Re: countif on multiple i­tems - date test

2012-12-08 Thread johnny smith
On Fri, 07 Dec 2012 08:20:45 -, DaveInDenver wrote: > How can I modify the formula to test for a date? > > If Column A were dates for example. > A1 = 08/01/12 > A3 = 08/15/12 > A9 = 09/01/12 > > How do I select for Aug 2012? i've found 2 ways, both not ideal. the first is: B1 = 08/01/12 B2

Re: Auto Format

2013-01-11 Thread johnny smith
On Saturday, 11 January 2013 20:24:00, Dale Erwin wrote: > iF I type a fraction, when I tab out of the box, it > seems to change it into a date. For example if I type 1/64 it changes > it to 01/01/64, or 1/32 is changed to 01/01/32. Oddly enough, if I type > 1/16 it changes it to 01/16/13. o

Re: Conflicts?

2013-01-11 Thread johnny smith
On Friday, 11 January 2013 20:40:07, jamwilli2...@comcast.net wrote: > My question is whether I can download OpenOffice and use the same program he > is without being in conflict with my M/S Office Suite. sure you can. there is an option at the end of the installation process whether to open ms

Re: RE: Auto Format

2013-01-11 Thread johnny smith
> I'm having the opposite problem: 1/2 does not auto-convert to ½ as it once > did. How do I get that function to work? that could be set in the replacement table under "tools/autocorrect options" for the language used. > (And no, I haven't redone my profile.) and that seems to be the origin o

Re: OO

2013-01-15 Thread johnny smith
On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 7:19 AM, Don Warne wrote: > My problem is that it keeps writing > numbers in the left hand margin in a manner that is completely out of > control. > I can't erase them or my script jumps onto the preceding line, or even gets > lost completely - a real nightmare. you may ha

Re: reveal codes

2013-01-20 Thread johnny smith
On Sunday, 20 January 2013 19:46:18, Doug wrote: > Why must you insist on making the writer go thru hoops to fix something > when Reveal Codes can do it for him quickly and easily? Just let us have > the capability--if *you* want to go thru those > hoops, then go ahead--I don't want to have to!

Re: How? copy a graph exactly­ (no data table) to anoth­er file

2013-02-02 Thread johnny smith
On Friday, 1 February 2013, 19:24:01, David L Babcock wrote: > However the graphs so transferred appear in the new file with a data > table instead of actual cell ranges, which kills them dead so far as > showing changing data. They show a snapshot of last year's last data. the workaround is

Re: How? copy a graph exactly­ (no data table) to anoth­er file

2013-02-02 Thread johnny smith
t, 02 Feb 2013 12:19:18 -, johnny smith wrote: > the workaround is to copy to the new file not the sheet's content but the > sheet itself. since then, i've found a better workaround, which is: 1. rename the sheet with the source data ranges to Sheet1 (experimenting with

Re: Transition to OpenOffice ­Writer

2013-02-06 Thread johnny smith
On Wednesday, 6 February 2013, at 13:30:50, Joel Ikenberry wrote: > Here is what I need to know how to do: > 1. Format different page numbers- Title Page (no number)- Dedication Page (no > number)- Table of Contents (roman numerals)- Preface (roman numerals)- > Prologue through all chapters (

Re: How? copy a graph exa­ctly­ (no data table) to ­anoth­er file - partial s­uc

2013-02-07 Thread johnny smith
On Thu, 07 Feb 2013 18:34:02 -, David L Babcock wrote: > Using your latest advice (above) I was able to get 4 of 5 graphs > transferred. The 5th graph copied over with the sheet, but when -in the > new spreadsheet- I recopied it to the correct sheet, it still popped > into "data tab

Re: Auto formatting

2013-03-05 Thread johnny smith
On Tue, 05 Mar 2013 15:53:07 -, John Nunnikhoven wrote: How do I turn off auto formatting? I have searched the help files but cannot find anything helpful? try unchecking everything under the [T] column at 'tools/options/autocorrect options/options'. ---

Re: Problem with Open Office: printed page not like onscreen page

2013-03-12 Thread johnny smith
On Tue, 12 Mar 2013 03:54:10 -, Martin Groenescheij wrote: On 12/03/2013 2:25 PM, Robyn Jamison wrote: I drafted a 6 page document and when I printed it, the print on each page actually ran off the page, by about 1/4. I ended up re-formatting the pages so that the page was only filled

Re: Deleting pages

2013-03-12 Thread johnny smith
On Tue, 12 Mar 2013 21:02:36 -, Dale Erwin wrote: No, Print Preview does not show the automatically inserted blank pages. At least, it doesn't on my system. On my documents, in Print Preview, the only hint that blank pages have been inserted is in the page numbers. If one chapter en

Re: spell check

2013-03-14 Thread johnny smith
On Thu, 14 Mar 2013 01:39:07 -, Alan Cliffe wrote: The spell check feature in my copy of AOO has stopped working. If I click the autospellcheck icon, with the squiggly red line, it underlines every word of my text as a misspelling. If I click the Spelling and Grammar icon, with the b

Re: Wavy underlining?

2013-03-30 Thread johnny smith
On Sun, 31 Mar 2013 06:40:00 -, George H. Johnson wrote: After some serious work on my PC to kill a virus or two, my OpenOffice documents in Writer and Calc now have a wavy [reddish] underlining for most words [exceptions: power fields]. Since this appears to be true of every documen

Re: Open office 2.4.3 with Java 7

2013-04-10 Thread johnny smith
On Wed, 10 Apr 2013 02:03:06 -, NG, Derek wrote: So I can safely assure that OpenOffice 2.4.3 does not support Java 7 since it is a couple of years old but OpenOffice 3.4.1 and above support Java 7? java claims both backwards and forwards compatibility, which assumes that oo 2.4.3 sh

Re: Opening an existing document

2013-04-10 Thread johnny smith
On Wed, 10 Apr 2013 17:34:40 -, Dale Erwin wrote: In previous versions of OOo, when an existing document was opened in writer (I don't know about other components), it was opened at the same place in the document where it was closed the time beffore. I find that function rather useful

Re: Scanning

2013-04-20 Thread johnny smith
On Sat, 20 Apr 2013 14:23:39 -, Diann wrote: I have an iMac OS 10.8.3 (Mountain Lion). I downloaded OpenOffice 3.4.1. . My printer/scanner is an HP office jet 6600. The scanner works fine in all my other programs, but in Oo it won't work. I click on insert - pictures - scan - sele

Re: Zooming in

2013-05-13 Thread johnny smith
On Wed, 08 May 2013 02:07:48 -, Patricia Hickin wrote: My computer zooms in on OpenOffice (and other) screens without my telling it to. (I have a laptop with touchpad). I know it has something to do with the way I'm using my fingers on the touchpad but I can't quite figure out how to avo

Re: subscriber status

2013-05-13 Thread johnny smith
On Mon, 13 May 2013 19:42:27 -, Warren Mullen wrote: How do I enroll as a subscriber to this service? to subscribe, please send an email to users-subscr...@openoffice.apache.org. you then will receive a confirmation email with further instructions. dan lewis, probably by mistake,

Re: Language pack

2013-05-22 Thread johnny smith
On Wed, 22 May 2013 09:06:55 -, Arianna Carloni wrote: I have downloaded OpenOffice 3.4.1 and the Italian Language Pack as I need to perform spell checks on Italian documents. I think I am missing a step though, as when I open a text document in OpenOffice and I try to set the proofing l

Re: Array formulas: maximum value – two conditions

2013-05-31 Thread johnny smith
On Fri, 31 May 2013 20:10:14 -, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: Column C: Name Column D: Date Column H: Points I want to see the highest point for the name in P3 for dates in this year (2013). I tried the following: {=MAX(IF(AND(YEAR(D2:D1)=YEAR(TODAY());C2:C1=P3); H2:H1; 0))} Resul

Re: strip formatting??

2013-06-02 Thread johnny smith
On Sun, 02 Jun 2013 03:49:39 -, Patricia Hickin wrote: Is there a way to remove all formatting? please select the text and apply one of the following: 1 press ctrl+m 2 choose 'default formatting' from the 'format' menu 3 choose 'clear formatting' from the 'apply style' drop-down list o

Re: re Open Office upgrade

2013-06-07 Thread johnny smith
On Fri, 07 Jun 2013 12:59:25 -, Des wrote: I downloaded the latest version of open office & I installed it but unfortunately the program would not open. My previous version is Open Office 3.3 when upgrading from 3.3 to 3.4, there may be a problem with the user profile. please refer t

Re: re Open Office upgrade

2013-06-07 Thread johnny smith
On Fri, 07 Jun 2013 12:59:25 -, Des wrote: I downloaded the latest version of open office & I installed it but unfortunately the program would not open. My previous version is Open Office 3.3 I have a Macbook build 10KS49 Processor 2.13 GHz Intel core 2 Duo Memory 2 GB 800 MHz DDR2 SD

Re: Unattached letters in Persian Words on Mac OSX

2013-06-09 Thread johnny smith
On Sun, 09 Jun 2013 09:00:04 -, mehdi soleimani wrote: I am using openoffice 3.4.1 on Mac OS X 10.8.2 . When I type in Persian/Farsi the letters are not attached to each other as they are supposed to be. I had same problem with Microsoft Office Word 2011 and there was a "ligatures" o

Re: Unattached letters in Persian Words on Mac OSX

2013-06-09 Thread johnny smith
On Sun, 09 Jun 2013 11:42:53 -, mehdi soleimani nasab wrote: Thanks for your reply Johnny. Pair kerning only change the space between letters. My problem is that a word is depicted as "س‌ل‌ا‌م" when it should be "سلام". user FruitLoopMT on the community forum advises as follows: 'First

Re: Unattached letters in Persian Words on Mac OSX

2013-06-17 Thread johnny smith
On Mon, 17 Jun 2013 04:48:02 -, Urmas wrote: Obviously Tahoma, Arial and Times New Roman do connect letters properly with normal software. that may apply to properly localised distributions rather than to the general case. however, i've been just citing the community forum. -

Re: Codes

2013-06-20 Thread johnny smith
On Thu, 20 Jun 2013 23:54:50 -, Patricia Hickin wrote: I have obtained the info from www.worldcat.org, compiled a list of the books, copied the list into Notepad to strip it of formatting. Next I copied the list into an OO text document and formatted it as follows: try stripping off th

Re: Codes

2013-06-23 Thread johnny smith
On Sun, 23 Jun 2013 05:17:07 -, Rory O'Farrell wrote: One tip: in many versions (all? I haven't checked) of OpenOffice it can be difficult (impossible?) to insert a curly quote into the Replace box from /Insert /Special Characters. inserting special characters into that box is availabl

Re: Page numbers

2013-07-02 Thread johnny smith
On Tue, 02 Jul 2013 19:22:56 -, Henry Rappaport wrote: Does anyone know how to begin page numbering at a certain number within a multi page document. I want to start at page 3 which is actually about 8 pages into my document. the easiest way is to open the 'insert/fields/other' dialog,

Re: OpenOffice 3.3 and Java 7

2013-07-03 Thread johnny smith
On Wed, 03 Jul 2013 17:58:34 -, Steele, Raymond wrote: We are currently running Solaris x86 with OpenOffice 3.3. We have recently be directed to upgrade our systems to Java 7, but cannot seem to get Java 7 to work correctly with OpenOffice version 3.3. under windows, java 7 requires

Re: Related to changing font color of a large selection of cells in OpenOffice Calc

2013-07-06 Thread johnny smith
some comments first, the solution follows after an asterisk (*). On Sat, 06 Jul 2013 07:28:50 -, Pushpak Dagade wrote: Assume I have a spreadsheet with a column containing 50 cells of text data. Suppose I change the font colour of only half the text in a particular cell, say, no. 10,

Re: Related to changing font color of a large selection of cells in OpenOffice Calc

2013-07-08 Thread johnny smith
here is a reply pushpak sent to me personally: Hello johnny, Thank you for your quick reply. I truly appreciate it. I was able to understand what you said here clearly. Thank you. Solved ~25% of my problems straightaway - the solution to the problem is to clear all formatting of the cells in

Re: Related to changing font color of a large selection of cells in OpenOffice Calc

2013-07-09 Thread johnny smith
and here's my reply to pushpak given on 8 July 2013 at 21:00:04: On Mon, 08 Jul 2013 20:03:08 -, Pushpak Dagade wrote: I had cells no. 5 and 10 in bold, rest all normal (ie not bold). I selected all the cells, clicked on 'new style from selection', from here it went wrong. the selected

Re: Read Only

2013-09-05 Thread johnny smith
On Thu, 05 Sep 2013 21:15:02 -, Peggy Clarahan wrote: I have at least one document I have written in Open Office - Open Document Text that when I return and open the document I cannot make changes to - the name of the document is followed by "(read only)". I have not (knowingly) requested

Re: OpenOffice and Zotero

2013-09-28 Thread johnny smith
On Sat, 28 Sep 2013 22:00:03 -, Tom Backer Johnsen wrote: As far as I can see from the Zotero page, no plugins for AOO documents are mentioned, only Word and LibreOffice are mentioned. That seems to be a change, I am sure that AOO used to be mentioned there as well. description of the

Re: Needed: more keyboard shortcuts! (Writer at least) - Mac OSX

2013-10-01 Thread johnny smith
On Sun, 29 Sep 2013 19:18:17 -, Julian Thomas wrote: there no keyboard shortcut to the menubar categories [File, Edit, View, Insert…] under windows, you press alt key, and each menu item gets one character underlined. alt + that character is the proper shortcut, e.g. alt+f for 'file', a

on rotating tables

2013-10-20 Thread johnny smith
On Sun, 20 Oct 2013 19:54:16 -, Uwe Brauer wrote: I googled a bit but found no solution to the problem of rotating a table such that | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 4 | 3 | 4 | becomes | 4 | 1 | | 3 | 2 | | 4 | 3 | first, invert the range vertically, e.g. by adding the column with consecutive numbers t

Re: rotating tables in calc

2013-10-20 Thread johnny smith
On Sun, 20 Oct 2013 19:54:16 -, Uwe Brauer wrote: I googled a bit but found no solution to the problem of rotating a table such that | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 4 | 3 | 4 | becomes | 4 | 1 | | 3 | 2 | | 4 | 3 | first, invert the range vertically, e.g. by adding the column with consecutive numbers t

Re: how to display fonts of a­ certain encoding (hebrew­)

2013-10-29 Thread johnny smith
On Tue, 29 Oct 2013 11:36:53 -, Uwe Brauer wrote: > Is there a way to display only the say hebrew fonts. > The font menu lists all of them, can I filter the list? you can create respective custom character styles and display them on the list of styles. alternatively, font history option (op

Re: document with 2 tables, s­elect all does not select­ all

2013-10-29 Thread johnny smith
On Tue, 29 Oct 2013 11:39:44 -, Uwe Brauer wrote: > I have a document which contains a > > table > > Some text > > table > > > So I want to select all the text of the document (basically I want to > change the font), but select all does not select all, it only selects > one table! the proble

Re: Example where the workaro­und does not work (was: d­ocument with 2 tables, s

2013-10-30 Thread johnny smith
On Wed, 30 Oct 2013 10:47:49 -, Uwe Brauer wrote: > Please look at the following document, which has been generated by a > converter provided by org[1] > > It contains tables which whose text cannot be selected via select all. > If there is something wrong with the odt, please tell me and I w

Re: Example where the workaround does not work (was: document with 2 tables, s

2013-10-31 Thread johnny smith
On Thu, 31 Oct 2013 11:46:32 +0100, Dave Barton wrote: Obviously disassembling and reassembling the document has broken the table's "Conditional Formatting", which allows Select All to work. why? i didn't touch the tables and their styles, just inserted paragraphs with already existing style

Re: Java Troubles When Trying to Use Mail Merge

2013-11-14 Thread johnny smith
On Thu, 14 Nov 2013 00:35:43 -, jjb i.e. Just Jeff Butler wrote: I've used Open Office for some time now and LOVE IT! I haven't tried using the Mail Merge Wizard feature until today and it kept telling me that I needed Java to run it. I had previously removed Java from my computer beca

Re: Writer, ouline numbered list

2013-11-18 Thread johnny smith
On Sun, 17 Nov 2013 10:37:07 -, Tom Backer Johnsen wrote: I am having problems with formatting an outline numbered list. What I would like to have is a list where the number of the item is on the same horizontal position av the text of the level above. About like this: 1 Text

Re: Performance measurements on Mac vs others

2014-01-02 Thread johnny smith
On Tue, 31 Dec 2013 18:21:46 -, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: CPU speed isn't everything. particularly, hdd speed is of importance because large amounts of data are read from the disk on startup. on my computer (amd athlon ii x2 240e, 2.8 ghz, 4 gib ram, windows xp sp2) openoffice starts in

Re: Need Help About Custom Sort

2014-01-14 Thread johnny smith
On Tue, 14 Jan 2014 13:20:38 -, Shirish Kolekar wrote: Issue : problem while sorting entries in Marathi Language. Solution tried : Fed Marathi Alphabets in the Sort Order that we want but still vowels are not being sorted. I Have done sorting successful for consonents. i don't speak mar

Re: spell check

2014-01-15 Thread johnny smith
On Wed, 15 Jan 2014 19:59:01 -, ALEX CARSON wrote: Following the installation of version 4.0.1 on my netbook running windows 7 starter, The spell checker underlines every word in the document. I checked that the language was set correctly and the dictionaries were also set, in the tools

Re: loadComponentFromURL - Solaris 11 OO 3.3

2014-01-16 Thread johnny smith
On Thu, 16 Jan 2014 00:00:29 -, Steele, Raymond wrote: I have OpenOffice 3.3 installed and running on my Solaris x86 system. Things run under normal user experience, but if I run a custom application it fails on loadComponentFromURL("private:factory/scalc", "_blank, 0, loadProps). is it

Re: Opening an OpenOffice file.

2014-01-22 Thread johnny smith
On Wed, 22 Jan 2014 20:16:39 -, Tom Backer Johnsen wrote: Recently. when I try to open an OpenOffice file, a window from OpenOffice appears with the text: "The last time you opened OpenOffice, it unexpectedly quit while reopening windows. Do you want to try to reopen its windows again?”.

hyphenation of uppercase words

2014-02-07 Thread johnny smith
dear users, is there a way to forbid the automatic hyphenation of uppercase words in writer to prevent acronyms from breaking between lines? i was able to find only a workaround of listing all uppercase words in a custom dictionary, but that requires creating a new entry each time one types a

Re: host issue

2014-02-11 Thread johnny smith
Randy Kee wrote: > its telling me either another instance of O.O. is accessing your personal > setting or your personal setting are locked. simultaneous access can lead to > inconsistencies in your personal settings. before continuing, you should make > sure user closes O.O. on host. how do i

Re: enabling macros from excel

2014-02-16 Thread johnny smith
On Sat, 15 Feb 2014 04:45:56 -, Chris Mccallum wrote: I'm trying to use a spreadsheet that was created (by someone else) in calc. when i open it, i get an error message saying, "Execution of macros is disabled due to the current macro setting in Tools-Options-Open Office-Security" I feel

Re: [OO] VLookup question with multiple columns

2014-02-20 Thread johnny smith
On Thu, 20 Feb 2014 00:23:17 -, Wade Smart wrote: =VLOOKUP($E18,$Teams.$A$12:$I$23,($G$10+1),0) E18 = Player Number on Roster (1 to 12) Teams.A12:I23 = Team Roster names G10+1= the input of team number So we have Teams A 12 to 23 1 2 3 etc Teams B player name player name etc Teams C pla

Re: Securing Open Office

2014-03-02 Thread johnny smith
On Sun, 02 Mar 2014 00:07:27 -, Kirby, Wayne wrote: Is there a guidance document to secure Open Office? what do you mean by 'securing open office'? it sounds a bit obscure. --- List Conduct Guidelines: http://openoffice.apache.org/list-conduct.htm

Re: Mailiste löschen

2014-03-02 Thread johnny smith
On Sun, 02 Mar 2014 13:09:47 -, Margot Duraku wrote: Bitte löschen sie die Mailiste sie ärgert mich schon lange immer um 01:00 gekommen ich die also bitte löschen you are not subscribed to the list. you receive the mail from some other address, which is subscribed. if you want to unsub

Re: Printing a document

2014-03-15 Thread johnny smith
On Fri, 14 Mar 2014 20:57:35 -, wrote: How do I print a document in landscape? setting 'format -> page -> page -> orientation' to landscape usually works fine. alternatively, you may export the document to pdf (file -> export as pdf) and rotate pages apropriately in your pdf viewer. --

Re: Open Office not opening

2014-03-17 Thread johnny smith
On Mon, 17 Mar 2014 15:18:59 -, Frank Goforth wrote: thanks, I have by some mistake installed ver 4 which I think is now beta. It appears the current version is 3.3. no, 4.0.1 is current, 4.1 is beta. I searched the library on my Mac and cannot find this file you reference. it's not

Re: Problem

2014-03-17 Thread johnny smith
On Mon, 17 Mar 2014 15:59:50 -, claire moore 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)

Re: Window won't go away

2014-03-18 Thread johnny smith
On Tue, 18 Mar 2014 16:58:40 -, Matt Ware wrote: I keep getting this window that want's me to choose an option. Clicking on either option does nothing and I can't save or export any files because this window is open. I've uninstalled the program and downloaded a new version and reinstall

Re: How Do I Get Rid of Searchconduit?

2014-03-19 Thread johnny smith
On Wed, 19 Mar 2014 17:27:14 -, Bernie H wrote: It seems Apache OpenOffice has "deposited" this search engine on my computer, along with Mysearchdial. it seems that you have downloaded openoffice from a location other than openoffice.org/download. thus, it is not surprising that you have

Re: Installation of OO 4.0.1 on iMac

2014-03-19 Thread johnny smith
On Wed, 19 Mar 2014 19:07:28 -, Wolfgang Weichert wrote: I downloaded Open Office from the openoffice.org website. On clicking the download button it went to sourceforge.net/projects/openofficeorg.mirror/?source=dlp. After moving the application to the application folder and trying to op

Re: How to change language

2014-03-20 Thread johnny smith
On Thu, 20 Mar 2014 16:41:59 -, Susan Stacey wrote: > I have just had the open office downloaded for me onto my PC which has just > been repaired, they have downloaded the Spanish version ( i live in Spain but > am English) i cannot seem to change the language ( i tried tools / options/ >

Re: OpenOffice 4.0.1 / Problem with xlsx file

2014-03-21 Thread johnny smith
On Fri, 21 Mar 2014 09:45:09 -, INDAG GmbH & Co Betriebs KG wrote: With Calc we can open xlsx files generated by Excel 2010. But when we generate a xlsx file with TIA Portal from Siemens, we cannot open it with OpenOffice. It works with Excel 2010. the portal may generate defective fil

Re: Can not remove background image

2014-03-21 Thread johnny smith
On Fri, 21 Mar 2014 22:19:34 -, Wade Smart wrote: I have a spread sheet that is setup as a form. There is a background image ... a watermark in the print range.. For some reason its become skewed. When I click format > page, it does not indicate there is a image there. that may be not a b

Re: Warning: [Was Re: How Do I Get Rid of Searchconduit?

2014-03-21 Thread johnny smith
On Fri, 21 Mar 2014 22:48:10 -, Bruce Pierson wrote: I got this little gem in something called “Sweetpacks” and yes, it cropped up after a download from CNET. I managed to get rid of it but it was not easy. I did it by working my way backwards deleting and then reloading (without using

Re: Warning: [Was Re: How Do I Get Rid of Searchconduit?

2014-03-22 Thread johnny smith
On Sat, 22 Mar 2014 09:30:27 -, DaveMainwaring wrote: Please explain the choices available for managing downloads well, i've just checked cnet and found the downloads are direct. however, a similar site, brothersoft.com, does use a download manager, stating as follows: The program you

Re: Cannot open Apache OpenOffice 4.0.0

2014-03-22 Thread johnny smith
On Sat, 22 Mar 2014 15:13:56 -, happilyma...@netzero.net wrote: Suddenly, I can no longer open OpenOffice 4.0.0. Every time I try, I get the following error message: - soffice.bin - Application Error The application faile

Re: Can not remove background image

2014-03-22 Thread johnny smith
On Sat, 22 Mar 2014 16:09:05 -, Wade Smart wrote: On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 10:57 AM, Wade Smart wrote: Navigator is grayed out - can not be selected. that's unusual behaviour. i've never encountered it. I started clicking around in cells and found a cell that allowed Navigator to be

Re: Cannot get Java to work in Open Office Base

2014-03-22 Thread johnny smith
On Sat, 22 Mar 2014 16:37:15 -, Elizabeth Robinson wrote: I have Open Office version 4.0.1. I have Java 7.0.510.13 including JRE file javaw.exe sitting at C:/Program Files/Java/jre7/bin. I am using the Windows XP operating system. When I try to create a form with the Wizard, it tells me

Re: Cannot get Java to work in Open Office Base

2014-03-22 Thread johnny smith
On Sat, 22 Mar 2014 16:37:15 -, Elizabeth Robinson wrote: I am totally stumped. Went to the OpenOffice forum and saw some totally confusing explanation about 32-bit versus 64-bit. Please give me plain-English step-by-step instructions on (1) how to determine what "bit" I have and how to

Re: Warning: [Was Re: How Do I Get Rid of Searchconduit?

2014-03-22 Thread johnny smith
On Sat, 22 Mar 2014 17:57:05 -, Doug wrote: i suppose the point may be that the target file is downloaded not directly but with the help of a small 'download manager' file that you are to download first. i avoid downloading through such managers. I strongly dislike the so-called "installer

Re: How can you create floating fields in a Base report

2014-03-22 Thread johnny smith
On Sat, 22 Mar 2014 18:22:55 -, Jennifer E Jones wrote: I have created a Base report but some of my fields contain less data and need to shrink left or up to create a consistent look to the report without a lot of white space. on the 6th step of report creation, 'create report', choose

Re: Cannot get Java to work in Open Office Base

2014-03-22 Thread johnny smith
On Sat, 22 Mar 2014 19:05:07 -, Andrea Pescetti wrote: Aren't we already doing better, by bundling ... the Visual C++ redistributable ... with OpenOffice for Windows? in 3.4 times, only c++ 2008 was bundled, and now 2010 too? --- List Conduct Guide

Re: users Digest 23 Mar 2014 15:23:08 -0000 Issue 493

2014-03-23 Thread johnny smith
On Sun, 23 Mar 2014 18:46:17 -, Jennifer E Jones wrote: When I tried the wizard, I never got options to make something that looks like what I want for output so I got an extension to create a report in design view so I could get nice looking labels. I am trying to make an address book

Re: printing problem

2014-03-24 Thread johnny smith
On Sun, 23 Mar 2014 21:53:05 -, skyking @sisna.com wrote: I am using a Dell laptop using Windows XP professional with a Lexmark Z645 printer. The printer works ok with Microsoft Wordpad, but not with Apache. if it also works ok with adobe reader or any other pdf reader, then you may ex

Re: headers

2014-03-24 Thread johnny smith
On Mon, 24 Mar 2014 17:37:42 -, Albert Brown wrote: Hi, I am trying to add a header to a page but there is no button for inserts , how do I add a header please. Iam using windows 8. format -> page -> header -> header on. --- List Conduct Guidelines

Re: excel extensions

2014-03-24 Thread johnny smith
On Mon, 24 Mar 2014 18:00:22 -, Peter Scholten wrote: I have been unable to find direction on how to get a OO spreadsheet to behave like or save as an MS Excel spreadsheet. Can you help with that? what's wrong with file -> save as -> microsoft excel 97/2000/xp (.xls)? --

Re: Request for Help

2014-03-24 Thread johnny smith
On Mon, 24 Mar 2014 19:43:50 -, Doo Jung Jin wrote: I have received a file with an extension of "HWP" (Hangul Word Processor-generated file) but cannot open and read it. Would you help me find a way how to do it? later versions of hwp format are not openoffice-compatible. this programme

Re: autocorrect import

2014-03-25 Thread johnny smith
On Tue, 25 Mar 2014 16:56:57 -, Robert Kingett wrote: I was just wondering if there's a simple way I can import my autocorrect entries from Microsoft word into open office, as I have cerebral palsy and I use autocorrect as an adaptive tool and I don’t want to enter all of the entries again.

Re: 4.1 beta feedback

2014-03-25 Thread johnny smith
On Tue, 25 Mar 2014 17:39:52 -, Larry Sadler wrote: So far, I am happy with the beta . I do have an issue with graphing in Calc . Via significant experimentation, I have established the following with respect to charting a desired independent variable series: * the default is linear num

Re: autocorrect import

2014-03-26 Thread johnny smith
On Tue, 25 Mar 2014 19:49:28 -, Robert Kingett wrote: is it possible to do a teamviewer session? LOL I haveexported my autocorrect entries in word so perhaps that would help smeone. still can't get the copoy and replacething happening! i'm not familiar with teamviewer, so it would take so

Re: 3.4

2014-03-26 Thread johnny smith
On Wed, 26 Mar 2014 14:50:44 -, phill alcock wrote: can I install 3.4 but also keep my version 4.1 too? please refer to this wiki page: https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Run_OOo_versions_parallel --- List Conduct Guidelines: http://openoffice.apach

Re: autocorrect import

2014-03-28 Thread johnny smith
after all, robert's problem was solved. he sent me the list of autocorrect entries exported from word, which was in the following format: Name Value RTF soemthing something False wrod word False and so on, with line breaks as carriage returns and with some entries like :| :| True :( :( True w

Re: Cannot find En Version of OpenOffice on website

2014-03-30 Thread johnny smith
On Sun, 30 Mar 2014 11:33:11 -, Alexander Ivarsson wrote: Hej,I have visited your site to download apache openoffice but you dont present the option of downloading the english version for people living outside of a english speaking country. As soon as i click the various download links o

Re: 4.1 Writer list of r latst opened file

2014-03-31 Thread johnny smith
On Sun, 30 Mar 2014 14:53:30 -, Claus Thøgersen wrote: This may not be a bug, but when I open .doc files in Writer they do not show up in the list of lats opened files in the file menu. Only the odt documents I have used show up in the list. Is this the intended behavior? no, this is

Re: saving as doesn't let me see destination options

2014-04-01 Thread johnny smith
On Tue, 01 Apr 2014 13:37:23 -, Joan E. Penzenstadler wrote: In open office writer, I try to save a new document; I can type in the name of the document, but in the destination space I can no longer get a choice of destinations. It only offers "documents" but clicking on that doesn't gi

Re: Printing text Doc

2014-04-02 Thread johnny smith
On Wed, 02 Apr 2014 00:06:25 -, wrote: Hi. I have Windows 8.1 and having trouble printing a whole document in Open Office. Although I’ve set my printer settings to ‘fit the page’ the printed document is missing some information on the left side. I’m a mature lady and only use Open Office

Re: trouble with page numbers

2014-04-02 Thread johnny smith
On Wed, 02 Apr 2014 18:00:43 -, William Nelson wrote: I have a number of text documents with page numbers entered into the header by means of "Insert" and "Fields." Today for some reason I find all the page numbers (numerals) have been replaced by the words "Page numbers." When I try to

Re: download

2014-04-02 Thread johnny smith
On Wed, 02 Apr 2014 19:15:17 -, 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? the latest stable version is 4.0.1. the latest testing version is 4.1.0 beta. you can f

Re: Impossibility to open documents

2014-04-03 Thread johnny smith
On Thu, 03 Apr 2014 19:16:39 -, Christelle wrote: I have noticed that it's impossible to open registered documents. And this is not the first time. What's the problem ?Rgrds please give more info. what do 'registered documents' mean? how is it impossible to open them (by double clickin

Re: Getting rid of error message

2014-04-08 Thread johnny smith
On Tue, 08 Apr 2014 18:42:25 -, Gotfred Johan Sunde wrote: A session on OO Calc was (apparently) not closed properly and the next time I tried to start the program all I got was an error message telling me of the falty closing. The error message gave me two options: DON´T CLOSE and REOP

Re: Question about downloading Apache Open Office

2014-04-12 Thread johnny smith
On Fri, 11 Apr 2014 03:29:57 -, Laura Fister wrote: I currently have Open Office 3.0 on my computer. Do I need to first remove it from my computer and then download Apache Open Office, or do I leave my the 3.0 version on my computer and just download Apache? upgrading may be preferred ov

Re: password

2014-04-14 Thread johnny smith
On Sat, 12 Apr 2014 14:58:27 -, Linda Fairbairn wrote: I would like to reset my account password, but can't seem to find a log-in link. Please send me a password reset link. Thank you. what account are you talking about? openoffice users need not register anywhere since the project mo

Re: feedback requests

2014-04-15 Thread johnny smith
On Tue, 15 Apr 2014 07:44:13 -, Allen Schaaf wrote: I get a lot of documents that have multiple end of paragraph elements and I have never figured out how to find and replace 3 (or whatever) with 1 to clean up scanned documents and documents that were deliberately double spaced with EOPs r

Re: Found a bug within OpenOffice Calc

2014-04-15 Thread johnny smith
On Tue, 15 Apr 2014 12:36:32 -, Thomas wrote: I usually make up mailing form within Openoffice Calc. But it doesnt allow me to type email hyperlink adresses withdet letters Å,Ä,Ö Since thoose letters are allowed in email adresses this can cause a small problem. i think that it really does

Re: Background color

2014-04-15 Thread johnny smith
On Tue, 15 Apr 2014 13:54:35 -, 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. the 'format pain

Re: feedback requests

2014-04-15 Thread johnny smith
On Tue, 15 Apr 2014 17:32:29 -, Allen Schaaf wrote: Thanks for the tip! Just so I'm clear, I would search for ^$^$^$ for three EOLs and replace them with a single ^$, correct? no, search with regular expressions is limited to one paragraph, so you can use only one ^ and one $ in your qu

Re: Issue with OpenOffice 4.1.0 Beta

2014-04-16 Thread johnny smith
On Tue, 15 Apr 2014 21:34:03 -, Kyle Bradley wrote: I just installed the 4.1.0 on my new laptop and found that I could not get the program to launch. Is it not available for 64 bit windows yet? it's not available as a native 64-bit application but runs smoothly in x86-compatibility mode,

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