Re: calc reference relative to named range

2015-02-15 Thread Brian Barker
At 22:20 15/02/2015 -0700, Gary Aitken wrote: I can't find how to do this in the docs; not even sure it's possible but seems like it should be. Assume column A is named "foo" (select column, insert/name/define). In column B I can use the corresponding element in the same row in A in a formula b

calc reference relative to named range

2015-02-15 Thread Gary Aitken
Hi all, I can't find how to do this in the docs; not even sure it's possible but seems like it should be. Assume column A is named "foo" (select column, insert/name/define) In column B I can use the corresponding element in the same row in A in a formula by using its name, e.g. =foo*3 Is ther

Re: odt-file, ascii filter, series of pounds

2015-02-15 Thread Doug
On 02/15/2015 02:25 PM, Brian Barker wrote: At 19:18 15/02/2015 +0100, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: I can't understand how anyone can work for weeks on a document without taking one single backup ... Then you don't understand how half the world works! Perhaps those who understand little about com

Re: odt-file, ascii filter, series of pounds

2015-02-15 Thread Lucetta
I save my document files using "save as" on the drop down menu and adding the current date at the end of the file name whenever I open and amend a document. It is then easy to go back to any the earlier versions. There are more sophisticated methods but this is simple and relatively idiot pr

Re: odt-file, ascii filter, series of pounds

2015-02-15 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
How does a file disappear? That is an easy one. If you always save the file to the same file name, and something then happens to that one file, then there are no other copies. I have seen this as follows: Click on Save, and something goes wrong while saving, which corrupts the file (say it cr

Re: odt-file, ascii filter, series of pounds

2015-02-15 Thread Brian Barker
At 19:18 15/02/2015 +0100, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: I can't understand how anyone can work for weeks on a document without taking one single backup ... Then you don't understand how half the world works! Perhaps those who understand little about computers also understand little about their imp

Re: help needed for older mac user

2015-02-15 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2015-02-15, 10:31 AM Robert Sacilotto wrote concerning "help needed for older mac user": Hello, I'm running an older Mac G5 computer that is not Intel-based. It is running OS 10.5.8. Which archived version of Openoffice can I install and may I please have a link to it? The last version

Re: odt-file, ascii filter, series of pounds

2015-02-15 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2015-02-14 21:47 GMT+01:00 tom cuypers : > Dear Sir, > > how did you solve this well-known problem? I've seen a series of > suggestions, but none will fix the problem. > Renaming and Unzipping doesn't help. > I can't understand how a program is allowed to ruin people's life by > letting them work

help needed for older mac user

2015-02-15 Thread Robert Sacilotto
Hello, I'm running an older Mac G5 computer that is not Intel-based. It is running OS 10.5.8. Which archived version of Openoffice can I install and may I please have a link to it? Thank you very much. Best Regards, Robert Sacilotto --

Re: odt-file, ascii filter, series of pounds

2015-02-15 Thread Alexandro Colorado
Please reffer to my blog guide on securing your files with AOO: http://alexandrocolorado.com/2015/02/01/how-to-never-loose-work-in-apache-openoffice/ On Sat, Feb 14, 2015 at 3:47 PM, tom cuypers wrote: > Dear Sir, > > how did you solve this well-known problem? I've seen a series of > suggestions

Re: odt-file, ascii filter, series of pounds

2015-02-15 Thread Josiane (telenet)
Hello Mr Cuypers You must be carefull to blame OO. Because I had a similar problem once, and I was convinced that I did everythin good. But it turned out that I saved a file without an extention! And then ofcourse one can not find this file anywhere again. So please, look carefully! Kind rega

Re: Open Office

2015-02-15 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2015-02-15 2:10 GMT+01:00 Yolonda Jones : > My openoffice program will crash while I am entering information and will > do a recovery, start up again and before long it crashes again, what do I > need > to do. > Maybe give us more information… What version of Apache OpenOffice? What operating sys

Open Office

2015-02-15 Thread Yolonda Jones
My openoffice program will crash while I am entering information and will do a recovery, start up again and before long it crashes again, what do I need to do.