Re: New computer

2024-11-23 Thread Steven Ahlers
Royal, You should have access to your old files from wherever you backed them up to (external drive, cloud). If you didn’t back them up it’s possible that you could have a computer repair business access them from your old computer’s hard drive. Steve Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 19, 2024, a

Re: Logiciel pour puce M1

2024-06-22 Thread Steven Ahlers
My M2 Notebook runs all of AOO just fine, no need for any added software. The biggest stumbling block for Mac users is the Gatekeeper that doesn’t allow programs from outside of the Apple Store environment to run. It’s an easy work around but is a stumbling block for many Mac users. Perhaps it m

Re: Assistance re:scam

2024-04-17 Thread Steven Ahlers
As a long time user of OpenOffice and Mac computers I would be hesitant to open software that the Gatekeeper blocked when someone else (that I didn’t know) had loaded that software onto the computer. Steve Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 17, 2024, at 10:31 AM, Fernando Cassia wrote: > > On We

Re: What file format to use for xlsx file?

2024-01-27 Thread Steven Ahlers
Susen, .xlsx is a proprietary file format for M$’s spreadsheet program. The easiest way I’ve found to deal with them is to convert them to .ods (open document spreadsheet format) through the online tool available at https://www.zamzar.com/. I believe they will convert five files at a time for

Re: Apache_OpenOffice_4.1.15_Win_x86_install_en-US.exe

2023-12-27 Thread Steven Ahlers
Doug, What version of MacOS are you using? Where in the process of updating are you having problems? What, if any, error message are you getting? Please reply to Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 27, 2023, at 2:51 PM, Doug Sterrett wrote: > > As requested by SourceForge email I downloaded and ins

Re: Unable to open product

2023-08-26 Thread Steven Ahlers
What is the cost to get approved by Apple vs getting the okay from M$? Is it the difference between grabbing your knees vs grabbing your ankles? Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 26, 2023, at 4:54 PM, Keith N. McKenna > wrote: > > lauren mitchell wrote: >> Apple support reads: If you see this wa

Re: Download address

2023-07-27 Thread Steven Ahlers
Download Apache OpenOfficeopenoffice.orgSent from my iPhoneOn Jul 27, 2023, at 11:05 AM, alannpearce wrote:I have recommended AOO to a friend but am afraid I don't femember the address to use for download. Can some kind soul remind me please. Alan PearceSent from my Galaxy

Re: open office

2023-07-19 Thread Steven Ahlers
What specific error message are you getting when you try to update OpenOffice? Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 19, 2023, at 8:39 AM, glen hannah wrote: > > i have a old mac with os x el capitan operating system > > was working great but wont update > > now i cant re download it > > *Glen Hanna

Re: How can I waterproof my document

2023-06-24 Thread Steven Ahlers
Send them a .pdf version. Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 24, 2023, at 5:13 PM, The Telepath wrote: > > Hello OpenOffice, > I am wondering how you can waterproof a document on OpenOffice. I am a > writer and I am trying to send a copy of my book to people who are giving > me feedback. I don't wan

Re: Will your system work on my IPad Pro?

2023-04-23 Thread Steven Ahlers
No the .dmg that downloads from the OpenOffice download page will not work on iOS devices. It will only work on macOS. There is a fork of Apache OpenOffice available in the App Store. It’s based on version 4.1.12 (the most recent version of Apache OpenOffice is 4.1.14). As a courtesy to you I h

Re: Att: Open WPS In Openoffice

2023-04-09 Thread Steven Ahlers
If you go to https://www.zamzar.com/ you can get the file(s) converted to .odt format. I believe they have a limit to how many files that they will convert at a time. I did this several years ago with M$ Works files and Word Perfect files on my parents’ computers to be able to archive the inform

Re: Help neede IN GERMAN

2023-02-11 Thread Steven Ahlers
Go to the official website and ‘Download full installation’. Make sure that the language is ‘German’. Doing a full installation will insure that the correct language dictionary is also installed.Download Apache OpenOfficeopenoffice.orgSent from my iPhoneOn Feb 11, 2023, at 1:44 PM, Michael Ferlings

Re: Cell grid lines not printing

2022-12-05 Thread Steven Ahlers
One way to do it: Format Page… Sheet Tick the box next to Grid OK Another way to do it is to: Format Cells… Borders …and define the borders around cells which can be of varying thicknesses, colors, spacing to content, or even shadowed. Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 5, 2022, at 8:37 AM, Jim Munro

Re: Offline translation feature

2022-11-18 Thread Steven Ahlers
Without knowing what operating system you are using it is a bit of a challenge to make a recommendation for an offline translator application. If you do an internet search for 'Open source offline translator for [your OS]' several selections will come up. At least one works with ".odt" files. I

Re: need help, please

2022-11-12 Thread Steven Ahlers
This often happens when there was a hasty shutdown or crash of the computer. Click on the Apple icon and select Force Quit. Close any program/app other than Finder that is running. Then look in the folder that you store files in for files that have ~lock. in their name and delete them (probably

Re: Apache WordPad

2022-09-30 Thread Steven Ahlers
Can we help you? Not really unless you clarify your question. WordPad is a text editor that is a part of the software that comes with M$ Windows. Apache has an office suite called Apache OpenOffice. It is available for free at: https://www.openoffice.org/download/. It has a module called Writer

Re: Writer documents saved but vanish.

2022-09-23 Thread Steven Ahlers
Paul, When you saved the file(s), in what folder did you save them? What did you name the file(s)? In what format (extension) did you save the file(s)? The default is generally ‘untitled 1.odt’ in whatever folder you last saved a text file. That folder will most likely be in the ‘Documents’ fol

Re: Cells

2022-09-01 Thread Steven Ahlers
Sam, One way of doing this would be to set the Font for the cell to a Font that uses only Uppercase Letters. If your OS doesn’t already have one installed I found a website that offered over 350 Uppercase Fonts either for just personal use or for personal and public use. Many are “Comic” or oth

Re: open office 4

2022-08-03 Thread Steven Ahlers
Iain, Had the same issue with the last two updates of OpenOffice on Windows. It resolved itself after either starting and closing AOO or after rebooting Windows or after doing both, I don’t remember which resolved it. Steve, Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 3, 2022, at 4:06 AM, Dave wrote: > >

Re: Windows 11 Crash - OpenOffice Runs - Not Responding State

2022-06-13 Thread Steven Ahlers
David, Have you tried forcing OpenOffice to quit from the Task Manager and then reboot computer? Please reply to: users@openoffice.apache.org so that all users can supply any further assistance. Steve Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 13, 2022, at 12:45 PM, David Stuhr > wrote: > > Hello, > >

Re: open office problem

2022-05-10 Thread Steven Ahlers
Sam, As previously stated to fix: highlight the problematic cell(s) and choose Format/Cells/Borders and set borders to what you want them to be. This happens if you Copy (or Cut) and Paste. This action will pickup all formatting and paste it into the target cell(s). To prevent this from happeni

Re: Open Office Icon in Taskbar

2022-05-09 Thread Steven Ahlers
David, Did you download the update from the Windows Store or from https://www.openoffice.org/download/ ? When I ran the installer from the official website it did unpin OpenOffice from the taskbar when it removed the older version but when I pinned the new icon it placed the regular OO icon on

Re: Problem saving file - revised

2022-03-14 Thread Steven Ahlers
Marvin, What is the size of the file you are trying to save? Where are you trying to save the file? On what device are you trying to save the file? What is the size of that device? How much memory is available on that device? As a courtesy to you I have sent you a copy of this message. As a cour

Re: Freezing a row

2022-03-05 Thread Steven Ahlers
If you want a row or group of rows as a locked title choose the row beneath that area and go to Window and click on Freeze. If you want a column or group of columns as a locked title choose the column to the right of that title and goto Window and choose Freeze. If you want both a horizontal an

Re: Formatting for USA Telephone Numbers

2022-02-27 Thread Steven Ahlers
Vince, 1) Yes, it’s normal to switch to User Defined. 2) Not sure what you’re referring to. Steve Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 27, 2022, at 11:58 AM, wa.two...@verizon.net.invalid wrote: > >  > My thanks to all that have replied. It has been wild here with home repair > concerns, or I woul

Re: Formatting for USA Telephone Numbers

2022-02-26 Thread Steven Ahlers
Jonathan, Actually Vince’s (the OP) original question was about 1+ (###) ###- not +1 (###) ###-. He also asked about (###) ###- as an alternative. Both were addressed several responses ago including an incorrection in regards to those solutions. Steve Sent from my iPhone > On Fe

Re: Formatting for USA Telephone Numbers

2022-02-24 Thread Steven Ahlers
Keith, The formatting that I shared works fine for USA phone numbers. I’ve used it for many years for tracking a list of contact information of a fantasy football league. Steve Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 24, 2022, at 6:53 PM, Keith N. McKenna > wrote: > > In article <64a75984-4f03-422e-

Re: Formatting for USA Telephone Numbers

2022-02-24 Thread Steven Ahlers
t; > At 09:18 24/02/2022 -0600, Steven Ahlers wrote: >> If you want the format of 1 (123) 456-7890 simply type in the format >> definition box (near the bottom of the pop up menu for Format Cell under the >> Numbers tab) 1^(###)^###- (where ^ is a space). > > B

Re: Formatting for USA Telephone Numbers

2022-02-24 Thread Steven Ahlers
Vince, If you want the format of 1 (123) 456-7890 simply type in the format definition box (near the bottom of the pop up menu for Format Cell under the Numbers tab) 1^(###)^###- (where ^ is a space). There is no need for quotation marks. You can put any text you want when you are defining

Re: Copy text from email paste into AOO Document FAIL

2022-01-19 Thread Steven Ahlers
Paul, For future consideration: if your iPad and Mac are both signed into your iCloud account you can type a note in the Notes app on your iPad and retrieve it in the Notes app on your Mac, no need to email it. Then cut and paste into the text file in AOO. Steve Sent from my iPhone > On Jan

Re: Open office 4.1.6 on Windows 7

2021-12-13 Thread Steven Ahlers
View: Zoom 100% > On Dec 14, 2021, at 1:14 AM, paulr needles wrote: > - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org

Re: finding saved document

2021-11-24 Thread Steven Ahlers
Clint, Go back to your backup that was created Wednesday after you created that report. Going forward to avoid this problem I would create a template of the basic report format and then use that template to start each report. After finishing the report I would save that report under a unique na

Re: Print - Open Office:

2021-11-24 Thread Steven Ahlers
Pat, Select FILE. Select PRINT in file menu. In Print dialogue select PRINT FROM_TO_ and enter the starting page number and finishing page number. Click on PRINT button in bottom right corner. The starting and finishing page numbers can be the same number. As a courtesy to you I have sent you

Re: Assistance with basic tools on apache system

2021-10-07 Thread Steven Ahlers
There are several good resources to help answer your questions. The Student’s Guide to OpenOffice Writer is a very good resource for the basic information to answer your questions: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/images/0/01/Ooo_for_students.pdf OpenOffice.org 3 Writer Guide has more detail

Re: Not able to open Open Office app on Mac

2021-10-04 Thread Steven Ahlers
What is the “error” message? What version of Mac OS are you using? Did you download from: https://www.openoffice.org/download/ ? Did you read the important hints for OS X? As a courtesy to you I have sent you a copy of this reply. As a courtesy to me please only reply to: users@openoffice.apa

Re: Linking sheets

2021-09-25 Thread Steven Ahlers
Don, What you’re describing is a Relational Data Base. This can be designed, built and maintained with the Base module in Apache OpenOffice. Steve, Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 24, 2021, at 8:28 PM, Don Town wrote: > >  >>> On September 23, 2021 at 7:35:19 PM, Don Town (bg...@sbcgloba

Re: Question about alphabetizing file list

2021-04-15 Thread Steven Ahlers
Betty, Where in OpenOffice are you searching? What is the name of the list you’re looking for the files? As a courtesy I have sent a copy of this message to you since you may not be on the user’s list, you may miss some of the responses to your email if you’re not subscribed to the user’s list

Re: Version 4.1.9

2021-03-26 Thread Steven Ahlers
Jonathan, How are you trying to open your documents? Are you expecting them in the Recently Opened Documents list? Until you open them they won’t be there. To populate this list either open the folder (possibly “Documents”) where you saved them and double click on your files or start OpenOffic

Re: Opening a .odf file with Microsoft

2021-03-09 Thread Steven Ahlers
John, Unfortunately Windoz likes to change file associations when it updates. To fix this Open the Windows File Explorer, the File Folder icon in the Dashboard. Then open the folder that you have your file in; ie if it’s on your desktop it will be in the folder “Desktop”. Select your file then

Re: New Computer - Microsoft has changed my documents to Word

2021-01-13 Thread Steven Ahlers
Jennie, The File Association of your documents has been changed. This is something that Windoz is pretty aggressive about doing. To fix this open the File Explorer app in Windows System (or the File Folder icon on the Task Bar). In the window for File Explorer open the folder that has your Writ

Re: Sorting in Open Office

2020-11-03 Thread Steven Ahlers
Rob, Are you using a spreadsheet in Calc? If so have you defined your DATA RANGE? Your example list will sort fine once you have defined the DATA RANGE. If you’re not subscribed to the users list you may not see all of the responses to your inquiry. Please DO NOT respond to my email address ins

Re: unable to get to my file

2020-10-20 Thread Steven Ahlers
What actions have you taken? What specifically are you trying to do? What if any error message(s) are you getting? As a courtesy I have sent a copy of this message to you. If you’re not subscribed to this user’s group you may miss some replies. Please send replies to: users@openoffice.apache.o

Re: How to do it???

2020-10-20 Thread Steven Ahlers
Larry, Right click (control click) on file, choose Open With, navigate to Writer and Open. If you want this to happen to all “Word” files then check the box for all similar files. Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 20, 2020, at 12:03 PM, Steven Ahlers wrote: > >  > > Sent

Re: How to do it???

2020-10-20 Thread Steven Ahlers
Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 20, 2020, at 11:59 AM, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: > > Den tis 20 okt. 2020 kl 18:15 skrev Larry Tanzer : > >> Good Morning, >> I recently installed your Open Office 4.1.7 So far, it has worked well. >> Today, I ran into a snag. I received an e-mail with a word d

Re: Lotus 1-2-3 files

2020-09-26 Thread Steven Ahlers
John, Easiest way to do it is to go to: https://www.zamzar.com/ and follow the on screen directions. If you have any further questions please respond to: users@openoffice.apache.org As a courtesy I have sent a copy of this message to you if you are not subscribed to the users list you may not

Re: Perhaps Uninterruptible Power Supplies Should be used with AOO for Non-Portable Computers

2020-09-05 Thread Steven Ahlers
ally all of the OpenOffice, now Apache >>> Open Office, Users E-Mail. It seems that a large proportion of serious >>> problems, from which recovery might be very difficult or impossible, are >>> attributed to improper, i.e. hasty, shut down. That is exactly what >>>

Re: Open Office Excel

2020-08-23 Thread Steven Ahlers
Joelle, Do you mean an OpenOffice Calc file? If you do mean a M$ Excel file you will need to go to a Microsoft help site. Assuming it is a Calc file there are some pieces of information that would help us help you. 1) Do you get an error message when you try to open the file you’re having pro

Re: Get URL from Hyperlink

2020-08-18 Thread Steven Ahlers
Andrew you need to remove the .INVALID from the end of his email address. Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 18, 2020, at 5:25 PM, Andrew Pitonyak wrote: > >  > Nope, sorry, I did the work, but I could not send an email to your email > address. Did not bother trying to figure out why, might be beca

Re: Perhaps Uninterruptible Power Supplies Should be used with AOO for Non-Portable Computers

2020-07-14 Thread Steven Ahlers
Tom that’s an interesting idea. I would suggest an even more important concept, practice good computer hygiene: before you leave your computer save all documents, shut down all programs. Then if there is a power failure no problem. I would recommend clearing out browser memory (history, cookies,

Re: Question for Tech Support

2020-07-12 Thread Steven Ahlers
horizontally into an upper and a lower > section. > > I appreciate your Cc’ing me on your message to the group. > > Steve > > ****** > > On Jul 11, 2020, at 7:17 PM, Steven Ahlers wrote: > > Steve, > > We are all users just like you. You very seldo

Re: Question for Tech Support

2020-07-11 Thread Steven Ahlers
Steve, We are all users just like you. You very seldom get “tech support” with free, open source, software; unless you pay for it. When you say split screen do you mean 2 consecutive pages side by side? Do you mean 2 different documents side by side? Do you mean 2 different locations within th

Re: Bouncing Message Listing

2020-07-01 Thread Steven Ahlers
Vince, The last time I remember one of these from OpenOffice it included instructions for retrieving the message. Something to the effect of send a message to a specific email address that includes the referred message number. I have no idea what the other project does. Sent from my iPhone >

Re: Open Office is crashing. Why?

2020-07-01 Thread Steven Ahlers
Megan, The assistance for this free, open source product is provided by users just like you. This email list is the proper place to ask for help. In order for us to help you it is useful to know some information: 1) What operating system and version are you using? 2) What version of OpenOffice

Re: macOS catalina

2020-06-30 Thread Steven Ahlers
Joe, What steps have taken? What if any error messages have you gotten? Are you aware of the Gatekeeper function of OSX? Please respond to the users list at: users@openoffice.apache.org so that all users can assist you. As a courtesy I have sent a copy of this message to you, if you’re not s

Re: PROBLEM

2020-06-03 Thread Steven Ahlers
This is most likely a problem with your User Profile. It is usually caused by a too hasty shutdown of your computer. See: https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=89050 for explanations on how to resolve this problem. Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 3, 2020, at 11:54 AM, Jesse F

Re: EXPORTING NARRATIVE FILES

2020-05-26 Thread Steven Ahlers
Yes, I primarily use my Mac. I guess I assumed that Windoz was the same. Just tried on my Windoz machine and the choice came up as a printer at the top of the print dialogue. Thanks for alerting me to the difference. Sent from my iPhone > On May 26, 2020, at 4:42 PM, Brian Barker > wrote: >

Re: EXPORTING NARRATIVE FILES

2020-05-26 Thread Steven Ahlers
I generally generate PDFs from the print dialogue: from File menu choose Print, in bottom left corner there’s a button to start the PDF dialogue which allows you to name the file and where you want to save it. Sent from my iPhone > On May 26, 2020, at 11:58 AM, Edward Eckhard > wrote: > > 

Re: Connecting to database remotely

2020-05-16 Thread Steven Ahlers
You could move the data base to a file sharing application like Drop Box. It would then be accessible from any internet connected computer with OpenOffice installed on it. Sent from my iPhone > On May 16, 2020, at 7:04 AM, Dan Lewis wrote: > > What type of database are you using? If it is em

Re: Update

2020-05-15 Thread Steven Ahlers
Beverly, It sounds as though you are using an old version of OpenOffice. You need to download a current version of the software. Go to: https://www.openoffice.org/download/ and follow all instructions including the information that Dave already provided. As a courtesy I have sent you a copy of

Re: E-mail Program

2020-05-06 Thread Steven Ahlers
Creating a PDF is a function of the Operating System and printer driver. Sent from my iPhone > On May 6, 2020, at 8:25 PM, Alan B wrote: > > No open source PDF editors that I am aware of. > > Regarding this particular question it is important to understand the > requirement. Many people I hav

Re: two-pages on one screen, how to return to one

2020-04-23 Thread Steven Ahlers
Bottom right of window click on image of single page Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 23, 2020, at 1:20 PM, Wade Smart wrote: > > Look at the icons on the top left of the screen. > Mouse over them until you see Print Preview. > You probably have it set to 2 pages. > -- > Registered Linux User: #4

Re: I cannot complete the 4.1.7 Apache OpenOffice install

2020-04-07 Thread Steven Ahlers
More information would be helpful, so that we can help you. What operating system and version are you using? What specific actions have you taken? What, if any, error message(s) are you getting? We will assume you downloaded it from: https://www.openoffice.org/download/index.html, if not delet

Re: Open Office closes at once when opened

2020-03-29 Thread Steven Ahlers
Please explain what you see happen. What are you doing when the program closes? Is there anything else unusual that is occurring? What if any error message do you see? What version of OpenOffice are you using? Please reply to: users@openoffice.apache.org so that all users can assist you. As

Re: Time Sheet

2020-03-26 Thread Steven Ahlers
Jan, The cell is formatted to display numbers as money ($). It should be formatted as either plain integer, decimal or time (hh:mm:ss). As a courtesy I have sent a copy of this to you as you may not be subscribed to the users group mailing list. Please reply to: users@openoffice.apache.org so

Re: Transition of Open Office to Catalina on a Mac Book Pro

2020-03-11 Thread Steven Ahlers
Nancy, Yes you need to update OpenOffice on all of your computers. Only download from: https://www.openoffice.org/download/index.html the official site. Make sure you read and follow all directions, such as dealing with the Gatekeeper. As a courtesy I have sent a copy of this email to you. If

Re: Mac Pages

2020-02-21 Thread Steven Ahlers
Apparently that solved it Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 21, 2020, at 1:13 PM, Steven Ahlers > wrote: > > Joel, > > Assuming that you’re looking for a way to translate the file use: > https://www.zamzar.com/ > > If that’s not what you’re trying to do send mo

Re: Mac Pages

2020-02-21 Thread Steven Ahlers
Joel, Assuming that you’re looking for a way to translate the file use: https://www.zamzar.com/ If that’s not what you’re trying to do send more information to: users@openoffice.apache.org so all users can assist you. Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 21, 2020, at 10:11 AM, Joel Mitchel wrote: >

Re: Is there a FAXing Facility in AOO?

2020-01-27 Thread Steven Ahlers
Vince, I use an App that transmits PDFs to fax machines. The app was free from the App Store, there is a charge for each transmittal. I don’t remember if it’s a per transmittal or a per page. Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 27, 2020, at 8:14 AM, WA.TWORSX via AOL > wrote: > >  > I have a PDF

Re: Downloading Open Office With Windows 10

2020-01-27 Thread Steven Ahlers
Tony, As a courtesy to you I am sending a copy of this message to you, if you’re not subscribed to the users list you may miss some replies. Please respond only to: users@openoffice.apache.org so that all users can assist you. Are you downloading from the official website: https://www.openoffi

Re: Mac compatibility

2020-01-23 Thread Steven Ahlers
Forwarding from OP Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 23, 2020, at 1:35 PM, Laura Shook wrote: > >  Thanks so much it all worked i appreciate your help > > Sent from my iPhone > >>> On 23 Jan 2020, at 11:16 am, Steven Ahlers wrote: >>> >>  Laura

Re: Mac compatibility

2020-01-23 Thread Steven Ahlers
Laura, You probably need to download the latest version. Apache OpenOffice has been 64 bit for MacOS for awhile. Make sure you read and follow all the release notes so that you can successfully negotiate the Gatekeeper. ONLY download from: https://www.openoffice.org/download/ Sent from my iPh

Re: Sharing Excel

2020-01-17 Thread Steven Ahlers
Forwarding to OP. I was going to suggest the same thing. Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 17, 2020, at 8:15 PM, Alan B wrote: > > Sarah, > > Another method, that would allow working on the spreadsheet without sending > a copy back and forth and back again, would be to save it online and share >

Re: Recover previous documents

2020-01-07 Thread Steven Ahlers
Another choice would be to restore from your backup. How to do it depends on what you used for backup and your operating system. Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 7, 2020, at 9:30 AM, Rory O'Farrell wrote: > > On Tue, 7 Jan 2020 15:12:56 + > Patricia Prinkey wrote: > >> I do not know if or h

Re: Importing fonts to OpenOffice

2019-12-29 Thread Steven Ahlers
Import those fonts into your operating system. Then they will be available to OpenOffice. Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 29, 2019, at 3:58 AM, Michael Anderson wrote: > > How can I import new fonts into OpenOffice? Am trying to get some from Fee > Fonts, but I can't get them into the progra

Re: Technical difficulties with OpenOffice.org and my updated Mac OS Catalina system; please help asap \

2019-12-26 Thread Steven Ahlers
26, 2019, at 1:00 PM, Steven Ahlers > wrote: > > Dominique, > > Please provide more specific information: > What version of OpenOffice are you using? Right click (control click) the > OpenOffice icon in the Applications folder and choose About. > > How are you trying

Re: Technical difficulties with OpenOffice.org and my updated Mac OS Catalina system; please help asap \

2019-12-26 Thread Steven Ahlers
Dominique, Please provide more specific information: What version of OpenOffice are you using? Right click (control click) the OpenOffice icon in the Applications folder and choose About. How are you trying to start OpenOffice? From the Dashboard, from the Applications folder, double clicking a

Re: Upgrade to Mac Catalina

2019-12-19 Thread Steven Ahlers
Make sure you have updated your printer drivers from the printer’s web site. Then restart your computer to implement those updated drivers. Then start OpenOffice and retry printing. Also make sure that your printer’s ink levels are good. Please respond to: users@openoffice.apache.org so all use

Re: Can you help me??

2019-12-17 Thread Steven Ahlers
Make sure you have downloaded the most recent driver for your printer from their web site, not just from a disc included with the printer. Then restart your computer, the change to your operating system from the addition of the printer driver will not take effect until the system is restarted.

Re: Question Please

2019-12-15 Thread Steven Ahlers
April, What type of problem are you having? What version of OpenOffice are you using? Right click(control click) the OpenOffice icon and choose About. Please reply to: users@openoffice.apache.org so all users can assist you. As a courtesy I have sent a copy of this to you, if you are not subsc

Re: can not open OpenOffice

2019-11-25 Thread Steven Ahlers
Bill, What version of OpenOffice do you have installed? You may need to install a 64 bit version if you haven’t updated recently. Go to: https://www.openoffice.org/download/ and install the most recent version. You maybe running into the Gatekeeper of macOS. Once you have the latest update inst

Re: open office software SPREADSHEETS

2019-10-24 Thread Steven Ahlers
In the Data drop down menu choose: 1) Define Range: give it a one word name, in the Range box specify the first and last cells 2) Select Range: choose a named range 3) Sort: Options tab—allows you to select options Sort Criteria—allows you to choose column(s) to sort on and ord

Re: Change of background color

2019-10-21 Thread Steven Ahlers
Peter, In What type of document are you trying to change the background color? Please reply to: users@openoffice.apache.org so that all users can assist you. > On Oct 21, 2019, at 9:26 AM, Peter wrote: > > I would like to change the background color but don’t see how > > Tx > > Peter de Au

Re: Apple OS Catalina

2019-10-21 Thread Steven Ahlers
Jane, Yes, it is compatible. How are you trying to open your files? Are you starting OpenOffice and then find the Recent File list doesn’t contain the file(s) you wish to open? If you click on the file folder icon next to Open... on OpenOffice StartUp menu can you find the file(s) and then ope

Re: Unwanted Dialogue Box

2019-10-21 Thread Steven Ahlers
Alan, What are you trying to do when this dialogue box appears? Please respond to: users@openoffice.apache.org so that all users can assist you. > On Oct 21, 2019, at 4:33 AM, Alan Pearce > wrote: > > Help please! > > I am in Open Office Calc and a dialogue box has kept appearing saying "Th

Re: Microsoft works files

2019-10-09 Thread Steven Ahlers
Sandy, If you still have access to MS Works you can open the files in Works and then export them in MS Office (Word, Excel) format and then import them into Apache OpenOffice. Spreadsheets can also be exported in CSV format and then imported. If you don’t have access to MS Works you can utilize

Re: Email problems

2019-10-03 Thread Steven Ahlers
Shea, Outlook is a Microsoft product. If you are having problems with it you probably should contact M$ to resolve it. > On Oct 3, 2019, at 12:17 PM, INDRA SEJA wrote: > > I've been using open office outlook for eons, with total satisfaction. A few > weeks ago, I discovered that it was takin

Re: BASE questions

2019-09-15 Thread Steven Ahlers
Roy, This is a mail list of users of OpenOffice, while I personally can’t help you with this issue, if you’re patient someone who has experience with Base should be able to help you. Please allow 72 hours for replies as this is an international users group and many do not respond to email over

Re: Lost File

2019-08-25 Thread Steven Ahlers
ate the spreadsheet with it? Could it be > in the Cloud? > > JW > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Aug 23, 2019, at 6:06 PM, Steven Ahlers wrote: >> >> JW, >> >> Right click on the file, chose “Open With...”, chose “OpenOffice Calc” (you >> may

Re: Lost File

2019-08-25 Thread Steven Ahlers
is gone. Is there a way to pull the data > from an older saved date and populate the spreadsheet with it? Could it be > in the Cloud? > > JW > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Aug 23, 2019, at 6:06 PM, Steven Ahlers wrote: >> >> JW, >> >>

Re: Lost File

2019-08-23 Thread Steven Ahlers
JW, Right click on the file, chose “Open With...”, chose “OpenOffice Calc” (you may have to search in “More apps ⬇️”), chose “OK” it should open in Calc. You can tick the “Always use this app to open [extension] files” box if you only want this file type to open in Calc. You can also accomplis

Re: Documents not saved OO 4 1 6

2019-08-14 Thread Steven Ahlers
Richard, When you saved it where did you save it to? What did you answer to the query about updating the links? What operating system are you using? Assuming you’re using windows have you searched for the saved files using File Explorer? What was the result? Please reply to: users@openoffice.apa

Re: Problems with installing open office on the MacBook Air

2019-08-05 Thread Steven Ahlers
This is an issue with the Gatekeeper to prevent malware installation. OpenOffice downloaded from https://www.openoffice.org/download/index.html Is safe. Please read the instructions at the above address or look at the information at Apple Help on Gatekeeper. The simplest and safest way to get a

Re: Icons

2019-08-05 Thread Steven Ahlers
fice and hit enter, I believe the icons are the main files but they > are spread all over my desktop. There are about 10 or 15. > > Sent from Mail for Windows 10 > > > From: Steven Ahlers > Sent: Sunday, August 4, 2019 6:53:13 PM > To: users@openoffice.apache.org > C

Re: Icons

2019-08-04 Thread Steven Ahlers
Randy, Where did you download ApacheOpenOffice from? What are the icons? How many icons are there? Sent from my iPhone >> On Sun, Aug 4, 2019 at 6:09 PM Randy Fornoff wrote: >> >> Hello, A couple of days ago I downloaded and installed Open Office. Since >> then I have numerious icons on my d

Re: open a single page document on the entire screen.

2019-07-24 Thread Steven Ahlers
Merry, You need to set the view zoom factor back to normal view. On the bottom right of the window there is a button to select a view percentage, click on it and select what view you would like; usually 100%. Steve Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 24, 2019, at 4:04 PM, Merry Williams wrote: >

Re: Auto Spell Check not working on laptop, but does on desktop

2019-07-07 Thread Steven Ahlers
n the mark. > > --David > >> On 7/6/2019 7:11 PM, Steven Ahlers wrote: >> The following link from the users forum links to how to reset your users >> profile, the most common source of this problem. >> >> https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.

Re: Auto Spell Check not working on laptop, but does on desktop

2019-07-06 Thread Steven Ahlers
The following link from the users forum links to how to reset your users profile, the most common source of this problem. https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=89052 The most common cause of this problem is caused by a too hasty shutdown or closing of top of laptop before

Re: I cannot open PowerPoint presentations

2019-05-14 Thread Steven Ahlers
pc does not work. I cannot uninstall it > from my pc and cannot install 4.1.6 > > Kind regards > > Vidur > > > -Original Message- > From: Steven Ahlers > Sent: 13 May 2019 20:21 > To: users@openoffice.apache.org > Cc: lekh...@gmail.com > Subject: R

Re: Can't print from Open Office

2019-05-13 Thread Steven Ahlers
the inks in the printer. Everything is now fine. > Thanks again. > Karen > >> On May 13, 2019 at 3:26 PM Steven Ahlers wrote: >> >> >> Karen, >> >> What type of file are you printing? >> >> Have you restarted your computer after upda

Re: Can't print from Open Office

2019-05-13 Thread Steven Ahlers
Karen, What type of file are you printing? Have you restarted your computer after updating the printer control files? Steve Sent from my iPhone > On May 12, 2019, at 2:24 PM, David Belina wrote: > > Sounds like the printer queue or link on your computer is misconfigured. > Delete it in yo

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