We currently use SO7 in our Windows environment. We have begun to receive files from some of our clients that were created with SO8 and have an extension of *.odt. I am unable to open this file using SO7. Should this be possible? If so, what should I check on my end to make sure that my config ...

I'd like to print out 8.5x11" calendar pages for 2006 to use with my 2005 calendars. Is there a template for that, or any other suggestions or advice? (I'm not all that cheap, but it seems a shame to discard the beautiful photographs just because they're on last year's calendar.) ...

Is it possible to set up a template system so a writer template can take info from a calc document to avoid me inserting the indfo into two document types?

I had been attempting to further improve a letterhead graphic and unfortunately ruined the item. I had reached the stage where I could not reverse things and deleted the badge I was working on.I attempted to copy the badge from the page back to the gallery without any joy. As I started from a ...

Hi,I have formatted the page numbers on my long document in the following:1) Preliminary pages, including Table of Contents (TOC) in roman numerals (i, ii, iii, etc), and2) Main document body in Arabic numerals (1, 2, 3, etc).On the TOC, page numbers on main document body is alright. However, ...

I'm evaluating StarOffice both for my own use and recommendation to my clients. Today I encountered a clear bug -- an RTF file that other applications (incl. MS Word) open correctly but which causes StarOffice to crash. Looking on the Sun site I find no place for bug reports -- anyone who ...

Hi,I have been trying to use StarSuite7 for my correspondence to theoutside world, and have encountered a few incompatibilities before.I can live with subtle character layout problem which is probably due tofont metric issues.However, today, I noticed that a word document offered byACM as a ...

These forums are nearly dead. No answers to questions and new posts appear in intervalls of days or weeks. There is nothing to learn and nothing to find out.

Hi,when trying to import the attached jpg picture in SO 8 Writer or Impress the following error messages occur:(german only, I don't know the english text of these messages)1. "Grafikfilter nicht gefunden"2. "Allgemeiner Fehler. Allgemeiner Ein-/Ausgabefehler." (Impress ...

Since many years I work with Starwriter, Staroffice and now Open Office. Suddenly I noticed today, that I cannot open many of my documents anymore. I use Windows XP and NTFS. Even in Windows the access is denied. They are not used by other programs or write-protected. Everything seems to be ...

Good day folks,I am not able to find any guide in the Help function on formatting names of each tables created in the List of Tables.After creating a table and naming it in the Table Format dialogue box (Format - Table), e.g Table1(this is default) Monthly Sales for 2005, on the List of Table I ...

is there a word count feathure in staroffice. how do I find it?

Hi ThereI am new to Starwriter 8. Is it possible to group a text box and image/clipart. I can't seem to be able to select a text box and image simultaneously so that I can group or allign them. I can select two text boxes no problem through shift+ click but can't do this for a text box and ...

Hi,I'm a little problem....I have OpenOffice sdk and use it in a JDev java compiler. It's works...... butI don't know how I use the OpenOffice's call in java files like a .jar.Do I need to put anything in manifest of .jar?Where I can found the solve?thanksCadson ...

HiI just downloaded StarOffice 8 under this license:<table border="0" align="center" width="90%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td class="SmallText"><b>Quote:</b></td></tr><tr>& lt;td class="quote"> How to Get StarOffice 8 - IndividualsIf ...

I had StarOffice 8 installed on my SuSE Linux system.Then I had to reinstall Staroffice, and so I removed the /opt/staroffice8 directory. I also removed the staroffice settings directory on my home.Now when I want to install StarOffice, the installer says "A previously installed version was ...

HI,As you known, in Spain and other countries we use the comma character as decimal point. Well, when we try to use numeric pad in calc sheet(excel for MSOffice) the dot key must paint a comma and now that key writes a dot.Please note this is a big problem for us.We must move the hand between ...

I am new to star office but was under the impression that in mist cases you could open and or convert office files to star, is this true and if so how? I tried a powerpoint, excel and access file(s) and none of them could be read.

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Help!I cannot find a way to list, by name, of the fonts used (past tense) in a document.Like in the document properties: where the word and character count is.Example: The author used Arial, Arial Condensed and OCR A in her document. I would like to see a list of three font names. If I have (or ...

I see that SO 8 automatically simplified fractions like, when I enter 12/120, it will become 1/10. How to keep the format just as i type it?In excel we can just to use up to any digits fraction and then changed the denominator to a certain value. But in SO8 I can only change to format in term ...

I have been unable to use the Math feature of StarOffice because I cannot find the Math program anywhere. During the installation process I confirmed that Math is selected. I have used Openoffice and that installs Math without any problems, I can open it right from Programs. Has anyone ...

I purchased StarOffice 8 and tried to install it.But the following messages are displayed and the installation stopped.Coud any body give me some hints to solve this problem?--Running installerException in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: while resolving class: installat ...

I've dowonloaded 120187-02.zip for Windows and installed it on my machine. After an apparently successful update I go to launch Writer (or any programme) to get an error message which reads ...The application cannot be started.Configuration - descendant Element 'CrashReporter' not found in ...

I am trying create an xy chart (a scatter plot) in staroffice (.sxc) using two sets of data:Data 1:-0.15-0.10.040-0.10.18-0.050.080Data 2:55080708080509080After having selected my data, axis specifications, etc, when I click "create" , the chart is created, but no data points are visible. I ...

I am sufficiently incapable of understanding what I've read in the help file and online that I would like to ask if I can receive a recommendation in these forums as to where to go. I am willing to pay the $30 per incident fee to Sun, but I just am very frustrated trying to understand anything ...

"Writer " will not allow the use of the delete or backspace keys. "Calc" will, as will "word". Please help as this is driving me crazy!!!

I have found documentation from Sun on how to deactivate the registration screen for StarOffice 8, however it is assuming the user folders already exist.I need a solution for any future user of that PC; the PCs are in a school district, if every K-12 student sees this registration screen, we ...

Someone told me, there was a WordPro filter on an earlyer version of StarOffice (5 or 7?). Is it possible to read WordPro files in StarOffice 8, too?

Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren! Ich habe eine Frage zu StarOffice Calc 8, die ich anhand der Dokumentation und der Hilfe-Texte nicht beantworten kann:In Microsoft Excel ist es (schon immer) m鰃lich, mit "Strg #" zwischen Normal- und Formelanzeige hin und her zu schalten. Dies ist einfach und sehr ...

As an education customer, I have seen versions of StarOffice 8 installation files that are named so-8-ga-*, so-8-pp1-*, and so-8-pp2-*, for various platforms. I have also seen the product update files for each version. Can you explain the relationship of these variously named files?For example, ...

Is there a way to convert a formula in a sheet to a value?

hello allplease read carefullyi DO NOT want change fonts in the frame/text widget or shield i amworking in/oni WANT change font of the gui itself, eg button + buttont text, menu + menu text and so on.WHY ?they are too small for me, i CANNOT read them, so CANNOT use this tool.thans a ...

I have SO8 installed on my network. For performance reasons I found that SO8 was much faster if I put the dict folder on the local hard drive and pointed out the new path to it in Tools/Options/StarOffice/Paths.After upgrading to PU3 the 15 paths I had has been reduced to 5:Gallery, Graphics, ...

Hi,I've already read the other post but to copy the profil doesn't seems to be an elegant solution.In Staroffice 7 you can suppress the dialog by editing the file common.xcs (in /staroffice7/share/registry/schema/org/openoffice/office) after the netinstallation and before the ...

In SO7 in (german) Extras > Optionen > Spracheinstellungen > Linguistik you could check "Alte deutsche Rechtschreibung", so that a "da? is correct. In SO8 this doesn't work. Although it is checked, the word "da? is readlined. Should I submit this to OOo issue tracker or will you ...

Hi I have installed solaris 10 x86 in my pc having lg monitor standard monitor 2.54 celeron processor , installation was smooth with no problem , after booting iam not able to get gui it is out of range frenquency error in the monitor ,but iam able to work in cli will any body to how resolve it ...

I have two windows open in StarCalc, but can't figure out how to see them side by side. I have to switch from one window to another in full screen fashion.The comparable MS Office command is Windows Arrange (with various options). I don't see such a choice on ANY Star Calc menu. What am I ...

Hi,I would like to add Greek support for spelling in staroffice 8 and although i followed the instructions i found i can't.To be more specific ...I found the following info, how to add dictionariesPlease make sure that StarOffice is not running (including the quickstarter) when installing the ...

I'm using Star Office 8 in Windows XP, recently I update it to update 3 rev. 2. If I try change standard language from english to italian it seems the setting has changed. If I close SO8 and then I open it again the change is retained.But if I reboot and I open SO8 the language is again ...

We have been trying for days to ditribute staroffice 8 with zenworks/snapshot to workstations on our network. this works,(almost) but everyone that logs in on any machine are forced to go throu a register process and also they have to change the default values the staroffice uses to save files, ...

I just got a new computer and want to move my StarOffice 8 program from the old one to the new one. Does anyone know how to do that? Can I just move the folders with the program files in them over?Thanks!

I want to have Impress open a presentation (ppt or odp), run once in slideshow mode, then close and exit. I also want to trigger that action from a Perl script (this part I can do).My problem starts with running the slideshow. I can load a presentation from the CLI (command line interface) ...

I wrote a book on an older star office program about 7 yrs ago and I need to convert the sdw. file somehow so I can transfer the book into microsoft word. I do not have the star office program any longer. Please help?!!

Win XP installation of SO8 + update 3 rev. 2. Trying to install update 4 gives an error very late during the installation. Error is 1316 in C:\Windows\Installation|staroffice8.msi. The installation fails. Would be glad for any insight. Thanks. John

Hi: are there toolbar icons available for SO8 that have a more up to date look, like OpenOffice? SO8's toolbar icons look very dated but there seems no way to change them as in OO. John

Hi! For some reason my installer entry for Staroffice 8 was spoiled and I could not uninstall it using the standard routines. I had to revert to manually deleting the installation directory and and all Staroffice entries in Windows registry. I also deleted sversion.ini, but there is no way of ...

When I try to use Update 4 I get the following error:StarOffice 8 Product Update 4 Installation WizardError 1316.A network error occured while attempting to read from the fileC:\WINDOWS\Installer\staroffice8.msi.OKClicking OK, unwinds the install and I get:Installation Wizard CompletedThe ...

I have downloaded StarOffice 8 without a hitch and runs fine... for awhile. When I attempt to use one the program the next day, StarOffice 8 starts the reinstallation process. I assume that there is a glitch somewhere with my system utilities program which must delete some file during its ...

I am running Windows XP Professional. Up until yesterday SO8 ran without issues. Now, when opening Writer, the splash screen appears, dissappears, and then nothing. The package does not launch. I have removed the StarOffice Application Data directory and went through the registration process ...