Re: 40 million download mark for Apache OpenOffice 3.4.

2013-04-06 Thread James Knott
Urmas wrote: Yesterday we reached the 40 million download mark for Apache OpenOffice 3.4. Note how the most useless stat was selected. No one is going to make what is really matter public, like (the number of new installations – the number of removals). And, of course, those downloads that

Re: HTTP://www.Windows.live.com

2013-04-10 Thread James Knott
Maurice Howe wrote: How can I get rid of these endless "Ruthie" notes? Maddening. If all else fails, set up a filter in your email app to send her to trash. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org

Re: Product purchase.

2013-04-16 Thread James Knott
Tony Keith wrote: I'm not sure if this is the correct outlet to use for this question. If it is not then hopefully someone can tell me where to direct my questions. I purchased OOo through my android phone and tablet and have since switched to an iPad. Am I required to pay the $19.99 aga

Re: can't open attachment

2013-05-04 Thread James Knott
Erin Whipple wrote: Hi my name is Erin and I am trying to open attachment for apache open office and it goes right to Microsoft word. what should I do That would depend on your file associations. Some programs have their own file assignments for the various file types. You'd have to change

Re: Zooming in

2013-05-08 Thread James Knott
Patricia Hickin wrote: Well, I use my laptop*only* on my lap! Are you saying there's no way to modify the program -- that seems unbelievable to me!! If it happens with other applications too, then it's likely the operating system and not OO that's doing it. I have never seen such behaviour,

Re: why?

2013-05-08 Thread James Knott
Carole Blake wrote: Why can't I open anything with Apache that I created with the former version of Open Office? What happens when you try? How are you trying to open those files? What operating system are you running? -

Re: How to display pages with no breaks between them

2013-05-08 Thread James Knott
Doug wrote: Don't try to copy any of Cicero's speeches! His Latin could go for a full page without even ending a sentence! I haven't seen him on the list lately. ;-) - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.ap

Re: Extending the life of an older desktop machine by installing OpenOffice?

2013-05-08 Thread James Knott
Rob Weir wrote: Have you extended the life of an older PC or Mac by installing OpenOffice and other open source packages? I have on occasion used an older computer by installing Linux on it and that install would include Open Office or Libre Office. Linux tends to run better than Windows on

Re: Extending the life of an older desktop machine by installing OpenOffice?

2013-05-08 Thread James Knott
Kadal Amutham wrote: I am using an old desk top. I have installed Ubuntu 11.01. This comes with Libre Office, as you know. All my own computers run Linux. Only my ThinkPad has Windows on it, but that's because it came with it installed. Regardless, it spends most of it's time running Linux.

Re: ILLUSTRATIONS.

2013-05-21 Thread James Knott
Sheldon Scott wrote: Hello. I’m trying to create a ‘Yard Sale’ flyer using the most current version of OpenOffice.org Writer and I would like to know how I can add an illustration to the flyer to jazz it up abit? Thanks Sheldon Scott. You can insert image files, though if you want to "jazz

Creating EPUB e-books

2013-05-30 Thread James Knott
There has been some discussion about creating EPUB e-books from OpenOffice and LibreOffice. One method I recently came across is to use Sigil to create the EPUB from HTML. OpenOffice and LibreOffice can save in HTML format, which can then be used as a source for this application. http://code

OO site certificate still bad

2013-07-25 Thread James Knott
A while ago, I mentioned the ssl certificate is not valid. It's valid only for Apache. It still hasn't been fixed. This will dissuade those who use ssl from downloading. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffic

Re: OO site certificate still bad

2013-07-25 Thread James Knott
Rob Weir wrote: But we are looking into getting a site certificate for *.openoffice.org. That would help secure other things, like forum and wiki logins, etc. Of course this is not tied to the product release schedule. If I'm not mistaken, certificates can be for multiple domains. --

Re: Summary of AOO 4.0 download activity for 1st week

2013-08-01 Thread James Knott
JB wrote: > On Thu, 1 Aug 2013 17:33:56 +0700 > "Urmas" wrote: > >> And yet the *OO developers treat Windows users as a second-class citizens. >> > > You can't possibly be serious! > > I guess it had to happen sometime - someone, somewhere would find *something* to > whine about. > > That U

Re: [libreoffice-users] Conflicts?

2013-08-04 Thread James Knott
Tom Davies wrote: > Just out of curiosity has anyone tried the Apache OpenOffice 4.0 yet? I have installed it, but haven't had much chance to work with it. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For

Battle of the Office Suites: Microsoft Office and LibreOffice Compared

2013-08-16 Thread James Knott
Here's an article you can show to others. While it's about LibreOffice, it also mentions OpenOffice as a suitable alternative to Microsoft Office. http://lifehacker.com/battle-of-the-office-suites-microsoft-office-and-libre-1147940828

Re: Delete document

2013-08-22 Thread James Knott
Brian Allen wrote: > Can anyone inform me how you delete a document or letter in Open Office > Apache please? In the File > Open box, right click on the file and select Delete. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openof

Re: Please ignore earlier message

2013-09-04 Thread James Knott
simon brown wrote: > Sorry about earlier grumpy message, I had no idea that this was a > mailing list - certainly did not appear that way on the support web > page I found it on. Which support web page was that? - To unsubscribe

Re: latest version

2013-09-13 Thread James Knott
M wrote: > I got a notice re the latest release. Do I need to uninstall the older one > before I download the 4. version? > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: use

Re: OpenOffice Program

2013-09-15 Thread James Knott
jo-lynn.sauc...@cox.net wrote: > I just heard about this program from a friend. I currently have Microsoft > Office 2010. Will I be able to open my current Word and Excel programs with > this software? > > Microsoft is going to be charging to be able to continue to use the Microsoft > Office s

Re: Is download the way I get this app? Thank you for your help

2013-09-23 Thread James Knott
Yes, you can get it from www.openoffice.org. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org

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. --

Using Lightning with Google Calendar | How to | Thunderbird

2013-09-30 Thread James Knott
Occasionally on this list, someone asks about open source email & calendar that can be used with OpenOffice. Here are instructions for using Google Calendar with Thunderbird. You can use the Thunderbird Add-Ons manager to install both Lightning and "Provider for Google Calendar", instead of going

Using Lightning with Google Calendar | How to | Thunderbird

2013-09-30 Thread James Knott
Occasionally on this list, someone asks about open source email & calendar that can be used with LibreOffice. Here are instructions for using Google Calendar with Thunderbird. You can use the Thunderbird Add-Ons manager to install both Lightning and "Provider for Google Calendar", instead of goin

Re: Pop-up junk......

2013-10-01 Thread James Knott
David Pitman wrote: > Greetings, > > I downloaded OpenOffice to create documents for my business. Upon > Installation a bunch of junk ads now appear in the sites I use. As far as > I am concerned these are like viruses. Please tell me promptly how to > disable this issue. If I do not hear a s

Re: File won't open

2013-10-01 Thread James Knott
Doug wrote: > I've just received an attachment consisting of an important legal > document as a .docx file. I downloaded Apache 4.0.1 and it won't > open the file. (Neither will Textmaker 2012 or WordPerfect 6.) > > Since this is a personal file, I can't send it to you, but do you have > any commen

Re: Open Office Writer Mac vs PC

2013-10-02 Thread James Knott
Mike Pace wrote: > Hello, > > Are the files created in Open Office PC version compatible in the Mac > version and vice versa? > > Yes. They both use ODF file formats. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apach

Re: Fwd: can't navigate site

2013-10-03 Thread James Knott
carrt7 . wrote: > When I go to > http://openoffice.apache.org/mailing-lists.html#users-mailing-list-public > and try to access any of the items, Win7 demands to install Outlook2003. > There is no way I am going to install BrainSoft garbage on my computer! > > Could this operation be detached fro

Re: Fwd: change default window size

2013-10-03 Thread James Knott
carrt7 . wrote: > A small irritating fault: when a user opens OoWriter full-screen, then > hits the smaller-window icon, he is faced with a window that STILL occupies > almost his entire screen! > > This is a typical Gates-type fault. Oo can't know what size window the > user wants, but there is

Re: [ANN] Apache OpenOffice 4.0.1 released

2013-10-06 Thread James Knott
Urmas wrote: > "Tim Deaton": > >> The name "Urmas" says it all: "anti-AOO spam". > > What can one say about the office software which is unable to open its > own documents from 2000? Only the truth. > Why do you say it won't open stuff from back then? I don't have any files from then handy, but

Re: [ANN] Apache OpenOffice 4.0.1 released

2013-10-06 Thread James Knott
Urmas wrote: > No version of OO.o can open the StarOffice documents (SDW, etc.) > properly. Well, the current version can save in OO 1.0 formats, so it seams unlikely that it can't read them.properly. Can you provide some examples to back up what you claim? --

Re: Does openoffice open .doc documents?

2013-10-06 Thread James Knott
pster...@aol.com wrote: > Does this program open documents with a .doc extension? I am using the free > version and if the program does open these documents, please advise how I can > get the program to do this. Presently, if I try to do this, all that shows > on the document is a bunch of gi

Re: [ANN] Apache OpenOffice 4.0.1 released

2013-10-07 Thread James Knott
Urmas wrote: > "Andrea Pescetti": > > The formats for which support was removed in 4.x are the ancient > StarOffice (proprietary software) formats (.sdw, .sdc, ...), but calling > this "OpenOffice's own format" is incorrect. See the 4.0 Release Notes > for more. > > ORLY? > 1. Since when 2000 softw

Re: Defective Installation CD

2013-11-15 Thread James Knott
Martin Young wrote: > When I inserted the disk into the CD player on my iMac computer, which is > using the new Mavericks version of Mac's OS, I heard a slight growl. Then a > whirr. Following that a crunch. Finally the rotating CD emitted a > harmonious tweet to a 4/4 time beat. This is just a us

Re: Defective Installation CD

2013-11-16 Thread James Knott
removing the label and any remaining stickyness, it was a lot of lost time, > better to download the program from the web site that was sent to you > earlier, http://www.openoffice.org/download/. The program is free and the > source is the best! > Sam > > > > On Nov 15, 20

Re: OpenOffice 4.0.1

2013-12-19 Thread James Knott
Johnny Rosenberg wrote: > By the way, isn't there a setting somewhere where you can choose between > Apache OpenOffice file browser and your operating system's file browser? Or > was that LibreOffice? I have used both of them a lot so I might be a little > confused there. The old StarOffice incude

Re: email program

2014-01-04 Thread James Knott
Keith and Leisa Ferguson wrote: > I just found out about open office. It looks really great. I might be > getting a new computer and did not want spend the price of the computer on > MS Office. What I am needing to know is there a good email program out > there similar to Outlook? By this I mea

Re: Very dissapointed

2014-01-07 Thread James Knott
John Hart wrote: > When editing important files > it's a good idea to keep incremental backups. When a file is saved > with the same name, the original > is effectively over written and won't be in the trash. IIRC, this is what the VAX 11/780 editor did automagically. Every time you changed a fi

Re: sending resume using open office

2014-01-09 Thread James Knott
jcish...@suddenlink.net wrote: > To whom it may concern, > My name is John, I have been using open office for some time now and fine it > as good or better than windows office. > I have a problem with AOO, every time I send a resume to a potential > employer, it always comes back. What is the

Re: Publisher Templates?

2014-01-09 Thread James Knott
Austin Shelton wrote: > A friend of mine is considering switching from her Windows computer to a > Macintosh. She is stuck because she uses Microsoft Publisher and an > equivalent is not available on MacOSX. I am thinking that maybe she could use > OO instead. > > Here's the thing. It seems like

Re: Fwd: Publisher Templates?

2014-01-10 Thread James Knott
uga...@talktalk.net wrote: > Scribus may not be suitable if you are outputting to an ink-jet printer. Why's that? - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@ope

Re: £ to rands

2014-02-14 Thread James Knott
Sara von Broembsen wrote: > Hi > > I am now working on a second hand Dell laptop which my son brought over to > me from London. I am living in South Africa.I want to know how I can change > from a £ sign to R for rands. I have tried to change it a number of times > but it always reverts to the

Re: I installed open office and it fouled up my internet, I tied to uninstall it but it won't without uninstalling the setup program which I cannot find.

2014-02-19 Thread James Knott
hwari...@aol.com wrote: > Please let me know how to get out of this mess and start all over again > > I really don't understand how installing OpenOffice could affect your Internet connection, as it has nothing to do with it. Perhaps you could provide more details on what happened.

Re: Open Office Problem

2014-03-03 Thread James Knott
Susan Wiebusch wrote: > I wish that I hadn’t downloaded this program to begin with. It has produced > nothing but problems. Example, when I type a date in word or Excel, it > stubbornly defaults to numbers i.e.2/5/14. I may have a situation where I > want the words. Another example is in Ex

Re: URGENT!!

2014-03-04 Thread James Knott
Taylor Macleod wrote: > I copy and pasted an important paper and I erased it, as I knew I had it > copied. > After, I forgot and copied another image in Google… > I need that first copy and paste back. Can you help me. You'll need some file recovery utility to do that. -

Re: MS Outlook

2014-03-09 Thread James Knott
Patrick Smith wrote: > Do you have a program similar to MS Outlook for E-mail, scheduling and > contact list? Many people use Thunderbird with the Lightning Calendar extension. It has an address book. It's also possible to sync the calendar and address book with Google Calendar and Contacts, so

Re: Removal from mailing list

2014-03-10 Thread James Knott
Tubular wrote: > If you are unable to unsubscribe from the mailing list using the below > link You'd think that with all the times we've mentioned that here, they'd know by now. ;-) --- List Conduct Guidelines: http://openoffice.apache.org/list-conduct.h

Re: Change of email address

2014-03-11 Thread James Knott
Geoff Hartley wrote: > Please change my email address on your database to hartvel...@gmail.com. > > Many thanks > > Geoff Hartley (via phone) As I understand it, you have to unsubscribe and then resub to change email addresses. --- List Conduct Guidelines:

Re: Apple compatibility

2014-03-11 Thread James Knott
John Miller wrote: > Actually I've been trying to find open office for mac with no success. You should just have to go to www.openoffice.org and the correct version is automatically selected when you download. If you want a different version, you can go to http://www.openoffice.org/download/other

Re: Apple compatibility

2014-03-11 Thread James Knott
John Miller wrote: > Dear James, > Thank you very much. I've been googling it for months. I'm working from my > library (UK) as I can't afford an internet connection at the moment, but > I'll try it from my flash drive tonight. Since you're using a flash drive at the library, you might also consid

Re: AMAZING -- Case of Subscription via a Remailer Address [was: Re: Removing yourself from the list :)]

2014-03-12 Thread James Knott
upscope wrote: > Another area I found to be a real pain on most mailing lists. To > unsubscribe you must do it from the address you originally scribed from. > > That means you have to it before you change ISP's. I ran into this when > I moved 250 miles from my old ISP. Not knowing new ISP at that

Re: Question on Licensing

2014-03-13 Thread James Knott
Amit Pange wrote: > Do we need to buy any licenses to use open office? No, just install on as many computers as you wish. Feel free to encourage the employees to install it at home too. --- List Conduct Guidelines: http://openoffice.apache.org/list-conduc

Re: APACHE OPEN OFFICE - COMMERCIAL USE ENQUIRY

2014-03-14 Thread James Knott
Srikanth Appana wrote: > if we can use the software for commercial/business purpose Yes, it can be used without any charge, though donations are appreciated. You can also encourage employees to use it at home and elsewhere, again without charge. There is no charge for using OpenOffice. ---

Re: Problem

2014-03-17 Thread James Knott
johnny smith wrote: >> Hiya I'm just wondering if there is anyway I can download open office >> to my iPad Air as it keeps telling my safari won't let me many thanks >> claire > > No it will not run on a tablet or smartphone (because the smartphone > isn't smart enough). There is an Android versi

Re: Charges

2014-03-19 Thread James Knott
Catrina Clark wrote: > I on behalf of my brother created a resume last week on your software. In > order to access and download it, Open Office had us purchase access for > what was supposed to be $2.95 for seven days. However on more than one try, > the site informed us that the International fee

Re: Signature

2014-03-24 Thread James Knott
Steve La Porta wrote: > Good morning. I have created a letter of agreement document in Apache Open > Office 4.0.1. that I will be sending to a client. At the end of the document, > I have included two lines for signatures -- for both myself and the client. I > have never explored the realm of di

Re: NEED HELP

2014-03-26 Thread James Knott
Robin Rinsler wrote: > Can OPEN OFFICE be used for a PC? Yes. Just go to www.openoffice.org to download it. OO is available for Windows, Linux & Mac. --- List Conduct Guidelines: http://openoffice.apache.org/list-conduct.html To unsubscribe, e-mail: users

Re: Failure to upload

2014-03-27 Thread James Knott
Larry Roche wrote: > I have twice faliled to upload my resume to two different companies. It is > a text document in Open Office version. 3.1. What can I do to make it > compatible like WORD? > > Only a few sites accept ODT files that are the native OO format. You''ll have to save as .DOC. Some

Re: A shortcut to open just the Writer section

2014-03-31 Thread James Knott
Ivan wrote: > How can I create a desktop shortcut just for opening the Writer section of > Open Office? Do I have to view all of the sub-programs before I can open > Writer? > > Ivan To start it from the command line, you could use oowriter. Just create an icon with that command. You could al

Re: Apache Open Office

2014-04-01 Thread James Knott
Deyo, Dianne wrote: > Good Morning, > > Our company is considering apache open office to be installed on 30 machines > in our company for our low end excel and word users. Since we are a business > are there any license fees for this software? > > No, no licence fees at all, though donations are

Re: question about openoffice

2014-04-01 Thread James Knott
José Rincón wrote: > Good day, > > Openoffice is a free software but you can sell us a licence for our > costumer with a paper licence that certiificate the propietary to our > costumer on licence? > > > The licence is free for everyone. There is nothing to sell. --

Re: Tablet

2014-04-02 Thread James Knott
cqualityconstruct...@yahoo.com wrote: > Hello, > I just purchased a Samsung tablet and would like to use the same open office > suite that I have on my laptop and desktop. I tried to download it but there > seemed to be a problem with android devices. I don't understand the deeper > things of pe

Re: download

2014-04-02 Thread James Knott
Mark Johnson wrote: > > Hi! i have Open office 3.4.1 is there a updated version? If so can i select > refresh on program to update or do i need to download newest version? > > > You can download the latest (4.0.1) from www.openoffice.org. --- List Conduc

Re: Product Key

2014-04-03 Thread James Knott
Philippe Liniere wrote: > Hi, > I've been using open office for a while now but it keeps asking me for > a product key to continue everytime I want to go back into a document > to either edit or change it. > How do I get a product key? or what can I do to rectify this problem? > Looking forward to

Re: Password Locked Files Won't open.

2014-04-04 Thread James Knott
Veenal Patel wrote: > I got Open Office a few weeks ago, before I had Open Office I used Microsoft > Word 2013 and I had made a file which I saved with a password locked to it, I > went to go and open up that file with Open Office it comes up with something > called “Filter Selection” and it has

Fwd: Returned mail: User unknown

2014-04-05 Thread James Knott
: To: James Knott The original message was received at 2014-04-05 00:12:49 -0400 from postoffice.gateway.2wire.net [10.0.0.1] - The following addresses had permanent fatal errors - -Transcript of session follows - ... while talking to postoffice.gateway.2wire.net

Re: Fwd: Returned mail: User unknown

2014-04-05 Thread James Knott
Tubular wrote: > James, I was receiving them also . . . it appears someone closed their > email account forgetting (imagine forgetting) their Open Office > subscription. > > If you use a product like MailWasher, just set a filter that auto > deletes this particular email address - works great. It'

Re: Word docs

2014-04-06 Thread James Knott
Keith wrote: > I have just purchased a new laptop with Windows 8.1 but does not come with > Microsoft office which I had on my old xp desktop pc > I have numerous word docs on the old pc which are also held on BT cloud. Not > been too clever with computers I am unaware how I can transfer these d

Re: Fwd: Returned mail: User unknown

2014-04-06 Thread James Knott
Tubular wrote: > Oh how nice! What email program are you using? So far, I can only > set a filter like that if I log into my ISP account. I normally use Seamonkey, but Thunderbird also has filters available. I use those filters to sort incoming mail into categories such as bills, trash and a co

Re: Where to download Open Office for Mac OS ?

2014-04-08 Thread James Knott
Thanh Ngo wrote: > Hello Open Office, > > I am trying to download Open Office for Mac OS , but don't know where it is > on your website. There is this link on your website: > http://www.openoffice.org/download/ > > But that link is for the Windows version only and not for the Mac OS > version. > >

Re: they ask money for your product !!!

2014-04-12 Thread James Knott
Rik Meuleman wrote: > look here they are selling openoffice for money Unfortunately, there's nothing illegal about that. The sad part is that some people are suckered into paying for something that's free. However, there are some sites that sell a CD for a nominal amount and provide a service fo

Re: Who is "SourceForge"??

2014-04-12 Thread James Knott
jscott4...@aol.com wrote: > I want to download your "OpenOffice.org", but I noticed the name > SourceForge, which I have never seen before. I started to download it, but > something about it looked suspicious, so I did not finish installing it. > > Could you please help - I don't want to ins

Re: OpenOffice and HeartBleed

2014-04-15 Thread James Knott
Jess Stuart wrote: > Does the encryption functionality of > OpenOffice rely on OpenSSL? OpenSSL is used for SSL/TLS, which is a networking protocol, used for secure access to web sites, email accounts etc. Encrypted files would not use it. SSL, which evolved into TLS was created by Netscape for

Re: Apache Writer converts all WORD files

2014-04-15 Thread James Knott
Dr Ian Shaw wrote: > I have downloaded the equivalent of WORD (Apache Writer?) quite sometime ago > but have noticed that all of my previous WORD file symbols were > "automatically" converted to the symbol of Apache Writer. > > Question: If I use a file marked in File with the Apache Writer symb

Re: windows 7

2014-04-15 Thread James Knott
Robert Wray wrote: > Hi Folks, I note that Open Office is compatible with windows XP and 8 but > windows 7 is not mentioned. Can I use it with Windows 7? Thanks. > Bob > bobro...@bellsouth.net It runs fine on my Windows 7 computer. BTW, you may want to check the date on your computer. It app

Re: " yes" or" no" question

2014-04-16 Thread James Knott
Neslihan Güven wrote: > > May I learn if “OpenOffice” is also for enterprise’s use*as free*? > Yes, it's free for anyone to use, provided you do so according to the Apache licence. http://www.openoffice.org/why/index.html --- List Conduct Guidelines: http:/

Re: symbol shortcut?

2014-04-16 Thread James Knott
johnny smith wrote: > there are at least three options: You forgot one. Use the appropriate keyboard layout. It's easy to add and even switch among different layouts. Many special characters, such as the Euro (€), are included in the U.S. International layout. I just used it the previous sente

Re: Migration from OpenOffice 3 to new version 4

2014-04-19 Thread James Knott
Sue Woolf wrote: > Hello > > I just downloaded the new version of Open Office Calc, migrating thus from > vsn 3 to vsn 4. > > Annoyingly I HAVE LOST AN IMPORTANT SPREADSHEET…why was it not converted into > the new format under the new version I downloaded…I am cross! > > Tried to do a system rest

Re: OpenOffice Weekly News #1

2014-04-24 Thread James Knott
I'm also getting 404. circul...@gmx.com wrote: > Thanks Rob > > Been hoping for something like this for a long time. Or something like > the emails that firefox sends to users, though with more about what is > in the pipe. > > Can we get it emailed to us? That would be my preference. > > Unfortun

Re: desktop icon shortcut`

2014-04-27 Thread James Knott
LEON FAGER wrote: > i downloaded Apache Open Office and it seemed to download ok. But i > cannot seem to get a shortcut icon on my desktop as i had on another > computer where i could open and it would ask me if i wanted a text > document, etc. Could you please tell me how to do this? > Many Thanks

Re: Shame on you.

2014-04-27 Thread James Knott
Terry Lugviel wrote: > It's bullshit that you trick us into installing crap malware that includes > home page hijackers like FindWide search among others. You should be ashamed > to carry such harmful software let alone trick people into installing it as > if it's part of the OpenOffice package

Re: Shame on you.

2014-04-27 Thread James Knott
Terry Lugviel wrote: > It was from OpenOffice.org. I have downloaded from www.openoffice.org many times and never, not once had the problems you did. That stuff must have come from somewhere else. BTW, we are not a company. This is a mail list for users of OpenOffice. Beyond using it, I have a

Re: Installing 4.1

2014-05-03 Thread James Knott
eedan...@sbcglobal.net wrote: > Why do I have to exit Open Office 4.1 and Quickstarter 4.1 to install 4.1? > Especially since neither of these are running! If the Quickstarter is enabled, then part of OO is running all the time. As long as it is, you can't install. -

Re: Problem uninstalling openoffice 3.

2014-05-11 Thread James Knott
Konstantinos Chouchoulis wrote: > Dear Mr or Ms, > I have installed openoffice 4.1 but I can not uninstall the openoffice 3. > I have tried from the control panel (windowsxp) it starts the procedure > but in the end the openoffice 3 is still there. > I have tried the free Eusing registry cleaner

Re: Deleting Older Versions

2014-05-11 Thread James Knott
AK wrote: > I have been wondering if I can delete or uninstall older versions of > Office Org. I have been using it for ages now and just love it and I > have just downloaded/installed 4.1 thanks to the wonderful way you let > users know of new versions by the link in the programs. It is every >

Re: Envelope Template for MAC

2014-05-11 Thread James Knott
Robert Goodman wrote: > Is there a template for a #10 envelope for a MAC user? The templates are the same for all versions. You don't need special ones for a Mac. --- List Conduct Guidelines: http://openoffice.apache.org/list-conduct.html To unsubscribe,

Re: malaware

2014-05-12 Thread James Knott
Alvaro Vargas wrote: > I download Apache OO and is full of malaware, I had to format my HD and > reinstall Win. Someone do this I do not know if its in Download sites or in > the participation. How evevr I do not install any more OO. sorry, before > Apache, was a very good alternative. > Where did

Re: Suggestion.

2014-05-16 Thread James Knott
On 05/16/2014 09:29 PM, Bruce Byfield wrote: > If people don't want to learn how to use Writer the way it was designed, they > might be better off with some simpler tool. Notepad? ;-) --- List Conduct Guidelines: http://openoffice.apache.org/list-conduct

Re: Suggestion.

2014-05-21 Thread James Knott
On 05/20/2014 10:22 PM, Urmas wrote: > Yes, manual formatting is available. But using it is kind of perverse, > because > it means doing more work than necessary If anyone knows perverse, it would be Urmas. ;-) --- List Conduct Guidelines: http://openoffic

Re: new version

2014-06-03 Thread James Knott
On 06/03/2014 12:51 PM, frank owen wrote: > I downloaded the newer version of Open office. I now have a program on my > computer called Speeddial.. I have tried to remove it but they have made it > so complicated i will have to pay someone else to do this. Why do you do > these things. What is

Re: OpenOffice4.0.1

2014-06-04 Thread James Knott
On 06/04/2014 02:40 PM, Cecil Price wrote: > I am having what I consider to be a serious problem with OpenOffice. After > downloading OpenOffice 4.0.1 Most of my Microsoft Word files were > transferred into OpenOffice format without my instructions to do so. I > consider this an outrageous intrus

Re: OpenOffice for Android

2014-06-13 Thread James Knott
On 06/13/2014 08:32 AM, Hotelería Meyer wrote: > Hello, > > using since many years OpenOffice on Windows platform and since some > years also on OX platform. I now wonder if there is a version to use > it under Android platform. Unable to recognize on the Web-Page this > possibility. > Is there a v

Re: free downloads

2014-06-14 Thread James Knott
On 06/14/2014 04:09 PM, Sue Hossman wrote: > I'd like the old version to download. please call kathy 262-510-9227..or > email diamondexpress1...@hotmail.com > > Old versions can be found here: http://www.openoffice.org/download/archive.html Also, this is just a mail list for OpenOffice users. We

Re: DocX

2014-06-15 Thread James Knott
On 06/15/2014 11:06 PM, 許哲崇 wrote: > When you try to open a .docX file, what does OpenOffice or Windows say? "Yuck!!!" ;-) - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users

Re: Apache Open Office is a load of rubbish on Tablets

2014-06-19 Thread James Knott
On 06/19/2014 10:34 AM, ben Simmonds wrote: > Hi > > Been using open office at work because MS office is too expensive. but this > bloody software keeps crashing and I keep loosing work also file sizes > created are huge. I know your software is free but it is massively buggy and > pretty shit

Re: Compatible with windows 2007

2014-06-20 Thread James Knott
On 06/20/2014 02:20 AM, caritamartin wrote: > Hi > > I have use windows 2007 for excel and word and I was just wondering if the > open office 2013 student and professional 2010 will be compatible or not. > > There is only OpenOffice, which is compatible with MS Office. The best place to get OpenO

Re: Compatible with windows 2007

2014-06-20 Thread James Knott
On 06/20/2014 05:32 PM, NoOp wrote: > eBay have quite a selection: > > Great, free upgrades for something that should be free to beg

Re: Users

2014-06-23 Thread James Knott
On 06/23/2014 04:30 AM, Marzena Rutkowska-Lis wrote: > > Can you confirm that Apache OpenOffice can be used in companies, town > councils for free? > It can be used for free by anyone. You can find licence info here: http://www.openoffice.org/license.html

Re: open office

2014-06-24 Thread James Knott
On 06/24/2014 02:36 PM, Rory O'Farrell wrote: > On Tue, 24 Jun 2014 10:23:24 -0700 > "Jack McKee," wrote: > >> I know your don’t really care but i hate open office. >> I just want a simple program that actually works without a million choices >> and “improvements” every time I turn around. I h

Re: Open Office

2014-06-25 Thread James Knott
This is a mail list, where users discuss using OpenOffice, though sometimes it can go off topic On 06/25/2014 01:28 PM, Lisa Towner wrote: > Question: I am new to Maverick and this Open Office was suggested to me by a > woman for whom I will be doing volunteer work. Is this a forum application or

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