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Automatic turnoff at shutdown

Posted: 12 Sep 2004 02:28 PM PDT

On Sun, 12 Sep 2004 23:54:40 +0200, Andreas Janssen wrote:
 

Thanks for the reply.

The machine is currently on RH 7.1 and it dual boots to a LFS (linux from
scratch) system. It is the LFS system it will not turn off under ;( It
works from RH 7.1.

A look at kern.log says:
Sep 12 16:50:20 client kernel: apm: BIOS version 1.2 Flags 0x03 (Driver version 1.16)

I'll turn off CONFIG_APM_REAL_MODE_POWER_OFF=y and see what happens.

Thanks again,
From here on out I am going to roll my own systems.

soundblaster 16 and kernel 2.6

Posted: 12 Sep 2004 01:21 PM PDT

Andreas Janssen wrote:
 
http://alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/doc-php/template.php?company=Creative+Labs&card=Soundblast er+16&chip=sb16&module=sb16#opt 
This looks good. I printed out the page you mentioned, too. Next time I
boot to MEPIS I'll have a go at it.
--
Lapdance - the laptop distribution.

Help me replace some Windows installations

Posted: 12 Sep 2004 12:00 PM PDT

ZnU <com> wrote: 

Then understand. I don't wish to waste more effort on you.
 

Then use SMB. Or use NFS and make sure that the client doesn't remap
users. Or use NFS plus kerberos.

Is there any reason why I have to repeat this?
 

There is no such thing as "the user logging in on each machine"> So
your plan goes out the window right there. COme back when you can
rephrase without that concept. Each machine has dozens of people logged
on to it.

 

Yes, of course. I said so! Access is per-machine. Unless you use
kerberized NFS.
 

Of course.
 

Why not? If you can't, then don't use NFS, since NFS authentication is
per machine, not per user (modulo kerberos and v4.x).

Let your users log in to your machine if you prefer. Or let them use
SMB.
 

Why? What's the problem?
 

Of course it does! Do you think it happens by magic? Your client has to
be configured to use ldap authentication agaisnt a particular ldap
server.
 

Uh - who told it to use dhcp? Most people set the IP address THEY want
But if you want to get the address of the ldap server, why don't you do
it via some other more normal mechanism?

 

And what's the difference to what you'd do in linux or os x? In all
cases you simply configure the machien the way you want it. Except that
in windows you can't do it the way you want it unless it coincides with
BGs master plan. In linux, you can do anything you want.

 


What is your difficulty? When I set up ldap it was a question of
flipping to the howto, making the couple of lines changes in the config
files they said to make, and hey presto. I said above what was required
- just a few changes in the pam.d files for login, su, ssh and such,
plus a fallback generic change in the resolution order for pwgetent in
libc via nsswitch. Your libs shoudl already by ldap ready.

Oh - I don't recall where one had to configure the ldap client. It
should be obvious where to tell it what the server is. Presumably in
/etc/ldap. Check the howto!


Peter


Peter

two "at" in host-name?

Posted: 12 Sep 2004 07:29 AM PDT

In article <at>, OS.IS.LINUX wrote: 

Not enough detail - what was the context? For that matter, what post,
in what newsgroup (or whatever) by whom, and when?
 

HUH??? Well, hostnames are defined by RFC952, which starts out with

1. A "name" (Net, Host, Gateway, or Domain name) is a text string up
to 24 characters drawn from the alphabet (A-Z), digits (0-9), minus
sign (-), and period (.). Note that periods are only allowed when
they serve to delimit components of "domain style names". (See
RFC-921, "Domain Name System Implementation Schedule", for
background). No blank or space characters are permitted as part of a
name. No distinction is made between upper and lower case. The first
character must be an alpha character. The last character must not be
a minus sign or period.

Technically, this refers to the original hosts table that predated DNS,
but it's still applicable. RFC1034 and 1035 also address hostnames,
but really don't change the characters (although the length is increased).

Now, I _really_ think you must be referring to something else, but I'm
not sure what it might be. If that is a _mail_ address, the '@' symbol
was used to denote relaying points (see RFC0821 section 3.6), but it's
quite rare now.

Old guy

SOLVED grub.conf has disappeared -- FC2 / WinXP-SP2

Posted: 11 Sep 2004 07:01 PM PDT

L. Mark Bruffey wrote:
 

If that were true, you would never have posted in the first place. You did,
affter all, post that you lost your grub directory. Or was that a lie?
 

Right. That follows logically from the thread, the one in which you simply
could not either figure out what was going on or report the symptoms
accurately.

--
Paul Lutus
http://www.arachnoid.com

how to mount usb digicam on SuSE 9.1?

Posted: 11 Sep 2004 10:42 AM PDT

Svein Hamnes Aaberge wrote: 
month 

I've just reinstalled SuSE (I'd messed around with the disk partitioning
to free up some space and messed up GRUB, I think) so maybe I've updated
soemthing that I hadn't previously, but now it works: it comes up with
the camera as a mass storage device on /media/ which is exactly what I want.

802.11b driver needs kernel source?

Posted: 11 Sep 2004 10:29 AM PDT

Allen Kistler wrote:
 

The newest wlan-ng driver works under the 2.6.7 kernel. It's available at
ftp.linux-wlan.org
Currently, the latest is linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1pre21.tar.gz

I've got it running under 2.6.7 with the usb Prism transceiver built into my
Shuttle box.

Roby

Advise on setting up dual boot please

Posted: 10 Sep 2004 12:06 PM PDT

Marshall wrote:
 

Nothing has changed. Take same track.
You might find GRUB is nice - its menu
can be edited as a text file.
Windopes is loaded with

title Windopes Ex-Peehee at hda1
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
chainloader +1
savedefault

dual boot setup trouble - laptop (very detailed, need help)

Posted: 10 Sep 2004 11:27 AM PDT

> First try: 

Did windows still boot after the resize?
I would suspect that far more then having grub/lilo in the MBR.
 

What are you doing during the installation?
 

No, it doesn't. But like you said, you made partitions. (point 1)
This is easy enough to fix though.
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2004-May/msg00908.html
would have worked in this case.
 

There is no reason for this.
 

This is impossible, unless hda1 is your ext'd partition, but then
where is XP?
 

That was not the problem. I have many dual boot system with lilo/grub
in the MBR.
 

I do not use the NT loader, so I cannot tell if this is enough.
 

You have chosen type 0x0F, which is win95 extended.
No problem there.
 

Yes. if grub/lilo was installed there. Check the bootsect.lnx file
with a hex editor. Does it look ok?
 

Yes, all of them (the tools are not the problem). You can also create the
partitions first, eg, with partition magic from windows.

Eric

Can't restore Red Hat Ent V3 from tape

Posted: 10 Sep 2004 09:38 AM PDT

Dave wrote:
 

I know BRU and use it myself. It will backup all the files you specify.
CRU is a free package (that requires BRU) that will enable a bare-metal
restore. Not only does it restore files, it uses information (at backup
time) from fdisk so that it can remake the partition tables, etc. I.e., if
your machine gets hit by lightning, all you need do is buy a new one with
a suitable tape drive, and disk drives at least as large as the old ones,
put in the two floppies and the tape and be back where you started. It
remakes the partitions, sets up /dev with all your permissions, etc.
 

Assuming your partition table was not messed up, and you really backed up
everything under / (root), I would expect this to have worked. Assuming
you have a separate /boot partition properly located, or a machine where
the 1024 cylinder limit is not a problem (newer machines do not have this
problem).
 

In other words, you installed several updates without making a new backup?
In that case, you better have vmlinuz-2.4.21-15.0.4.EL ohn the machine as
well as it may try to boot that. But from your original description, you
do not even get to the point where it asks which version you want. Perhaps
grub does not ask if you have only one. Since I never have less than two
(SMP and UP), I do not know what it does.

Do you have splash.xpm.gz in /boot/grub? 


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/V\ Registered Machine 241939.
/( )\ Shrewsbury, New Jersey http://counter.li.org
^^-^^ 08:15:00 up 2 days, 18:58, 3 users, load average: 4.17, 4.19, 4.14

Frequency is out of range

Posted: 09 Sep 2004 02:23 PM PDT

On 11 Sep 2004 06:07:27 -0700,
Robert E A Harvey <com> wrote: 

Boot with knoppix-text and look for xf86config or similar script. The
fb800x600 option works for me, but limits the screen real-estate a
bit.

You might also try expert mode.

GL,

Michael C.
--
com http://mcsuper5.freeshell.org/

To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities. - Bruce Lee

grub.conf has disappeared -- FC2 / WinXP-SP2

Posted: 09 Sep 2004 11:26 AM PDT

L. Mark Bruffey wrote:
 

And one hopes you have figured out that you need to stop being root.

--
Paul Lutus
http://www.arachnoid.com

RAM upgrade crashes Dell Inspiron 7500

Posted: 07 Sep 2004 11:56 PM PDT

John Leishman wrote:

/ ...
 

You very simply cannot do this. The two cards must be identical -- same
memory allocation, same access speed.

--
Paul Lutus
http://www.arachnoid.com

Printing a report of % completed? Microsoft Project

Printing a report of % completed? Microsoft Project

Printing a report of % completed?

Posted: 04 Aug 2004 03:29 PM PDT

Hi

You could try the following option

Use the filter "Incomplete tasks" (Project --> Filtered
for -->Incomplete task). This extracts the tasks that are
not complete (ie., % complete<100%)
To create the report of above tasks , you could use View -
->Reports --> choose "Current activities" -->
click "Select" --> choose "Completed activities" -->click"
EDIT" --> Change the filter option to " Incomplete task"-- 
report of uncompleted task

M Rajkumar

-----Original Message-----

 
merely tells you all the work that has 'not' yet been
completed and what their %'s are? 
boss has given me the oh so fun task of figuring out how
to just print the report based on that column, whats left
to work on and the percent. Please help =) 

assigning more than one parent task to a sub task

Posted: 04 Aug 2004 04:27 AM PDT

John, Jack and Steve,

Many thanks for the tips and clarifications. Indeed I'm quite a beginner in using project, and still need to dig it more to understand its capabilities and methods :)

The "meetings" summary task was in order to facilitate the presentation of the project, however, I took the advice about re-organizing the tasks hierarchy , and changed it.

The new structure should look like :

Initial Plan
- task 1
- task 2
- meet a&b for specs

Customers
- meet a&b for specs (here it's linked form above)
- research...
- task 3

So now I have 2 parent tasks called "Initial plan" and "Customers" , to which the sub-task "meet a&b" is logically related.
The "meetings" summary was ditched.

Progress-wise, "meet a&b" should be in the "initial plan" summary, as it follows the other tasks there.
Context-wise, I'd like to put a link to it in "Customers", for a full view of all related tasks.

"Customers" and "initial plan" are parallel processes (while moving the initial plan, we are also making some preliminary research for customers).

Again, many thanks for the tip. I'm not sure I fully understood it, but will take the time and tamper with Project a bit to understand values & fields. Will update how it went :)

Thanks again,
Uri


"John" wrote:
 

Preventing task going accross two days

Posted: 03 Aug 2004 09:48 PM PDT

Ron,

Thanks for the feedback.

Regards,

serene
 
tasks in the 
this, but I don't 
group. 
project.server 
and Project VBA 
message 
All 
job 
want 
day. 

entering bills and invoices

Posted: 03 Aug 2004 05:35 PM PDT

Hi Steve

thanks for the response ...

"Costing it in the task that uses it rather than the task that procures it
actually gives you more accurate cash flows IMHO because it allows you to
better predict where in the project the need for the cash arises."

this i would agree is the key issue ... when are you "committed" to the
expenditure? (i must admit i normally discuss this topic in terms of
purchase for "one-off" materials (buy-ins) and not in a renting context.

just going off on a bit of a tangent - have you ever had a problem linking
b/n excel & project ... one of my students emailled me the other day and
said that he can't do it -he's getting an OLE error (the OLE paste operation
can not be completed. the data that you're trying to paste is not valid for
microsoft project) ... i've sent him back to try a few things but was
wondering if you've ever come across this?

Regards
JulieD


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%Work Complete vs. %Complete (Duration) in E.V. Calculations

Posted: 03 Aug 2004 02:19 PM PDT

Good info but like more clarification on the MS Project
formula used to calculate BCWP. The reference book
states that BCWP = (% Work Complete)*BCWS. This formula
seems to work in most cases. I get confused when trying
to follow how BCWP is calculated at the task level for
certain conditions. The first is when the Status Date is
before the Finish Date (Baseline or Plan) - it seems the
max value MS Project will calculate for BCWP is based on
the maximum number of possible work hours for the time.
For example, I have have a task that is 20 days in
duration with a work effort of 160 hr and my status
period is 15 days into the task. Total baseline budget
for this task is $1,600. The BCWS = $1,200. It appears
the primary input driver for calulating BCWP is %
Complete. In this example if I enter a % Complete
between 0 and 75%, the BCWP will range from 0 to $1,200.
However, if I enter a %COmplete greater than 75%, BCWP
seems to not exceed $1,200. This seems to be related the
maximum possible hours a person can work (if constrained
to 100% or 8 hrs/day), which in this example = 120 hrs.
The calculation also seems hard to follow if I change the
planned work after the task has been baselined and > 0%.

I believe it's my lack of understanding the the business
rules behind the BCWP formula. Any help would be
appreciated.

Thanks




 
bring the project in 
into an Iron Triangle 
interchangeably 
if your project 
away you don't have 
off, the balance the 
and money that 
work and duration - it 
on the other hand 
temptation to interchange 
complete the new 
I'll need 3 
a week each. If 
salary out of my 
work-day, I'll only 
whoever it is that 
balance. That's 
for 10 days or 
I need to get the 
have another resource 
does increase my cost. 
on my project also 
will be completed. 
time can make 10 
the other hand, if 
make that same 100 
his maximum output 
more than that.) OTOH, 
widgets made in 1 day. 
output required. 
road example, work 
km per day we can 
to complete the road. 
work. It deals with two 
budget performance. 
to this date 
Between the start of 
but because of a fire 
Budgeted Cost of 
planned at $500/wk but 
3rd for 2 weeks 
date for the 
did we plan we would 
Unless you've had to 
or blown the 
close to 1. But if I'd 
because my main 
of getting 10 a day 
only do 5 a day each, 
than I'd planned to 
Project Management 
closely with it as far as 
wrote in message 
the 
duration 
ludicrous. I 
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projects 
is 
about 
of 
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avoiding 
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from 
problem 

Project Finish Date

Posted: 03 Aug 2004 01:53 PM PDT

With the deadline field you get a two'fer Jack. When a deadline is placed
on the finish milestone (or any other task, for that matter) slack time for
the whole project is calculated in exactly the same way as if you had placed
a Finish No Later Than constraint on the same task. The difference is in
the start/finish placement of the task in the timeline. The constraint
locks its placement to the desired constraint date *even if it is impossible
that is when it can actually occur* and calculates that it has negative
slack. But to be aware of this one has to scan the whole task list to look
for link arrows hooking from the right hand end of a task bar back to left
or switch the table so as to view slack times. The deadline, OTOH, allows
the milestone event to move in the timeline to the date where it's really
going to occur if we try to do the work as currently planned, sends up a Red
Flag warning in the Indicator column of the Gantt entry table, AND you still
see exactly the same negative slack as you got when you used the constraint
when you display tables that show slack times.

The deadline's effect on slack time calculation is very similar to using
constraints with the setting "Tasks Always Obey Their Constraint Dates"
turned off. The problem with that approach is that it is global in its
effect on tasks and there will often be tasks that you *do* want to obey
their constraint dates even if you don't want some other tasks to do so. IF
I've used a FNLT constraint to indicate a deadline and also have a SNET
constraint on another task, I want SNET task to show its *constrained* start
date in the timeline and yet I also want the deadlined task to show its
*unconstrained* finish date. Unfortunately "obeys constraints" cannot be
set on or off at the individual task level so I can't have it that way.
Using the deadline instead of the FNLT constraint allows me to.
--
Steve House [MVP]
MS Project Trainer/Consultant
Visit http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm for the FAQs



"JackD" <momokuri@gmail> wrote in message
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loathe 
its 
project 
the 
is 
to 
finish 
up 
when 
to 
be 

Forecasted finish date using partially completed task info

Posted: 03 Aug 2004 12:07 PM PDT

Thanks Gérard!
 
status date 
dans le message de 
of 
the 
by 
 

Wrong year shows on 'Print Preview'

Posted: 03 Aug 2004 09:08 AM PDT

Sandy,

When you're in Print Preview, click Print and the Print dialog box
opens. In the Timescale section, select the dates that you want to
appear in the timescale portion of the print out.

Sarah
sarah_kiko@(removethis)cinfin.com

Filter

Posted: 03 Aug 2004 07:41 AM PDT

Hello John,
Of course ! You are right !
Sorry for my poor English, I'm tired... I'm going on holidays tomorrow.
Thanks for the correction

Gérard

"John" <com> a écrit dans le message de
news:microsoft.com... 

Resource entries

Posted: 03 Aug 2004 07:25 AM PDT

Why not? Perhaps you are attempting to enter them as materials, which they
are not. In fact, you're looking at the classic definition of an equipment
resource, which Project treats in the same manner as a human work resource.
Enter 1500W Spotlight in your resource list, set its type to "work", its
maximum availability as the number of units you have or are renting (if you
have 5 units its availability is 500%, for example) and its standard rate as
the rental charge. Any equipment that is in limited supply, whose cost must
be budgeted, and whose availability will affect the schedule is a candidate
for this treatment. You probably should list the cameras, for example, but
not the crew's hammers.

Material resources are consumables used up during the task they're allocated
to - it sounds like you're in the film/video industry and film, video tape,
disposable batteries, electricity, gaffer's tape, and fuel for the
generators would be examples of materials you might track in the project
plan.

--
Steve House [MVP]
MS Project Trainer/Consultant
Visit http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm for the FAQs


"Maurice Newsome" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Using Project files over a WAN

Posted: 03 Aug 2004 05:45 AM PDT

If there are links from the file to files that reside elsewhere and
accessible via WAN, I can see how there may be an issue. Project needs
to "communicate" with those files to display them in the links. Another
thing to look at ... does the user have access permissions to those
linked files? Look also at the full path of the linked file to see if
they are specified as a drive letter, e.g. K:\project\abc\def.mpp vs.
\\fileserver\share\abc\def.mpp where there is inconsistent mapping of
drive letters between the users.

Still best to use a terminal server rather than WAN for remote access to
Project files... Possible you can migrate this direction?

Hope this is useful to you. Let us know.

rms




dalbee wrote: 

Baseline Finish - test for null

Posted: 03 Aug 2004 01:58 AM PDT

For some odd reason Project stores a value of 2^32 - 1 (4294967295) in
fields which are blank or NA. Perhaps the value is actually -1 and it rolls
over? Anyway, regardless of why they do this the solution is simple, use an
iif statement and test for a large number.

Here is an example which you could use in a customized text field:

iif([baseline finish] > 500000, "no baseline", "whatever you want it to do
if it is not blank")

-Jack

"com" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Importing Resources From Excel to Tasks in Project 2003

Posted: 03 Aug 2004 12:23 AM PDT

Hi KLR

SORRY - (hangs head - feeling very red faced)

and it was as clear as anything in your original post .. will see what i can
come up with.

Hopefully others are still reading this thread and might have an idea - or
my responding might have stuffed up this thread so you might like to post
again.

1000 apologies.

JulieD





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no 
the 
Am 
or 
will 
work 
Hours(Work) 
resources 
success. 
resource 

Find Dates/Days in various MS applications

Posted: 02 Aug 2004 05:04 PM PDT

I'm with Julie. Excel is simple for this sort of date math. Project is less
so.

-Jack


"JulieD" <net.au> wrote in message
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can 
"ddd" 

Adjusting Hours Globally

Posted: 02 Aug 2004 02:11 PM PDT

use primavera 
development work. I'd like to add an X factor (%) to the
number of hours given me to more accurately reflect the
real world time that this project will take. 

Issues and Risks

Posted: 02 Aug 2004 02:11 PM PDT

What do you mean by "place the names of the plans into project schedule"
???? Are you using the term "plans" to refer to individual tasks in a
single project schedule or are you talking about a number of different
project schedules (ie, project plans) being incorporated into a master
project schedule as inserted projects?

You might post your question in the Server group as that's where most of the
Server/PWA gurus hang out.

As a sidenote, in my experience trying to cut corners by inventing a better
way to do something than the designers of the program came up with usually
ends up costing far more time and money in the long run than doing it the
proper way from the start. At some point you almost always have to scrap
everything you're done and go back and do it all over again "by-the-book."
If you're really really lucky that happens fairly early before you've wasted
too much time and money. Kluging together a short-cut workaround as the
"quickest solution to an immediate need" is usually the most time consuming
and costly approach in the long run.
--
Steve House [MVP]
MS Project Trainer/Consultant
Visit http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm for the FAQs


"Andrea" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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project 98 converter

Posted: 02 Aug 2004 01:18 PM PDT

Sorry, there is no converter available. At one point, there was a plan to have this converter, but sadly there isn't and probably not a plan to make one. Users will have to save to a P98 format from a newer version, which may not be what you want, but is your only option

"Pat" wrote:
 

Unexpected changes in % complete column for summary

Posted: 02 Aug 2004 12:57 PM PDT


Angela,
No crash with my macro either but I have to agree with Jack, if you (or
your management) is trying to manage a single Project file with 13K+
tasks, you've already lost the war. The most I have worked with is a 10K
file and that was a master file made up of 70+ individual subprojects.
Working with that large a file wasn't easy and I have a ton of
experience.

Nonetheless, I gotta believe that the problem you are seeing can be
replicated with a very small portion of the huge file. Did you try
copying just the Summary line that shows the problem along with its
subtasks and paste it into a new file?

John

pre-release evaluation file issues

Posted: 02 Aug 2004 12:34 PM PDT

Jeb --

You didn't happen to get this file from a CD that accompanied a book on
Microsoft Project, did you? I ran into this error when I created sample
files while writing a couple of chapters in the "Special Edition: Using
Microsoft Project 2002" book from Que. The error indicates that the file
was created using an early beta version of Microsoft Project. If you got
the file from a book, you may want to contact either the publisher or the
author of the book for an updated file. Otherwise, if this is not the
reason for the error, please let us know.

--
Dale A. Howard [MVP]
Enterprise Project Trainer/Consultant
http://www.msprojectexperts.com
"We wrote the book on Project Server"


"Jeb" <net> wrote in message
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Same task across all resources.

Posted: 02 Aug 2004 11:27 AM PDT

This is how you would assign it to all resources, however, it will not show
up as a single task for each resource.
It is either one task or many tasks. It can't be both. You have to decide
which way is best for you.
An assignment view (such as resource usage) WILL show it as individual
assignments, but that is as close as you can get.

-Jack


"Jan De Messemaeker" <jandemes at prom hyphen ade dot be> wrote in message
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resources 
This 
simply 
would 
doesn't 
for 
because 

Project, Excel and VBA

Posted: 02 Aug 2004 11:12 AM PDT

That's all. I got things to work in the end. I had to make
the Excel application visible for the dialog box to appear.

Thanks anyway
 
group. 
project.server 
and Project VBA 
message 

Cannot add any activities to schedule

Posted: 02 Aug 2004 11:04 AM PDT

Judy,
My first guess would be a memory issue.
Dave

"Judy" <microsoft.com> wrote in message news:<98be01c478bb$1e2b05d0$gbl>... 

Colouring in Gantt Chart

Posted: 02 Aug 2004 06:09 AM PDT

use primavera 
of 
to 
drawing 
down 

Outlook Connectivity

Posted: 02 Aug 2004 03:35 AM PDT

It doesn't happen automatically as Project out-of-the-box is unaware of
Outplook and vice versa, but you can get them to interact. You need to
install the Workgroup add-in for Outlook, WGSETUP.EXE, on the project
manager's workstation and on all the resources computers as well. You don't
mention which version of Project you're using. If it's 2000 search the
distribution CD for the file and the setup instructions. If it's 2002/2003
it's a little more complicated as MS is withdrawing support from the
Workgroup tools and steering people in the direction of Project Server but
for now it is still available. You'll need to download WGSETUP from the MS
web site and also do some registry tweaks on the PM's machine to make the
workgroup tools available. You can find the details at

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=818337


--
Steve House [MVP]
MS Project Trainer/Consultant
Visit http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm for the FAQs


"Amirali Pourteymour" <microsoft.com> wrote
in message news:com... 
Resource's outlook task view? Any suggestion will be highly appreciated. 

Entering Reserve (buffer) time

Posted: 01 Aug 2004 08:29 PM PDT

Before you go adding a buffer to each individual task, I'd like to
offer an alternative.
First, the reasons I prefer not to buffer each task. In my experience,
both "in the field" and by asking in the classroom for 13 yrs, when
you add buffer to each task, no matter how you determine the amount of
buffer, the resources, normally under pressure to get many things done
in little time, will start on the latest date they can start and still
finish on time. In other words, if I buffer a 10 day task by adding 3
days, most resources will start work on day 4, figuring they'll finish
by day 13. The buffer is thrown away. The only result is that the
planned duration is longer than neccessary. Any unexpected problems
only add to the 13 day duration, because the resource didn't start day
1.
I've tried to keep 2 schedules, one I published and one I kept secret,
the secret one showing the buffer. Always backfires somehow, when
you're sneaky!
What I learned to do years ago is to add a task at the end of the
project containing all the buffer or contingency time. Then, after
explaining why, you entreat your resources to finish on schedule, and
to try not to use up the buffer. This also is a very good team
building tool, if you handle it well. I've had much greater success
finishing projects on time since I started doing this rather than
padding individual tasks.
Hope it helps you, or someone, out.

David G. Bellamy
Bellamy Consulting

"Gérard Ducouret" <wanadoo.fr> wrote in message news:<e5d#phx.gbl>... 

Open Office - [discuss] Accessibility and OpenOffice.org 2.3.0

Open Office - [discuss] Accessibility and OpenOffice.org 2.3.0

[discuss] Accessibility and OpenOffice.org 2.3.0

Posted: 09 Oct 2007 01:27 PM PDT

Yasemin,

FYI - ZoomText is also a Screen Reader since version 7.x (current is
9.1), and we had some good collaboration with them when implementing AT
support in OOo.

Malte.

Yasemin Acur wrote, On 10/10/07 18:59: 

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[discuss] Openoffice vs MS office

Posted: 09 Oct 2007 12:46 PM PDT

Dear Cor,

Yes I have got one more response ( from Paul ).
Thanks to him and to you.
I appreciate your mail very much, it is very kindly.
The information/links here below and the attachments from your second mail
are usefull for us.
As I said before, I was happy with that( links + attachments ). I was
surprised with your sentence
"Since I am a marketing contact for the Netherlands, and our country is
pretty small, Rotterdam is not that far for me ;-)
If your group thinks it is usefull, I could come along to give a
presentation."

VERY IMPRESSIVE.

I will discuss this with my teammembers and with the teacher.

As answer to your question if I have installed openoffice. YES, I have
openoffice for U3 at home. I can open your documents.

Cor, can you send me company names that are using openoffice?
I want to ask them to share their experience. ( sure if it will not a
problem for you or for your company )

Best Regards,
Sinan Tuncyurek






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From: Cor Nouws [mailto:nl]
Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 10:46 PM
To: openoffice.org
Cc: org; org; org;
Sinan Tuncyurek
Subject: Re: [discuss] Openoffice vs MS office

Dear mr / mrs. Tuncyurek, Hello Sinan,

Sinan Tuncyurek wrote on 09-10-07 20:17:
 

Thanks for writing.
I think the marketing address is most appropriate for your request.
You did send your request to mailing lists. (See [1])
This means that probably many readers from the lists will send you their
ideas and information.
 

I've some links. Not very recent, but still it is usefull information:
http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=29100064
http://software.newsforge.com/software/05/06/14/2137222.shtml?tid=152&tid=93
http://www.openoffice.org/nonav/issues/showattachment.cgi/21562/OfficeSuiteC
ompare.pdf

In general, one can say that MsOffice has more functionality. But for
most of the times, that is in the category bells and wistless.
Some functionality that is not in OpenOffice.org it self, can be found
in other open source products.
And the bottom line is, that OpenOffice.org is very well suited to work
effectively and consistent with files and data.

I do have some documents with more details, English and Dutch, that I
will send you off-list.
 
needed 

OpenOffice.org is free, free to use and to share as much as you like.
 
because 

Since I am a marketing contact for the Netherlands, and our country is
pretty small, Rotterdam is not that far for me ;-)
If your group thinks it is usefull, I could come along to give a
presentation.
 

I hope the information is usefull and wishyou every succes with the HRO
project.
Pls don't hesitate to ask details on specific questions. (One list
(email address) will do then, of course)

Kindest regards,

Cor


[1] http://support.openoffice.org/project/www/mail_list.html


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[discuss] Feature Request!

Posted: 08 Oct 2007 02:42 PM PDT

Hi com,
 

You are not: see Issue 5736 [1].

Consider using some keywords in the subject like "Create a Chart in a
New Sheet", because "feature request" does not tell anybody what you
want without opening the mail.

Also, for feature requests it makes sense to consult Issuezilla first,
and if you don't find the issue you have in mind, submit it. You can
find queries for the Chart on the Wiki pages [2]. I must admit that this
particular issue does not appear there, because it is in component Calc.

Regards,
-Bjoern

[1] http://graphics.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=5736
[2] http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Chart2#Testing

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[discuss] Abotu your webpage and Openoffice programs

Posted: 07 Oct 2007 03:05 PM PDT

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Hello,

Thank you from help. I did not mean Word Completion but rather the help of
automatically changing the looks of document like spacing or automatic
numering. They never use the same font I use so that is problem. That is
what I wanted to switch off...

Jani


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[discuss] Question: How to add an invisible format to OpenOfficeWriter?

Posted: 06 Oct 2007 08:09 AM PDT

On 6 Oct 2007 at 17:01, Schuster Gerhard wrote:

 

I already sent a reply to this. In case you did not see it, here is
what I wrote:

You can create an 'invisible' Format with the 'hidden' box
checked in 'Font effects'.

Type in the text you want to hide, select it, then apply the
'invisible' format. You have to do it that way as I don't think you
can type anything with a hidden format selected.

I have tried this and can confim that the hidden text is in the
XML.

Tony Pursell
OO.o User

PS: The org list is a better place to post
questions like this.

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[discuss] Issues with autocorrect in Calc

Posted: 05 Oct 2007 04:07 PM PDT

On Sat, 06 Oct 2007 14:25:04 -0500, Cor Nouws <nl> wrote:
 

Yes by changing the default parameter they broke the whole function.

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[discuss] Change case feature

Posted: 04 Oct 2007 08:23 PM PDT

On 2007.10.05. 09:26, Dave Barton wrote:
.... 

actually, in this case he has the functionality already coded, at least
that's how i understood it.
if so, don't forget to attach the proposed patch or plugin to the issue
- and maybe ask for assistance on org
 
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[discuss] *.docx File Format

Posted: 04 Oct 2007 08:20 PM PDT

OpenDocument is usable by many application, including MS Office. It is
*possible* to use it with *any* application. So, best bet is to stick
with OpenDocument, it's what is established in industry, and ignore docx.

There are OpenDocument plugins for MS Office:
http://www.sun.com/software/star/odf_plugin/

and a viewer for Firefox
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1888

and a double-handful of double-handfuls of applications which support it:
http://www.opendocumentfellowship.org/applications

Look at how business improved with the advent of the WWW, which was
based on a simple, but universal file format, and an open transfer
protocol.

Isn't it likely that a universal office format will also produce some
benefit?

Malte Timmermann wrote: 

Not much. Despite its bulk it does not contain more than a fraction of
the information needed for a third party implementation of the
specification.

Primarily it seems that the bulk, combined with the exceedingly short
examination time the ISO committee has for evaluation, was intended to
ensure that any YES or ABSTAIN votes would be based purely on political
motives.

On the technical side, there are serious discrepancies between DIS 29500
(the part that *has* been published) and .docx (what's actually used)
Trying to implement .docx will be impossible, not just because of the
size and incompleteness, but also from the fact that it's a moving target.

See also:
http://holloway.co.nz/can-other-vendors-implement-ooxml.html

There are also a lot of licensing problems that cannot be overcome in
many trade zones such as North, Central and South America, Australia,
and New Zealand. Thus, even if the specification were technically
complete, it would not be likely for third parties in those trade zones
to overcome the licensing problems.

Lastly, the parts that are published are really poorly put together.
IMHO it looks like OOXML was slapped together in the 11th hour to try to
compete with OpenDocument when it became evident that ODF would get full
industry backing.

Here are the initial complaints against the public parts of .docx:
http://www.incits.org/DIS29500/DIS29500.htm

Then the second round complaints against the public parts of .docx:
http://www.jtc1sc34.org/repository/0904.zip

Also, note that 1) there were *no* negative comments on OpenDocument
during the corresponding ISO work several years ago, 2) there seem to
have been "irregularities" in each of the ISO countries indicating that
not only would OOXML go against ISO charter, it is not of standards
quality and needs means outside the law to progress.

The whole purpose of docx / DIS29500 appears, from its effects, to be to
slow the uptake of a universal office format and to confuse the market.

Regards,
-Lars

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[discuss] Lotus Smartsuite incorporation

Posted: 03 Oct 2007 10:14 AM PDT

Hi Adrian
Didn't really want to load up with more memory. StarOffice calls for 1 gig
minimum memory while I can run OpenOffice at half that.

Gerald

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Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 1:41 AM
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[discuss] OpenOffice 2.3.0

Posted: 03 Oct 2007 10:07 AM PDT

Adrian Try wrote:
 

No, the Google version doesn't need an activation key.

BTW: also the version downloadable from Sun doesn't need one. It's a
*licence* key, not an *activation* key. You will notice the difference
once you use a program with "activation" and want to install it on a
different machine when the software vendor went out of business. Then
your "activated" program will quit working but the one with the valid
registration key will still work once you entered the key.

Ciao,
Mathias

--
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OpenOffice.org Engineering at Sun: http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS
Please don't reply to "de".
I use it for the OOo lists and only rarely read other mails sent to it.

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[discuss] Project Management Program

Posted: 02 Oct 2007 02:10 PM PDT

Actually this is a review that nicely mentions OpenOffice and OpenProj
http://www.product-reviews.net/2007/08/18/openproj-by-projity-the-next-step-in-the-open-source-solution/



Marc O'Brien wrote: 

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[discuss] sharepoint

Posted: 02 Oct 2007 02:08 PM PDT

Hi Gregory
 

I have to use Sharepoint 2003 at work. It is possible, but fiddly, to use
OpenOffice.org to edit documents stored in the portal.

Opening the document should be OK. To save the document, you'll have to
save locally (say to the desktop), then re-add the document to Sharepoint.

There are some Sharepoint alternatives being created (most notably
O3Spaces, http://www.o3spaces.com/).

I hope this helps.

Adrian
www.tryanotherangle.org


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[discuss] Request: Focus on "Custom Animation" in impress.

Posted: 30 Sep 2007 10:16 AM PDT

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Hi all,

Some comments in line.

[snip!]
 


I haven't had the chance to try PP2007 but I worked a lot with MSO 2003 and
in my opinion OOo is a much better presentation creator.

Firstly OOo is not a MSO clone, so we don't add things simply 


 


I think I agree with Mark on the last two points although I have sympathy
for what Graham says. OOo should not be a clone of MSO, but should implement
functionalities that people find useful. Like Graham I tend to use
animations very sparingly and I agree that steal take time that should be
used instead to work on the actual contents.
On the other hand, a) this is just my style; b) I have come across
presentations where the animations were instrumental to understanding the
slide.
In my opinion the areas that need improvement are:
1) capability of adding animations to the slide master (e.g. to make the
bullet points of a text box appear one by one
2) (similar to 1) ability of copying/pasting the animations
3) have at least a rudimental control on the timing of an animation.
4) better manipulation of multimedia
4) have a full timeline for animations

Note on point 3). At present you can only specify slow/medium/fast, however
if you import a presentation made with MS PowerPoint the timing of effects
is preserved, therefore it is probably just a matter of enabling the GUI.
Note on point 4) maybe this capability exists already, but I haven't still
managed to install jmf on my Ubuntu box :-)
 


There is an issue on the animation timing which I raised (username:
michelezarri) which includes an example of custom. If I find 5 minutes I
will post the link.

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[discuss] Eraser for draw

Posted: 29 Sep 2007 11:35 PM PDT

Thanks Dave!
As a user I often forget to educate myself on things. Thanks for the links.

Dennis Murdock

ps. I'll get more familiar with where my mail should go. :)

Dave Barton wrote: 

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[discuss] Suggestion about including photos

Posted: 27 Sep 2007 01:18 PM PDT

I genuinely wonder how much benefit picture compresion will achieve.
With various formats the results would differ.
JPEG - depends on method but could result in a reduced picture quality
if added JPEG compression was applied.
GIF - No size reduction is likely.
PNG - No size reduction is likely.
BMP - Who still uses it when PNG is available?
TIFF - Has a compression method but not all tiff's are compressed.
SVG - Tiny saves from this raster format anyway.
What format are standard Office clipart pics?

I also wonder if Office XML format compresses the pictures independantly
or just zips them up with everything else.

On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 15:33:12 -0700
Mike White wrote:
 


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[discuss] And choose a format other than OpenOffice.org,

Posted: 27 Sep 2007 01:15 PM PDT

maybe he clicked the send button in a hurry...

On 9/28/07, Paul <com> wrote: 


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[discuss] Open Office.org ver 2.3 download

Posted: 26 Sep 2007 01:20 PM PDT

I think you can download it from free software download such as
filehippo.com

Thx

[discuss] Clean up of terminology for Impress

Posted: 26 Sep 2007 02:29 AM PDT

Hello,

Michele wrote: 

a very good start. The application help authors are on your side! At
least that's true for me.
For the problem that sometimes the term "page" is used in Impress, where
the term "slide" would be more applicable, see this issue:
http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=40813
(Of course there are pages in Impress, too, when you print a slide on to
a page of paper)
For your question about slide backgrounds, see the application help of
Impress. Enter the index words "backgrounds; slides" and "backgrounds;
changing" to find some thoughts about the many methods of coloring the
backgrounds of slides.

Uwe
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org - Technical Writer
StarOffice - Sun Microsystems, Inc. - Hamburg, Germany
http://www.sun.com/staroffice
http://documentation.openoffice.org/online_help/index.html
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Category:OnlineHelp
http://blogs.sun.com/oootnt

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[discuss] Organizer

Posted: 24 Sep 2007 01:37 PM PDT

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Who are you?Iam the last one.

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[discuss] Icelandic!

Posted: 24 Sep 2007 01:37 PM PDT

Dear Friends,
Spellchecker....?
Icelandic...great language and spoken by many ...also outside of Iceland.
In my 'magazine' WhiteRockReporter.com I found that there is no room for
coverage of neither Swedish or Icelandic and the website is not about
languages but does communicate in English and when audio arrives on my pages
it will be in other languages depending who is being interviewed..
Thanks for the info Alda and Laurent.
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[discuss] pyuno on MS Windows

Posted: 23 Sep 2007 02:46 PM PDT

On Montag 24 September 2007, Alexandro Colorado wrote: 

The problem is on Windows only. Once I install OOO.org I can't import pyuno
because it is not in the python path. If I add ooo/program to the path I can
do
 
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
File "/Applications/OpenOffice.org
2.0.app/Contents/openoffice.org2.0/program/uno.py", line 37, in ?
import pyuno
ImportError: No module named pyuno

which means python finds uno but not pyuno (pyuno.dylib).

Actually the above is copied from Mac outout but it's the same on MS Windows

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[discuss] Simple Idea

Posted: 20 Sep 2007 03:55 PM PDT

to Sandon Adamson,et al: I do not why, but the page is displayed in the
center on my 17 in. monitor. Is that just a fluke? :-\

Sandon Adamson wrote: 

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[discuss] Competing with MS Office

Posted: 20 Sep 2007 03:55 PM PDT

On 9/24/07, Robin Laing <gc.ca> wrote:
 

not really. umm. i would say that BasKet comes closer to OneNote. and
KDE has VYM already.
the focus is not on mindmapping. mindmapping is about collecting ideas
and organizing them by linking them in some logical order. BasKet and
OneNote are containers or canvasses of digital content, like text,
image, multimedia. its like having the goodies in the basKet to help
you in your digital content assembly/creation. the artifacts in the
basket or a notebook are organized in sections to help you locate them
in context to the project for which you have searched them
out/collected.

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