Re:How to open zipped file

I am just curious. I had no idea that the Open Office documents were 'zipped' when saved. Does this mean that if I email an Open Office document (as an attachment) it could not be opened by someone running Microsoft Word as that program could not unzip the document? On 7/31/2016 10:21 AM,

Re: can't open 2 programs at once

Thanks Brian - now I understand the reasoning behind this approach. On 6/6/2016 10:45 AM, Brian Barker wrote: At 10:26 06/06/2016 -0700, Ron Patterson wrote: I start by going to my desktop Open Office icon and clicking and I get the usual 8 choices of programs. These are not separate

Re: can't open 2 programs at once

Thanks Rory, works a charm. I had mistakenly assumed that the NEW would only open another file within the program I was using. Ron On 6/6/2016 10:36 AM, Rory O'Farrell wrote: On Mon, 6 Jun 2016 10:26:45 -0700 Ron Patterson wrote: I start by going to my desktop Open Office ico

can't open 2 programs at once

I start by going to my desktop Open Office icon and clicking and I get the usual 8 choices of programs. If I have open either a new text document I can not click on the icon and open a new spreadsheet. And vice versa. Clicking on the AOO icon while one program is open makes the icon inopera

Spreadsheet comments

Win 7 Pro - in the left hand column I use a lot of Comments. When I right click on some cells, I get the normal drop down menu that lets me leave a comment. Other cells I often get a different drop down menu without the comment commands? On cells that have a comment why is there no EDIT comm

Re: written in stone

Barker wrote: At 06:57 20/05/2016 -0700, Ron Patterson wrote: On 5/20/2016 12:00 AM, Brian Barker wrote: At 22:26 19/05/2016 -0700, Ron Patterson wrote: I have a column in my spread sheet ... May I respectfully suggest that your problem may be that this is not your spreadsheet but someone

Re: written in stone

-0700, Ron Patterson wrote: On 5/20/2016 12:00 AM, Brian Barker wrote: At 22:26 19/05/2016 -0700, Ron Patterson wrote: I have a column in my spread sheet ... May I respectfully suggest that your problem may be that this is not your spreadsheet but someone else's - in other words that the di

Re: written in stone

Thanks Brian, I am the only one with access to this computer. Thanks for trying to help. On 5/20/2016 12:00 AM, Brian Barker wrote: At 22:26 19/05/2016 -0700, Ron Patterson wrote: I have a column in my spread sheet ... May I respectfully suggest that your problem may be that this is not

Re: written in stone

I have a column in my spread sheet with only one entry in it at the top cell - I have tried everything to clear this cell - nothing works, not delete, not turning off cell protection in the Format Menu, not reformatting it, not writing over it, and not even deleting the column. It is a dead ce

Re: bug

7:07 PM, Ron Patterson wrote: Thanks Doug, I searched AOO and could not locate the RTFM. How might one find this celebrated gift to naifs? On 5/18/2016 5:31 PM, Doug wrote: On 05/18/2016 06:12 PM, Ron Patterson wrote: Thanks Jim - that makes sense. But what is RTFM please? Read The Fine

Re: bug

Thanks Doug, I searched AOO and could not locate the RTFM. How might one find this celebrated gift to naifs? On 5/18/2016 5:31 PM, Doug wrote: On 05/18/2016 06:12 PM, Ron Patterson wrote: Thanks Jim - that makes sense. But what is RTFM please? Read The Fine Manual. "Fine&

Re: bug

format manually.) For special formats, you’ll need to RTFM to find out the formatting codes. Jim Plante On May 18, 2016, at 1:29 PM, Ron Patterson wrote: The problem is not the format. I can change that. The problem is the numbers that are entered are not the numbers I type in. 5/18 is

Re: bug

The problem is not the format. I can change that. The problem is the numbers that are entered are not the numbers I type in. 5/18 is appearing as 5/16. On 5/18/2016 11:16 AM, Julian Thomas wrote: On May 18, 2016, at 13:21, Ron Patterson wrote: Just a quick example. On a spreadsheet I

Re: bug

RE: Win 7 Prro RE: Ver 4.1.2 This is just the buggiest, most difficult piece of software I have ever seen. Just a quick example. On a spreadsheet I entered todays date - 5/18 - it insisted on entering 5/16. Now I can see where it might enter a different date format (05/18/16) but to arbi

no backup

Open Office 4.1.2 - spreadsheets - hard to make backups. I checked the backup box in tools\options\load-save\general\always create backup - However the only way I can create a backup is similar to MS Word. I have to save the srpeadsheet. Make a minor change (like at a dot at the bottom) ar