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

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: 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: 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
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: 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: 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
> 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
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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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
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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: #############################################

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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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?

2016-01-25 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: 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: 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: 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: 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

2016-01-15 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
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: question....

2016-01-02 Thread Jim McLaughlin
Instead of playing like a six year old with silly riddles, just specify the version of the Mac O/S and ask if that O/S can support OO Version 4.1.2. The grownups here really don't have time for six year old's riddles. Or, once you actually determine your Mac operating system version, you could g

Re: Open Office 4

2015-12-20 Thread Jim McLaughlin
Though nothing to do with the software issues, which are probably the resuly of a too fast shutdown of the machine before buffers can write to the hard drive, you might want to look into an "iron lung" for the laptop. A base about yhe size of the laptop base, runs 2, 3, 4, 6 fans, powers through a

Re: Bogus link

2015-11-11 Thread Jim McLaughlin
Something is then wrong with your browser and its linkages. I have used the www.openoffice.org link forwarded to the sourceforge site to download OO 4.1.2 to 3 machines in the last 3 or so weeks. On Wed, Nov 11, 2015 at 1:55 PM, jd1008 wrote: > > > On 11/11/2015 02:52 PM, James Knott wrote: >

Fwd: problem with creating labels from mailing list

2015-11-03 Thread Jim McLaughlin
Angie sent a response solely to me, not to the group. She is Using: Windows 7 Professional, Open Office 4.1.0 -- *From:* Jim McLaughlin [mailto:jjim.mclaugh...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Tuesday, November 3, 2015 2:51 PM *To:* users@openoffice.apache.org; Angie Earle

Re: problem with creating labels from mailing list

2015-11-03 Thread Jim McLaughlin
Please bVersion of Open Office? Computer operating system and version? We need certain basic bits of info to even think about your issue. Thank you. On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 11:50 AM, Angie Earle wrote: > My computer here at work has been changed several times. I used to do > mailings quar

Re: No internal OpenOffice v4.1.2 update for installed v4.1.1?

2015-10-30 Thread Jim McLaughlin
Regards, Andrea. > > On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 12:58:09PM -0700, Jim McLaughlin wrote: > > 4.1.2 showed up fine for me on the front page. > > ( http://www.openoffice.org/download/index.html ). > > > > Downloaded and installed fine. Running happily away on my ancien

Re: No internal OpenOffice v4.1.2 update for installed v4.1.1?

2015-10-30 Thread Jim McLaughlin
4.1.2 showed up fine for me on the front page. ( http://www.openoffice.org/download/index.html ). Downloaded and installed fine. Running happily away on my ancient Dell Latitude laptop under Windoze XP. The install seemed a tad slow, but I ecpect that is a function of the relatively old / slow

Re: Download 4.1.2

2015-10-30 Thread Jim McLaughlin
"Front page" for OO 4.1.2 download was at: http://www.openoffice.org/download/index.html On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 10:53 AM, Jim McLaughlin wrote: > 4.1.2 showed up fine for me on the front page. ( ). > > Downloaded and installed fine. Running happily away

Re: Download 4.1.2

2015-10-30 Thread Jim McLaughlin
4.1.2 showed up fine for me on the front page. ( ). Downloaded and installed fine. Running happily away on my ancient Dell Latitude laptop under Windoze XP. The install seemed a tad slow, but I ecpect that is a function of the relatively old / slow CPU and the XP. On Fri, Oct

Re: questions about the extensions for open office

2015-10-29 Thread Jim McLaughlin
In Writer in OO 4.1.1: File> New > Labels You'll get a box with three tabs. The first tab (Labels) gives you a panel on the right side about 2/3 of the way down the panel to select a label format by label manufacturer and form number, *e.g.* "Avery 5160 Address". Other parts of that panel give

Re: Recommended program version for old and slow computers, netbooks, based on winXP

2015-10-15 Thread Jim McLaughlin
*IN LINE* On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 5:01 PM, Alan B wrote: > On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 2:00 PM, Jim McLaughlin > > wrote: > > > Alan, thank you for the tip. > > > You're welcome :-) > > > > In OO 4.1.1, when I access Tools>Options>Memory and loo

Re: Recommended program version for old and slow computers, netbooks, based on winXP

2015-10-15 Thread Jim McLaughlin
Alan, thank you for the tip. I use 4.1.1 on an old Dell Latitude D600, running XP. I have 2 gigs of memory installed (board maximum). The CPU is a now ancient Pentium, 1600 Mhz. It takes a LONG time to boot up. In OO 4.1.1, when I access Tools>Options>Memory and look at the QuickStarter dialog

Re: 发送给你的图片

2015-10-14 Thread Jim McLaughlin
To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 6:20 AM, chen.gx wrote: > > > I don't want receive any mail about OpenOffice anymore. please help me > > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users

Re: test

2015-09-02 Thread Jim McLaughlin
ed, Sep 2, 2015 at 9:43 PM, Jim McLaughlin > wrote: > > Looking for list mail > > Appears to be working. > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org > >

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2015-09-02 Thread Jim McLaughlin
Looking for list mail

Re: haven't received any email since 31 August 2015

2015-09-02 Thread Jim McLaughlin
Ditto here. On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 3:57 AM, Martin Groenescheij wrote: > Hi, > > I haven't received any email for the Open Office users list since 31 > August. > Are all problems solved or is there a problem with the email server? > > Thanks, > Martin >

Re: problems downloading/installing

2015-08-23 Thread Jim McLaughlin
It is sad that you apparently have no concept as to how inane your posts are. By the way, FUD = FEAR, UNCERTAINTY and DOUBT. Your repeated incorrect assertion that all downloads from SourceForge fail is FUD. Your assertion is untrue. Please stop spreading the false assertion that all downloads

Re: problems downloading/installing

2015-08-23 Thread Jim McLaughlin
IN LINE On Sat, Aug 22, 2015 at 9:44 PM, toki wrote: > > > On 22/08/15 10:23, Rory O'Farrell wrote: > >> but avast and malware will not let me. > > Download only from http://www.openoffice.org/download > > This will redirect to SourceForge servers where the files are stored. > > > > *I realize t

Re: Cannot remove new line character between two sections

2015-08-10 Thread Jim McLaughlin
Sounds like yet another example of why a Word Perfect "Reveal Codes" type function is so badly needed in OO. 😊 On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 2:11 PM, jd1008 wrote: > > > On 08/10/2015 03:04 PM, Martin Groenescheij wrote: > >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On 11 Aug 2015, at 12:20 am, >>> wrote: >>>

Re: Open sur Windows 10

2015-08-04 Thread Jim McLaughlin
Oui, OO est compatible avec Windoze Dix 2015-08-04 23:02 GMT-07:00 Thierry Spanhove : > Bonjour, > > Je vais passer sur windows 10 prochainement, à cette occasion je souhaite > passer sur Open Office 4.1.1 mais celui ci est il compatible aves windows > 10 ? > > Merci d’avance et bonne journée. >

Re: Fwd: Apache Office org

2015-08-04 Thread Jim McLaughlin
Larry- Simon - I invoke the age old net phrase which terminates all disputes. Hitler! If this is important enough to you for you two to fight over, please take it private. Thank you. On Tue, Aug 4, 2015 at 4:57 PM, Larry Gusaas wrote: > On 2015-08-04, 4:43 PM Simon Phipps wrote: > >> On Tu

Re: An Issue

2015-07-28 Thread Jim McLaughlin
It works quite well, but you must send your "unsubscribe request" from the same E mail account which you utilized to initially sign in, and, as noted by another contributor, you must confirm the "unsubscribe request" as requested by the robot which runs the subscribe / unsubscribe function. You'r

Re: An Issue

2015-07-28 Thread Jim McLaughlin
When in doubt, follow the instructions displayed on screen in the initial message in each thread. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org On Tu

Re: Problem downloading Open Office.

2015-07-16 Thread Jim McLaughlin
On my two machines, Firefox works fine with both Windoze 7 and Windoze XP. On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 2:25 PM, larry phillips < phillipslar...@yahoo.com.invalid> wrote: > I try to not use Microsquish because of their lousy way windows 8 works! > They no doubt are responsible for Firefox not working

Re: unsubscribe from e-mailing list

2015-07-15 Thread Jim McLaughlin
You must remove (unsubscribe) yourself from each list, using the e mail account address which you initially used to sign up. To unsubscribe, please follow the directions: - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apa

Re: Phone Call

2015-07-08 Thread Jim McLaughlin
I hope to heck whistle blowing damages their hearingthat's my intent. On Wed, Jul 8, 2015 at 3:16 AM, David Rivers wrote: > Mike B. Martisko wrote: > >> I just received a phone call from someone claiming to be from Apache, >> wanting to scan my computer, and install new drivers for the softw

Re: Phone Call

2015-07-07 Thread Jim McLaughlin
I kee3p them on the line for 10 - 15 minutes playing stupid. If they are wasting their time with me, they can't make any progress in installing the "hijacker" malware, and won't be scamming someone else during that time. I also do something quite rude. I have purchased a whistle - metal whistle

Re: problems downloading OpenOffice

2015-06-26 Thread Jim McLaughlin
First, thank you for forwarding so much data regarding the failed downloads. That is really helpful in terms of trouble shooting. I'm not the most knowledgible person on this list / board. I hope that either Brian Barker or Rory O'Farrell will chime in. In my limited experience, in downloading

Re: warning - Editor Wars!!!--how about some heresy on behalf of the "Joe 6-Pack" word processor user

2015-06-26 Thread Jim McLaughlin
Oh. So that makes it kind of useless in a world of OO 4.1.1. Typical of the OO community. On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 2:06 PM, toki wrote: > > > On 06/26/2015 08:20 PM, Jim McLaughlin wrote: > > Where does one find this magical sounding macro/extension? > > I think that

Re: warning - Editor Wars!!!--how about some heresy on behalf of the "Joe 6-Pack" word processor user

2015-06-26 Thread Jim McLaughlin
Where does one find this magical sounding macro/extension? On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 1:12 PM, toki wrote: > On 06/26/2015 01:57 AM, Julian Thomas wrote: > > > I totally agree - Reveal Codes was a superb and valuable feature that > SHOULD have been incorporated into OO. > > Did you ever use the Rev

Re: warning - Editor Wars!!!--how about some heresy on behalf of the "Joe 6-Pack" word processor user

2015-06-25 Thread Jim McLaughlin
"It's only money." You couldn't be more wrong. With OO 4.1.1 there is no money involved. What is involved is how I choose to employ my time. And with me, and apparently a lot of other people, learning the "styles" silliness is not worthwhile. On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 8:54 PM, Dale Erwin wrot

Re: warning - Editor Wars!!!--how about some heresy on behalf of the "Joe 6-Pack" word processor user

2015-06-25 Thread Jim McLaughlin
06/25/2015 08:57 PM, Jim McLaughlin wrote: > >> Anthony - >> >> I'm with you. The whole "styles" approach is ridiculous. >> >> I still have a great fondness for Word Perfect. The "Reveal Codes" >> function gave me total control

Re: warning - Editor Wars!!!--how about some heresy on behalf of the "Joe 6-Pack" word processor user

2015-06-25 Thread Jim McLaughlin
Anthony - I'm with you. The whole "styles" approach is ridiculous. I still have a great fondness for Word Perfect. The "Reveal Codes" function gave me total control. Even more so than Micro$loth Word. Sadly, for all practical purposes, Word Perfect is functionally dead. OO is a poor second

Re: OpenOffice update issue

2015-06-25 Thread Jim McLaughlin
The software for this board strips off ALL ATTACHMENTS as an anti malware measure. The attachment will never appear here. Either embed the warning within your E mail or post it to a third party site with a specific URL for the location where posted. On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 8:44 PM, brendan wr

Re: Crashes

2015-06-21 Thread Jim McLaughlin
To aid the uncompensated volunteers who staff this "board", please always supply the exact version (e.g. 4.1.1 or 3.3 or 4.0.1 or whichever) of OO which you are using. Please also identify the exact Operating System (OS) which you are using, e.g. Windows XP, or Vista or Eight if in the Wuntel worl

Re: Please advise

2015-06-17 Thread Jim McLaughlin
Please always provide version of your specific operating system and the specific version of Open Office you are using whenever posting a question. The software for this message board strips off all attachments. Thus, the copy of your file which you attached has never and will never appear here.

Re: Screen shifted from a single to three across

2015-06-15 Thread Jim McLaughlin
And when you went to the "Help" (by clicking the F1 key) and looked at "Display" and "Screen" and :View" you found.? Oh, you didn't do that? Well, please start there. When you do post a message seeking aid, please always indicate your specific operating system and the specific version o

Re: downloading open office

2015-05-23 Thread Jim McLaughlin
Please be sure that you are only attempting to download from the actual, official, free, website: www.openoffice.org On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 9:46 PM, Greg Masson wrote: > All I want to do is use open office, however I have tried for one hour > tonite to get the download. There must be a way to

Re: Help with deleted content

2015-04-30 Thread Jim McLaughlin
Operating system? Version of OpenOffice? Did you download your cop of OpenOffice *only from *www.openoffice.org? It is extremely unlikely that your files have been deleted. On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 4:29 PM, kayla samuel wrote: > OpenOfffice has now deleted the content of 2 very long documents

Re: bad allocation crash part 2

2015-04-07 Thread Jim McLaughlin
How about what version of Open Office? What type of file, Text, Spread sheet, data base? File size in kilobytes / megabytes? What OS and what versio of thre OS? How much memory available in the machine? Really need that kind of data to even begin to look at ideas / solutions. Please do not se

Re: OMBUDSMAN PETITION-CESAR M. ALBA VS LLOYDS BANK PLC.DOCX

2015-04-04 Thread Jim McLaughlin
>From the caption of the initial request it looks like the document may have been saved as a .docx file. Which can be problematical On Sat, Apr 4, 2015 at 1:00 AM, Martin Groenescheij wrote: > > > Sent from my mobile device. > > > On 4 Apr 2015, at 2:49 pm, cesarma...@aol.com wrote: > > > > > >

Re: Mystery messages

2015-03-26 Thread Jim McLaughlin
Rory - My ISP is a direct feed from hGoogle. I get the "mystery messages at least every other week from the OO list. As others have commented with respect to Yahoo, the chances of Google being off line that often are slim to none, and slim doesn't count. It is yet another bug in the OO universe

Re: Open office writer

2015-03-04 Thread Jim McLaughlin
There was nothing improper or rude in Dale's reply. SPF deserved exactly the mild response Dale provided. The only rudeness I see is the sophomoric insult about Dale being a high schooler. On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 2:53 AM, ArbolOne wrote: > Anyone might scold you for being so rude in your rep

Re: Open Office

2015-03-03 Thread Jim McLaughlin
Rory correctly notes that OO 4.1.1 will open .doc file extensions. However, there have been issues in some instances with .docx file extensions. There are work arounds for the .docx issues, but you should be aware of the potential for issues with the .docx format. On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 8:40 AM,

Re: Getting started with CHECKBOOK REGISTER

2015-03-01 Thread Jim McLaughlin
Understand you are on a MAC. Please tell us where you obtained the checkbook register form you are trying to use. Its hard to try to troubleshoot without knowing what spreadsheet you are actually working with. As a courtesy I have sent a copy of this reply to you as well as to the mailing list.

Re: Spreadsheet

2015-02-28 Thread Jim McLaughlin
Google "Spreadsheets tutorial" and see what happens. Its amazing what you can teach yourself , instead orf expecting everyone to do your research and spoon feed you. On Sat, Feb 28, 2015 at 9:24 AM, Dale Erwin wrote: > Believe it or not, I have never felt the need to use a spreadsheet for > any

Re: The version of my openoffice program

2015-02-24 Thread Jim McLaughlin
...and pray tell how would we do that? Your OO version is on your machine and there is no way to tell what version you have on your machine without having physical access to your machine. On my Windows system the icon on the desktop automatically displays the version I use -- that being 4.1.1. W

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