On Wed, 03 Feb 2010 11:08:31 -0500, Paula Cline wrote: > Dear OpenOffice, > > This question is in regards to text boxes in OpenOffice Writer. I was > looking for a way to insert a text box, without going to the Drawing > toolbar. The drawing toolbar is not visible on our student's computer in > the library lab. Therefore, they search for it under "Insert", which > would be a logical place to find this option. However, I do not see it > listed there. Possible feature to be added in the future? > > Also, most documents assigned at the high school level (and possibly > college) require 1" margins. Why are the defaults all set at .79? > Another possible future change? > > Looking forward to any new editions! > > Sincerely yours, > > > Paula Cline > Library Media Specialist > Genoa Area High School > 2980 N. Genoa-Clay Center Rd. > Genoa, Ohio 43430 > email: pscl...@genoaschools.com > phone: 419-855-7735 ext.13 > fax: 419-855-7739
Like you, I wondered why default margins aren't set to MLA standards, but I only wondered for a s long as it took me to setup a default template with the margins I wanted. And the font. And the visible toolbar icons. And the spacing. I've implemented OOo in a 30 station computer lab for my [English] department. I setup the defaults before the tech folks locked down the disk image. Then, they setup the computers and everyone gets the same defaults. It's really easy to do. The other four computer labs in the building all have OOo, but so far not the same default template. I'm working on that. We're trying to wean ourselves off MS Office just for the savings in license costs if nothing else. We cut $2.3M from our operating budget last year and need to cut over $3M this year and next. We just can't afford MS Office anymore. Making the change has bee much closer that I thought it would be, but my department is light years ahead of everyone else. We'll be well positioned when the time comes. FYI, our students hardly notice the difference. I got a number of OOo disks and placed them in the media center for check out. We're staring to see some migration of OOo from school to home. mcm --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: discuss-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: discuss-h...@openoffice.org
