[users] Re: [discuss] Re: [users] Manual available for OpenOffice.org 2.0

2005-11-02 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2 Nov 2005 at 14:54, G. Roderick Singleton wrote: On Wed, 2005-11-02 at 13:20 -0600, Mary Leete wrote: Congratulations to all who worked on OOo 2.0! It's fabulous! If anyone is looking for a great manual, Free Software For Dummies, includes about 200 pages on OpenOffice.org

Re: [users] Re: [discuss] Re: [users] Manual available for OpenOffice.org 2.0

2005-11-03 Thread Larry Gusaas
On Wed, 2005-11-02 at 17:37 -0600, Larry Gusaas wrote: On Wed, 2005-11-02 at 13:20 -0600, Mary Leete wrote: --- If anyone is looking for a great manual, Free Software For Dummies, includes about 200 pages on OpenOffice.org 2.0. It's newly published and received excellent

Re: [users] Re: [discuss] Re: [users] Manual available for OpenOffice.org 2.0

2005-11-05 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 3 Nov 2005 at 19:49, G. Roderick Singleton wrote: On Thu, 2005-11-03 at 16:50 -0600, Larry Gusaas wrote: What is misleading about announcing a book? What is misleading is that the author has chosen to send unsolicited commercial email to the list in an attempt to make is t seem

Re: [users] Re: [discuss] Re: [users] Manual available for OpenOffice.org 2.0

2005-11-05 Thread Larry Gusaas
I wish to thank Mr. Singleton and all the authors involved for their fine work on the documentation project. It has been very useful to me in learning the features of OOo. I also wish to thank Mr. Singleton for his ill-informed tirade against 'Free Software For Dummies'. Contrary to his

Re: [users] Confused by heading numbering

2007-01-15 Thread Larry Gusaas
robert wrote: It took me a while to figure out, but there are actually 4 different ways of numbering (and bulleting) in OOo Writer. And it is not at all obvious, and easy to get them mixed up, which is what leads to much of the confusion I think (at it did for me). I have yet to see a good

Re: [users] As you are not subscribed...

2007-01-21 Thread Larry Gusaas
John Meyer wrote: More to the point, why are these posts even allowed. Are we supposed to take time out and send them a personal e-mail, as opposed to just hitting the reply key? WalterAM wrote: Obviously, most of the time [moderated] in the subject is a good clue ; Why do all the

Re: [users] As you are not subscribed...

2007-01-21 Thread Larry Gusaas
CPHennessy wrote: On Sunday 21 January 2007 15:52, John Meyer wrote: More to the point, why are these posts even allowed. Are we supposed to take time out and send them a personal e-mail, as opposed to just hitting the reply key? Hi John, Please have a look at many of the newbie

Re: [users] Re: Why do some users get CC:ed (or The best way to answer questions on this list)

2007-01-28 Thread Larry Gusaas
James Mckenzie wrote: This is my point with headers in Thunderbird. You cannot just turn on the Delivered-to: lines, you have to look at the entire header area. With Earthlink, this can be more than the header buffer in Thunderbird can show and there is no method of scrolling You can

Re: [users] Re: Why do some users get CC:ed (or The best way to answer questions on this list)

2007-01-28 Thread Larry Gusaas
John Meyer wrote: Might you fill me in as to where this chrome folder is or should be? I can't find it, and I'm viewing all the hidden files in my system the following is from http://www.mozilla.org/support/thunderbird/edit Knowing where your profile folder is stored can be useful if, for

Re: [users] Re: Why do some users get CC:ed (or The best way to answer questions on this list)

2007-01-28 Thread Larry Gusaas
James Mckenzie wrote: Larry: Strangely, this does not work with my Thunderbird installation. Maybe I'm doing something incorrectly. James McKenzie I've been using Thunderbird for less than a Month. Check out http://kb.mozillazine.org/UserChrome.css The information I used is in one of

[users] Re: Offensive Material?

2007-03-07 Thread Larry Gusaas
Anthony Chilco wrote: clip / In any case, if you precede your signature with a line having three dashes (---) most email clients won't include the signature in others' replies to your messages. --- tc Actually it is two dashes followed by a space (-- ). -- Larry I. Gusaas Moose Jaw,

[users] Re: Offensive Material?

2007-03-07 Thread Larry Gusaas
Anthony Chilco wrote: Thanks, Larry. I stand, or sit, corrected. When you place your signature before the quoted text, the delimiter deletes the quoted text when I reply to your post. The proper place for the signature is at the end of the post. You can set Thunderbird to automatically

[users] Re: Antispam software

2007-03-08 Thread Larry Gusaas
David B Teague wrote: The Question: Can anyone recommend antispam software that works under XP with Thunderbird? Thunderbird Baysean spam detection isn't effective against spam that has advertisements in an embedded image. Perhaps Thunderbird just needs a longer training period. All

[users] Re: I can NOT post or join mail list

2007-03-24 Thread Larry Gusaas
Harold Fuchs wrote: NoOp wrote: Sorry: Also: Edit|Account Settings|news.mozilla.org|Copies Folders - should be: Also: Edit|Account Settings|gmane.comp.openoffice.questions|Copies Folders - snip a) I'm using E-mail, *not* News; b) When I use TB's *E-mail*, the messages sent

[users] Re: I want OO 2.2 without JRE please

2007-03-31 Thread Larry Gusaas
James Knott wrote: Cameron Smith wrote: I just tried to download OpenOffice 2.2 following the link from the announcement =download page But Chose to cancel the download The Download page states for windows 93 MB and I assume thats OO w/out JRE (ie it's the same size as many other previous

[users] Re: Print inadequacy on OO 2.2, Windows XP

2007-04-01 Thread Larry Gusaas
Daniel Kasak wrote: Paul Palmer wrote: Sirs: I was printing a table (that's probably unimportant) on a Canon printer. I noticed that there was no Page Setup (like in Word) on the FILE dropdown menu. I wanted to print in Portrait mode but somehow the file had decided it would print in

[users] Re: Locked pdf/unlocked pdf

2007-04-05 Thread Larry Gusaas
James Lockie wrote: Tom Chilton wrote: I'm not sure what you mean by unlocked. PDF is a format that is generally not for editing. One makes the file as they wish to distribute it and then export as PDF so that it cannot be edited. Please can you explain what you mean as I may have

[users] Re: MS word 2007

2007-04-06 Thread Larry Gusaas
Gordon wrote: Raghavendra Gupta wrote: Hello I am using open office version 2.2, However, it does not recognise the files created in word 2007. Any suggestions Thanks MS Office 97, 2000, 2002 and 2003 don't recognise 2007 files EITHER! Not without a converter add-in! More

[users] Re: MS word 2007

2007-04-06 Thread Larry Gusaas
James Knott wrote: Larry Gusaas wrote: Gordon wrote: Raghavendra Gupta wrote: Hello I am using open office version 2.2, However, it does not recognise the files created in word 2007. Any suggestions Thanks MS Office 97, 2000, 2002 and 2003 don't recognise

[users] Re: MS word 2007

2007-04-06 Thread Larry Gusaas
James Knott wrote: clip / OO 2.x can read and write the old format files. OO 1.1.5 can read but not write v2 files. MS Word recent versions cannot read older files, such as Word 6, even though OO can. IIUC Word 2007 can write to Word 97-2003 .doc format and also read them. Your statement

[users] Re: Signatures [Was: where is spell check?]

2008-03-11 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2008/03/11 12:15 AM, Dave Barton wrote: Maybe some reading this via Usenet can advise if the signature at the end of this post shows correctly and gets stripped in news reader replies. Dave Yes it does. The signature that was stripped was Never argue with an idiot, they will drag you

[users] Re: Problem with OpenOffice 2.0

2008-03-13 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2008/03/11 9:57 AM, K T Tan wrote: 11 March 2008 Hi, I am using version 2.0 of OpenOffice.org. My problem is that after downloading and instaling OOo_2.3.1_MacOSXIntel_Install_en.US-html on a MacBook with Intel 2.1Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo chip I can only access the Writer. The Calc or

[users] Re: [moderated]Mac OS X Ver 10.5.2

2008-03-13 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2008/03/12 3:41 PM, Stu Fine wrote: I can't download Open Office to my Mac. The Mac version required by OO says 10.4 Does this mean 10.4 or higher or just 10.4? If it's not available now, is there a time frame? Or am I just doing something wrong? Stu Fine It works on 10.4 Tiger and 10.5

[users] Re: Replying to Unsubscribed Users (Again)

2008-03-16 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2008/03/16 7:17 PM, Gary Munn wrote: How the heck do you get off this list I have tried everything Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You will receive an auto reply email which you have to reply to to confirm your request. -- Larry I. Gusaas Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan Canada

[users] Re: Replying to Unsubscribed Users (Again)

2008-03-16 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2008/03/16 11:06 AM, Harold Fuchs wrote: Recently there seem to have been several new people contributing answers to questions posed in this e-mail list. This is really good news. However, many of the replies, while being accurate and extremely useful, are not being seen by the questioner.

[users] Re: Replying to Unsubscribed Users (Again)

2008-03-17 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2008/03/17 9:09 AM, Jim Allan wrote: Larry Gusaas wrote: Can't search for Delivered-To: in Thunderbird newsgroup reader. I get these messages through Gmane. I AM NO going to switch reader to accommodate the rididulous policy to this list nor am I, considering the high volume on this list

[users] Re: Replying to Unsubscribed Users (Again)

2008-03-17 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2008/03/17 12:00 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote: On Monday 17 March 2008 17:26, David Lowe wrote: With this list, no matter what i click only the list address ever gets a reply without manual intervention on my part. That must be a function of your email client. If I click on reply-all I get:

[users] Re: Where is Calc in Open Office 2.3 on Mac OS X 10.5.2

2008-03-18 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2008/03/17 5:08 PM, Geoff Holmes wrote: I am using version 2.3 of OpenOffice.org. My problem is : I down loaded the OOo_2.3.3 MacOSXIntel_install-US.dmg and it seemed to install OK but I can only find Writer. Where is Calc and the rest? Regards Geoff On the menu bar for to FileNewand

[users] Re: Broken Printer:Properties

2008-03-18 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2008/03/16 8:03 AM, Hal Donna Estry wrote: I'm now using OOo_2.4.0RC_4MacIntel per your prior suggestion, running under OS 10.5.2. Most everything works except: When trying to Print, in the dialog box next to Printer is Properties, which is greyed out. Since I need to change to

[users] Re: Problem in downloading version 2.3.1 for Mac

2008-03-21 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2008/03/21 11:48 AM, Antó—nio Matoso-Ferreira wrote: Dear Sir: For several times I tried to download version 2.3.1 for Mac, from the download central, but I always get the answer: /The download you have chosen is not available/. Go to the download central, or it the back button. But

[users] Re: Any Pllans for an e-mail Client?

2008-03-22 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2008/03/22 10:07 AM, Ralph Barhydt wrote: I am using both currently but would like to turn off Entourage (Apple's version of Outlook). Is there some way to bring the Entourage mailboxes with their mail into Thunderbird? See http://kb.mozillazine.org/Importing_and_exporting_your_mail which

[users] Re: vista

2008-03-23 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2008/03/22 2:22 PM, David Damba wrote: i have an hp m8100n desktop with vista home premium. open office 2 requirements say i need version 2.2 vista. if i don't have that version, would i have a problem downloading and using my computer and/or open office2 ? You misread the requirements.

[users] Re: Mobile Office Suite

2008-03-23 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2008/03/23 2:05 PM, Harold Fuchs wrote: On 23/03/2008 13:25, James Knott wrote: You're confusing file formats (ODF) with applications (OpenOffice). There are many applications that work with ODF files, OpenOffice being but one of them. snip Please, where can I find a good list of

[users] Re: for 2 days I've bee getting the error msg when trying to download Open Office The download you have chosen is not available.

2008-03-24 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2008/03/23 12:31 PM, ~d *{,-) - aka UNITE wrote: Greetings James, I went to the site you suggested (the one I tried before) and got the same results. Here is the list of my results after clicking on the download. http://download.openoffice.org/

[users] Re: Download of Ooo 2.4 french version for MacOS X PPC not working

2008-03-27 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2008/03/27 7:12 AM, David Etcheverry wrote: Hey, I tried to download the new release of Open Office (2.4, version in french) for MacOX PPC from http://download.openoffice.org as described in the mail of [EMAIL PROTECTED] (27 march 2008) but was redirected to a download page

[users] Re: Is OOo release 2.4 also for MacOS10.4 PowerPC?

2008-03-28 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2008/03/27 9:39 PM, Ian Boatman wrote: Yesterday I received the OOo announcement that 2.4 is available for immediate download from http://download.openoffice.org.; But when I go there I am unable to download for MacOS10.4 PowerPC. Is it excluded from this release? Regards, Ian Boatman It

[users] Re: MS Office for Apple Macbook

2008-03-28 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2008/03/27 2:54 PM, desmond parmanand wrote: Pse advise whether u have this prog and which one I should download. Tx. Parmanand You have to go to Microsoft to get MS Office. If, instead, you want a free and open productivity suite go to http://porting.openoffice.org/mac/ -- As a

[users] Re: Absolutely cannot download software package

2008-03-30 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2008/03/29 3:08 PM, Jim Broni wrote: I am using a Mac with OS 10.4.11. All the attempts I have made to even download openoffice have been dismal failures. It keeps telling me the download is unavailable. What gives? Is there something I'm missing, or has the system decided I can't have

[users] Re: downloaded, installed, will not run for lack of x11, beginning to think OOo for Mac OS X is a hoax

2008-03-30 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2008/03/29 6:45 PM, Jim Broni wrote: Finally able to download and install OOo. X11 missing so it won't run. Neither your site nor Apple's is at ALL helpful to find and install this stuff. I have been unable to figure out how to get X11 installed and your software won't run without it. Are

[users] Re: FW: Open Office includes Outlook too? [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

2008-03-31 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2008/03/30 4:53 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does ANY Open Office version include Outlook? Outlook is a Microsoft program and is only available from Microsoft. If what your are trying to ask is - 'does OO.o include an email program?' - the answer is no. I would recommend Thunderbird with

[users] Re: can't download openoffice for MAC OSX 10-4-11

2008-03-31 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2008/03/30 9:48 PM, cynthia Jamin wrote: please advise. thank you so much, cynthia Go to http://porting.openoffice.org/mac/download/ -- As a courtesy I have sent a copy of this reply to you as well as to the mailing list. Do Not reply to me personally but just to the list at

[users] Re: can I download the newer version without causing problems or conflict merging with the older version????

2008-03-31 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2008/03/30 1:28 PM, hunter10039 wrote: I have an earlier version of open office. (perhaps a year old?) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1. can I download the newer version without causing problems or conflict? Yes 2.

[users] Re: OO.o v.2.2

2008-04-03 Thread Larry Gusaas
http://porting.openoffice.org/mac/download/On 2008/04/02 9:14 PM, John Grover wrote: I'm using a brand new iMac with Tiger version 10.4.1 Processor 2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Memory 2GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM When I try to open OO, I'm told that I must download X11 When I try to do that I'm told that

[users] Re: Doubt

2008-04-05 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2008/04/04 7:31 AM, Guilherme wrote: What is the difference between OpenOffice for Mac OSX for Intel and Mac OSX PPC ? One version runs on new Macs using Intel processors. The other runs on older Macs using PPC processors. -- As a courtesy I have sent a copy of this reply to you as

[users] Re: How do I register the product?

2008-04-06 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2008/04/05 5:57 PM, GEORGE KOSTOVICK wrote: I am using an Apple computer, not a PC. Please do not top post. See below for response to your question. Mailing List Guidlines http://www.openoffice.org/ml_guidelines.html On Apr 5, 2008, at 7:53 PM, Harold Fuchs wrote: On 04/04/2008 01:19,

[users] Re: Why I am unsubscribing from this list.

2008-04-09 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2008/04/09 3:15 PM, John Boyle wrote: To web at work: Thank you for your answer. Lisi Reisz did say that the question was asked as to where the meeting was to held, which I never saw. I would like the list to be unpolitical as well, and can use the help it provides. So why was the politics

[users] Re: Compatibility of Open office with Mac OS Leopard 10.5

2008-04-13 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2008/04/12 8:09 AM, Mohan Siribaddana wrote: Dear, I am using a Macbook Pro having the Leopard 10.5.2 OS. Which Open Office Software version will be compatible with this OS system. Please advise. Best regards Mohan Siribaddana Sri Lanka [EMAIL PROTECTED] See the following:

[users] Re: Change from writer to calc

2008-04-16 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2008/04/15 7:27 AM, Tord Karlsson wrote: Hi, I am using version 2.4 of OpenOffice.org. on a Macintosh MacBook Pro with X11 installed. My problem is that I can't open or change to any other application but writer. Go to File/New and select type of document you want. -- As a courtesy I

[users] Re: OOo needs an email client, Pegasus needs a sponsor and a text editing component

2008-04-19 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2008/04/19 3:41 AM, mike scott wrote: On 19 Apr 2008 at 10:30, Harold Fuchs wrote: ... Exactly. Well put. Although I think I'd prefer it if it were the OOo/Mozilla team (assuming TB gets used) that supplied the code. Given my opinion of the way TB currently

[users] Re: does not install properly

2008-04-19 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2008/04/18 7:13 AM, BRUCE CLARK wrote: I am running OSX 10.3.9 so I downloaded version 2.4 in the OOo_2.4.0_MacOSXPPC_install_en-US.dmg, which I believe is the correct version. When I open the .dmg, I drag OpenOffice.org 2.4 to the applications folder and then open the file from the

[users] Re: I have a Mac OS 10.3.9 computer am trying to set up open office 2.0.1

2008-04-19 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2008/04/17 3:17 PM, Gloria Good wrote: I bought a CD of open office 2.0.1, because I have dial-up and it was taking about 12 hours to download it from the internet. I now have icons all over my desktop of open office 2.0.1, so it may be installed finally. But when I click on the icons,

[users] Re: Installing OOo on Mac

2008-04-23 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2008/04/23 3:09 AM, Michel Brimbal wrote: Hello, I have a Mac with PPC G3, OSX 10.3.9 and 384 MB of RAM. X11 1.0 XFree86 4.3.0 is installed I have downloaded OOo 2.4 for the Mac and installed it into the Applications folder. OOo can apparently be started but it quits immediately when

[users] Re: [moderated] OOo v 2.1

2008-04-26 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2008/04/26 7:20 AM, G. Bruce Thompson wrote: I'm using OOo 2.1 on my Max iBook; OS X 10.3.9. Will version 2.4 install run on my machine? Then specs say 10.4x is required. I have: Machine Model:iBook G4 CPU Type:PowerPC G4 (1.2) Number Of CPUs:1 CPU Speed:1.2 GHz

[users] Re: [moderated] OOo v 2.1

2008-04-26 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2008/04/26 10:29 PM, Larry Gusaas wrote: On 2008/04/26 7:20 AM, G. Bruce Thompson wrote: I'm using OOo 2.1 on my Max iBook; OS X 10.3.9. Will version 2.4 install run on my machine? Then specs say 10.4x is required. I have: Machine Model:iBook G4 CPU Type:PowerPC G4 (1.2

[users] Re: users Digest 28 Apr 2008 01:26:16 -0000 Issue 6440

2008-04-29 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2008/04/28 11:51 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: On Monday 28 April 2008, Richard Detwiler wrote: Harold Fuchs wrote: 2008/4/28 Phil Woolwine [EMAIL PROTECTED]: ... ... Instructions as to how to unsubscribe are displayed at the botrtom of every message. For what

[users] Re: Disk image is downloaded to OS 10.5.2 but programs won't open

2008-05-07 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2008/05/07 5:27 AM, James Knott wrote: Steven Lewis wrote: Is there anywhere that show the steps to getting the apps open once they have downloaded to 10.5.2? I can¹t seem to get the apps to open Steven Lewis What are you referring to by 10.5.2? The current version of OpenOffice is

[users] Re: X11 Open Office on Mac Powerbook G3.

2008-05-11 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2008/05/09 7:16 PM, Marcus Swift wrote: Ladies Gents, Hello to you all. I'm probably asking a question asked a hundred times before, but I have tried the self-help sections of the web site, and typed all sorts of things into x-term but to no avail, and I'm hoping someone can tell me an

[users] Re: Download time for open office

2008-05-12 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2008/05/12 3:43 AM, Brad Rogers wrote: On Mon, 12 May 2008 10:16:59 +0100 mike scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello mike, To muddy the waters further, I see some of Bob Estes' mail duplicated, some not. For example, the headers from a duplicated pair are appended. Same message-id and

[users] Re: [Fwd: Re: Download time for open office]

2008-05-14 Thread Larry Gusaas
/u1ZuXjAwK4DIeyUPEKvUnDK66amyekMJ86xzm6SWtsX/h+pyUqHaaivb66ln8yTSTM6vQYHZRdKbIs/dqM= Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 10:35:23 -0600 From: Larry Gusaas [EMAIL PROTECTED] User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (Macintosh/20080421) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups

[users] Re: OpenOffice.org Software Uninstall

2008-05-14 Thread Larry Gusaas
-Original Message- From: Rodney Myers Sent: 2008/05/14 7:24 PM On May 14, 2008, at 12:19 PM, Denise Leonard wrote: I am a teacher with a MacBook Pro who attempted to install the OpenOffice.org software to accommodate one student who used the software for a presentation. However, I

[users] Re: Duplicated Messages (was Re: [users] Re: Download time for open office)

2008-05-14 Thread Larry Gusaas
-Original Message- From: Michelle Konzack Sent: 2008/05/14 7:13 AM Am 2008-05-11 17:14:39, schrieb Harold Fuchs: James, are you talking about messages from Bob Estes ([EMAIL PROTECTED])? Yes, and mee too, I get always to messages from Bob, one which come directly into the

[users] Re: Duplicated Messages (was Re: [users] Re: Download time for open office)

2008-05-15 Thread Larry Gusaas
-Original Message- From: Harold Fuchs Sent: 2008/05/15 5:58 AM 2008/5/15 Michael Adams [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Thu, 15 May 2008 02:46:53 -0700 Bob Estes wrote: In ageneralised *e-mail* discussion an email is sent To one person (or more) and cc several others. Reply sends the

[users] Re: Duplicated Messages (was Re: [users] Re: Download time for open office)

2008-05-15 Thread Larry Gusaas
-Original Message- From: Richard Detwiler Sent: 2008/05/15 2:43 PM Larry Gusaas wrote: Some mail/news programs do not respect the 'Reply-To' header and also send to the 'From' address when using the 'Reply-All' button. Those who use these non-compliant programs can use 'Reply-All

[users] Re: Duplicated Messages (was Re: [users] Re: Download time for open office)

2008-05-15 Thread Larry Gusaas
-Original Message- From: James Knott Sent: 2008/05/15 3:35 PM Larry Gusaas wrote: The problem is allowing unsubscribed postes to the list in the first place. If they are allowed, at least their address should be added to the 'Reply-To' header. Having to look to see if a post

[users] Re: Duplicated Messages (was Re: [users] Re: Download time for open office)

2008-05-15 Thread Larry Gusaas
I'll respond to two of your messages in one post. See below -Original Message- From: James Knott Sent: 2008/05/15 7:28 PM How did you set two reply-to addresses? What does the header look like? Add a new address to be sent to. Click 'To' and select 'Reply-to'. This should work the

[users] Re: trifolds

2008-06-08 Thread Larry Gusaas
Brad Rogers, 2008/06/08 10:03 AM: On Sun, 08 Jun 2008 09:16:54 -0600 Andrew Ziem [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Andrew, I already CC'd this message to Alvin365. Maybe you cannot tell because I use Gmane. How do you tell that someone is not subscribed? Your reply didn't appear to

[users] Re: docx

2008-06-10 Thread Larry Gusaas
NoOp, 2008/06/10 1:49 PM: I know that the linux Windows versions install without disrupting the existing OOo installs; does anyone know if this is true for the MAC version as well? It's true for Mac's (only the M is capitalized) as well.

[users] Re: docx

2008-06-10 Thread Larry Gusaas
NoOp, 2008/06/10 4:14 PM: 2. M17 give the OP the opportunity to have a look at what OOo 3.0 will look like come September. And given the fact the current dev versions do not mess with the existing OOo installs (Mac verified by Larry Gusaas - thanks Larry) and the OP can run them side-by-side

[users] Re: http://www.saveXP.org/ [WAS: Wrong OS or OS Version]

2008-06-10 Thread Larry Gusaas
ccornell - OpenOffice.org, 2008/06/10 6:28 AM: (I say only because when in the last 20 years have you gone into a consumer electronics store or a dedicated home computer shop and found anything but some version of Windows?) I've found Macs in many stores over the last twenty years. Currently

[users] Re: http://www.saveXP.org/ [WAS: Wrong OS or OS Version]

2008-06-11 Thread Larry Gusaas
ccornell - OpenOffice.org, 2008/06/11 1:28 AM: jonathon wrote: On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 5:28 AM, ccornell - OpenOffice.org wrote: I say only because when in the last 20 years have you gone into a consumer electronics store or a dedicated home AFAIK, computers at _The Apple Store_ have never

[users] Re: Thread Names

2008-06-12 Thread Larry Gusaas
Barbara Duprey, 2008/06/12 8:21 AM: Harold Fuchs wrote: I'm using Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (the latest I think) on Win XP Pro to read this list. I currently have *three* *different* threads which I think should be all the same: 1) [users] Re: http://www.saveXP.org/ [WAS: Wrong OS or OS Version]

[users] Re: How to make MS window OS to treat OO as MSO

2008-06-13 Thread Larry Gusaas
Richard Travers, 2008/06/13 2:46 AM: In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Lisi Reisz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: P.S. What does xan mean? I have searched hard on- and off-line without success. Or are you like the Duchess's baby? This has been asked several times now, although curiously

[users] Re: http://www.saveXP.org/ [WAS: Wrong OS or OS Version]

2008-06-15 Thread Larry Gusaas
Michelle Konzack, 2008/06/12 5:16 PM: Am 2008-06-11 16:49:24, schrieb NoOp: On 06/11/2008 12:44 PM, Dotan Cohen wrote: ...er, well, Acrobat works natively on Linux nowadays! Ummm... you sure about that? Perhaps you mean 'Adobe Reader'? AFAIT Acrobat Reader. Nope. It is Adobe Reader.

[users] Re: launching open office on leopard only brings up Writer but not the other apps

2008-06-15 Thread Larry Gusaas
Alex Leung, 2008/06/11 12:58 PM: Sorry if this is a stupid question. I just downloaded OpenOffice 2.4 and I have X11 installed on my imac running Leopard. When I launch OpenOffice, X11 starts up fine (I think) but then only Writer comes up, not the other apps. Any clue why? Thanks! -Alex

[users] Re: http://www.saveXP.org/ [WAS: Wrong OS or OS Version]

2008-06-15 Thread Larry Gusaas
Gene Heskett, 2008/06/15 8:13 AM: On Wednesday 11 June 2008, Gene Heskett wrote: And here is another of my replies that has sat in the inbox someplace for 4 days change between leaving my machine and actually getting to the list. Whats with the delays? You are posting to the list from an

[users] Re: [moderated]

2008-06-15 Thread Larry Gusaas
Gene Heskett, 2008/06/15 10:50 PM: Is kmail loosing its mind, or am I. First I can't seem to get it to remember that any replies I send to THIS list are supposed to go through gmail, not verizon. And apparently it also doesn't do me any good to hit the reply-all button either. This list

[users] Re: Handling of Reply Reply-All - FAO Gene Heskett; was Re: [users] [moderated]

2008-06-16 Thread Larry Gusaas
Harold Fuchs, 2008/06/16 4:51 PM: Gene, all I did was use my usual reply (*not* reply-all) to your message. I just assumed it would go to users@openoffice.org as usual. However, your question caused me to look at the headers of your message. I think the problem arises from the fact that your

[users] Re: Newsgroup moderation

2008-06-17 Thread Larry Gusaas
Jerry Clancy, 2008/06/17 2:12 PM: I, too, have no problem with occasional off-topic posting which can be helpful. I do have a problem, however, with OT stuff that goes on and on for more than a hundred posts, as at least one or two recent threads have, and I have no tolerance for rude,

[users] Re: Unsubscribe me please

2008-06-20 Thread Larry Gusaas
[EMAIL PROTECTED], 2008/06/20 9:21 PM: You have to unsubscribe yourself. Send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and then respond to the automated message you receive back. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For

[users] Re: The document is not being fully printed.unsubscribe please

2008-06-23 Thread Larry Gusaas
[EMAIL PROTECTED], 2008/06/22 11:35 PM: I am so tired of asking to be unsubscribed, I don't know what else to do. Repeatedly sending this message to the list won't get you unsubscribed. You have to do it yourself. I told you how in a previous message. Did you follow my instructions? Can you

[users] Re: OpenOffice disc images

2008-06-26 Thread Larry Gusaas
David Lowe, 2008/06/26 12:52 PM: Presumably that's the same reason why i can't yet d/l 2.4.1 in English for Mac on PPC - nobody's bothered to put it together. It's available on the good-day server ftp://ooopackages.good-day.net/pub/OpenOffice.org/MacOSX/ I believe the RC2 is the same as the

[users] Re: OpenOffice disc images

2008-06-26 Thread Larry Gusaas
David Lowe, 2008/06/26 6:12 PM: On Jun 26, 2008, at 15:59 , Larry Gusaas wrote: It's available on the good-day server ftp://ooopackages.good-day.net/pub/OpenOffice.org/MacOSX/ So then this really begs the question of why the bouncer can't find the file... Because it's not an official

[users] Re: Open Office for Mac 10.4 - questions

2008-06-30 Thread Larry Gusaas
Cat Travers, 2008/06/30 2:00 PM: I'm a PC user trying to help a technically indifferent colleague install OpenOffice onto her Mac laptop. My first question is about version - she says she has OS 10.4, but doesn't know whether it's OSX Intel or OSX PC. How can I help her figure that out?

[users] Re: FW: Training In Kuala Lumpur

2008-07-04 Thread Larry Gusaas
Peter Hillier-Brook, 2008/07/04 1:30 PM: Mark Knecht wrote: 2008/7/4 MHR [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Can we get this stopped? I don't know who this person is, but their postings are all trash, not to mention OT. Not to mention fraudulent. If this had genuinely British origins, centre would be

[users] Re: How to change default page size?

2008-07-12 Thread Larry Gusaas
NoOp, 2008/07/12 12:54 PM: On 07/11/2008 11:10 PM, Erik P. Olsen wrote: Select another A4 Avery default, generate a new set of labels (it doesn't matter if you use them or not), close and the next time it comes up you should be back to A4 and at the last label that you used in the wizard. I

[users] Re: Download for Mac

2008-07-20 Thread Larry Gusaas
[EMAIL PROTECTED], 2008/07/18 9:44 AM: Hello I downloaded and installed v2.4 for my Macbook Pro. I was under the impression that this is a suite of applications including an editor, a spreadsheet application, graphics application, etc. I only have access to an editor. Am I doing something

[users] Re: Starting Office after Installing OpenOffice 2.4

2008-07-20 Thread Larry Gusaas
[EMAIL PROTECTED], 2008/07/20 1:19 PM: Hello Guys My System is Windows XP PRO. Plenty of Memory. I downloaded Open Office 2.4 and it installed, seemingly without problems, BUT-- The Wizard was too dumb to give me a desktop Icon to start the application, leaving me wondering how to

[users] Re: starting open office

2008-07-20 Thread Larry Gusaas
ROBERT JENSEN, 2008/07/19 6:57 PM: Hello, I downloaded the latest version and ran the installation setup. Once it was completed, it created a folder on my main screeen, with numerous .exe files. Do I have to open each file separately or is there a specific file to open, which in turn will

Re: [users] Unsubscribe to this mailing list

2006-08-17 Thread Larry Gusaas
I had to scroll through a long unclipped post to find your opinionated comment which is totally unrelated to the subject. On 17 Aug 2006 at 23:53, Primm wrote: ---CLIP--- ---CLIP--- ---CLIP--- ---CLIP--- ---CLIP--- ---CLIP--- ---CLIP--- ---CLIP--- Please don't top post. -- Larry I.

Re: [users] Top Posting....Bottom Posting...We do bottom posting here...

2006-08-18 Thread Larry Gusaas
Who says you can only bottom post on this list? On 17 Aug 2006 at 19:28, James McKenzie wrote: Larry Gusaas wrote: Please don't top post. I had to scroll through a long unclipped post to find your opinionated comment which is totally unrelated to the subject. I made

Re: [users] Top Posting....Bottom Posting...We do bottom posting here...

2006-08-20 Thread Larry Gusaas
I started this discussion when I replied to a long unclipped post had a off-topic response telling the sender to bottom post. I latter asked who says you have to bottom post on this list. On 20 Aug 2006 at 18:07, Chris BONDE wrote: ---clip--- Sometimes a top post is better, especially, if

Re: [users] OpenOffice for Apple OS X 10.4

2006-08-21 Thread Larry Gusaas
I'm not a Mac user yet (very soon, hopefully) but check Apple support article at http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301229 which states the following: Want to reinstall a part of Mac OS X 10.4 after it's already installed? It's easy! 1. Insert your Mac OS X 10.4

[users] reformatting after inserting special characters

2006-08-21 Thread Larry Gusaas
After inserting the correct diacritecs, using Insert/Special Character, into a document I decided to change fonts by using the stylist. It did not change the font used for the diacritics. I did not discover this until I printed the whole document, wasting a bunch of paper. Why does inserting

Re: [users] Writer

2006-08-24 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 24 Aug 2006 at 20:29, Jack Gates wrote: On Thursday 24 August 2006 03:40, Angelo Camillos wrote: I have created a web page in writer but when I generate the html all objects and text relocate themselves and buttons that I have created on the page, which also relocate themselves loose

Re: [users] Writer

2006-08-25 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 25 Aug 2006 at 23:52, Jack Gates wrote: On Friday 25 August 2006 22:09, Dan Lewis wrote: http://validator.w3.org/ is the link I just used for a web page I created on January 2, 2006. It had the same result as I mentioned above: the only error was in the definition of styles in the

Re: [users] Questions and recommendations

2006-08-29 Thread Larry Gusaas
Where are the grammar checkers? I searched the OO.o website and found this at http://user-faq.openoffice.org/new-faq/Writer/faqwriterspellcheck/63.html Is there a grammar checker? OpenOffice.org doesn't have a grammar checker implemented. There has been rumour that one will be, but

Re: [users] MS corruption of odt extensions!!

2006-09-05 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 5 Sep 2006 at 13:13, Chad Smith wrote: For GOD'S SAKE! It was NOT the downloading the Word Viewer - nor the installation of it - nor even the running of it - that broke any damn thing on the guy's computer. It was HIS DELETION OF THAT PROGRAM that TEMPORIALITY left some of his files

Re: [users] For those who like FREE software

2006-09-07 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 7 Sep 2006 at 18:37, James McKenzie wrote: EJones wrote: ---clip--- Why waste money on Norton Anti-Virus or McAfee? AVG is a great FREE substitute. Check it out at: http://www.grisoft.com/doc/289/lng/us/tpl/tpl01 AVG is no longer available for free. I just checked.It is still

Re: Re: [users] Anti-virus Application Stoppage

2006-09-15 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 15 Sep 2006 at 13:06, Johnny Andersson wrote: AVG works fine for me too (www.grisoft.com I think). Another free antivirus program is Avast (but not with Windows 98, but not too many people use Windows 98 anyway these days). Avast! works on Windows 98 (also on 95). I'm using an old and

[users] Re: [moderated] Problems installing on OSX 10.5.4

2008-07-23 Thread Larry Gusaas
Rosemarie Perrin, 2008/07/22 10:26 PM: Hi, I've downloaded OpenOffice but can't install it on my new MacBook, which has OSX 10.5.4. I have X11 in my utilities folder, so I am not using the Apple installation disk. The download appears to work, and OpenOffice appears in the Downloads folder.

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