Re: Question re/ using Open Office

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.

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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

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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

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

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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

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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

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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

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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 ---

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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

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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

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

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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

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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 >

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> 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

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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

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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

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- 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

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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

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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

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

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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

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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