Re: What do you think of AndrOpenOffice? (nm)

2013-12-28 Thread Martin Groenescheij
ApacheOpenOffice doesn't insist on indents or capitalisation. Capitalisation for certain words is a setting that can be controlled / set by the user. Indents is part of the default paragraph but can be changed by the user. The issue with ApacheOpenOffice is that you make yourself familiar with th

Re: All essay text turned to hashtags--commentary

2014-01-05 Thread Martin Groenescheij
On 5-1-2014 23:23, Rory O'Farrell wrote: The question should be asked "When does OpenOffice erase the previous copy of the file?". Surely this should only be after the Save process reaches a conclusion. I can recollect from my CP/M days that one had to adopt a certain sequence in saving a file

Re: Help!

2014-01-13 Thread Martin Groenescheij
See: http://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=16512 As a courtesy I have sent a copy of this reply to you as well as to the mailing list. Do Not reply to me personally but just to the list at - replies to my personal email address will be ignored. Since you are not subscrib

Re: Draft of document corruption survey

2014-01-14 Thread Martin Groenescheij
On the second page the question: What kind of document were you trying to load? Should allow for multiple selections because when you have multiple documents open when OpenOffice crashes it opens all these documents after a successful recovery. On 15-1-2014 8:30, Rob Weir wrote: http://sur

Re: installation open office sur Ipad air

2014-01-25 Thread Martin Groenescheij
On 26-1-2014 2:45, Abert Spijkers wrote: Qui, No it will not run on a tablet or smartphone (because the smartphone isn't smart enough). But it will run on a Macbook http://en.softonic.com/s/open-office-ios-10.8:iphone -Original Message- From: Daniel Parichout [mailto:ds.parich...@wa

Re: Case sensitivity problem

2014-02-04 Thread Martin Groenescheij
Have a look at Tools --> AutoCorrect Bottom half of the second tab Here you can either add the word with the two Capitals or switch this correction of for capitalization. On 5-2-2014 7:22, sgi2...@aol.com wrote: I am having a problem with the Open Office database. I want to enter a word with

Re: £ to rands

2014-02-14 Thread Martin Groenescheij
Go to *Tools --> Options --> Language Settings --> Languages* and change your *locale settings* to English (South Africa). This should set your *Default currency* to ZAR R English (South Africa) On 14-2-2014 17:19, Sara von Broembsen wrote: Hi I am now working on a second hand Dell laptop wh

Re: Uninitiateds basic question

2014-02-18 Thread Martin Groenescheij
See this article in the OpenOffice Forum. On 19-2-2014 1:39, davidbath wrote: Dear Open Office Sorry to be contacting you on this, but I seem to be making little headway with what appears to be just what I need but is way ab

Re: Uninitiateds basic question

2014-02-19 Thread Martin Groenescheij
rked out how to do it. The only thing I have not found out is the significance of the RED outline to the cell after I have manipulated entry. Could you tell me what it means. Regards David Bath *From:* Martin Groenescheij <mailto:mar...@groenescheij.com> *Sent:* Tuesday, February 18

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 Martin Groenescheij
First of all the Subject box is for a subject and the Message window is for your message. Could you tell us where you downloaded OpenOffice from you should download only from www.openoffice.org/download/index.html To uninstall OpenOffice open the Directory *OpenOffice 4.0.1 (en-US) Installat

Re: Windows desktop (OO4.1)

2014-02-28 Thread Martin Groenescheij
Yes that's possible. Just copy *Start - All Programs - OpenOffice 4.0.1 - OpenOffice Writer* and Past shortcut on your desktop On 1-3-2014 12:21, Doug wrote: I would like to have two icons on the desktop: Writer and Calc. I would seldom if ever use anything else, and I would like to be able to

Re: Formatting a hyperlink in Calc

2014-03-02 Thread Martin Groenescheij
Tools --> Options --> Appearance ... Visited Links On 3-3-2014 3:47, William K Helbig Jr wrote: Can anyone please me how to format a hyperlink in a Calc cell to appear the way I want it to, not just the way Openoffice wants? Skip H

Re: Open Office Problem

2014-03-03 Thread Martin Groenescheij
Copy *Start - All Programs - OpenOffice 4.0.1 - OpenOffice Writer* and Past shortcut on your desktop On 4-3-2014 7:42, Susan Wiebusch wrote: How do I change the default so that Word opens, not Open Office. I don't like Open Office defaults.

Re: Open Office Problem

2014-03-03 Thread Martin Groenescheij
First of all your question was not very clear. On 4-3-2014 12:58, 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

Re: URGENT!!

2014-03-04 Thread Martin Groenescheij
Well that's not much information to work with. First how did you copy and paste within OpenOffice or in you Operating System? What Operating System do you use? What version of OpenOffice do you use? How are your backup settings within OpenOffice? What has Google to do with it? If your problem i

Re: I'm not certain if I . . .

2014-03-05 Thread Martin Groenescheij
Hyperlinks are recognized by default, but you can switch if off, go to: *Tools --> AutoCorrect Options* the third tab *Options* allows you to deselect the *URL R**ecognition* there are two check boxes [M] Modify [T] Type best is to deselect both. As your manuscript has already the URLs recogniz

Re: new open office user can't open downloaded app

2014-03-05 Thread Martin Groenescheij
On 6-3-2014 11:44, Tina Van Osdol wrote: Hi, I am on a 3 month old MAC Pro Laptop. I know the Mac is user friendly, but for three months old kids is still too complex I downloaded Open Office for the MAC, the file says version 4.0.1. I dragged the open office icon from my download folder to

Re: I'm not certain if I . . .

2014-03-05 Thread Martin Groenescheij
On 6-3-2014 14:37, John Jason Jordan wrote: On Thu, 06 Mar 2014 11:23:36 +1100 Martin Groenescheij dijo: Hyperlinks are recognized by default, but you can switch if off, go to: *Tools --> AutoCorrect Options* the third tab *Options* allows you to deselect the *URL R**ecognition* there

Re: I'm not certain if I . . .

2014-03-06 Thread Martin Groenescheij
Is it possible you send me your document so I can test it? On 6-3-2014 18:41, John Jason Jordan wrote: On Thu, 06 Mar 2014 18:29:19 +1100 Martin Groenescheij dijo: Use the Alt. Search extension, search for URL and reformat only the URL instead of the whole document. That was the first thing

Re: Can not remove Windows message.

2014-03-06 Thread Martin Groenescheij
If this question has been raised so many times it is a real problem that should be addressed. The easiest solution should be to have a link in the message window to point to the website where the solution is described. On 6-3-2014 23:33, Bob Altman wrote: The method for fixing this has been

Re: font

2014-03-08 Thread Martin Groenescheij
Have you tried it yourself already and what was the error you got? Sent from my mobile device. > On 9 Mar 2014, at 2:11 am, barry bussewitz wrote: > > please remove barry bussewitz from your email list. > > Thanks > > >> On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 9:18 AM, Rory O'Farrell wrote: >> >> On Fri,

Re: Problem with OpenOffice path

2014-03-09 Thread Martin Groenescheij
Could you tell us way you are not able to unsubscribe yourself? On 10-3-2014 0:06, Dean Durow wrote: please remove me from your email list On Sat, Mar 8, 2014 at 5:13 PM, Evens MIDY wrote: Hello, I use PHP to access a odt file (save on a server) on a client with openoffice. When OpenOffice

Re: MS Outlook

2014-03-10 Thread Martin Groenescheij
Why don't you remove yourself? Sent from my mobile device. > On 10 Mar 2014, at 11:11 pm, Dean Durow wrote: > > please remove me from your email list > > Thanks > > >> On Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at 4:06 PM, James Knott wrote: >> >> Patrick Smith wrote: >>> Do you have a program similar to MS Outl

Re: OpenOffice Base

2014-03-15 Thread Martin Groenescheij
This is an OpenOffice Forum. Such strong personal opinions of a database should be discussed in other forums. Sent from my mobile device. On 16 Mar 2014, at 5:53 am, Wolfgang Keller wrote: >> ONLY ONE answer. Start again but this time DO NOT use the embedded >> Database engine - use MySQL or e

Re: Problems troubleshooting

2014-03-24 Thread Martin Groenescheij
You probably have a lock file in the directory which you need to delete. If the file isn't locked simply open it and save it under a new name or in an other directory and you will be able to work. On 24-3-2014 15:17, jdr siemens wrote: I tried to join the forum in hopes that someone could wal

Re: Failure to upload

2014-03-27 Thread Martin Groenescheij
You didn't fail to send, they failed to read. Send the doc in Word format, look at save as for options on different formats. Sent from my mobile device. > On 28 Mar 2014, at 6:51 am, Larry Roche wrote: > > I have twice faliled to upload my resume to two different companies. It is > a text doc

Re: OpenOffice Word Spacing

2014-03-27 Thread Martin Groenescheij
First the good news in OpenOffice you can use many different spaces by Inserting Special Characters for example U+2004 (scroll 4/5 down to the bottom) is probably what the user wants. The bad news is that I couldn't get AutoCorrect to accept this, but Find and Replace works fine. In the prof

Re: OpenOffice

2014-03-28 Thread Martin Groenescheij
Sent from my mobile device. > On 29 Mar 2014, at 12:20 am, uga...@talktalk.net wrote: > > This is true, selecting a block of text and increasing the space between > characters will necessarily increase the space between all characters > including the space between words. However, the empty sp

Re: OpenOffice

2014-03-28 Thread Martin Groenescheij
other character set as we use. What is good for us English speaking humans doesn't mean that this is good for everybody. -Original Message----- From: Martin Groenescheij To: users@openoffice.apache.org Sent: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 20:45 Subject: Re: OpenOffice Sent from my mobile de

Re: Screwy font sizes

2014-03-28 Thread Martin Groenescheij
On 29-3-2014 11:37, M. Michael Pizar wrote: I cannot keep my font appearances consistent throughout my documents. The tool bar lists the font and sizes as identical, but they come out different sizes. Attached is a screen capture explaining the bug. I really need to be able to use Hebrew te

Re: Screwy font sizes

2014-03-29 Thread Martin Groenescheij
zar wrote: All on the same system within the same document. On Mar 28, 2014 10:06 PM, "Martin Groenescheij" mailto:mar...@groenescheij.com>> wrote: On 29-3-2014 11:37, M. Michael Pizar wrote: I cannot keep my font appearances consistent throughout my documents. The

Re: Impossibility to open documents

2014-04-03 Thread Martin Groenescheij
On 4-4-2014 6:16, Christelle wrote: I have noticed that it's impossible to open registered documents. And how did you notice it? And this is not the first time. So is there a pattern? What's the problem ? How could we know if you don't tell us what application you use, which Operating Syste

Re: Open Office Org & Excel Question

2014-04-05 Thread Martin Groenescheij
On 6-4-2014 13:03, Richard Rouse wrote: Hello, My friend is in the process of doing an Microsoft Excel Intermediate & Advanced course. I have had a look at his work books and have decided I would like to have a go at the course as well. However, I do not have Microsoft Office, I have Open Of

Re: How to open attachment sent with Microsoft Office 2010

2014-04-08 Thread Martin Groenescheij
On 9-4-2014 12:16, Laddie Dosedel wrote: I received an email prepared with using Microsoft Office 2010 of which I don’t have I have Open Office, your program with the updates. First of all you should reply the sender and tell him that he send an email in a format that can't be read by you. It'

Re: open office, please remove me from your mailing list, thankyou

2014-04-08 Thread Martin Groenescheij
Am I your slave? If you only cast your eyes to the bottom of your email you will find the solution. On 9-4-2014 12:03, karen nonnecke wrote: On 2014-04-06, at 5:43 AM, john w Shaw wrote: Hi, Can I download the word processor application alone as I do not really need the rest or do I have to

Re: Who is "SourceForge"??

2014-04-12 Thread Martin Groenescheij
Sent from my mobile device. > On 12 Apr 2014, at 9:47 pm, Andrea Pescetti wrote: > > James Knott wrote: >> JScott4607 wrote: >>> I want to download your "OpenOffice.org", but I noticed the name >>> SourceForge, which I have never seen before. ... >> Sourceforge is a well known site for downloa

Re: transfer

2014-04-14 Thread Martin Groenescheij
On 14-4-2014 23:48, canary wrote: Can I transfer to your office my file which I made file by microsoft office ? Transferring MS files is one thing, but tell us what your problem is, what you want to achieve. We are volunteers that can help you by giving you some guidelines, but we're not doing

Re: feedback requests

2014-04-15 Thread Martin Groenescheij
Search for ^$ and Replace with On 15-4-2014 17:44, Allen Schaaf wrote: On 3/14/2014 12:36 PM, geoff mehl wrote: A friend noted that OO is looking for beta testers, which is not totally my cup of tea, but I noticed the feedback request link and thought I might chime in. [SNIP] I, too, have

Re: Background color

2014-04-15 Thread Martin Groenescheij
On 15-4-2014 23:54, Texicon wrote: Hello, to whom it may concern, I am wondering if there is a way to have the background permanently change when I click on a cell that has color. This would then allow me to move to another cell and fill it with that color. How did that cell gets that color i

Re: feedback requests

2014-04-15 Thread Martin Groenescheij
r multiple paragraph endings By the way you can download the Alternative Find & Replace <http://extensions.openoffice.org/en/project/alternative-dialog-find-replace-writer-altsearch> extension which is an easy menu based tool. Allen On 4/15/2014 1:03 AM, Martin Groenescheij wrote

Re: symbol shortcut?

2014-04-16 Thread Martin Groenescheij
The Insert Picture from File is just one click away if you have selected View --> Toolbars --> Insert. Personally I like the Insert Special Characters in the Sidebar like we have the Text Properties. Even better to have the ability to drag Toolbars into the Sidebar making the Sidebar customizabl

Re: Empty fields in mail merge/labels.

2014-04-22 Thread Martin Groenescheij
You need Conditional text for each field that could be empty. When you have an empty field you also need to make the space between the words conditional. For empty paragraphs an Hidden Paragraph (don't forget to deselect the View Hidden Paragraph). The fields and conditions are shown below, for

Re: How long to fix a bug?

2014-04-24 Thread Martin Groenescheij
I agree that this could be a problem for users that go further than word processing, You're probably use it for desktop publishing. If you want that this get more attention you have to pursue other users to vote for it. For your information I have added the priorities and votes inline. For me it

Re: Opening problems

2014-04-26 Thread Martin Groenescheij
Hi Amin, The last 6 months you have replied on a number of questions from users without any constructive contribution. Please refrain from replying if you have nothing useful to add. On 27-4-2014 10:05, Amin Jacek Pe;dziwiater wrote: Good night. I have read this mismatch, but can find nothi

Re: Lighting question

2014-05-03 Thread Martin Groenescheij
You can do it with Impress. Select in the sheet an object and in your sidebar select Custom Animation. Select Add and select one of the many options of the animations. Now you're able add a Dim function when the next object will be displayed. On 4-5-2014 9:01, Louie wrote: Greetings on this s

Re: Apache OpenOffice 4.1.0 released

2014-05-04 Thread Martin Groenescheij
The only thing I can think of is that you have a print definition on one of the other sheets. If there is no Print Format defined on a sheet it will show gray for that sheet. Two ways to check, tab trough the other sheets or delete all print definitions. On 5-5-2014 6:51, Bob Jones wrote: Open

Re: Are there problems with the mailing list?

2014-05-10 Thread Martin Groenescheij
Looks like version 4.1 is very stable.:-) On 11-5-2014 10:06, japples wrote: Hi, Richard . . . to the best of my knowledge, the 7th was the last time someone needed help. This link takes you to *openoffice-dev mailing list archives: May 2014:* http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/openof

Re: Spurious 4.1 update reminder

2014-05-11 Thread Martin Groenescheij
Have you read the email down to the bottom? On 12-5-2014 11:18, Leonie Bevan wrote: UNSUBCRIBE ME DIDN'T JOIN THIS ADDRESS I DON'T WANT SCAM IN MY INBOX THANKS On 7 May 2014, at 9:53 pm, steveper...@gmail.com wrote: Greetings Just received a message telling me that an update to 4.1 is availab

Re: Malware

2014-05-12 Thread Martin Groenescheij
The easiest way to warn novice users is a warning message in the installation script. Maybe something like: "Make sure you have downloaded OpenOffice from one of these sites Apache or Sourceforge " On 12-5-2

Re: Malware

2014-05-12 Thread Martin Groenescheij
listening Jack Martin Groenescheij wrote: The easiest way to warn novice users is a warning message in the installation script. Maybe something like: "Make sure you have downloaded OpenOffice from one of these sites Apache <http://www.apache.openoffice.org/> o

Re: Malware

2014-05-12 Thread Martin Groenescheij
t; can sue them. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On May 12, 2014, at 1:21 AM, Martin Groenescheij >> wrote: >> >> The easiest way to warn novice users is a warning message in the >> installation script. >> Maybe something like: >> >>

Re: Malware

2014-05-12 Thread Martin Groenescheij
On 13-5-2014 8:47, Julian Thomas wrote: On 12 May 2014, at 05:43, japples wrote: Could a download script be smart enough to recognize (via non-editable script section) if it is being downloaded from an authentic site/page and flash a nauseating "Warning - download only from . . . " (blurb s

Re: Suggestion.

2014-05-13 Thread Martin Groenescheij
On 13-5-2014 11:06, Sarala Lee wrote: Sir / Madam, For many years I used WordPerfect as my Word Processor and Desktop Publisher to produce a 12 page newsletter. I have never found a better program. As I now have iMac I use Openoffice and have found that satisfies most of my requireme

Re: Suggestion.

2014-05-13 Thread Martin Groenescheij
As you're not subscribed to this user list you have only seen 2 out of 15 replies. "Reveal Codes", where every change that was made in the document was shown by a particular code. OpenOffice doesn't have Reveal Codes, but it can show your changes, if you have selected record changes. "HRT"

Re: not working version of OO4.1.0

2014-05-16 Thread Martin Groenescheij
Under Windows you need to end the soffice.bin and / or soffice.exe processes before you can install or uninstall OpenOffice. On 14-5-2014 22:02, Maurice Dorscheidt wrote: Hello, I am getting a bit >:o . I downloaded the newest version of OO 4.1.0 because the older version said: new update ava

Fwd: not working version of OO4.1.0

2014-05-16 Thread Martin Groenescheij
As your not subscribed you will not see any of the responses you question. Original Message Subject:not working version of OO4.1.0 Date: Wed, 14 May 2014 14:02:30 +0200 From: Maurice Dorscheidt Reply-To: users@openoffice.apache.org To: users@openoffice.apa

Re: Suggestion.

2014-05-18 Thread Martin Groenescheij
For me personally I worked with Styles for about three decades and find this the best way to control my documents. Nevertheless we should not be blind for the needs of others, managing Styles has a long learning curve and someone can make many mistakes before he master Styles. Where someone

Re: OpenOffice mac

2014-05-19 Thread Martin Groenescheij
On 20-5-2014 11:13, Rochelle wrote: Have you tried to unsubscribe to prevent future emails? No, he doesn't want to unsubscribe. He just want to sent his spam mails. Rochelle On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 10:49 AM, randyf wrote: Hello Andrea Pescetti, Sorry for the intrusion, my network some h

Re: Suggestion.

2014-05-20 Thread Martin Groenescheij
line. Jack Doug Johnson wrote: And your not even involving columns and tables, etc., yet! A page can get very complex. On Sun, May 18, 2014 at 8:06 AM, Martin Groenescheij < mar...@groenescheij.com> wrote: For me personally I worked with Styles for about three decades and

Re: not opening

2014-05-21 Thread Martin Groenescheij
On 22-5-2014 11:10, Geoffrey Anderson wrote: Hello. Thank you for offering me Open Office. My operating system is Vista. After I downloaded Apache's Open Office, I cannot open a file that is designed in Powerpoint. How did you tried to open the file? Did you double click on the file or did you

Re: Open office install and ads

2014-05-21 Thread Martin Groenescheij
On 22-5-2014 14:38, bikeguy wrote: Hi I installed open office today and after I did I noticed I was getting alot of pop up ads I hadnt previously gotten while on the web visiting various pages. Does your version of Open Office come with ad software attached and if so how can I remove it? OpenO

Re: Bug - Files left behind after installing Apache 4.1.0

2014-05-29 Thread Martin Groenescheij
The folder that is left behind is there for a purpose. Deleting the folder doesn't effect the operation of your current installation of OpenOffice. If you ever need to add modify or repair the installation you need these files or download the package again. On 30-5-2014 10:53, Ralph Brock w

Re: Windows 8

2014-06-05 Thread Martin Groenescheij
To Unsubscribe drag the scroll bar down and read at the bottom. On 5-6-2014 22:11, Mike Walker wrote: unsubscribeunsubscribeunsubscribeunsubscribeunsubscribeunsubscribeunsubscribeunsubscribeunsubscribeunsubscribeunsubscribeunsubscribeunsubscribeunsubscribeunsubscribeunsubscribeunsubscribeunsubsc

Re: How to prevent very long text in a cell overlap the footer in Calc?

2014-06-11 Thread Martin Groenescheij
Sent from my mobile device. > On 12 Jun 2014, at 4:02 am, Hung Mark wrote: > > Hi Brian, > > Thank you for the advices, but I expect that textflow to stop before the > page footer and start from next page instead of covering over the page > number. That's what I'm asking for help. You can,t

Re: How to prevent very long text in a cell overlap the footer in Calc?

2014-06-11 Thread Martin Groenescheij
On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 11:48 AM, Martin Groenescheij < mar...@groenescheij.com> wrote: Sent from my mobile device. On 12 Jun 2014, at 4:02 am, Hung Mark wrote: Hi Brian, Thank you for the advices, but I expect that textflow to stop before the page footer and start from next page ins

Re: Info for Doc

2014-06-16 Thread Martin Groenescheij
Which version of OpenOffice do you use? Version 4.1 should recognize docx On 17-6-2014 12:52, Henry Rappaport wrote: I write in Pages on my IPad and send it to my Mac for editing, but my Mac oo doesn't recognize docX, H On Jun 16, 2014, at 12:33 PM, NoOp wrote: On 06/16/2014 09:56 AM, Lo

Re: 2 issues (OSX)

2014-06-17 Thread Martin Groenescheij
On 18-6-2014 8:03, Andrea Pescetti wrote: Julian Thomas wrote: 1. When I start OO I see a popup window telling me that updates for extensions are available - click here, but just as I click there, the popup vanishes and nothing happens. What if you check for updates from Tools - Extensions M

Re: 2 issues (OSX)

2014-06-18 Thread Martin Groenescheij
On 18-6-2014 16:02, Andrea Pescetti wrote: Martin Groenescheij wrote: On 18-6-2014 8:03, Andrea Pescetti wrote: What if you check for updates from Tools - Extensions Manager? When you click on Tools - Extensions Manager you get the following error: *http://ooop.sourceforge.net/udate

Re: Printing two sided pages from Open Office on my HP Officejet 6500A Plus printer

2014-06-26 Thread Martin Groenescheij
Double side printing is a printer setting. Sent from my mobile device. > On 27 Jun 2014, at 7:09 am, "David Wendt" wrote: > > My HP Officejet 6500 printer has the capability of printing two sided pages; > but (unlike when I used MS Office) I can't find how to do this when I use > OpenOffice 4

Re: Can't register to forum, error message makes no sense

2014-06-27 Thread Martin Groenescheij
That's a lot of complains but not enough information to help you. OpenOffice doesn't threat files as read only unless it is open with some other application this normally happens when you open an attachment from a mail tool, but as you don't give enough information we can't help you. On 28-6-

Re: OCR A Extended font

2014-07-07 Thread Martin Groenescheij
If you're using Windows open the Control Panel and select Fonts. Then double click on the OCR A Extended font On 8-7-2014 8:11, Antonio Tosi wrote: Hi all. As an enthusiastic Open Office user, I'm happy to join this community. Can anybody tell me how I can add the OCR A Extended font to my lates

Re: OCR A Extended font

2014-07-07 Thread Martin Groenescheij
the OCR A Extended font about which the first poster inquired. No idea about any other "flavor" of Windows. On Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 5:02 PM, Martin Groenescheij mailto:mar...@groenescheij.com>> wrote: If you're using Windows open the Control Panel and select F

Re: Microsoft Is Blocking Access to My Open Office File

2014-07-08 Thread Martin Groenescheij
In the *Control**Panel* select *Default Programs* and then *Set your default programs* or*Associate a file type or protocol with a program*. On 21-6-2014 5:30, Patricia Ring wrote: I had a free trial offer from Microsoft nearly a year ago. I never created one document on it. My then, very o

Re: Spread Sheets issues.URGENT HELP PLEASE

2014-07-08 Thread Martin Groenescheij
Select cell A111 and if it shows a *`* in the formula bar before the value it is defined as text. Just delete the ` and it should give you the correct results. On 9-7-2014 2:12, Andrea Madott wrote: I'm having problems with my spread sheet. I highlight a row to sum and it adds everything bu

Re: headers/footers

2014-07-08 Thread Martin Groenescheij
OpenOffice has a much simpler way than Microsoft Word. Headers and Footers are part of the Page Style, Just use a different Page Style if you want to change. On 9-7-2014 12:40, e j wrote: To whom it may concern, I am having quite a bit of trouble setting up headers to be different on the

Fwd: Re: headers/footers

2014-07-08 Thread Martin Groenescheij
Forwared to poster as he isn't subscribed. Original Message Subject:Re: headers/footers Date: Wed, 09 Jul 2014 14:28:43 +1000 From: Martin Groenescheij Reply-To: mar...@groenescheij.com To: users@openoffice.apache.org CC: mar...@groeneschei

Re: Open Office vs MS Office

2014-07-15 Thread Martin Groenescheij
As this is a user forum, the answers you see (if you we're subscribed to this forum) are from users. Don't expect that developers will read this forum. There are difference, OpenOffice has reversed engineer the MS Office code, hence conversions will always has minor problems. OpenOffice is

Fwd: Re: Picture not visible

2014-07-15 Thread Martin Groenescheij
Forwarded to poster as he isn't subscribed. Original Message Subject:Re: Picture not visible Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2014 14:31:16 -0500 From: Alexandro Colorado Reply-To: users@openoffice.apache.org To: users@openoffice.apache.org Make sure that the picture

Re: Calc changed dates catastrophically

2014-07-17 Thread Martin Groenescheij
Look at the date settings under Tools --> Options --> OpenOffice Calc --> Calculate On the top right there is a setting for Date make sure you use the same as in the previous version of Calc. On 18-7-2014 6:28, Ari Heikkilä wrote: Hi I'm using Apache OO 4.1.0 Calc for booking thousands of row

Fwd: Re: Calc changed dates catastrophically

2014-07-17 Thread Martin Groenescheij
Forwarded to poster as he isn't subscribed. Original Message Subject:Re: Calc changed dates catastrophically Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2014 12:01:05 +1000 From: Martin Groenescheij Reply-To: mar...@groenescheij.com To: users@openoffice.apache.org CC:

Re: Calc issues, Mac OS X 10.9.4

2014-07-24 Thread Martin Groenescheij
On 25-7-2014 3:24, chuck ef wrote: I am an OO newbie so bear with me. I am on an iMac using 10.9.4 and I have never used OO before. I downloaded 4.1.0. I am trying to migrate an MS Excel spreadsheet to Calc. It will be nice to get away from MS. Anyway, I have noticed two problems right off the

Re: Why cant I download Open Office?

2014-07-24 Thread Martin Groenescheij
On 24-7-2014 18:16, dennis dorney wrote: I tried looking for where the download files might be on my computer and found them so I started trying to Run as requested. At first all is OK then the screen is littered with messages mostly from Microsoft or MS associates claiming that my computer is

Re: Unintall

2014-08-03 Thread Martin Groenescheij
On 3-8-2014 12:39, Cathy Wintle wrote: How do I uninstall Open Office. I no longer want or need it. Depends on your operating system. Under Windows go to your Control Panel --> Programs and Features and double click OpenOffice Cathy Wintle --

Re: Uninstalling Open Office

2014-08-05 Thread Martin Groenescheij
On 6-8-2014 8:20, Lorraine Aust wrote: To whom it may concern I think it's most likely your concern. How do I un-install Open Office from a MacBook please?? This is an administrator task on your Operating System Thank you *Lorraine Aust* Client Relations | +44 (0) 1789 296 916 lorra..

Re: Openoffice-Base

2014-08-13 Thread Martin Groenescheij
Base is nothing more than a front-end to a database, what you ask is an warehouse / inventory application. If you understand SQL and Base you can write your own application, but it can take much of your time. On 14-8-2014 0:44, Dewald Barnard wrote: Good afternoon I need assistance in templa

Re: installatie open office

2014-08-13 Thread Martin Groenescheij
Make sure you downloaded the file from www.openoffice.org When you select the download it will redirect you to sourceforge.net The download will automatically start the file Apache_OpenOffice_4.1.0_Win_x86_install_nl.exe On 13-8-2014 21:52, Tom Acohen wrote: Wie kan mij helpen, Ik kan het Open

Re: problem with installation

2014-08-14 Thread Martin Groenescheij
Forwarded to poster as he is not subscribed On 15-8-2014 8:52, Alan B wrote: On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 5:59 PM, wjs wrote: I have tried downloading Open Office three times and each time the setup program seems to work well. However, the program freezes about three quarters of the way through t

Re: Hebräisches und Jiddisches Alphabet für OpenOffice: Bitte um Hilfe

2014-08-16 Thread Martin Groenescheij
Forwarded to poster On 17-8-2014 6:21, Felmon Davis wrote: On Sat, 16 Aug 2014, Bob Holtzman wrote: On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 12:25:38AM -0400, Felmon Davis wrote: On Fri, 15 Aug 2014, salo...@klaczko.de wrote: Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ich verwende in ein Paar Arbeiten Zitate von Text

Re: Hebr�isches und Jiddisches Alphabet f�r OpenOffice: Bitte um Hilfe

2014-08-16 Thread Martin Groenescheij
Forwarded to poster On 17-8-2014 6:01, Bob Holtzman wrote: On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 12:25:38AM -0400, Felmon Davis wrote: On Fri, 15 Aug 2014, salo...@klaczko.de wrote: Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ich verwende in ein Paar Arbeiten Zitate von Texten in Hebräisch und in Jiddisch. Leider bi

Re: Hebräisches und Jiddisches Alphabet für OpenOffice: Bitte um Hilfe

2014-08-16 Thread Martin Groenescheij
Forwarded to poster On 16-8-2014 14:25, Felmon Davis wrote: On Fri, 15 Aug 2014, salo...@klaczko.de wrote: Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ich verwende in ein Paar Arbeiten Zitate von Texten in Hebräisch und in Jiddisch. Leider bitten Sie dieses Alphabet nicht an. Ich würde gerne von Word

Re: Mail Merge and Email

2014-08-16 Thread Martin Groenescheij
As you are not subscribed I have copied you. Make sure you subscribe in order to see all answers. On 16-8-2014 22:35, garry + pauline haworth wrote: Hello: I've used Open office for a long time but the help forums...I cannot get what I want to do to work Sending a single email or multiple em

Re: Word program crashed

2014-08-16 Thread Martin Groenescheij
If the auto-recovery isn't successful than you can check the backup directory. A backup file depends on your settings under Tools --> Options --> Load/save The directory is under Tools --> Options --> OpenOffice --> Paths As you are not subscribed to this mailing list you will not see all answer

Re: I CAN NOT REMOVE MY PASSWORD

2014-08-19 Thread Martin Groenescheij
When you set a password the window give you the following: Note: After a password has been set, the document will only open with the password. Should you lose the password, there will be no way to recover the document. Please also note that this password is case-sensitive If it is th

Re: I CAN NOT REMOVE MY PASSWORD

2014-08-19 Thread Martin Groenescheij
rd. Hence my assumption was that he needed to remove a password that he couldn't remember. If posters are vague in their problem description you could expect that different people have different interpretations. On 20-8-2014 9:37, Brian Barker wrote: At 08:56 20/08/2014 +1000, Mart

Re: Probleme mit Programmen

2014-08-26 Thread Martin Groenescheij
When you need help in the German language you should send your question to: users...@openoffice.apache.org (German users mailing list) On 26-8-2014 12:31, Alfred Zander wrote: Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, seit einiger Zeit versuche ich auf Open Office "umzusteigen". 1. Die Textdokumente kön

Re: [OT] why so many accidental subscriptions?

2014-08-26 Thread Martin Groenescheij
On 27-8-2014 15:55, Felmon Davis wrote: On Tue, 26 Aug 2014, Andrea Pescetti wrote: On 26/08/2014 Felmon Davis wrote: why are so many people "finding themselves" subscribed to this list? is there a subscription link on some webpage they accidentally click? All subscriptions require opt-in (

Re: Open Office

2014-08-27 Thread Martin Groenescheij
As you're not subscribed to this mailing list you will miss the answers to your question. May I suggest that you subscribe or otherwise address your question on the AOO forum www.forum.openoffice.org/ On 28-8-2014 9:20, ngc32062 wrote: Can you please tell me if I can merge labels using Open Of

Re: Splitting rows and columns

2014-08-28 Thread Martin Groenescheij
Place your cursor in the cell below / right of the row / column you want to freeze then go to Window --> Freeze On 29-8-2014 14:16, Rochelle wrote: I have a very complex spreadsheet on which to input much data. When working on a spreadsheet (calc) in AOO, how does one freeze the headers of the

Fwd: Re: printing

2014-09-01 Thread Martin Groenescheij
Forwarded as the poster isn't subscribed Original Message Subject:Re: printing Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2014 17:59:25 +0100 From: Graham Murdo Reply-To: users@openoffice.apache.org To: users@openoffice.apache.org The following address on the open office wiki c

Fwd: Re: printing

2014-09-01 Thread Martin Groenescheij
Forwarded as the poster isn't subscribed Original Message Subject:Re: printing Date: Mon, 01 Sep 2014 18:33:14 +0200 From: Oliver Brinzing Reply-To: users@openoffice.apache.org To: users@openoffice.apache.org Hi Alan, In the past I've been using micr

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