Re: Conflicts?

2013-01-11 Thread setiadjit
Dear Jim; In my experience, booth MS Office and Open Office can work together in one computer without any program's conflict because their work in different file folder and system file; I allways tell my colleaque who share spreadsheet file to use Open Office instead off using MS Office; Rega

Re: problems

2013-01-11 Thread Rory O'Farrell
On Fri, 11 Jan 2013 16:49:05 -0500 Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote: > I am only aware of this site to download > > https://www.openoffice.org/ > > > On 01/11/2013 09:59 AM, Olga Tzogas wrote: > > hello > > i recently been trying to download openoffice from both the .org site and > > the us.com s

Re: Conflicts?

2013-01-11 Thread James Knott
jamwilli2...@comcast.net wrote: I have a new project where someone is using OpenOffice spreadsheets, entering data, then sending them to me. I'm opening them in M/S Office (Excel) and already I'm seeing formatting problems. My question is whether I can download OpenOffice and use the same prog

Re: problems

2013-01-11 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
I am only aware of this site to download https://www.openoffice.org/ On 01/11/2013 09:59 AM, Olga Tzogas wrote: hello i recently been trying to download openoffice from both the .org site and the us.com site...downloads but when i try to ope it up its says the host server is down...help i need

Re: RE: Auto Format

2013-01-11 Thread johnny smith
> I'm having the opposite problem: 1/2 does not auto-convert to ½ as it once > did. How do I get that function to work? that could be set in the replacement table under "tools/autocorrect options" for the language used. > (And no, I haven't redone my profile.) and that seems to be the origin o

Re: Conflicts?

2013-01-11 Thread johnny smith
On Friday, 11 January 2013 20:40:07, jamwilli2...@comcast.net wrote: > My question is whether I can download OpenOffice and use the same program he > is without being in conflict with my M/S Office Suite. sure you can. there is an option at the end of the installation process whether to open ms

Re: Conflicts?

2013-01-11 Thread Rory O'Farrell
On Fri, 11 Jan 2013 19:12:17 + (UTC) jamwilli2...@comcast.net wrote: > I have a new project where someone is using OpenOffice spreadsheets, entering > data, then sending them to me. I'm opening them in M/S Office (Excel) and > already I'm seeing formatting problems. My question is whether I

Re: Auto Format

2013-01-11 Thread johnny smith
On Saturday, 11 January 2013 20:24:00, Dale Erwin wrote: > iF I type a fraction, when I tab out of the box, it > seems to change it into a date. For example if I type 1/64 it changes > it to 01/01/64, or 1/32 is changed to 01/01/32. Oddly enough, if I type > 1/16 it changes it to 01/16/13. o

Conflicts?

2013-01-11 Thread jamwilli2004
I have a new project where someone is using OpenOffice spreadsheets, entering data, then sending them to me. I'm opening them in M/S Office (Excel) and already I'm seeing formatting problems. My question is whether I can download OpenOffice and use the same program he is without being in conflic

RE: Auto Format

2013-01-11 Thread Maurice Howe
I'm having the opposite problem: 1/2 does not auto-convert to ½ as it once did. How do I get that function to work? Also, I've never been able to get hyphenation to work. I deleted & reloaded dictionaries, and even uninstalled and re-installed AOO, but no go. (And no, I haven't redone my profil

Auto Format

2013-01-11 Thread Dale Erwin
I have been trying for some time now to find how to regulate or change or even disable this behavior. It does not happen in open text, but only in a table. iF I type a fraction, when I tab out of the box, it seems to change it into a date. For example if I type 1/64 it changes it to 01/01/64

Re: problems

2013-01-11 Thread Andrea Pescetti
Forwarding Rory's answer, below, to Olga who is not subscribed. Olga: follow Rory's advice below, definitely avoid the us.com site, which is not under control of the OpenOffice project and has been reported to offer non-genuine downloads: you were lucky to find it offline... Andrea Rory O'Farr

Re: problems

2013-01-11 Thread Rory O'Farrell
On Fri, 11 Jan 2013 09:59:18 -0500 Olga Tzogas wrote: > hello > i recently been trying to download openoffice from both the .org site and > the us.com site...downloads but when i try to ope it up its says the host > server is down...help i need this program and its not working! Try a direct link

Re: open-office 3.4

2013-01-11 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
This sounds confusing / unexpected. I am adding some comments inline. I will repeat some items for clarification. You mention "exe" files, so I assume that you are using Windows. Hopefully someone more well versed in Windows idiosyncrasies will respond as well. On 01/11/2013 04:45 AM, Gabr

open-office 3.4

2013-01-11 Thread Gabriel Loy
I have been using Apache open office for some time now, and have had occaxxional glitches with exe files. After downloading the latest update i am now in a virtual lock out situation. When i try to run the software a dialog box tells me there is a problem with "soffice" and a search initiates