On Tue, 26 Jun 2012 15:23:56 +0200 RGB ES <rgb.m...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 2012/6/26 <w...@comcast.net>: > > Hello, > > I am a observer for the National Weather Service and I use a old version of > > Microsoft Publisher to enter and publish my daily observations...with > > publisher I can set up a file/folder and insert multiple pages at once, > > putting the same text on each page thereby eliminating having to type or > > copy and paste to every page, can just enter the numerical data from my > > instruments on a daily basis… > > I have been researching and experimenting with Open Office but unable at > > this time to find a method where I can do on Open Office, what I can on > > Publisher..it seems all you have is “Page Break”..is there a method with > > your program that I can use like in Publisher??. Would appreciate any > > feedback or assistance you can give me at this time as I am looking for a > > replacement for Publisher.. > > > > Thank you, > > Larry Woller > > COOP/SWOP Observer, NWS, ILX > > Ogden, Illinois 61859 > > > > Writer is not a DPT program: it is based on content flow, not on page > layout like, for example, scribus. Bot nothing prevent you from > copy/paste that "unit of content" you want to repeat several times, > separating each one with a page break. You can even automate those > page breaks: it is really easy to associate a page break with a > particular paragraph style so you can set the first paragraph of the > "block" to automatically insert a page break before it. > > With Writer you can also think of keeping a one page document and pick > you data from a database... but that's another question ;) > > For any problem with Writer or any other component, you can use our > community forums: > > http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/index.php > > Regards > It should be possible to set up a Template which had all the headings and spaces laid out; it is only then necessary to fill in the particulars. See this tutorial on creating a new default template http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=71&t=1161 I would suggest you bring this query to the Forum at http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/ which will advise how best to approach this problem. It might also be approached by linking a database to OpenOffice's Base (a front end) and using that to populate a report form. -- Rory O'Farrell <ofarr...@iol.ie>
