Re: propagating changes

[Jim McLaughlin]

Brian -

Thank you for the hints for an automatic universal font change in Calc.

I will create a new template and invoke that for my spread sheet usage
going forward.  I will increase the number of sheets to 10, rather than the
default 3, and set a properly (for my eyes) sized font on each sheet,  and
delete un used un needed sheets from various spreadsheet documents.  Having
all sheets within one document pre "formatted" to the desired font and size
will be less frustrating than having to remember to invoke the template for
each sheet added.

Again, thank you.

On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 1:33 PM, Brian Barker 
wrote:

> At 12:57 19/07/2016 -0700, Jim McLaughlin wrote:
>
>> How do I change the default font in Calc?  I have vision issues and both
>> the Arial font structure as well as the default size are an issue for me.
>> While I can change each new spreadsheet's font type and size on the tool
>> bar, I'd prefer a manner in which I can change the default font to my
>> preferred one.
>>
>
> I think the only simple way to do this - which is very simple - is to
> create a template.
>
> o Create a new spreadsheet document.
> o Click in the small rectangle at top left (where the row and column
> headers meet) to select the entire sheet.
> o Make all the formatting changes you wish.
> o Go to File | Templates > | Save..., give the new template a name, and OK
> to save it - probably in My Templates.
>
> When you need a new spreadsheet, invoke this template via File | New> |
> Templates and Documents, or the Templates and Documents entry in the
> drop-down menu under the down-arrow next to the New button in the Standard
> toolbar, or the Templates... button on the start screen.
>
> If you wish, you can make your new template the default for new
> spreadsheet documents:
> o Go to File | Templates > | Organise... .
> o Open My Templates and select the new template.
> o Click Commands | Set As Default Template.
>
> Note that this formatting affects only any sheets you apply it to
> individually, so you should consider formatting all three of the sheets a
> new document has by default - or perhaps even more. Even if you do this,
> any new sheets you create in documents derived from this template will -
> perhaps surprisingly - have the original defaults, not yours. You can work
> around  this by creating additional sheets by copying existing ones instead
> of creating new ones.
>
> If it suits your practices better, you can save a template or a copy or a
> shortcut to it wherever you prefer - perhaps on your desktop.
>
>
> I trust this helps.
>
> Brian Barker
>
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Re: propagating changes

[Felmon Davis]

On Tue, 19 Jul 2016, Rory O'Farrell wrote:

Depending on the complexity of the document it can sometimes help to 
Select all and assign Default or Text Body paragraph style to the 
document.  This may lose the Heading/Subheading formatting.  In some 
cases I have been able to download an entire text (usually from 
Project Gutenberg), and after removing the unwanted end of line 
markings change the overall style to Default or Text Body.  Then I 
could search for the Chapter Heading and apply Style Heading 1.  I 
was able to format war and Peace in ten minutes using that method.


well this is what I would like to avoid - though I admire your speedy 
fingers! I think my document is a little more complex. it has 'title', 
'author', 'affiliation' and some paragraphs have extra indentation and 
a still smaller font.


rather than strip everything out - and lose the table of contents 
also, I'd rather just march through and apply a style to the stubborn 
paragraphs which are mostly of the same type.


it won't be as fast as your record with War and Peace but still less 
pain.


f.

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"They told me I was gullible ... and I believed them!"

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Re: propagating changes

[Brian Barker]

At 12:57 19/07/2016 -0700, Jim McLaughlin wrote:
How do I change the default font in Calc?  I have vision issues and 
both the Arial font structure as well as the default size are an 
issue for me. While I can change each new spreadsheet's font type 
and size on the tool bar, I'd prefer a manner in which I can change 
the default font to my preferred one.


I think the only simple way to do this - which is very simple - is to 
create a template.


o Create a new spreadsheet document.
o Click in the small rectangle at top left (where the row and column 
headers meet) to select the entire sheet.

o Make all the formatting changes you wish.
o Go to File | Templates > | Save..., give the new template a name, 
and OK to save it - probably in My Templates.


When you need a new spreadsheet, invoke this template via File | New> 
| Templates and Documents, or the Templates and Documents entry in 
the drop-down menu under the down-arrow next to the New button in the 
Standard toolbar, or the Templates... button on the start screen.


If you wish, you can make your new template the default for new 
spreadsheet documents:

o Go to File | Templates > | Organise... .
o Open My Templates and select the new template.
o Click Commands | Set As Default Template.

Note that this formatting affects only any sheets you apply it to 
individually, so you should consider formatting all three of the 
sheets a new document has by default - or perhaps even more. Even if 
you do this, any new sheets you create in documents derived from this 
template will - perhaps surprisingly - have the original defaults, 
not yours. You can work around  this by creating additional sheets by 
copying existing ones instead of creating new ones.


If it suits your practices better, you can save a template or a copy 
or a shortcut to it wherever you prefer - perhaps on your desktop.


I trust this helps.

Brian Barker


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Re: propagating changes

[Rory O'Farrell]

On Tue, 19 Jul 2016 16:16:39 -0400 (EDT)
Felmon Davis  wrote:

> On Tue, 19 Jul 2016, Brian Barker wrote:
> 
> > At 15:13 19/07/2016 -0400, Felmon Davis wrote:
> >> I have a large document I work on this time of year. the default font size 
> >> is 11pt but now I want to change it to 10.5pt - gonna make it into a 
> >> booklet. simply altering the 'default' setting does not automatically 
> >> modify the font size through the document.
> >
> > This depends on what you mean by the "default setting". I'm guessing that 
> > you 
> > have changed the value at Tools | Options... | OpenOffice Writer | Basic 
> > Fonts (Western) | Default - and you are right: this changes the default for 
> > new documents only and not anything in a document currently open for 
> > editing.
> 
> ok, so that's settled.
> 
> >> I don't want to 'select all' since there are other font sizes bound to a 
> >> couple of 'styles' I'm using.
> >
> > Good: that wouldn't be the best solution. But you are using more styles 
> > that 
> > those "couple" you describe, since every paragraph will have a paragraph 
> > style with its own font size. If you have not knowingly ascribed a 
> > paragraph 
> > style to any part of your document, they may have the Default paragraph 
> > style 
> > (not to be confused with the default set in Options as above).
> 
> I have given some types of paragraph a style, e.g. titles of each 
> essay are 'Header 1' so I can build a Table of Contents and they have 
> some special formatting, etc. that all works.
> 
> >> how do I change a setting and have it 'propagate' automagically through 
> >> the 
> >> document? or is that not possible?
> >
> > o Go to Format | Styles and Formatting (or click the Styles and Formatting 
> > button in the Formatting toolbar, or press F11).
> > o Select the Paragraph Styles button in the button bar of that window.
> > o Put the cursor into your text to see which paragraph style is highlighted 
> > as being used.
> 
> everything says 'default'.
> 
> > o Right click the paragraph style and select Modify... .
> > o Modify the font size as required.
> > o If this doesn't change all the relevant parts of your document, repeat in 
> > unaffected parts and change those paragraph styles too.
> 
> so basically I have to go through the whole document and select pretty 
> much every paragraph I want modified?
> 
> not the automagic I sought.
> 
> but the magic incantation, 'so be it', always works.
> 
> >> maybe copy and paste into a suitable template?
> >
> > No need.
> 
> curious. would this work? suppose I build a template according to 
> taste, open an empty document based on it and then copy and pasted 
> in the text I'm working on? of course, I'm assuming the template has 
> the same paragraph types, etc., as the text.
> 
> > I trust this helps.
> 
> you trust correctly.
> 
> f.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Felmon Davis

Depending on the complexity of the document it can sometimes help to Select all 
and assign Default or Text Body paragraph style to the document.  This may lose 
the Heading/Subheading formatting.  In some cases I have been able to download 
an entire text (usually from Project Gutenberg), and after removing the 
unwanted end of line markings change the overall style to Default or Text Body. 
 Then I could search for the Chapter Heading and apply Style Heading 1.  I was 
able to format war and Peace in ten minutes using that method. 

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Re: propagating changes

[Felmon Davis]

On Tue, 19 Jul 2016, Brian Barker wrote:


At 15:13 19/07/2016 -0400, Felmon Davis wrote:
I have a large document I work on this time of year. the default font size 
is 11pt but now I want to change it to 10.5pt - gonna make it into a 
booklet. simply altering the 'default' setting does not automatically 
modify the font size through the document.


This depends on what you mean by the "default setting". I'm guessing that you 
have changed the value at Tools | Options... | OpenOffice Writer | Basic 
Fonts (Western) | Default - and you are right: this changes the default for 
new documents only and not anything in a document currently open for editing.


ok, so that's settled.

I don't want to 'select all' since there are other font sizes bound to a 
couple of 'styles' I'm using.


Good: that wouldn't be the best solution. But you are using more styles that 
those "couple" you describe, since every paragraph will have a paragraph 
style with its own font size. If you have not knowingly ascribed a paragraph 
style to any part of your document, they may have the Default paragraph style 
(not to be confused with the default set in Options as above).


I have given some types of paragraph a style, e.g. titles of each 
essay are 'Header 1' so I can build a Table of Contents and they have 
some special formatting, etc. that all works.


how do I change a setting and have it 'propagate' automagically through the 
document? or is that not possible?


o Go to Format | Styles and Formatting (or click the Styles and Formatting 
button in the Formatting toolbar, or press F11).

o Select the Paragraph Styles button in the button bar of that window.
o Put the cursor into your text to see which paragraph style is highlighted 
as being used.


everything says 'default'.


o Right click the paragraph style and select Modify... .
o Modify the font size as required.
o If this doesn't change all the relevant parts of your document, repeat in 
unaffected parts and change those paragraph styles too.


so basically I have to go through the whole document and select pretty 
much every paragraph I want modified?


not the automagic I sought.

but the magic incantation, 'so be it', always works.


maybe copy and paste into a suitable template?


No need.


curious. would this work? suppose I build a template according to 
taste, open an empty document based on it and then copy and pasted 
in the text I'm working on? of course, I'm assuming the template has 
the same paragraph types, etc., as the text.



I trust this helps.


you trust correctly.

f.


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I couldn't possibly fail to disagree with you less.


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Re: propagating changes

[Brian Barker]

At 15:40 19/07/2016 -0400, Felmon Davis wrote:
the document was begun with a certain 'default' of my devising, 11pt 
font-size, first line indentation, etc.


How did you do this? You may have modified a paragraph style (or 
created a new one), in which case you can now simply modify that 
style as you wish. But you may have set the paragraph properties of 
your first paragraph and then relied on each new paragraph inheriting 
the properties from its predecessor. Note that in this second case, 
your "default" has been applied as a paragraph property, whereas the 
first uses a paragraph *style* property; these are two different 
things. If you used the second method, I think you have a longwinded 
task ahead of you, with no "automagic" shortcuts.


suppose I invoke 'F11' etc and change the font to 'negreta'; Lo! all 
the text is dark! change font-size? nada.


That will be because you chose the first technique above, and your 
local character or paragraph formatting is overriding your change of 
paragraph style.


maybe I have inadvertently but passing strange it works with one 
kind of font formatting but not the other.


I think that will be because the "default of [your] devising" 
happened to modify - and thereby fossilise - the font size but not 
the font itself. The font is still game to be changed by a change in 
paragraph style.


Note that font size is a character property, a character style 
property, and a paragraph style property (but not a paragraph 
property, although an entire paragraph can be given a font size using 
the character property, of course). So you can set font size in 
various ways, and understanding what is happening can be confusing.


I know it is easy for me to say this now, but you can see why 
learning about and using styles is very useful in OpenOffice. You 
will reap rewards.


I trust this helps.

Brian Barker


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Re: propagating changes.

[Rory O'Farrell]

On Tue, 19 Jul 2016 15:40:20 -0400 (EDT)
Felmon Davis  wrote:

> On Tue, 19 Jul 2016, Rory O'Farrell wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, 19 Jul 2016 15:13:00 -0400 (EDT)
> > Felmon Davis  wrote:
> >
> >> hello,
> >>
> >> I've frequently stumbled upon this problem so may as well seek some
> >> advice.
> >>
> >> I have a large document I work on this time of year. the default font
> >> size is 11pt but now I want to change it to 10.5pt - gonna make it
> >> into a booklet.
> >>
> >> simply altering the 'default' setting does not automatically
> >> modify the font size through the document. I don't want to 'select
> >> all' since there are other font sizes bound to a couple of 'styles'
> >> I'm using.
> >>
> >> how do I change a setting and have it 'propagate' automagically
> >> through the document? or is that not possible?
> >>
> >> maybe copy and paste into a suitable template?
> >>
> >> f.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Felmon Davis
> >>
> >
> > The easiest way is to use the Navigator (F5 key).
> 
> I get a little 'window' with rather obscure icons. what you describe 
> however I get with F11. maybe I configured things differently in this 
> regard.
> 
> must it be 'F5'?


Sorry - I misremembered - I've been writing on this computer for 14 hours and 
need a break.  It should have been F11
If that doesn't work you have been using direct formatting.  Direct formatting 
takes precedence over Styles. 

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Re: propagating changes

[Jim McLaughlin]

Brian -

Thank you for the walk through on managing and changing default fonts in
Writer.  Esay to follow and helpful.

A slightly related question:

How do I change the default font in Calc?  I have vision issues and both
the Arial font structure as well as the default size are an issue for me.
While I can change each new spreadsheet's font type and size on the tool
bar, I'd prefer a manner in which I can change the default font to my
preferred one.

While I am in a Calc window, the Tools > Options> Open Office > Fonts, or
Tools>Options>Open Office > Calc or Tools>Options>Open Office > Calc Base
don't give any of the plethora of ways to change font options that are
available in an OPen Office window.

Thoughts?

Thank you in advance.

On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 12:44 PM, Brian Barker 
wrote:

> At 15:13 19/07/2016 -0400, Felmon Davis wrote:
>
>> I have a large document I work on this time of year. the default font
>> size is 11pt but now I want to change it to 10.5pt - gonna make it into a
>> booklet. simply altering the 'default' setting does not automatically
>> modify the font size through the document.
>>
>
> This depends on what you mean by the "default setting". I'm guessing that
> you have changed the value at Tools | Options... | OpenOffice Writer |
> Basic Fonts (Western) | Default - and you are right: this changes the
> default for new documents only and not anything in a document currently
> open for editing.
>
> I don't want to 'select all' since there are other font sizes bound to a
>> couple of 'styles' I'm using.
>>
>
> Good: that wouldn't be the best solution. But you are using more styles
> that those "couple" you describe, since every paragraph will have a
> paragraph style with its own font size. If you have not knowingly ascribed
> a paragraph style to any part of your document, they may have the Default
> paragraph style (not to be confused with the default set in Options as
> above).
>
> how do I change a setting and have it 'propagate' automagically through
>> the document? or is that not possible?
>>
>
> o Go to Format | Styles and Formatting (or click the Styles and Formatting
> button in the Formatting toolbar, or press F11).
> o Select the Paragraph Styles button in the button bar of that window.
> o Put the cursor into your text to see which paragraph style is
> highlighted as being used.
> o Right click the paragraph style and select Modify... .
> o Modify the font size as required.
> o If this doesn't change all the relevant parts of your document, repeat
> in unaffected parts and change those paragraph styles too.
>
> maybe copy and paste into a suitable template?
>>
>
> No need.
>
> I trust this helps.
>
> Brian Barker
>
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Re: propagating changes

[Brian Barker]

At 15:13 19/07/2016 -0400, Felmon Davis wrote:
I have a large document I work on this time of year. the default 
font size is 11pt but now I want to change it to 10.5pt - gonna make 
it into a booklet. simply altering the 'default' setting does not 
automatically modify the font size through the document.


This depends on what you mean by the "default setting". I'm guessing 
that you have changed the value at Tools | Options... | OpenOffice 
Writer | Basic Fonts (Western) | Default - and you are right: this 
changes the default for new documents only and not anything in a 
document currently open for editing.


I don't want to 'select all' since there are other font sizes bound 
to a couple of 'styles' I'm using.


Good: that wouldn't be the best solution. But you are using more 
styles that those "couple" you describe, since every paragraph will 
have a paragraph style with its own font size. If you have not 
knowingly ascribed a paragraph style to any part of your document, 
they may have the Default paragraph style (not to be confused with 
the default set in Options as above).


how do I change a setting and have it 'propagate' automagically 
through the document? or is that not possible?


o Go to Format | Styles and Formatting (or click the Styles and 
Formatting button in the Formatting toolbar, or press F11).

o Select the Paragraph Styles button in the button bar of that window.
o Put the cursor into your text to see which paragraph style is 
highlighted as being used.

o Right click the paragraph style and select Modify... .
o Modify the font size as required.
o If this doesn't change all the relevant parts of your document, 
repeat in unaffected parts and change those paragraph styles too.



maybe copy and paste into a suitable template?


No need.

I trust this helps.

Brian Barker


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Re: propagating changes.

[Felmon Davis]

On Tue, 19 Jul 2016, Rory O'Farrell wrote:


On Tue, 19 Jul 2016 15:13:00 -0400 (EDT)
Felmon Davis  wrote:


hello,

I've frequently stumbled upon this problem so may as well seek some
advice.

I have a large document I work on this time of year. the default font
size is 11pt but now I want to change it to 10.5pt - gonna make it
into a booklet.

simply altering the 'default' setting does not automatically
modify the font size through the document. I don't want to 'select
all' since there are other font sizes bound to a couple of 'styles'
I'm using.

how do I change a setting and have it 'propagate' automagically
through the document? or is that not possible?

maybe copy and paste into a suitable template?

f.

--
Felmon Davis



The easiest way is to use the Navigator (F5 key).


I get a little 'window' with rather obscure icons. what you describe 
however I get with F11. maybe I configured things differently in this 
regard.


must it be 'F5'?

Change the dropdowb at Navigator bottom to "Applied Styles".  Press 
first icon from left to select Paragraph styles and modify each of 
the text styles by right clicking on the style and choosing Modify 
from the popup to 10.5 pt (usually Text Body and Default).  If you 
have other body styles you will have to modify these as well.


assuming my 'F11' is your 'F5', doing this is precisely what doesn't 
work. (sorry I was unclear.)


the document was begun with a certain 'default' of my devising, 11pt 
font-size, first line indentation, etc.


suppose I invoke 'F11' etc and change the font to 'negreta'; Lo! all 
the text is dark!


change font-size? nada.

If you have applied direct formatting instead of using styles 
properly this will not work.


maybe I have inadvertently but passing strange it works with one kind 
of font formatting but not the other.


f.

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Dreams are free, but there's a small charge for alterations.

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Re: propagating changes.

[Rory O'Farrell]

On Tue, 19 Jul 2016 15:13:00 -0400 (EDT)
Felmon Davis  wrote:

> hello,
> 
> I've frequently stumbled upon this problem so may as well seek some 
> advice.
> 
> I have a large document I work on this time of year. the default font 
> size is 11pt but now I want to change it to 10.5pt - gonna make it 
> into a booklet.
> 
> simply altering the 'default' setting does not automatically 
> modify the font size through the document. I don't want to 'select 
> all' since there are other font sizes bound to a couple of 'styles' 
> I'm using.
> 
> how do I change a setting and have it 'propagate' automagically 
> through the document? or is that not possible?
> 
> maybe copy and paste into a suitable template?
> 
> f.
> 
> -- 
> Felmon Davis
> 

The easiest way is to use the Navigator (F5 key).  Change the dropdowb at 
Navigator bottom to "Applied Styles".  Press first icon from left to select 
Paragraph styles and modify each of the text styles by right clicking on the 
style and choosing Modify from the popup to 10.5 pt (usually Text Body and 
Default).  If you have other body styles you will have to modify these as well. 
 

If you have applied direct formatting instead of using styles properly this 
will not work.
 
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propagating changes.

[Felmon Davis]

hello,

I've frequently stumbled upon this problem so may as well seek some 
advice.


I have a large document I work on this time of year. the default font 
size is 11pt but now I want to change it to 10.5pt - gonna make it 
into a booklet.


simply altering the 'default' setting does not automatically 
modify the font size through the document. I don't want to 'select 
all' since there are other font sizes bound to a couple of 'styles' 
I'm using.


how do I change a setting and have it 'propagate' automagically 
through the document? or is that not possible?


maybe copy and paste into a suitable template?

f.

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He was a fiddler, and consequently a rogue.
-- Jonathan Swift


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Re: Problems with File Formatting and Document Display on Open Office Writer

[Brian Barker]

At 15:35 19/07/2016 +0100, Matt Mills wrote:
I have been using OpenOffice Writer for a number of years and I have 
recently has problems with the program. A main concern is whenever i 
save a document in Word 97/2000/XP format, the program tells me that 
the document has been saved in the format I requested, but when I go 
to open the documents, they are displayed as an unknown file type 
with the unknown file icon (the white box with three squares). Every 
time I save a document now, even previous documents that have been 
saved as Word 97/00/XP documents, they are converted to unknown file 
types every time I go back into OpenOffice.


You may well imagine that the icon you see outside OpenOffice - 
provided by your operating system - shows the format in which any 
document file has been saved. But this is not true. Instead, the 
choice of icon will be based on the application that your operating 
system would use to open the file by default if you double-click it. 
In most cases this depends only on the extension to the file name, 
not on any property of the document file itself.


So what is likely is that your saved files are indeed in your chosen 
format but that they lack the .doc extension to indicate this to your 
operating system. You can test this by starting OpenOffice first and 
then using File | Open ... (or the Open... button in the start 
screen) to browse to and open the files - which you should find works 
normally, as this does not rely on your operating system's default settings.


OpenOffice has a strange option in the Save As... dialogue box. Near 
the bottom, you will see an "Automatic file name extension" tick box. 
Has this become unticked? If it has, you will be saving documents in 
the correct format, but the file names will not be getting the proper 
extension. So a document will be called just "name" rather than 
"name.doc". If you replace the tick, it will stick for further saves.


You can deal with existing rogue files either by opening them as 
above and then saving them with the appropriate extension (once you 
have replaced the tick) or else by using your operating system's 
facilities to rename the files, adding the extension manually.


I also had difficulty with the formatting of a Word document that I 
opened in OpenOffice. When I opened the file, the formatting had 
been thrown around and text boxes were moved and had a strange red 
arrow in the right-had corner. I have never known of this problem 
before - could it be due to a virus?


No. First, there will always be differences when you open documents 
in foreign formats or prepared by other application software. Indeed, 
there will be differences even without these changes if you have a 
different operating system, version of the application software, 
default printer, paper size, installed fonts, and so on. For best 
results, once you have formatted a document as you wish, save it in 
OpenOffice's native Open Document Format formats - .odt etc. - for 
later further use.


The red arrow just indicates that there is more text in the table 
cell than can be displayed at the current font, size, or other 
settings, I think. Enlarge the table cell or change the character 
formatting to see the rest of the contents.


I trust this helps.

Brian Barker


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Re: Problems with File Formatting and Document Display on Open Office Writer

[Daniel Roma]

Hello.

Your windows may be faulty, or dll corrupt.

in My Documents or Windows Explorer, right click the mouse on the
file, and choose default program as wtitter.
openoffice and microsoft office word recognize features, writer your
ways .: may have to make some changes in your document parater same
formatting as the word.my sister had a similar problem when trying to
open documents in Word, and for some reason the windows put the
writter  as the default program

when I open or create word documents the writer, always saved in the
word standard, never on writter pattern.
try opening the same document on another computer, with openoffice,
and see if you have the same problem. but it may be your windows with
some corrupt dll.

I have helped

2016-07-19 11:35 GMT-03:00 e-mail rm004e0578 :
> Hello, I have been using OpenOffice Writer for a number of years and I have
> recently has problems with the program.  A main concern is whenever i save a
> document in Word 97/2000/XP format, the program tells me that the document has
> been saved in the format I requested, but when I go to open the documents, 
> they
> are displayed as an unknown file type with the unknown file icon (the white 
> box
> with three squares).  Every time I save a document now, even previous 
> documents
> that have been saved as Word 97/00/XP documents, they are converted to unknown
> file types every time I go back into OpenOffice.
>
> I also had difficulty with the formatting of a Word document that I opened in
> OpenOffice.  When I opened the file, the formatting had been thrown around and
> text boxes were moved and had a strange red arrow in the right-had corner.  I
> have never known of this problem before - could it be due to a virus?
>
> Thanks
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Matt Mills
>
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Problems with File Formatting and Document Display on Open Office Writer

[e-mail rm004e0578]

Hello, I have been using OpenOffice Writer for a number of years and I have
recently has problems with the program.  A main concern is whenever i save a
document in Word 97/2000/XP format, the program tells me that the document has
been saved in the format I requested, but when I go to open the documents, they
are displayed as an unknown file type with the unknown file icon (the white box
with three squares).  Every time I save a document now, even previous documents
that have been saved as Word 97/00/XP documents, they are converted to unknown
file types every time I go back into OpenOffice.

I also had difficulty with the formatting of a Word document that I opened in
OpenOffice.  When I opened the file, the formatting had been thrown around and
text boxes were moved and had a strange red arrow in the right-had corner.  I
have never known of this problem before - could it be due to a virus?

Thanks

Best wishes,

Matt Mills

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Re: using Open Office with Microsoft Works files

[Rory O'Farrell]

On Tue, 19 Jul 2016 00:25:08 -0500
Mike Tomlianovich  wrote:

> I have a bunch of files created with the obsolete Microsoft Works.  How may
> I import these in to OpenOffice?  Thank you!
> 
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> 
> "Off the keyboard, through the CPU, out the transceiver,
>  down the line, across the router, through the hub,
>  out the gateway...   Nothing but NET"

On the OpenOffice Forum we recommend that one transfer these files to 
OpenOffice format using the free online service of www.zamzar.com

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using Open Office with Microsoft Works files

[Mike Tomlianovich]

I have a bunch of files created with the obsolete Microsoft Works.  How may
I import these in to OpenOffice?  Thank you!

-- 
Mike Tomlianovich   email: mjtom...@gmail.com

"Off the keyboard, through the CPU, out the transceiver,
 down the line, across the router, through the hub,
 out the gateway...   Nothing but NET"