Re: Using open office 3.1

2021-01-04 Thread Rory O'Farrell
On Mon, 4 Jan 2021 10:21:50 -0500 "Larry D. Floyd" wrote: > I am usiing Open Office 3.1 an I need to insert grid lines on the spread > sheet an I do not find the prompt in the format area to put in the comand to > do so. Cen you help meon this problem? Also do I need to update to a new > Open

RE: Using Open office

2020-02-22 Thread Geoffrey Hartwell
Accredited Adjudicator -Original Message- From: Moderator [mailto:b...@apache.org] Sent: 22 February 2020 13:48 To: users@openoffice.apache.org Subject: Re: Using Open office You are subscribed to the <mailto:users@openoffice.apache.org> users@openoffice.apache.org m

Re: Using Open office

2020-02-22 Thread Moderator
You are subscribed to the users@openoffice.apache.org mailing list so you receive a copy of all posts, just like all other subscribers. According to the mailing list records the reply to David Hunt's post came from your email address luce...@lucetta.ca. On 22/02/2020 13:28, Lucetta wrote: > This

Re: Using Open office

2020-02-22 Thread Lucetta
This has been just been sent to me and I don’t understand it Does anyone have any thoughts? > On Feb 22, 2020, at 12:29 AM, Lucetta wrote: > > Can’t speak for you situation. However something has changed with the base > code in some operating systems. It technical & outside of my computer

Re: Using Open office

2020-02-21 Thread Lucetta
Can’t speak for you situation. However something has changed with the base code in some operating systems. It technical & outside of my computer understanding. I don’t understand it, something to do with base code and macros or executables, but far outside of my depth of knowledge. My Open Of

Re: Using Open office

2020-02-20 Thread Chuck Spalding
David, OpenOffice can read/modify/save files in DOC/XLS format. One can even set preferences to use those formats by default when creating files. I don't know why, but the OpenOffice community seems to strongly resist the use of DOC/XLS file formats instead of the "native" ODT/ODS formats. There'

Re: Using Open office

2020-02-20 Thread Drew Jensen
On Thu, Feb 20, 2020 at 7:06 AM David Hunt wrote: > I have started using Open Office on my HP PC, with Windows 10. > Sadly any document I send out can be read by other windows users, but I > phone and some I pads complain that all documents are scrambled or Zipped.? > > Any suggestions please. >

Re: Using Open office

2020-02-20 Thread Martin Groenescheij
On 20/02/2020 14:22, David Hunt wrote: Thanks, will try, but previously pdf files could not be opened many more colleagues. Adobe Reader is available for all Operating Systems and it's free Thanks again Dave On 20 Feb 2020, at 13:11, Martin Groenescheij wrote:  On 20 Feb 2020, at 13:0

Re: Using Open office

2020-02-20 Thread Martin Groenescheij
> > On 20 Feb 2020, at 13:05, David Hunt wrote: > > I have started using Open Office on my HP PC, with Windows 10. > Sadly any document I send out can be read by other windows users, but I phone > and some I pads complain that all documents are scrambled or Zipped.? All OpenOffice files are

Re: Using Open Office 4.1.3 to read Microsoft Works [.wpg] documents

2017-03-27 Thread Keith N. McKenna
On 3/27/2017 8:23 PM, Joseph Ector wrote: > I recently upgraded from Open Office 2.0.4 to version 4.1.3 in hopes > of being able to read saved information in the Microsoft Works [.wpg] > format, but have so far been unable to do so. I have had no trouble > reading a Works Spreadsheet, however. I

Re: Using Open Office 4.1.3 to read Microsoft Works [.wpg] documents

2017-03-27 Thread Rory O'Farrell
On Mon, 27 Mar 2017 19:23:30 -0500 Joseph Ector wrote: > I recently upgraded from Open Office 2.0.4 to version 4.1.3 in hopes > of being able to read saved information in the Microsoft Works [.wpg] > format, but have so far been unable to do so. I have had no trouble > reading a Works Spreadshee

Re: using Open Office with Microsoft Works files

2016-07-19 Thread Rory O'Farrell
On Tue, 19 Jul 2016 00:25:08 -0500 Mike Tomlianovich wrote: > I have a bunch of files created with the obsolete Microsoft Works. How may > I import these in to OpenOffice? Thank you! > > -- > Mike Tomlianovich email: mjtom...@gmail.com > > "Off the keyboard, through the CPU, out the transc

Re: Using open office on tablet

2016-05-31 Thread Bruce Byfield
fice.apache.org >> Subject: Re: Using open office on tablet >> >> J&R wrote on 31/05/2016 11:48: >> > Is it safe to assume that if I load your openoffice software onto a >> >> tablet with keyboard it will work without any problems? >> >>

Re: Using open office on tablet

2016-05-31 Thread Kay Schenk
ee if that works for you. You might also need to find a 32-bit Java to use. Once you get your tablet, please let us know how this worked for you. Good luck. ​ > > > Oorspronkelijk bericht > Van: Kay Schenk > Datum:31-05-2016 17:38 (GMT+01:00) > Aan: users@ope

RE: Using open office on tablet

2016-05-31 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
The Lenova product comes with Windows 10. Not clear if Windows 10 Home or Windows 10 Pro. > -Original Message- > From: toki [mailto:toki.kant...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2016 11:48 > To: users@openoffice.apache.org > Subject: Re: Using open office on tablet &g

Re: Using open office on tablet

2016-05-31 Thread toki
J&R wrote on 31/05/2016 11:48: > Is it safe to assume that if I load your openoffice software onto a tablet > with keyboard it will work without any problems? The primary issue is what version of what operating system does that hardware use. The hardware specs are borderline OK. jonathon

RE: Using open office on tablet

2016-05-31 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
We will need to hear from individuals who use this type of tablet configuration with Apache OpenOffice. - Dennis Meanwhile, here is some general information that may be useful to you. The AOO project does not directly test for these kinds of configurations, although the software should be a

Re: Using open office on tablet

2016-05-31 Thread Kay Schenk
On 05/31/2016 04:48 AM, J&R wrote: Dear Sir/Madam, Is it safe to assume that if I load your openoffice software onto a tablet with keyboard it will work without any problems? Apache OpenOffice is not currently supported on tablets. However, there are ports for some devices with certain oper

Re: OT (was Question re/ using Open Office

2015-06-27 Thread Julian Thomas
> On Jun 27, 2015, at 12:23, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote: > > My first-computer love was the IBM 650 though. I went from that onto a > Remington Rand -> Sperry Univac -> Xerox career path, retiring from Xerox at > the end of 1998 Ah yes, the 650. I worked on one for a while as a subcontractor

RE: OT (was Question re/ using Open Office

2015-06-27 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
essage- From: Julian Thomas [mailto:j...@jt-mj.net] Sent: Friday, June 26, 2015 19:04 To: Open Office Apache list Subject: OT (was Question re/ using Open Office > On Jun 26, 2015, at 09:19, Richard Fox wrote: > > Looks like we've both been around the block a time or 2 - though I

OT (was Question re/ using Open Office

2015-06-26 Thread Julian Thomas
> On Jun 26, 2015, at 09:19, Richard Fox wrote: > > Looks like we've both been around the block a time or 2 - though I'm not the > "techie" that you are. My first experience was in the early 60s. Learned to > write Fortran on an old Philco 2000 while working in research for an > aerospace div

Re: Question re/ using Open Office

2015-06-26 Thread James Knott
On 06/26/2015 12:01 PM, Richard Fox wrote: > I've considered trying Linux, but I'm afraid that I have too many > programs that I rely on that won't be available. There's a couple of things you can do. Many Windows apps can run in something called "wine" or the commercial version, CrossOver Office.

Re: Question re/ using Open Office

2015-06-26 Thread Richard Fox
raid that I have too many programs that I rely on that won't be available. Guess I'm a "prisoner" to MS - just like I am to the cell phone providers. -Original Message- From: James Knott Sent: Friday, June 26, 2015 8:41 AM To: users@openoffice.apache.org ; Richard Fo

Re: Question re/ using Open Office

2015-06-26 Thread James Knott
On 06/26/2015 09:19 AM, Richard Fox wrote: > Thanks again for your help. If you ever figure out a way to open MS > files with "open as", please let me know. In the meantime, I have a > workable solution. I just checked with Windows 10. I normally use Windows 7, when I have to use Windows. W10

Re: Question re/ using Open Office

2015-06-26 Thread Rory O'Farrell
On Fri, 26 Jun 2015 09:12:26 -0400 Bruce Pierson wrote: > And I thought I was ancient using an Osborne 1 (with Super Calc) and a DEC > PDP 8 recording data from a No. 5 Cross Bar switch. Back in the 80's > > *"The Department of Redundancy Department"* > I build several Z80s using motherboard

Re: Question re/ using Open Office

2015-06-26 Thread Richard Fox
penoffice.apache.org ; Richard Fox Subject: Re: Question re/ using Open Office On 06/25/2015 10:25 PM, James Knott wrote: For the record, I bought my first computer in 1976, an IMSAI 8080, worked for several years as a computer technician maintaining mini-computers, DEC VAX 11/780, a few different

Re: Question re/ using Open Office

2015-06-26 Thread Bruce Pierson
And I thought I was ancient using an Osborne 1 (with Super Calc) and a DEC PDP 8 recording data from a No. 5 Cross Bar switch. Back in the 80's *"The Department of Redundancy Department"* On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 7:59 AM, James Knott wrote: > On 06/26/2015 01:08 AM, Dale Erwin wrote: > > Do

Re: Question re/ using Open Office

2015-06-26 Thread James Knott
On 06/26/2015 01:08 AM, Dale Erwin wrote: > Do they still make mainframes? Yes, but these days they're clusters of thousands of CPUs, usually running Linux. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For ad

Re: Question re/ using Open Office

2015-06-26 Thread James Knott
On 06/26/2015 12:06 AM, Robert Jackson wrote: > The first computer we owned was a MITS Altair 8800 - > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altair_8800 > > Here's the IMSAI. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMSAI_8080 ---

Re: Question re/ using Open Office

2015-06-25 Thread Dale Erwin
On 6/25/2015 7:29 PM, Richard Fox wrote: OK. That works. But it's kind of a back-handed approach. What I was trying to do was to double-click on an xlsx document itself, right click on "open with" and have it open with OO. It really SHOULD since I have both MS Office and OO installed. But for s

Re: Question re/ using Open Office

2015-06-25 Thread Robert Jackson
To change the default association in win 8.1, using the following as a guide: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-CA/windows-8/choose-programs-windows-uses-default# The first computer we owned was a MITS Altair 8800

Re: Question re/ using Open Office

2015-06-25 Thread James Knott
On 06/25/2015 10:25 PM, James Knott wrote: > For the record, I bought my first computer in 1976, an IMSAI 8080, > worked for several years as a computer technician maintaining > mini-computers, DEC VAX 11/780, a few different PR1ME and Data General > models, along with a Collins C8500 (a mil spec v

Re: Question re/ using Open Office

2015-06-25 Thread Doug
On 06/25/2015 09:53 PM, Julian Thomas wrote: On Jun 25, 2015, at 20:29, Richard Fox wrote: OK. That works. But it's kind of a back-handed approach. What I was trying to do was to double-click on an xlsx document itself, right click on "open with" and have it open with OO. It really SHOULD

Re: Question re/ using Open Office

2015-06-25 Thread James Knott
e more when I get a chance. > Given my experience with Windows, I wouldn't be surprised if a re-install was necessary. > Thanks for your help. > > -----Original Message- From: James Knott > Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2015 1:00 PM > To: users@openoffice.apache.org ; Richard Fox >

Re: Question re/ using Open Office

2015-06-25 Thread Julian Thomas
> On Jun 25, 2015, at 20:29, Richard Fox wrote: > > OK. That works. But it's kind of a back-handed approach. What I was trying to > do was to double-click on an xlsx document itself, right click on "open with" > and have it open with OO. It really SHOULD since I have both MS Office and OO > i

Re: Question re/ using Open Office

2015-06-25 Thread Richard Fox
is some more when I get a chance. Thanks for your help. -Original Message- From: James Knott Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2015 1:00 PM To: users@openoffice.apache.org ; Richard Fox Subject: Re: Question re/ using Open Office That doesn't make sense. If you can open OpenOffice, the

Re: Question re/ using Open Office

2015-06-25 Thread James Knott
t: Thursday, June 25, 2015 7:09 AM > To: users@openoffice.apache.org ; Richard Fox > Subject: Re: Question re/ using Open Office > > On 06/25/2015 09:26 AM, Richard Fox wrote: >> Thanks for the information. Unfortunately, this doesn't seem to work >> as you describe

Re: Question re/ using Open Office

2015-06-25 Thread Richard Fox
- From: James Knott Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2015 7:09 AM To: users@openoffice.apache.org ; Richard Fox Subject: Re: Question re/ using Open Office On 06/25/2015 09:26 AM, Richard Fox wrote: Thanks for the information. Unfortunately, this doesn't seem to work as you described. I have both MS

RE: Question re/ using Open Office

2015-06-25 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
clude it in the list. You can also make AOO the default for any of those file-name extensions you do this with. - Dennis -Original Message- From: Richard Fox [mailto:rafo...@outlook.com] Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2015 06:26 To: OpenOffice Subject: Re: Question re/ using Open Of

Re: Question re/ using Open Office

2015-06-25 Thread James Knott
On 06/25/2015 09:26 AM, Richard Fox wrote: > Thanks for the information. Unfortunately, this doesn't seem to work > as you described. > > I have both MS Office and OO installed (for testing), and when I right > click on "open with" I get about a dozen options but OO isn't one of > them. > Can you

Re: Question re/ using Open Office

2015-06-25 Thread Richard Fox
m: James Knott Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2015 11:32 AM To: users@openoffice.apache.org ; rafo...@outlook.com Subject: Re: Question re/ using Open Office On 06/23/2015 02:15 PM, Richard Fox wrote: I’m considering using Open Office instead of the MS products that I’ve used for years. I’ve done a slight amoun

Re: Question re/ using Open Office

2015-06-23 Thread Richard Fox
Thanks for your help. I'll take a look at your suggestions. -Original Message- From: James Knott Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2015 11:32 AM To: users@openoffice.apache.org ; rafo...@outlook.com Subject: Re: Question re/ using Open Office On 06/23/2015 02:15 PM, Richard Fox wrote

Re: Question re/ using Open Office

2015-06-23 Thread James Knott
On 06/23/2015 02:15 PM, Richard Fox wrote: > I’m considering using Open Office instead of the MS products that I’ve used > for years. I’ve done a slight amount of testing to look into compatibility > with MS Office, and I’m not getting the results I had hoped for. > > Can you tell me how OO inter

Question re/ using Open Office

2015-06-23 Thread Richard Fox
I’m considering using Open Office instead of the MS products that I’ve used for years. I’ve done a slight amount of testing to look into compatibility with MS Office, and I’m not getting the results I had hoped for. Can you tell me how OO interacts with the MS world – like how do you convert do

Re: Using Open Office

2015-01-14 Thread johnny smith
On Wed, 14 Jan 2015 15:19:52 -, Brian Moore wrote: Can anyone point me in the right diction to create some of the attached samples using open office. unfortunately, this mailing list accepts attachments only if they are in the open document format (odt, ods etc). you should better uplo