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[discuss] Improvements for OpenOffice.org

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 08:26 AM PST

On Fri, 12 Dec 2008 19:01:05 +0200
Came this utterance fomulated by Marius Popa to my mailbox:
 

This is a user list, while Requests For Enhancement (RFEs) are regularly
discussed here, this is not the correct forum to request them. RFEs get
rated alongside bugs and other work to see which qualifies for developer
time. See:
http://qa.openoffice.org/

I am unsure weather you see headers & footers and page numbering as a
new thing not already existing in openoffice.org (OO.o) or if you want
to change the way that headsers & footers and page numbering are done.
What in your opinion is wrong with the existing approach to these and
what makes your methods better?

If you don't see headers and footers or page numbers then i suggest you
read the built in / or online help or the manuals available here:
http://documentation.openoffice.org/

When you are familiar with the way they are already applied you may
better be able to desribe suggested variations.

--
Michael

All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall
be well

- Julian of Norwich 1342 - 1416

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[discuss] open office download

Posted: 06 Dec 2008 11:01 PM PST

On Sat, 06 Dec 2008 04:01:10 -0600
Came this utterance fomulated by exiedo to my mailbox:
 

You need not have purchased it the first time. OpenOffice.org is a free
program. Some companies charge for burning it to disk for you, other
less scrupulous companies charge for a link to the official download
site. Some charge for servicing the product. Anyway it is free to
download and use on multiple computers here:
http://www.openoffice.org/ or here:
http://download.openoffice.org/
with licence information here:
http://www.openoffice.org/license.html
--
Michael

All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall
be well

- Julian of Norwich 1342 - 1416

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[discuss] Important: Plebiscite on Changes to Council Charter

Posted: 04 Dec 2008 07:46 PM PST

Hi Louis, all,

Louis Suarez-Potts wrote: 

The present version of the charter mentions Community Managers as
eligible for a Project Lead seat (IV.A.i.c+d) even without being Lead of
any project. This was modified for the future version: A Community
Manager must be Project Lead to be eligible.

I didn't know if this was on purpose - therefore my question. 

I know - and you do much more... :-) 

I didn't forget history - I didn't know lots of it at all ;-)

For me it has never been important in which role you are part of the
Council - I can't imagine it without you.

But for the "time after Louis" the change to the charter is reasonable -
any Community Manager will have to work not only for the community but
inside the project too, if he is interested in a seat in the council.

Mentioning Community Managers in the part about changes to the charter
seems to have a different reason.

Best regards

Bernhard

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[discuss] copying styles

Posted: 03 Dec 2008 06:06 AM PST

Mike Scott wrote: 

Many thanks for Your answers, I just recognized how much easy it is,
sorry for bothering :-)

tomas

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[discuss] Microsoft password protected documents via OOo

Posted: 02 Dec 2008 01:55 PM PST


The GNU folks do have a version GNUPG (GPG) as you said. Freeware PGP
versions are listed on this page: <http://www.pgpi.org/products/pgp/versions/freeware/ 

On Dec 2, 2008, at 6:27 PM, Robert Holtzman wrote:
 


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St. Doug, Tigger and Puppy in our memory.
Tir na nOg
Wilton, NH USA






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[discuss] Microsoft password protected documents via OOo

Posted: 02 Dec 2008 09:00 AM PST

I understand what is happening but I am not sure I understand your
concerns. Seems to me there are a couple possible issues:

1. You don't want unauthorized people to see the content of protected
documents.
2. You don't want unauthorized people to modify protected documents.

Regarding #1 MS has had a lot of problems with this. For example it
was discovered that one could easily scavenge the tail end of
documents (past the end of file marker) and read parts of old
documents that had previously been written on the disk. Password
protection would not have addressed this problem. I think this was
subsequently fixed but the point is before you start protecting stuff
you need to figure out what you want to protect.

One solution which was alluded to previously is to encrypt documents.
This makes them unreadable unless you decrypt them. There is a free
solution 'PGP' (Pretty Good Privacy) which is free and available from
the GNU folks.

Another option might be to install a content management server like
CVS or Subversion. It would not only track the modifications but track
who made them. It would also allow one to freeze the document as
version 1. Then permit additional modification creating additional
versions at will. Should it every be desirable to recover Version 1 it
would be available. These types of server provide various levels of
security too.

In any case unless the user base never changes you are going to need a
password management system so that when someone leaves the group their
access to the files can be terminated. This is easier with a server
based system than a bunch of documents that are encrypted or password
protected.


On Dec 2, 2008, at 11:55 AM, Mike W. wrote:
 


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Tir na nOg
Wilton, NH USA






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[discuss] Import Scribus color palette into OOo

Posted: 27 Nov 2008 03:11 PM PST

-----Original Message----- 
public. 
and number of those requirements become apparent. 
- - - - - 
and restrictive. Hopefully now that will change. I > just migrate the
palete used by a great FLOSS product called Scribus. Scribus palette is
very rich compared to OOo and > > you can have a look here...

Alexandro--

You can change the color palette to one of several already in OOo or
modify an existing palette and rename it (like MyPalette). The palette
you chose in Draw will be used by the other OOo components, like the
Writer text editor. Palette swapping is available in both 2.4x and 3.0.

Start up OpenOffice.org Draw (the Area dialogue is only available in
Draw).
Format menu/ Area dialogue/ Colors tab/ Open button. Select a new
palette and click the Open button.

The default palette is called Standard. You can browse other palettes,
also ending with the .soc extension. The palette web.soc is huge with
247 colors and cmyk.soc has 216 colors. Others are html.soc,
gallery.soc, palette_en-US.soc, sun-color.soc, and web.soc.

However, I prefer to add around 25 useful (mostly very light or very
intense) colors to the standard.soc. Before editing an existing palette
file, I recommend copying it to another name (standard.soc to
standardorig.soc) so you have a fall-back to the original. Also, back
up any palettes you create. Upgrading OOo will bring along your
palettes with other settings.

Editing the current palette can be done from any of the component
programs.
Tools menu/ Options dialogue/ OpenOffice.org menu/ Colors dialogue/ Edit
button.

Duane Decker

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[discuss] Problems with my document program

Posted: 25 Nov 2008 02:20 PM PST

On Fri, 28 Nov 2008 13:30:59 -0600, dalek <net> wrote:
 

No there is none.
 

Please make sure that you download a free copy of OpenOffice.org. If
English is not your native language you can download it on it from many of
our native language projects.

You shouldnt have much issues.
 



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Alexandro Colorado
CoLeader of OpenOffice.org ES
http://es.openoffice.org

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[discuss] AutoRecover option

Posted: 22 Nov 2008 10:27 AM PST

Ian Lynch wrote (24-11-2008 9:53) 

Probably because of a bug in 3.0
See issue 92968

Regards,
Cor

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= "2008: The Year of 3" = www.nieuwsteoffice.nl =

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[discuss] OOo Basic

Posted: 22 Nov 2008 02:37 AM PST

On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 12:41 AM, Lars Noodén <org> wrote: 


He said that he want to use basic independently from OOo. I don't
think he mention anything wrong with the other languages.

My guess is has a separate programming environment from OOo. Like a
Visual Basic product using OOo's API (UNO).

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Alexandro Colorado
OpenOffice.org Espa&ntilde;ol
IM: org

[discuss] voiceover

Posted: 20 Nov 2008 10:03 AM PST

Hector,

mails like this, w/o any context (e.g. previous mails content) doesn't
help anybody working on this.

Please write an issue containing all needed details, so normal
processing can take place.

Malte.

Hector Santiago wrote, On 11/25/08 10:47 PM: 

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