Converting sdw files

2013-09-24 Thread John Pickard
Hello; I am running Mint 15 KDE and have installed AOOo, however, though the convert option offers to convert the following old Staroffice files; - SGF, SGV SVG & SVM files However, it does not offer or seem capable of readinf SDW files of which I have a significant number, that I need to acce

Re: Converting sdw files

2013-09-24 Thread Brian Barker
At 12:45 24/09/2013 +0100, John Pickard wrote: I am running Mint 15 KDE and have installed AOOo, however, though the convert option offers to convert the following old Staroffice files; - SGF, SGV SVG & SVM files. However, it does not offer or seem capable of reading SDW files of which I have a

Re: linux remarks in: Someone is hell bent on seeing AOO go away

2013-09-24 Thread BRM
From: Greg Madden To: users@openoffice.apache.org Sent: Monday, September 23, 2013 7:32 PM Subject: Re: linux remarks in: Someone is hell bent on seeing AOO go away > On Monday 23 September 2013 14:28:52 you wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 1:02 PM, BRM wrote: > > > From: Kay Schenk > > > To

Re: linux remarks in: Someone is hell bent on seeing AOO go away

2013-09-24 Thread BRM
From: Alexandro Colorado To: users@openoffice.apache.org Cc: Sent: Monday, September 23, 2013 8:17 PM Subject: Re: linux remarks in: Someone is hell bent on seeing AOO go away > On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 6:48 PM, Kay Schenk wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 4:29 PM, Girvin Herr > >wrote: > > >

Re: Converting sdw files

2013-09-24 Thread Andrea Pescetti
Brian Barker wrote: You could temporarily install version 3.4.1 in order to carry out the conversions. See http://www.openoffice.org/download/other-341.html . Or use a portable version that does not require installation: http://www.openoffice.org/porting Regards, Andrea.

Re: Converting sdw files

2013-09-24 Thread James Knott
Brian Barker wrote: > The legacy formats have never been the default format in any version > of OpenOffice. What about the versions that predate ODF? What was there default format? IIRC, full ODF support came with v2.0, with the last 1.x version able to read, but not write ODF files. --

Re: Converting sdw files

2013-09-24 Thread Keith N. McKenna
James Knott wrote: Brian Barker wrote: The legacy formats have never been the default format in any version of OpenOffice. What about the versions that predate ODF? What was there default format? IIRC, full ODF support came with v2.0, with the last 1.x version able to read, but not write ODF

Re: Converting sdw files

2013-09-24 Thread Brian Barker
At 10:11 24/09/2013 -0400, James Knott wrote: Brian Barker wrote: The legacy formats have never been the default format in any version of OpenOffice. Actually, he was quoting the 4.0 release notes. What about the versions that predate ODF? What was their default format? IIRC, full ODF supp

Re: linux remarks in: Someone is hell bent on seeing AOO go away

2013-09-24 Thread Kay Schenk
On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 7:00 AM, BRM wrote: > From: Greg Madden > > To: users@openoffice.apache.org > Sent: Monday, September 23, 2013 7:32 PM > Subject: Re: linux remarks in: Someone is hell bent on seeing AOO go away > > On Monday 23 September 2013 14:28:52 you wrote: > > > On Mon, Sep 23, 201

Re: linux remarks in: Someone is hell bent on seeing AOO go away

2013-09-24 Thread BRM
From: Kay Schenk To: "users@openoffice.apache.org" ; BRM Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2013 12:48 PM Subject: Re: linux remarks in: Someone is hell bent on seeing AOO go away > On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 7:00 AM, BRM wrote: [snip] >>> +1 the package is "openoffice-debian-menus", which is the Op

Error message and 4.0 won't open

2013-09-24 Thread Marlene Z Kaiser
C:\Program Files\OpenOffice 4\programs\soffice.exe is not a valid Win32 application I get this error message every time I try to use open office and it won't load. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache

Re: linux remarks in: Someone is hell bent on seeing AOO go away

2013-09-24 Thread Alexandro Colorado
On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 9:10 AM, BRM wrote: > From: Alexandro Colorado > > To: users@openoffice.apache.org > Cc: > Sent: Monday, September 23, 2013 8:17 PM > Subject: Re: linux remarks in: Someone is hell bent on seeing AOO go away > > On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 6:48 PM, Kay Schenk > wrote: > > >

AOO can't open .xlsx spreadsheet at Cornell site

2013-09-24 Thread Dick Hoffman
I downloaded a fairly large spreadsheet from this location http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/ but when I try to open it with AOO the progress line shows about a quarter of it being loaded and then AOO stalls and I have to use the Task Manager to cancel soffice. This is usin

Re: linux remarks in: Someone is hell bent on seeing AOO go away

2013-09-24 Thread Greg Madden
On Tuesday 24 September 2013 11:34:44 you wrote: > On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 9:10 AM, BRM wrote: > > From: Alexandro Colorado > > > > To: users@openoffice.apache.org > > Cc: > > Sent: Monday, September 23, 2013 8:17 PM > > Subject: Re: linux remarks in: Someone is hell bent on seeing AOO > > go awa

Re: AOO can't open .xlsx spreadsheet at Cornell site

2013-09-24 Thread Alexandro Colorado
I have found issues with the XLSX formats which doent follow a unique convention, XLSX that have been auto-generated or generated programatically differ from the ones programatically generated. As I looked into the file, it seems that the amount of rows is greater than the amount AOO support. This

Link edits will not "stick" after closing spreadsheet

2013-09-24 Thread David L Babcock
Win XP. I have several spreadsheets, linked. I copied these to my Dropbox directory and gave access to my soon replacement. -Dropbox worked as expected. She could work in the files (but the links were broken, I'm pretty sure). I opened the files from my end and used Edit>Links to change the

Backwards compatibility

2013-09-24 Thread tomgoldie
Should text files created with OOo (.odt) containing simple recorded macros (to apply certain formats with a keystroke combination) be able to be read by OpenOffice 3.1? I sent some files out, and it was reported that they were corrupted. It’s an IT guy who said it, so I don’t ASSUME he didn't k

Fwd: AOO can't open .xlsx spreadsheet at Cornell site

2013-09-24 Thread Joe Conner
It opens in LibreOffice. I can send you an .odt offline if you wish. Original Message Subject:AOO can't open .xlsx spreadsheet at Cornell site Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 17:58:59 -0400 From: Dick Hoffman Reply-To: users@openoffice.apache.org To: users@openof

Re: Backwards compatibility

2013-09-24 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
I have no experience with this, but, try the following: 1. Load the document in question 2. Using Tools | Options to open the Options dialog. 3. Under Load / Save, is there a General section that allows you to set the ODF format version? I can't check on AOO at the moment, but with LO I am se

Re: Backwards compatibility

2013-09-24 Thread tomgoldie
I’ll try both the 1.2 and 1.1/1.0 and see which one works -- and report back. Thanks! Sent from Windows Mail From: Andrew Douglas Pitonyak Sent: ‎Tuesday‎, ‎September‎ ‎24‎, ‎2013 ‎9‎:‎14‎ ‎PM To: users@openoffice.apache.org I have no experience with this, but, try the following: 1

Re: AOO can't open .xlsx spreadsheet at Cornell site

2013-09-24 Thread Urmas
"Alexandro Colorado": I have found issues with the XLSX formats which doent follow a unique convention, XLSX that have been auto-generated or generated programatically differ from the ones programatically generated. This also look like a very poorly designed table, LOL, whiteknights are so annoy