Using Open Office

[Brian Moore]

Good afternoon,

Can anyone point me in the right diction to create some of the attached samples 
using open office.
Sorry but I am not the best computer user.
Regards,

Brian Moore





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Trying to update, I have 4.1.0 and I am trying to download 4.1.1

[Jeff Gordon]

EVERY time I click on the DOWNLOAD button I am taken to the site FREE FILE
OPENER.

All I am trying to do is download the update.

-- 
Jeff Gordon

Re: Trying to update, I have 4.1.0 and I am trying to download 4.1.1

[Rory O'Farrell]

On Wed, 14 Jan 2015 15:40:32 +
Jeff Gordon  wrote:

> EVERY time I click on the DOWNLOAD button I am taken to the site FREE FILE
> OPENER.
> 
> All I am trying to do is download the update.
> 
> -- 
> Jeff Gordon

I don't know from which site you are trying to download, but the _ONLY_ site we 
recommend is 
www.openoffice.org/download
which will redirect to SourceForge servers where the files are stored. Your 
download will start automatically in about five seconds, with no need to click 
on anything else.

There is no incremental update - the file should be about 146MB. 

-- 
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RE: Trying to update, I have 4.1.0 and I am trying to download 4.1.1

[Dennis E. Hamilton]

When you start at  and get to the page,
, make sure the settings
there are appropriate for your computer.  

After you click "Download full
installation" DO NOT CLICK ANYTHING MORE.  There are ads on the next
 page that invite your downloading of other software, and they are 
confusing. DON'T TOUCH THOSE.

What you want to read is in the fine print near the Apache OpenOffice
symbol and title.  If you just wait, the download will start and you
will be asked what to do with it (depending on the browser and computer
you are using).  If the download does not just start after a brief time,
follow the barely visible "Problems with the download? ..." message.

The embarrassing icky-ness of the advertising-based download buttons in
various guises is something that we seem unable to explain to the Source-
Forge folks.  It is all quite smarmy and an ugly example of the mercantile
spirit that was once confined to matchbook covers and the back pages of
comic books.

-Original Message-
From: Jeff Gordon [mailto:jeffando...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2015 07:41
To: users@openoffice.apache.org
Subject: Trying to update, I have 4.1.0 and I am trying to download 4.1.1

EVERY time I click on the DOWNLOAD button I am taken to the site FREE FILE
OPENER.

All I am trying to do is download the update.

-- 
Jeff Gordon


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Re: Using Open Office

[johnny smith]

On Wed, 14 Jan 2015 15:19:52 -, Brian Moore  
wrote:


Can anyone point me in the right diction to create some of the attached samples 
using open office.


unfortunately, this mailing list accepts attachments only if they are in the 
open document format (odt, ods etc). you should better upload your files to 
some file-sharing server, such as wikisend.com, and provide us with the link to 
them.

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Page renumber problem

[Dennis B. Jensen]

My operating system is Windows 7 & I have open office version 4.1.1

I am writing a book with many appendices that have photos.  Page numbers are in 
a footer.  I have no problem renumbering most of these so the result is 
consecutive page numbers from appendix 1 through appendix 60.  The problem 
occurs with renumbering pages for some of these appendix files of two or more 
pages having photos.  Each appendix file has a heading which becomes the first 
paragraph.  I put the cursor in the heading; click format/paragraph/text flow 
and change the page number.  When I click OK on the files I have a problem 
with, the page number changes; BUT the heading moves to the end of the file.  
In some cases the first page content is deleted also.  So the result is the 
heading either at the end of the file, or at the beginning of a blank last 
page.  

I did get page renumbering to work successfully one one file that previously 
gave problems as described above.  I changed the spacing between the heading 
and the first photo on the page.  Then the page renumbering worked 
successfully.  But this same solution did not work for other files with the 
same problem.

This problem also occurs for files on which I previously was successful in 
changing the pages.  In these cases, I just needed to increase page numbers by 
one due to my editing which resulted in one more page.  But this next page 
renumbering caused the same problem described above.

I would appreciate your advice on how to solve this problem.

DBJensen

P.S. I previously asked this question on December 10, 2014, but did not receive 
a reply.

Re: Page renumber problem

[johnny smith]

On Wed, 14 Jan 2015 18:26:18 -, Dennis B. Jensen  wrote:


I put the cursor in the heading; click format/paragraph/text flow and change 
the page number.  When I click OK on the files I have a problem with, the page 
number changes; BUT the heading moves to the end of the file.  In some cases 
the first page content is deleted also.  So the result is the heading either at 
the end of the file, or at the beginning of a blank last page.


what is the picture ancored to? if it is anchored to page rather than to 
paragraph or character, then page number switching could cause something 
similar to your problem.

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Re: Trying to update, I have 4.1.0 and I am trying to download 4.1.1

[Jeff Gordon]

Thanks all very much.

Your answers omit to say you should log-in first before the DOWNLOAD may
start.

Jeff Gordon

On 14 January 2015 at 17:52, Dennis E. Hamilton 
wrote:

> When you start at  and get to the page,
> , make sure the settings
> there are appropriate for your computer.
>
> After you click "Download full
> installation" DO NOT CLICK ANYTHING MORE.  There are ads on the next
>  page that invite your downloading of other software, and they are
> confusing. DON'T TOUCH THOSE.
>
> What you want to read is in the fine print near the Apache OpenOffice
> symbol and title.  If you just wait, the download will start and you
> will be asked what to do with it (depending on the browser and computer
> you are using).  If the download does not just start after a brief time,
> follow the barely visible "Problems with the download? ..." message.
>
> The embarrassing icky-ness of the advertising-based download buttons in
> various guises is something that we seem unable to explain to the Source-
> Forge folks.  It is all quite smarmy and an ugly example of the mercantile
> spirit that was once confined to matchbook covers and the back pages of
> comic books.
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Jeff Gordon [mailto:jeffando...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2015 07:41
> To: users@openoffice.apache.org
> Subject: Trying to update, I have 4.1.0 and I am trying to download 4.1.1
>
> EVERY time I click on the DOWNLOAD button I am taken to the site FREE FILE
> OPENER.
>
> All I am trying to do is download the update.
>
> --
> Jeff Gordon
>
>


-- 
Jeff and Olga Gordon

Re: Trying to update, I have 4.1.0 and I am trying to download 4.1.1

[Rory O'Farrell]

On Wed, 14 Jan 2015 18:44:14 +
Jeff Gordon  wrote:

> Thanks all very much.
> 
> Your answers omit to say you should log-in first before the DOWNLOAD may
> start.

No, you do not need to login at all.
If a login is being requested your internet connection may be being hijacked.


> 
> Jeff Gordon
> 
> On 14 January 2015 at 17:52, Dennis E. Hamilton 
> wrote:
> 
> > When you start at  and get to the page,
> > , make sure the settings
> > there are appropriate for your computer.
> >
> > After you click "Download full
> > installation" DO NOT CLICK ANYTHING MORE.  There are ads on the next
> >  page that invite your downloading of other software, and they are
> > confusing. DON'T TOUCH THOSE.
> >
> > What you want to read is in the fine print near the Apache OpenOffice
> > symbol and title.  If you just wait, the download will start and you
> > will be asked what to do with it (depending on the browser and computer
> > you are using).  If the download does not just start after a brief time,
> > follow the barely visible "Problems with the download? ..." message.
> >
> > The embarrassing icky-ness of the advertising-based download buttons in
> > various guises is something that we seem unable to explain to the Source-
> > Forge folks.  It is all quite smarmy and an ugly example of the mercantile
> > spirit that was once confined to matchbook covers and the back pages of
> > comic books.
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Jeff Gordon [mailto:jeffando...@gmail.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2015 07:41
> > To: users@openoffice.apache.org
> > Subject: Trying to update, I have 4.1.0 and I am trying to download 4.1.1
> >
> > EVERY time I click on the DOWNLOAD button I am taken to the site FREE FILE
> > OPENER.
> >
> > All I am trying to do is download the update.
> >
> > --
> > Jeff Gordon
> >
> >
> 
> 
> -- 
> Jeff and Olga Gordon


-- 
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Re: Trying to update, I have 4.1.0 and I am trying to download 4.1.1

[johnny smith]

On Wed, 14 Jan 2015 18:44:14 -, Jeff Gordon  wrote:


Thanks all very much.

Your answers omit to say you should log-in first before the DOWNLOAD may
start.


sounds strange. try the direct link:

http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/openofficeorg.mirror/4.1.1/binaries/en-US/Apache_OpenOffice_4.1.1_Win_x86_install_en-US.exe?r=&ts=1421261808&use_mirror=heanet

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Re: Trying to update, I have 4.1.0 and I am trying to download 4.1.1

[mt]

Jeff,

[see below]

On 14/1/15 at 7:44 PM, jeffando...@gmail.com (Jeff Gordon) wrote:


Thanks all very much.

Your answers omit to say you should log-in first before the DOWNLOAD may
start.




There are no login requirements for downloading Apache 
OpenOffice from the official Website.


Make sure you are accessing the OFFICIAL download page for 
Apache OpenOffice, at 
, and not some 
other (similarly named) software.


Let us know how you go!

marina

[message sent in copy to jeffando...@gmail.com]




Jeff Gordon

On 14 January 2015 at 17:52, Dennis E. Hamilton 
wrote:


When you start at  and get to the page,
, make sure the

settings

there are appropriate for your computer.

After you click "Download full
installation" DO NOT CLICK ANYTHING MORE.  There are ads on the next
page that invite your downloading of other software, and they are
confusing. DON'T TOUCH THOSE.

What you want to read is in the fine print near the Apache OpenOffice
symbol and title.  If you just wait, the download will start and you
will be asked what to do with it (depending on the browser and

computer

you are using).  If the download does not just start after a brief

time,

follow the barely visible "Problems with the download? ..." message.

The embarrassing icky-ness of the advertising-based download buttons

in

various guises is something that we seem unable to explain to the

Source-

Forge folks.  It is all quite smarmy and an ugly example of the

mercantile

spirit that was once confined to matchbook covers and the back pages

of

comic books.

-Original Message-
From: Jeff Gordon [mailto:jeffando...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2015 07:41
To: users@openoffice.apache.org
Subject: Trying to update, I have 4.1.0 and I am trying to download

4.1.1


EVERY time I click on the DOWNLOAD button I am taken to the site FREE

FILE

OPENER.

All I am trying to do is download the update.

--
Jeff Gordon








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Re: Trying to update, I have 4.1.0 and I am trying to download 4.1.1

[Jeff Gordon]

Sorry, got it wrong.

The site did not start downloading when I opened the site, it did start
when I logged on.

Tried it again, without logging on and the programme is downloading.

Jeff Gordon



On 14 January 2015 at 21:15, mt  wrote:

> Jeff,
>
> [see below]
>
> On 14/1/15 at 7:44 PM, jeffando...@gmail.com (Jeff Gordon) wrote:
>
>  Thanks all very much.
>>
>> Your answers omit to say you should log-in first before the DOWNLOAD may
>> start.
>>
>>
>
> There are no login requirements for downloading Apache OpenOffice from the
> official Website.
>
> Make sure you are accessing the OFFICIAL download page for Apache
> OpenOffice, at , and not
> some other (similarly named) software.
>
> Let us know how you go!
>
> marina
>
> [message sent in copy to jeffando...@gmail.com]
>
>
>
>
>  Jeff Gordon
>>
>> On 14 January 2015 at 17:52, Dennis E. Hamilton 
>> wrote:
>>
>>  When you start at  and get to the page,
>>> , make sure the
>>>
>> settings
>>
>>> there are appropriate for your computer.
>>>
>>> After you click "Download full
>>> installation" DO NOT CLICK ANYTHING MORE.  There are ads on the next
>>> page that invite your downloading of other software, and they are
>>> confusing. DON'T TOUCH THOSE.
>>>
>>> What you want to read is in the fine print near the Apache OpenOffice
>>> symbol and title.  If you just wait, the download will start and you
>>> will be asked what to do with it (depending on the browser and
>>>
>> computer
>>
>>> you are using).  If the download does not just start after a brief
>>>
>> time,
>>
>>> follow the barely visible "Problems with the download? ..." message.
>>>
>>> The embarrassing icky-ness of the advertising-based download buttons
>>>
>> in
>>
>>> various guises is something that we seem unable to explain to the
>>>
>> Source-
>>
>>> Forge folks.  It is all quite smarmy and an ugly example of the
>>>
>> mercantile
>>
>>> spirit that was once confined to matchbook covers and the back pages
>>>
>> of
>>
>>> comic books.
>>>
>>> -Original Message-
>>> From: Jeff Gordon [mailto:jeffando...@gmail.com]
>>> Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2015 07:41
>>> To: users@openoffice.apache.org
>>> Subject: Trying to update, I have 4.1.0 and I am trying to download
>>>
>> 4.1.1
>>
>>>
>>> EVERY time I click on the DOWNLOAD button I am taken to the site FREE
>>>
>> FILE
>>
>>> OPENER.
>>>
>>> All I am trying to do is download the update.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Jeff Gordon
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>


-- 
Jeff and Olga Gordon

post card problem

[mountainhollow]

Hello, I have been using Openoffice for quite some time now and really like it. 
I am suddenly having an issue printing post cards though. I’ve been using the 
same format and paper for well over a year but, suddenly my post card print is 
half off the card. I contacted my printer support and they informed me that it 
was a program issue and not the printer since thing is the only time (printing 
post cards) is an issue. I tried uploading the most recent application of 
Openoffice as well but, that didn’t clear things up either. when I pull up a 
postcard on my program it looks fine but, when I go to “print preview” the 
postcard is on the far left of the page and it looks like it’s trying to print 
on the left side of a full piece of paper. I tried adjusting the paper 
size/dimension but, that didn’t seem to help. Can you tell me what I’ve done 
and how to correct this? I print a few hundred postcards a year so this is 
pretty important to me.

Thanks again,
J. Neilson
ABS Mastersmith
www.mountainhollow.net

Please note my new address:
187 Cistern Ln.
Towanda, PA 18848

*Drop me a note if you would like to be added to my 
e-mailing list to see new knives and upcoming events*
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Re: post card problem

[Martin Groenescheij]

Sent from my mobile device.

> On 15 Jan 2015, at 9:24 am,  
>  wrote:
> 
> Hello, I have been using Openoffice for quite some time now and really like 
> it. I am suddenly having an issue printing post cards though. I’ve been using 
> the same format and paper for well over a year but, suddenly my post card 
> print is half off the card. I contacted my printer support and they informed 
> me that it was a program issue and not the printer since thing is the only 
> time (printing post cards) is an issue. I tried uploading the most recent 
> application of Openoffice as well but, that didn’t clear things up either. 
> when I pull up a postcard on my program it looks fine but, when I go to 
> “print preview” the postcard is on the far left of the page and it looks like 
> it’s trying to print on the left side of a full piece of paper. I tried 
> adjusting the paper size/dimension but, that didn’t seem to help. Can you 
> tell me what I’ve done and how to correct this?

We can't tell what you have done, you should tell us.
Things you could check are:
The option to print multiple pages on one. This could be set within OpenOfice 
and on most printers.
Check page formats especially the margins.
Check the zoom factor.

> I print a few hundred postcards a year so this is pretty important to me.
> 
> Thanks again,
> J. Neilson
> ABS Mastersmith
> www.mountainhollow.net
> 
> Please note my new address:
> 187 Cistern Ln.
> Towanda, PA 18848

Be cautious with sharing private data on public mailing lists

> 
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Re: post card problem

[Doug]

On 01/14/2015 07:47 PM, Martin Groenescheij wrote:



Sent from my mobile device.


On 15 Jan 2015, at 9:24 am,   
wrote:

Hello, I have been using Openoffice for quite some time now and really like it. 
I am suddenly having an issue printing post cards though. I’ve been using the 
same format and paper for well over a year but, suddenly my post card print is 
half off the card. I contacted my printer support and they informed me that it 
was a program issue and not the printer since thing is the only time (printing 
post cards) is an issue. I tried uploading the most recent application of 
Openoffice as well but, that didn’t clear things up either. when I pull up a 
postcard on my program it looks fine but, when I go to “print preview” the 
postcard is on the far left of the page and it looks like it’s trying to print 
on the left side of a full piece of paper. I tried adjusting the paper 
size/dimension but, that didn’t seem to help. Can you tell me what I’ve done 
and how to correct this?


We can't tell what you have done, you should tell us.
Things you could check are:
The option to print multiple pages on one. This could be set within OpenOfice 
and on most printers.
Check page formats especially the margins.
Check the zoom factor.


You should not have to change any setup on the printer. The printer should 
print whatever the software sends it. The problem is in
the software. The only limitation on the printer is how close to the edge of 
the media it will print, and that will apply to everything
you print. There are even some printers made to print right to the edge, for 
photo purposes, but most have limits, which you could
look up in the specs.
I can't help you with OO or LO--I have abandoned them because they are too 
complicated, but if you can (or at least could) print
postcards, you seem to have figured out that part of the problem. If you have 
the version of OO that worked, I would suggest you
remove the present version and install the old one. It will probably be 
difficult to find an old copy if you don't have one yourself.
I wish someone would tell the devs that the old saw is correct: If you play 
with something long enough you'll break it!
Good luck!
--doug

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pages and Office

[Beverly Eisner]

Hello to someone:)

Although I have both programs, Pages and Office, I want Office and I start to 
write, but it changes to Pages which is a puzzle to me. I want only Office open 
because that is the one others can open when I send it out.  Why does it open 
in pages?

Confused 

Bev
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Re: post card problem

[Brian Barker]

At 22:01 14/01/2015 -0500, Doug McGarrett wrote:
You should not have to change any setup on the printer. The printer 
should print whatever the software sends it.


Oh, if only life were so simple!

Printers vary greatly in how they deal with whatever is sent to them. 
How does your printer deal with non-standard paper sizes? What if the 
actual paper is a different size from the document? If you enter 
paper sideways - e.g. with envelopes - which side does your printer 
think is "up"? And more ...



The problem is in the software.


Not necessarily. OpenOffice (and LibreOffice) separate the document 
size and orientation from the printer settings, which idea some will 
think is sensible. (I'm one.) Your alternative product may not do 
this. Indeed, I suspect that the questioner's problem may arise from 
a mismatch between the document dimensions and the printer settings. 
He may, for example, have a document with postcard-sized landscape 
pages but be printing these on card stock with perhaps two, three, or 
four cards formed in an A4 (or "Letter") portrait sheet. The images 
may need to print on the cards in either orientation. If the printer 
settings are wrong, I'd be slow to accuse the software.


If you have the version of OO that worked, I would suggest you 
remove the present version and install the old one.


It's pretty unlikely, I suggest, that this is something that has been 
broken in an OpenOffice upgrade. The questioner said he had been 
"using OpenOffice for quite some time now" and said nothing about any upgrade.


I can't help you with OO or LO--I have abandoned them because they 
are too complicated ...
I wish someone would tell the devs that the old saw is correct: If 
you play with something long enough you'll break it!


Perhaps your decision that OpenOffice must be the problem is based on 
your existing opinion of the product? It may just be that your 
prejudice is showing here. I wouldn't want you to lead astray other 
readers of this list.


Brian Barker  



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Re: post card problem

[Martin Groenescheij]

On 15 01 15 2:01 PM, Doug wrote:

On 01/14/2015 07:47 PM, Martin Groenescheij wrote:



Sent from my mobile device.

On 15 Jan 2015, at 9:24 am,  
 wrote:


Hello, I have been using Openoffice for quite some time now and 
really like it. I am suddenly having an issue printing post cards 
though. I’ve been using the same format and paper for well over a 
year but, suddenly my post card print is half off the card. I 
contacted my printer support and they informed me that it was a 
program issue and not the printer since thing is the only time 
(printing post cards) is an issue. I tried uploading the most recent 
application of Openoffice as well but, that didn’t clear things up 
either. when I pull up a postcard on my program it looks fine but, 
when I go to “print preview” the postcard is on the far left of the 
page and it looks like it’s trying to print on the left side of a 
full piece of paper. I tried adjusting the paper size/dimension but, 
that didn’t seem to help. Can you tell me what I’ve done and how to 
correct this?


We can't tell what you have done, you should tell us.
Things you could check are:
The option to print multiple pages on one. This could be set within 
OpenOfice and on most printers.

Check page formats especially the margins.
Check the zoom factor.


You should not have to change any setup on the printer. The printer 
should print whatever the software sends it.


That was true in the time of matrix printers, but technology has changed 
since then.



The problem is in
the software. 


The problem could be the software, but most time the problem is with the 
user, that's why a forum like this

is a good source of help.

The only limitation on the printer is how close to the edge of the 
media it will print, and that will apply to everything
you print. There are even some printers made to print right to the 
edge, for photo purposes, but most have limits, which you could

look up in the specs.
I can't help you with OO or LO--I have abandoned them because they are 
too complicated,


This forum is to help other users, expression your frustrations doesn't 
help others.



but if you can (or at least could) print
postcards, you seem to have figured out that part of the problem.


I have figured it out and it works. If you give us the size of postcards 
you like to print or better send us a file
with an example I can inform you how to set the printer settings (in 
OpenOffice).



If you have the version of OO that worked, I would suggest you
remove the present version and install the old one.


No need to remove the present version as it works on 4.1.1 as good as on 
previous versions.


It will probably be difficult to find an old copy if you don't have 
one yourself.
I wish someone would tell the devs that the old saw is correct: If you 
play with something long enough you'll break it!

Good luck!
--doug

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