open Office 4.1.1

2014-12-13 Thread Jim McLaughlin
Brian - Thank you for the correction. You are of course correct. Brain fart on my part. So easy to by habit type .com. Apologies to all. On Sat, Dec 13, 2014 at 9:35 PM, Brian Barker wrote: > > At 19:57 13/12/2014 -0800, Jim McLaughlin wrote: > >> Télécharger seulement de www

Re: How to get Open Office without Malware

2014-12-17 Thread Jim McLaughlin
Current version is 4.1.1. Download safely only from www.openoffice.org On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 2:39 PM, Marilyn Jackson < marilynejack...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > Hi. I recently had trouble by downloading Open Office with malware. How > can I get a version that's safe to use? I see someone is

Re: Downloading Problem

2014-12-23 Thread Jim McLaughlin
Be sure you have gone only to www.openoffice.org to begin the download process. Open office.org will then take you to the servers at sourceForge for the actual download. Beyond that there is little we can do to assist you until you tell us: Your machine type (PC variant / Mac / other ?) Operat

Re: Schriftenfamilie DejaVu-Fonts

2014-12-28 Thread Jim McLaughlin
Enough. No more. While Urmas' xenophobia is legendary, there is zero reason for Urmas to be calling Martin "...a fool..." for offering advice to the OP. TUrmas is apparently not willing to self moderate. His latest escapade demonstrates to me that he needs to be barred from accessing this group

Re: Latest Version.

2014-12-30 Thread Jim McLaughlin
I use Win 7 HP and had no issues downloading OO 4.1.1 to my machine. On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 7:14 PM, FC wrote: > I use OO 3.4.1 with Win 7 Home Premium 64-bit. > > The site openoffice.org/download doesn't seem to offer > a version for my operating system. > > Any suggestions? > >

Re: Won't print

2015-01-01 Thread Jim McLaughlin
Tony - There is no " version of Open Office to buy. Open Office is freeware. Don't ever pay any vendor for it. OpenOffice is available for free and without a lot of add on junk that some unscrupolous folks package it with from the official OpenOffice site at www.openoffice.org. Going to that

Re: Please address "bad allocation", "Not Responding", and 'just blowing up when accessing macros"

2015-01-05 Thread Jim McLaughlin
Mac or PC Which operating system Unclear from your post which version of OO you are using. Please add this data to your query. Please do not respond directly to me. Post only to the list. On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 6:16 AM, Louis B Bushard wrote: > I have the following problems repeatedly: > >

Re: Please Unsbscribe me from this form

2015-01-13 Thread Jim McLaughlin
To unsubscribe read, understand, and follow the directions at the foot of each message. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org You 'unsubscribe" message must be sent from the same e mail account used when originally subscribing. On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 8:49 PM, wrote:

Re: Please take me off your support email reply list.

2015-01-21 Thread Jim McLaughlin
To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org You must use the same e mail address with which you initially subscribed to un subscribe. On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 12:47 PM, Marvin Hubbard wrote: > Dear openoffice > > Please take me off your support email reply list. > > Thank

Re: Error 1310 Help

2015-01-24 Thread Jim McLaughlin
Chris - Please tell us what kind of machine you have, i.e. Mac, PC clone, etc., and what operating system you are using. Also, please be sure that the program you are trying to load was downloaded ONLY FROM www.openoffice.org , which redirects to the servers at sourceforge.com A copy of OpenO

Re: Word completion

2015-01-25 Thread Jim McLaughlin
Brian - Thank you. I, too, had the same issue and was not aware that there was an option. I just lived with it as what I thought was an "artifact" of the way OO was coded. I appreciate the tip. On Sun, Jan 25, 2015 at 1:24 PM, Brian Barker wrote: > At 15:23 25/01/2015 -0500, Vivian Cotton wr

Re: can't extract and finish installation of open office

2015-01-28 Thread Jim McLaughlin
No, no one viewed the attachment you sent, as the list software strips out any attachments. You have been told that twice by other people responding to you. This list works when users pay attention to its operating constraints. You have also twice been told that there is no "key" required for OO

Importing PDF form into OO 4.0.1

2015-02-04 Thread Jim McLaughlin
I am running OO 4.0.1 on a PC clone under Windows 7 Home Premium edition. I am looking for a way to import into OO a form created by a third party with Adobe in PDF format. I want to be able to fill out the form with my computer, rather than print a blank form and fill in by hand. For reasons

Re: Bad download

2015-02-05 Thread Jim McLaughlin
>From whence did you download OpenOffice? I suggest that you were not on the only official OpenOffice site, that being www.openoffice.org. If you downloaded from that site, and only that site, you will not have any extraneous and undesired programs added to your download. Sadly, there are unscrup

Re: Bad download

2015-02-05 Thread Jim McLaughlin
>From whence did you download OpenOffice? I suggest that you were not on the only official OpenOffice site, that being www.openoffice.org. If you downloaded from that site, and only that site, you will not have any extraneous and undesired programs added to your download. Sadly, there are unscrup

Re: Downloading Upgrade to 4.1.1

2015-02-22 Thread Jim McLaughlin
Very difficult to try to help if you don't tell us: a) what site (URL( are you using for your download. (It should ALWAYS AND ONLY BE www.openoffice.org), b) Web browser and version; c). OS and version; d) available disk space on hard drive disk you seek to load / install OO 4/1/1 Please

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