On 03/05/2013 Dr YaLeah wrote:
1) In an OpenOffice text document that has information lined up in columns (such as a price list or menu): When changing the size of the font the size of "tabs" and "spaces" does not remain consistant, which makes the columns no longer line up as before. About 1/3 of the entries will have to have the tabs&/or spaces edited to bring them back into alignment. This is very time consuming and should be unnessary. Tabs& spaces need to be one constant size, never variable, within each font size. Being able to lock the position of a column (not as a table) would also work.
You can do so with Format - Paragraph - Tabs (read the manual, i.e., press the "Help" button in that dialog, to know more).
2) In an OpenOffice spreadsheet: Within a cell it is common to want to split wrap-around text at the the author's point of preference (such as with an address). The placement of multiple "spaces" to push the text into position is time consuming, sloppy, and unpredictable at best. Then, if the size of the cell or the font changes, the entire document has to be searched to repair the unwanted auto-adjustments. Please provide a way to use commands like "enter" and "tab" inside the cells.
Press CTRL-Enter.
3) When pasting information copied from any internet source into an OpenOffice text document, OpenOffice will consistantly crash at least 20% of the time. Worse, I've experienced days when it was 98% of the time. The method I've used is to "block" the desired information on the website, "control + C" to copy, then "control + V" to paste the information into my OpenOffice document. Photos cause the most trouble but text is in no way immune.
Use CTRL-Shift-V (or "Edit - Paste Special"), whenever possible, to paste as unformatted text. If you have a web page that leads to crashes 100% of the times, open a bug in Bugzilla about it: https://issues.apache.org/ooo/
1)In an OpenOffice spreadsheet: I don't want to have to reorganize an entire spreadsheet to accomodate a single unusual entry so is there a way to split one cell into multiple cells? I'd like the choice of vertical, horizontal, or multiple splits and also need to be able to adjust the size of the resultant cells.
You could, even though it is not very handy, merge all other cells and un-merge those that you need split.
2) In an OpenOffice text document please tell me how to switch between "manual" and "auto-placement" of outline numbering. Also, how do I set "manual" as my default?
Format - AutoCorrect - AutoCorrect Options - Options - Disable "Apply numbering - Symbol *"
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