Re: [libreoffice-users] Do You Share ODF Documents With MS Office Users?

2012-08-07 Thread rob wood
>From my experience of working in the IT department of a very large college with over 10 000 computers, it has nothing to do with functionality. 99.9% of employees use office to type letters and send emails. For the .1% that would use advanced features, policy probably disallows them anyway. Plus,

Re: [libreoffice-users] inserting (exactly) a line before a paragraph using styles

2012-08-02 Thread rob wood
Oops meant line *spacing* not line width. >> I don't know, why the gap appears. If I set the text-to-text alignment to >> bottom, it should not be there. >> >> > Well, I've realised why it is doing it. As the first letter is bigger, it > is making the bottom line of that line of text go lower, m

Re: [libreoffice-users] inserting (exactly) a line before a paragraph using styles

2012-08-02 Thread rob wood
On 2 August 2012 18:18, Regina Henschel wrote: > >> However, if I try to do this in libreoffice with register true turned on, >> it is doing this: >> >> The first letter is bigger than the rest... >> [this gap appears] >> This is the second line... >> > > > I don't know, why the gap appears. If I

Re: [libreoffice-users] inserting (exactly) a line before a paragraph using styles

2012-08-02 Thread rob wood
p cap too tall (that is to say, it goes down two lines, like it should, but also up a line). On 2 August 2012 15:21, Dan wrote: > rob wood wrote: > >> Thanks, spent all morning trying to get that to work :) >> >> The only problem I have left is that where I have set t

Re: [libreoffice-users] inserting (exactly) a line before a paragraph using styles

2012-08-02 Thread rob wood
line. This enlarged letter has been done with a character style. Any ideas on how this can be fixed (other than removing the big capital or turning off register true)? On 2 August 2012 14:40, Dan wrote: > Regina Henschel wrote: > >> Hi Rob, >> >> rob wood schrieb: >> &

[libreoffice-users] inserting (exactly) a line before a paragraph using styles

2012-08-02 Thread rob wood
Hi, Firstly, thanks for all the replies about my blank page question. That is all working nicely, however, I am now stuck trying to get writer to insert a blank line before a paragraph. It is important it is *exactly* a line as otherwise the baseline of the text on the opposite page won't line up.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Forcing a paragraph onto odd numbered pages

2012-08-01 Thread rob wood
Ahh got it. Page Style -> Page -> Layout Settings -> Page Layout -> Only Left Thanks On 1 August 2012 14:55, rob wood wrote: > > I can't seem to see how to get a paragraph (or page) to only be on odd (or >>> even) pages >>> >>> >> If

Re: [libreoffice-users] Forcing a paragraph onto odd numbered pages

2012-08-01 Thread rob wood
> I can't seem to see how to get a paragraph (or page) to only be on odd (or >> even) pages >> >> > If your primary concern is that a chapter starts on a "left" or "right" > page I do this with page styles. I have a style called > "chapter_first_page", which is always a left page. Thanks for

[libreoffice-users] Forcing a paragraph onto odd numbered pages

2012-08-01 Thread rob wood
Hi, I can't seem to see how to get a paragraph (or page) to only be on odd (or even) pages i.e each chapter should start on an odd page, if the page is even, it needs to insert a page break before the style starts so it becomes an odd numbered page. Is this impossible or am I just missing somethi