Re: [DISCUSS][PROPOSAL] "Dark Mode" Color Palette(s) for "Extras>Settings>OpenOffice>Appearance", declutter Menu

2022-12-05 Thread Linda Hull
nd in the process. > > > > Problem part A: > > As far as I can understand the software, there is not an easy structure > > to user-friendly switch color themes in Open Office Writer (I haven't > > looked at other programs, but it could be true for them as well). >

Re: [DISCUSS][PROPOSAL] "Dark Mode" Color Palette(s) for "Extras>Settings>OpenOffice>Appearance", declutter Menu

2022-12-04 Thread Peter Kovacs
can understand the software, there is not an easy structure to user-friendly switch color themes in Open Office Writer (I haven't looked at other programs, but it could be true for them as well). Yes, there is one solution to switch colors. You go... What was it? Edit, Settings? No,

Re: [DISCUSS][PROPOSAL] "Dark Mode" Color Palette(s) for "Extras>Settings>OpenOffice>Appearance", declutter Menu

2022-12-04 Thread David Robley
er (I haven't looked at other programs, but it could be true for them as well). Yes, there is one solution to switch colors. You go... What was it? Edit, Settings? No, maybe View... Extras... Appearance? No, not either. The correct way is Extras>Settings>OpenOffice>Appearance (as an

Re: [DISCUSS][PROPOSAL] "Dark Mode" Color Palette(s) for "Extras>Settings>OpenOffice>Appearance", declutter Menu

2022-12-04 Thread Linda Hull
r as I can understand the software, there is not an easy structure > to user-friendly switch color themes in Open Office Writer (I haven't > looked at other programs, but it could be true for them as well). > Yes, there is one solution to switch colors. > You go... What was it?

[DISCUSS][PROPOSAL] "Dark Mode" Color Palette(s) for "Extras>Settings>OpenOffice>Appearance", declutter Menu

2022-12-04 Thread Joana Ottenbacher
ffice Writer (I haven't looked at other programs, but it could be true for them as well). Yes, there is one solution to switch colors. You go... What was it? Edit, Settings? No, maybe View... Extras... Appearance? No, not either. The correct way is Extras>Settings>OpenOffice>Appearance

Restore everything to default settings

2022-03-27 Thread Ken
Somehow I wound up setting my keyboard to Croatian language settings.  I want to restore my program to default settings.  Please do not tell me to check my  settings.  That is useless.  Tell me what settings put everything back to default American English. I do not want the Croatian keyboard

Re: your personal settings or your personal settings are locked.

2022-02-25 Thread Linda Hull
> Can someone tell me what to do about this: > > Either another instance of OpenOffice is accessing your personal settings > > or your personal settings are locked. > > Simultaneous access can lead to inconsistencies in your personal > settings. > > Before continu

Re: your personal settings or your personal settings are locked.

2022-02-25 Thread Rory O'Farrell
On Fri, 25 Feb 2022 14:40:04 -0500 Linda Hull wrote: > I just downloaded a new copy of Apache OpenOffice 4.1.11 from Sourceforge. > > Can someone tell me what to do about this: > Either another instance of OpenOffice is accessing your personal settings > or your personal sett

your personal settings or your personal settings are locked.

2022-02-25 Thread Linda Hull
I just downloaded a new copy of Apache OpenOffice 4.1.11 from Sourceforge. Can someone tell me what to do about this: Either another instance of OpenOffice is accessing your personal settings or your personal settings are locked. Simultaneous access can lead to inconsistencies in your personal

Re: language settings for downloaded Open Office

2018-04-02 Thread Jana K.
I found out how: uninstall existing Open Office and download the English version. -- Původní e-mail -- Od: Martin Groenescheij Komu: users@openoffice.apache.org Datum: 2. 4. 2018 12:05:48 Předmět: Re: language settings for downloaded Open Office " On 02/04/18 3:24 PM, J

Re: language settings for downloaded Open Office

2018-04-02 Thread Matthias Seidel
Hi Jane, You can always download a language pack (en-US) for your version of AOO from here: https://www.openoffice.org/download/index.html After installing it you can change the user interface to English under "Nástroje - Volby... - Jazyková nastavení - Jazyki". I think you have to download the

Re: language settings for downloaded Open Office

2018-04-02 Thread Martin Groenescheij
On 02/04/18 3:24 PM, Jana K. wrote: Greetings, is there a way to get Open Office in English? I'm American working in the Czech Rep., and I purchased a computer with Open Office from my co-worker, however, it's in Czech - all the toolbars, etc.. Is there a way to change it to English? Can't fi

language settings for downloaded Open Office

2018-04-02 Thread Jana K.
Greetings,  is there a way to get Open Office in English? I'm American working in the Czech Rep., and I purchased a computer with Open Office from my co-worker, however, it's in Czech - all the toolbars, etc.. Is there a way to change it to English? Can't find one, perhaps for the very reason t

Re: SETTINGS

2017-01-16 Thread Girvin Herr
On 01/16/2017 01:13 PM, Brian Barker wrote: At 10:59 16/01/2017 -0800, Girvin Herr wrote: On 01/15/2017 10:50 PM, Brian Barker wrote: [...] Go to Tools | Detective > | Remove All Traces. This "Detective" interested me, so I took a look at my AOO 4.1.3 for Linux version and it does not have

Re: SETTINGS

2017-01-16 Thread Brian Barker
At 10:59 16/01/2017 -0800, Girvin Herr wrote: On 01/15/2017 10:50 PM, Brian Barker wrote: [...] Go to Tools | Detective > | Remove All Traces. This "Detective" interested me, so I took a look at my AOO 4.1.3 for Linux version and it does not have a Tools | Detective option. Is this OS-depend

Re: SETTINGS

2017-01-16 Thread Girvin Herr
On 01/15/2017 10:50 PM, Brian Barker wrote: At 15:35 15/01/2017 -0500, Doug Gambichler wrote: I USE OPEN OFFICE ALL THE TIME... Er, there's no need to shout! ... THE EXCEL SHEET, MOSTLY. Microsoft Excel is a part of Microsoft Office and has no connection with OpenOffice. If you need hel

Re: SETTINGS

2017-01-15 Thread Brian Barker
At 15:35 15/01/2017 -0500, Doug Gambichler wrote: I USE OPEN OFFICE ALL THE TIME... Er, there's no need to shout! ... THE EXCEL SHEET, MOSTLY. Microsoft Excel is a part of Microsoft Office and has no connection with OpenOffice. If you need help with Excel, you should look for it elsewhere

Re: SETTINGS

2017-01-15 Thread Martin Groenescheij
First of all, don't use capitals when you want help, it's perceived as if you are yelling at us. Second OpenOffice Calc is not Excel, Excel is MicroSoft. Third we don't know where the something function is which you clicked. Finally it's most likely that you have accidentally the changed font. Jus

SETTINGS

2017-01-15 Thread GAMBICHLER5
I USE OPEN OFFICE ALL THE TIME---THE EXCEL SHEET, MOSTLY. IN A RUSH TO MAKE CHANGES ON THE SHEET, i CLICKED SOMETING AND NOW THE FIRST PART OF THE PAGE HAS ARROWS OR WHATEVER FORMATTING I WANT. IT SAYS GO TO FORMATTING AND CLICK OPTIONS AND THEN OFF. THERE IS NO OFF. HOW DO I GET THESE A

Re: Path settings in newer releases

2015-10-13 Thread Donald Miller
James, I use fossamail (windows) to get around some shortcomings of outlook.com web mail. After I complete my move to another state, I will have another ISP option for email.:-) Regards, Donald A. Miller On 10/13/2015 2:48 PM, James Knott wrote: On 10/13/2015 04:37 PM, Donald Miller wrote: T

Re: Path settings in newer releases

2015-10-13 Thread Rory O'Farrell
> > > > Regards, > Donald A. Miller > > _ > > From: dennis.hamil...@acm.org > > To: users@openoffice.apache.org > > CC: damill...@hotmail.com > > Subject: RE: Path settings in newer releases > > Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2015 12:45:04 -0700 > &

Re: Path settings in newer releases

2015-10-13 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2015-10-13, 2:37 PM Donald Miller wrote: Rory, threads are easier to follow if you set your email to put your reply at top, then your sig, then the quoted content, optional line or space to separate. Wrong. Proper netiquette is to include only the pertinent part of the message you are reply

Re: Path settings in newer releases

2015-10-13 Thread James Knott
On 10/13/2015 04:37 PM, Donald Miller wrote: > This is easy to set up in outlook.com Given that Outlook is clearly a horrible email program, why should it be used as an example for how to do things? - To unsubscribe, e-mail: user

RE: Path settings in newer releases

2015-10-13 Thread Donald Miller
p in outlook.com and client from www.fossamail.org (Windows and Linux). Regards, Donald A. Miller _ > From: dennis.hamil...@acm.org > To: users@openoffice.apache.org > CC: damill...@hotmail.com > Subject: RE: Path settings in newer releases > Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2015 12:

Re: Path settings in newer releases

2015-10-13 Thread Rory O'Farrell
plication will be saved (e.g. for Calc, all spreadsheet files, be they .ods, .xls etc). Anyway, it is an enhancement to consider. Rory > > -Original Message- > >From: Donald Miller [mailto:damill...@hotmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2015 08:40 > To: users@op

RE: Path settings in newer releases

2015-10-13 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
who expects the current behavior.) - Dennis -Original Message- From: Donald Miller [mailto:damill...@hotmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2015 08:40 To: users@openoffice.apache.org Subject: Path settings in newer releases By the way, could "options > paths" be made an ea

Re: Path settings in newer releases

2015-10-13 Thread Donald Miller
ermission? Present default is up to 7 folder levels deep on C, but I have all my non system files on D (for ease of backup). I absolutely despise Bill Gates defaults, such as C:\Users\userID\Documents. Some programs let user settings reside in a text file, which can be backed up and copied-in after

Re: Path settings in newer releases

2015-10-13 Thread Rory O'Farrell
(for ease of backup). > I absolutely despise Bill Gates defaults, such as C:\Users\userID\Documents. > > Some programs let user settings reside in a text file, which can be backed up > and copied-in after updates. > > Regards, > Donald A. Miller If it is deemed appropriate to

Path settings in newer releases

2015-10-13 Thread Donald Miller
\Users\userID\Documents. Some programs let user settings reside in a text file, which can be backed up and copied-in after updates. Regards, Donald A. Miller

Re: Spell check language settings

2015-09-07 Thread Rory O'Farrell
On Mon, 7 Sep 2015 05:38:52 -0700 Manuel R. <428...@att.net> wrote: > So every time I create a new file I have to set the Language for the Text, > Paragraph and Selection before the Auto or Manual spell check can work. How > do I get them to stay? I don’t want to have to click on them each time.

Spell check language settings

2015-09-07 Thread Manuel R .
So every time I create a new file I have to set the Language for the Text, Paragraph and Selection before the Auto or Manual spell check can work. How do I get them to stay? I don’t want to have to click on them each time. So to explain with as much detail as I can. I create a file, then I go to

Preserving document and settings in doc

2014-07-31 Thread Matthew L. Avila
I have a Word 97 document that when I open in Open office 3.2.1 it does not preserve the formatting. Is there anything that can be done? I can submit doc if you would like more specifics Matthew Avila IT Department Lobel Financial 714-816-1299 mavi...@lobelfinancial.com

Re: How can I load all formats and settings to a couple of existing ott files

2014-04-16 Thread johnny smith
On Wed, 16 Apr 2014 17:47:41 -, IMMO WETZEL wrote: I have a couple of templates (.ott Files) existing for different types of reports and protocols. Now the base formatting rules in the company changed and we have to reformat all these templates. (Font, Size Indent There is usually the

How can I load all formats and settings to a couple of existing ott files

2014-04-16 Thread IMMO WETZEL
Hi I have a couple of templates (.ott Files) existing for different types of reports and protocols. Now the base formatting rules in the company changed and we have to reformat all these templates. (Font, Size Indent There is usually the way to open each template file and use the load styles

How to hard-code some settings

2014-03-13 Thread Jan Markus
Hello, we are using OO extensively in our office and there are two things, that could save me a lot of time :) Is there a way to set as a default that search dialog (Ctrl+H) will search through all lists? Is there a way to set as a default that saving spreadsheet as a CSV will have semicol