Re: reading the help files in open office

2014-05-25 Thread Christopher Hallsworth
Go to tools menu > options > accessibility and check the use selection cursor for read only documents. Christopher Hallsworth Student at the Hadley School for the Blind www.hadley.edu On 25/05/2014 00:42, Rosemarie Chavarria wrote: Hi, everyone, I am new to open office. I just installed it to

Re: New to OpenOffice

2014-05-25 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2014-05-25 8:40 GMT+02:00 Christopher Hallsworth : > Hi all > I joined yesterday and am a new user of OpenOffice. This is thanks to its > native accessibility support in the latest stable release for Windows. I > say hats off to you all and keep it up. I like the package a lot and it's > great now

Error Report Tool

2014-05-25 Thread Buck
I see in the OO Help an Error Report Tool for reporting crashes. My OO v4.01 has crashed several times and this tool has never started as Help states it usually will. Also I have searched the entire tool bar and everywhere else I could think of without finding a link to this tool to make a manu

Re: Error Report Tool

2014-05-25 Thread Andrea Pescetti
Buck wrote: I see in the OO Help an Error Report Tool for reporting crashes. My OO v4.01 has crashed several times and this tool has never started as Help states it usually will. Also I have searched the entire tool bar and everywhere else I could think of without finding a link to this tool to m

Graphic - Gallery

2014-05-25 Thread Scooter
Good Morning Group, I have been using Open Office for years, but never experimented. I rarely use the Gallery, but decided to look-see. There are many graphics I'll never use and whole graphic groups I don't need. How do I delete them? Or add my own graphic? I can delete specific graphics in a

Re: Graphic - Gallery

2014-05-25 Thread Rory O'Farrell
On Sun, 25 May 2014 10:18:45 -0400 Scooter wrote: > Good Morning Group, > > I have been using Open Office for years, but never experimented. > I rarely use the Gallery, but decided to look-see. There are many > graphics I'll never use and whole graphic groups I don't need. How do I > delete th

Re: Error Report Tool

2014-05-25 Thread Joost Andrae
Hi Andrea, the retirement for CrashReporter on the Windows platform is somehow understandable as the requirement to archive every Windows debug build that has been released is too expensive for the project now but on other platforms (like on Linux) where the CrashReporter used the backtrace f

can't get out of the open office dialog

2014-05-25 Thread Rosemarie Chavarria
Hi, everyone, The subject line says it all. I just tried to change some settings in open office but when I tried to go to the accessibility option, I got this error message saying "open office dialog". I tried to get out of it with alt f-4 but I can't close the program. What do I do in this ca

Re: Making graphics stay where you placed them.

2014-05-25 Thread Bruce Byfield
On Thursday 22 May 2014 08:35:30 PM Regina Henschel wrote: > > These are my thoughts about what errors are made in picture handling: Something else that seems to improve picture handling is to turn the general memory options up to a maximum of 256 megabytes, over 10 megabytes per object, and 40

Re: reading the help files in open office

2014-05-25 Thread Rosemarie Chavarria
Hi, Chris, I just uninstalled the beta version of open office because I was having problems with it. I couldn't get out of the dialog when I was trying to arrow down to the accessibility option to change some settings. Would it be better to get the stable version? Rosemarie -Original

Re: can't get out of the open office dialog

2014-05-25 Thread Buck
One sure way is to open Task Manager and shut it down from there. That is the only way I can close the program when OO crashes. Buck -Original Message- From: Rosemarie Chavarria Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2014 4:43 PM To: users@openoffice.apache.org Subject: can't get out of the open offic

Re: can't get out of the open office dialog

2014-05-25 Thread Rosemarie Chavarria
Wow, I didn't think of that. Thanks for the tip. -Original Message- From: Buck Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2014 3:17 PM To: users@openoffice.apache.org Subject: Re: can't get out of the open office dialog One sure way is to open Task Manager and shut it down from there. That is the onl

Re: can't get out of the open office dialog

2014-05-25 Thread Buck
You're welcome. Glad I could help. -Original Message- From: Rosemarie Chavarria Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2014 5:20 PM To: users@openoffice.apache.org Subject: Re: can't get out of the open office dialog Wow, I didn't think of that. Thanks for the tip. -Original Message- Fr

WPS files

2014-05-25 Thread Gil & Caryl
When we converted our files from a Windows 7 machine to a new Windows 8.0 machine, it changed some files to a 'wps' format. Windows 8 wants to open them with Notepad. When I try with Open Office the ascii filter comes up with Euro Western. Either way all I get is gobblygook characters.  Can anyo

My problems with OpenOffice

2014-05-25 Thread António
Hello My name is António and I've some questions for you to resolve my problems. So my biggest problem with OpenOffice is working on my laptop and doing work from school In my school all computers use Microsoft Office. When I do works there in PowerPoint, Word... When I get back home to open the

problem with office org

2014-05-25 Thread wilhelmina fisher
Hopefully you can help me with Office Org problem. When I open open office.org I get a message which says it unexpectedly quit while re-operning windows. It asks I choose a) don’t reopen b reopen however no matter which one I press nothing changes. It will allow me to access existing documen

new OpenOffice 4.1.0 does not run on MacOS 10.9.3

2014-05-25 Thread Eberhard Raetz
Hi. I have just downloaded the latest German OpenOffice Release : Apache_OpenOffice_4.1.0_MacOS_x86-64_install_de.dmg and installed on my MacBook Air - OS-X version 10.9.3. Sadly, the Mac OS-X does not allow to open this OpenOffice version as it is NOT from a verified source!!? How do I get it

Re: new OpenOffice 4.1.0 does not run on MacOS 10.9.3

2014-05-25 Thread Alexandro Colorado
Please disable Mac verification of source. Most of these 'features' affect open source software that are not able to pay apple for a signature to their CA. The more thorough solution is here: https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=69463 On Sat, May 24, 2014 at 11:16 AM, Eberha

Re: My problems with OpenOffice

2014-05-25 Thread Alexandro Colorado
Yes, you can use OpenOffice anywhere using the OpenOffice portabl apps where OpenOffice LIVES in your USB or SD card. So you can have your work and your application withing the same USB. Download it from our website here: http://www.openoffice.org/porting/ Only On Sun, May 25, 2014 at 6:07 AM, A

Re: new OpenOffice 4.1.0 does not run on MacOS 10.9.3

2014-05-25 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2014-05-24, 10:16 AM Eberhard Raetz wrote: Hi. I have just downloaded the latest German OpenOffice Release : Apache_OpenOffice_4.1.0_MacOS_x86-64_install_de.dmg and installed on my MacBook Air - OS-X version 10.9.3. Sadly, the Mac OS-X does not allow to open this OpenOffice version as it is

Re: new OpenOffice 4.1.0 does not run on MacOS 10.9.3

2014-05-25 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2014-05-25, 9:06 PM Alexandro Colorado wrote: The more thorough solution is here: https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=69463 That thread is about using AOO on Mac OS X ver. 10.6.8. The OP is using OS X ver. 10.9.3. -- _ Larry I. Gusaas

Graphs - Graphic - Gallery

2014-05-25 Thread Amin Jacek Pędziwiater
Godingrou ۮ -Original Message- From: Scooter [mailto:scoo...@scootersdesk.com] Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2014 4:19 PM To: Group for Users Open Office Subject: Graphic - Gallery Good Morning Group, I have been using Open Office for years, but never experimented. I rarely use the Gallery, but

Re: My problems with OpenOffice

2014-05-25 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
On 05/25/2014 07:07 AM, António wrote: Hello My name is António and I've some questions for you to resolve my problems. So my biggest problem with OpenOffice is working on my laptop and doing work from school In my school all computers use Microsoft Office. When I do works there in PowerPoint

Re: new OpenOffice 4.1.0 does not run on MacOS 10.9.3

2014-05-25 Thread Christopher Hallsworth
Hi all I tried this on my Mac and am afraid to say from a VoiceOver user's prospective it's not working very well at all. If you plan to make it accessible then may I respectfully suggest you make it accessible on all supported platforms. In Mac Os X just press command-f5 to activate VoiceOver