Subject: [os2genau_digest] No. 1659
From: Digest <deadmail>
To: "OS/2GenAu Digest"<deadmail>
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:01:17 EST-10EDT,10,1,0,7200,4,1,0,7200,3600

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Tuesday 17 June 2008
 Number  1659
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Subjects for today
 
1  Re:  OpenOffice Tip : Ian Manners" <deadmail>
2  Re:  OpenOffice Tip : Simon Lewis <zermatt at attglobal dot net>
3  Re:  OpenOffice Tip : Voytek Eymont" <voytek at sbt dot net dot au>
4  Re:  OpenOffice Tip : Ian Manners" <deadmail>
5  Re:  OpenOffice Tip : Ian Manners" <deadmail>
6  Re:  OpenOffice Tip : Voytek Eymont" <voytek at sbt dot net dot au>
7   Hosting email service problem : Dennis Nolan <dennis at jeg-og dot com>
8  Re:  OpenOffice Tip : Simon Lewis <zermatt at attglobal dot net>
9  Re:  OpenOffice Tip : John Angelico" <talldad at kepl dot com dot au>
10   OpenOffice Tip : John Angelico" <talldad at kepl dot com dot au>
11  Re:  Hosting email service problem : Ed Durrant <edurrant at durrant dot mine dot nu>

**= Email   1 ==========================**

Date:  Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:29:23 +1000 (EST)
From:  "Ian Manners" <deadmail>
Subject:  Re:  OpenOffice Tip

Hi John,

>OOo was designed for a PC with 64MB of ram. Increase the amount of RAM
>available to it and it flies. Ideally this should be automatic, but it's
>not. In OOo go into Tools - Options - OpenOffice dot org - Memory and multiply
>the amount of RAM required by 10 (or more if you are feeling benevolent).
>That works fine for me, just as speedy as it was on release 1.

Thanks for this great tip, just tried it and makes a big difference :-)

Cheers
Ian Manners
http://www.os2site dot com/

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Date:  Mon, 16 Jun 2008 11:41:29 -0700
From:  Simon Lewis <zermatt at attglobal dot net>
Subject:  Re:  OpenOffice Tip

Hi Ian,

For a total novice, after I download OO, there's a desktop folder filled 
with icons. Which am I supposed to double click to actually open the 
integrated suite, or some kind of basic walkthrough?

And for those in this group who've watched my progress, my final book 
draft, written with Word Pro and this group's assistance, went to my 
agent who's asked me to add some bio material about myself, and is 
confident of a publisher this summer.

So fingers crossed..

Simon Lewis

Ian Manners wrote:

>Hi John,
>
>  
>
>>OOo was designed for a PC with 64MB of ram. Increase the amount of RAM
>>available to it and it flies. Ideally this should be automatic, but it's
>>not. In OOo go into Tools - Options - OpenOffice dot org - Memory and multiply
>>the amount of RAM required by 10 (or more if you are feeling benevolent).
>>That works fine for me, just as speedy as it was on release 1.
>>    
>>
>
>Thanks for this great tip, just tried it and makes a big difference :-)
>
>Cheers
>Ian Manners
>http://www.os2site dot com/
>
>

> 

>
>  
>

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**= Email   3 ==========================**

Date:  Tue, 17 Jun 2008 08:18:51 +1000 (EST)
From:  "Voytek Eymont" <voytek at sbt dot net dot au>
Subject:  Re:  OpenOffice Tip

<quote who="Simon Lewis">

>> Thanks for this great tip, just tried it and makes a big difference :-)

but is it faster than DeScribe ? or Mesa ? running on PII 300 ?

-- 
Voytek

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**= Email   4 ==========================**

Date:  Tue, 17 Jun 2008 08:32:56 +1000 (EST)
From:  "Ian Manners" <deadmail>
Subject:  Re:  OpenOffice Tip

Hi Voytek,

>>> Thanks for this great tip, just tried it and makes a big difference :-)
>
>but is it faster than DeScribe ? or Mesa ? running on PII 300 ?

No but then I'm not running a PII-300 :-)

Unfortunetly as much as MS products tend to suck, the power
of marketing on others forces some of us to use other products
for the sake or inter-operability.

Cheers
Ian Manners
http://www.os2site dot com/

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**= Email   5 ==========================**

Date:  Tue, 17 Jun 2008 08:40:43 +1000 (EST)
From:  "Ian Manners" <deadmail>
Subject:  Re:  OpenOffice Tip

Hi Simon,

>For a total novice, after I download OO, there's a desktop folder filled 
>with icons. Which am I supposed to double click to actually open the 
>integrated suite, or some kind of basic walkthrough?

The icon that represents OO allows you to open any document
(ie, the one called "Open Document"), the specific application icons
allow you to open a blank document, ie, word doc, spreadsheet, etc.

If installed properly, file properties are set so double clicking on a
..ODF. .DOC, .XLS, .ODS etc files will automatically open that file
in the proper Open Office application.

There is also the Open Office documentation, at <http://www.openoffice dot org/>.

Cheers
Ian Manners
http://www.os2site dot com/

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**= Email   6 ==========================**

Date:  Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:17:03 +1000 (EST)
From:  "Voytek Eymont" <voytek at sbt dot net dot au>
Subject:  Re:  OpenOffice Tip

<quote who="Ian Manners">

>>>> Thanks for this great tip, just tried it and makes a big difference
>>>> :-)
>>>>
>>
>> but is it faster than DeScribe ? or Mesa ? running on PII 300 ?
>
> No but then I'm not running a PII-300 :-)

> Unfortunetly as much as MS products tend to suck, the power
> of marketing on others forces some of us to use other products for the sake
> or inter-operability.

ofcourse, I need that sometimes myself

though, in all fairness, for sake of interoperability, in my limited
experience, I found MS Office most interoperable, and, best performance,
from all the alternatives...

-- 
Voytek

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**= Email   7 ==========================**

Date:  Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:21:34 +1000
From:  Dennis Nolan <dennis at jeg-og dot com>
Subject:   Hosting email service problem

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Hi all<br>
Just to finalise this and as a warning to others, I found <b>MY</b>
problem.<br>
<br>
When creating the mail accounts, I was informed the account login name
and the settings for setting up the client (Thunderbird).<br>
<br>
The account login name was in the form "<b>dennis+jeg-og dot com</b>" <br>
<br>
I noted the <b>+&nbsp; </b>and then promptly forgot all about it.<br>
<br>
In short, in the Thunderbird account setup you enter <b>dennis+jeg-og dot com</b>
not <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:dennis at jeg-og dot com">dennis at jeg-og dot com</a>.<br>
<br>
Regards<br>
Dennis.<br>
<br>
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**= Email   8 ==========================**

Date:  Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:57:48 -0700
From:  Simon Lewis <zermatt at attglobal dot net>
Subject:  Re:  OpenOffice Tip

Thanks, Ian. As a novice, will explore the documentation. But to follow 
up your memory tip, none of the Memory menu items use the term "RAM", 
but instead subsets like graphics cache, etc., and I don't see any item 
set at 64. Is your suggestion basically to multiply every memory item by 
ten?

Thanks, Simon

Ian Manners wrote:

>Hi Simon,
>
>  
>
>>For a total novice, after I download OO, there's a desktop folder filled 
>>with icons. Which am I supposed to double click to actually open the 
>>integrated suite, or some kind of basic walkthrough?
>>    
>>
>
>The icon that represents OO allows you to open any document
>(ie, the one called "Open Document"), the specific application icons
>allow you to open a blank document, ie, word doc, spreadsheet, etc.
>
>If installed properly, file properties are set so double clicking on a
>.ODF. .DOC, .XLS, .ODS etc files will automatically open that file
>in the proper Open Office application.
>
>There is also the Open Office documentation, at <http://www.openoffice dot org/>.
>
>Cheers
>Ian Manners
>http://www.os2site dot com/
>
>

> 

>
>  
>

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**= Email   9 ==========================**

Date:  Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:14:26 +0800 (HST)
From:  "John Angelico" <talldad at kepl dot com dot au>
Subject:  Re:  OpenOffice Tip

On Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:57:48 -0700, Simon Lewis wrote:

>Thanks, Ian. As a novice, will explore the documentation. But to follow 
>up your memory tip, none of the Memory menu items use the term "RAM", 
>but instead subsets like graphics cache, etc., and I don't see any item 
>set at 64. Is your suggestion basically to multiply every memory item by 
>ten?
>
>Thanks, Simon

Hi Simon. 

I posted the original tip.

Please check my email again, as I noted this same point, but explained
where I had made changes, hopefully in sufficient detail to help everyone
else overcome the minor hiccup. :-)

Best regards
John Angelico
OS/2 SIG
os2 at melbpc dot org dot au or 
talldad at kepl dot com dot au
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**= Email   10 ==========================**

Date:  Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:55:14 +0800 (HST)
From:  "John Angelico" <talldad at kepl dot com dot au>
Subject:   OpenOffice Tip

Just seen at The Register (http://www.theregister.co.uk/)

1. Article: 
OpenOffice update completes bumper patch crop
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/11/openoffice_update/

And in comments:
Lag? what lag? 
By Jaowon
Posted Wednesday 11th June 2008 13:33 GMT

OOo was designed for a PC with 64MB of ram. Increase the amount of RAM
available to it and it flies. Ideally this should be automatic, but it's
not. In OOo go into Tools - Options - OpenOffice dot org - Memory and multiply
the amount of RAM required by 10 (or more if you are feeling benevolent).
That works fine for me, just as speedy as it was on release 1.

I did this for the following options in the Memory panel Graphics Cache and
yes it works:
99Mb for the cache, 24Mb per object, remove after 10 minutes and 200
inserted objects.

Best regards
John Angelico
OS/2 SIG
os2 at melbpc dot org dot au or 
talldad at kepl dot com dot au
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**= Email   11 ==========================**

Date:  Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:22:11 +1000
From:  Ed Durrant <edurrant at durrant dot mine dot nu>
Subject:  Re:  Hosting email service problem

Dennis Nolan wrote:
> Hi all
> Just to finalise this and as a warning to others, I found *MY* problem.
> 
> When creating the mail accounts, I was informed the account login name 
> and the settings for setting up the client (Thunderbird).
> 
> The account login name was in the form "*dennis+jeg-og dot com*"
> 
> I noted the *+  *and then promptly forgot all about it.
> 
> In short, in the Thunderbird account setup you enter *dennis+jeg-og dot com* 
> not dennis at jeg-og dot com.
> 
> Regards
> Dennis.
> 
 
>  

Is that the account login name or the name thurnderbird should use for 
this account ?

I have never had to substitute a plus sign.

Cheers/2

Ed.
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