[libreoffice-users] Outline Numbering Ignorance.

2015-10-20 Thread Steve Edmonds
Hi. I'm about to show my ignorance here, what is Tools > Outline Numbering for. The help and Writer guide a a bit brief. For years I have been creating manuals with a layout 1 1.1 1.1.1 etc. where these items are all in the table of contents. Last night I change the style of Heading 4

Re: [libreoffice-users] Outline Numbering Ignorance.

2015-10-20 Thread Regina Henschel
Hi Steve, Steve Edmonds schrieb: Hi. I'm about to show my ignorance here, what is Tools > Outline Numbering for. The help and Writer guide a a bit brief. For years I have been creating manuals with a layout 1 1.1 1.1.1 etc. where these items are all in the table of contents. Last

Re: [libreoffice-users] Outline Numbering Ignorance.

2015-10-20 Thread Bruce Byfield
On Wednesday 21 October 2015 07:42:50 AM Steve Edmonds wrote: > Hi. > I'm about to show my ignorance here, what is Tools > Outline Numbering > for. The help and Writer guide a a bit brief. > > For years I have been creating manuals with a layout > 1 > 1.1 >1.1.1 etc. where these items

Re: [libreoffice-users] Outline Numbering Ignorance.

2015-10-20 Thread Steve Edmonds
On 2015-10-21 09:49, Bruce Byfield wrote: On Wednesday 21 October 2015 07:42:50 AM Steve Edmonds wrote: Hi. I'm about to show my ignorance here, what is Tools > Outline Numbering for. The help and Writer guide a a bit brief. For years I have been creating manuals with a layout 1 1.1

Re: [libreoffice-users] Outline Numbering Ignorance.

2015-10-20 Thread Bruce Byfield
On Wednesday 21 October 2015 10:40:13 AM Steve Edmonds wrote: > On 2015-10-21 09:49, Bruce Byfield wrote: > Not completely correct I think. Cross references has selections from > Headings (includes headings not in Outline numbering) and numbered > paragraphs (includes paragraphs not in outline

Re: [libreoffice-users] Outline Numbering Ignorance.

2015-10-20 Thread Steve Edmonds
Thanks, please see below. On 2015-10-21 10:45, Regina Henschel wrote: Hi Steve, Steve Edmonds schrieb: Hi. I'm about to show my ignorance here, what is Tools > Outline Numbering for. The help and Writer guide a a bit brief. For years I have been creating manuals with a layout 1 1.1

Re: [libreoffice-users] Outline Numbering Ignorance.

2015-10-20 Thread Steve Edmonds
On 2015-10-21 11:01, Bruce Byfield wrote: On Wednesday 21 October 2015 10:40:13 AM Steve Edmonds wrote: On 2015-10-21 09:49, Bruce Byfield wrote: Not completely correct I think. Cross references has selections from Headings (includes headings not in Outline numbering) and numbered paragraphs

Re: [libreoffice-users] Outline Numbering Ignorance.

2015-10-20 Thread Virgil Arrington
On 10/20/2015 02:42 PM, Steve Edmonds wrote: When I look at Outline Numbering it sets the paragraph style for each outline level but there are no position and spacing or number and character style set. These are all set in the paragraph and numbering styles. I've found just the opposite in

Re: [libreoffice-users] Outline Numbering Ignorance.

2015-10-20 Thread Steve Edmonds
On 2015-10-21 13:08, Virgil Arrington wrote: On 10/20/2015 02:42 PM, Steve Edmonds wrote: When I look at Outline Numbering it sets the paragraph style for each outline level but there are no position and spacing or number and character style set. These are all set in the paragraph and

Re: [libreoffice-users] Outline Numbering

2015-10-06 Thread Virgil Arrington
I'm beginning to think there is a definite bug here. I just renamed my user profile, and opened a brand new document using the default template. I then experimented with the following steps. Step 1: I setup three outline styles. I then typed the name of the styles and applied the appropriate

Re: [libreoffice-users] Outline Numbering

2015-10-06 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
Virgil Arrington wrote: I'm beginning to think there is a definite bug here. I just renamed my user profile, and opened a brand new document using the default template. I then experimented with the following steps. Step 1: I setup three outline styles. I then typed the name of the styles and

Re: [libreoffice-users] Outline Numbering

2015-10-06 Thread Virgil Arrington
On 10/06/2015 05:42 PM, libreoffice-ml.mbou...@spamgourmet.com wrote: I'm not much of an expert, but I suspect that's not how outline numbering is intended to be used. I think it's more like for chapters in a text book, where you wouldn't have a Chapter 3 followed by Chapter 3.x.1 without

Re: [libreoffice-users] Outline Numbering

2015-10-06 Thread Steve Edmonds
On 2015-10-07 11:12, Virgil Arrington wrote: On 10/06/2015 05:42 PM, libreoffice-ml.mbou...@spamgourmet.com wrote: I'm not much of an expert, but I suspect that's not how outline numbering is intended to be used. I think it's more like for chapters in a text book, where you wouldn't have a

Re: [libreoffice-users] Outline Numbering

2015-10-06 Thread Virgil Arrington
On 10/06/2015 06:46 PM, Steve Edmonds wrote: I found if you right click on the TXT numbering and restart numbering I could get numbered lists inside my outline numbering. I do this in my manuals where outline numbering is for chapters and the lists are for step by step procedures. Steve

Re: [libreoffice-users] Outline Numbering

2015-09-27 Thread Virgil Arrington
On 09/27/2015 06:42 AM, libreoffice-ml.mbou...@spamgourmet.com wrote: I think skipping outline numbering levels, in this case from level 1 (Heading 1) to level 6 (Outline 1) implicitly inserts the intermediate levels for numbering purposes. It's more obvious with styles which show all the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Outline Numbering

2015-09-27 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
Virgil Arrington wrote: I've got some strange behavior with outline numbering. I've created a combination of paragraph styles and an outline number schemes to come up with the following hierarchy. The numbering is governed through the Outline Numbering dialog and the names are my paragraphs

Re: [libreoffice-users] outline numbering

2014-11-11 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
Virgil Arrington wrote: On 11/08/2014 11:12 AM, libreoffice-ml.mbourne wrote: Are all the documents (old and new) in ODF Text (.odt) format? Or are the older ones in Word (.doc) or OpenOffice 1.0 (.sxw) format? I'm wondering if the options shown depend on the format of the document. Both

Re: [libreoffice-users] outline numbering

2014-11-08 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) That sounds truly bizarre! 1. Do you have different versions of LibreOffice installed in parallel? 2. If you open the newer version of LibreOffice and use the File - Open dialogue to open one of the old files does that force it to open in the newer version of LO and give it the correct

Re: [libreoffice-users] outline numbering

2014-11-08 Thread Virgil Arrington
On 11/08/2014 05:29 AM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) That sounds truly bizarre! 1. Do you have different versions of LibreOffice installed in parallel? No, only one version. I do have a Windows/Ubuntu dual boot with LO 4.1.5 on the Windows side and LO 4.2.7 on the Ubuntu side, but I've seen

Re: [libreoffice-users] outline numbering

2014-11-08 Thread libreoffice-ml . mbourne
Virgil Arrington wrote: I've used LO and its predecessors for about 15 years now. I recently noticed that the dialog boxes for outline numbering have changed. In the past, under the position tab for outline numbering, the numbering position was determined by settings such as width of numbering

Re: [libreoffice-users] outline numbering

2014-11-08 Thread Virgil Arrington
On 11/08/2014 11:12 AM, libreoffice-ml.mbou...@spamgourmet.com wrote: Are all the documents (old and new) in ODF Text (.odt) format? Or are the older ones in Word (.doc) or OpenOffice 1.0 (.sxw) format? I'm wondering if the options shown depend on the format of the document. Both are (and

Re: [libreoffice-users] outline numbering

2014-11-08 Thread Dan Lewis
Comment inline On 11/08/2014 01:21 PM, Virgil Arrington wrote: On 11/08/2014 11:12 AM, libreoffice-ml.mbou...@spamgourmet.com wrote: Are all the documents (old and new) in ODF Text (.odt) format? Or are the older ones in Word (.doc) or OpenOffice 1.0 (.sxw) format? I'm wondering if the

Re: [libreoffice-users] outline numbering

2014-11-08 Thread Brian Barker
At 21:02 07/11/2014 -0500, Virgil Arrington wrote: I've used LO and its predecessors for about 15 years now. I recently noticed that the dialog boxes for outline numbering have changed. In the past, under the position tab for outline numbering, the numbering position was determined by settings

[libreoffice-users] outline numbering

2014-11-07 Thread Virgil Arrington
I've used LO and its predecessors for about 15 years now. I recently noticed that the dialog boxes for outline numbering have changed. In the past, under the position tab for outline numbering, the numbering position was determined by settings such as width of numbering and minimum space to

[libreoffice-users] Outline numbering

2012-08-22 Thread T. R. Valentine
Among the Numbering options in Writer (Tools / Outline Numbering: 'Numbering' tab) are Α, Β, Γ, ... (Greek Upper Letter) and α, β, γ, ... (Greek Lower Letter) BUT instead of generating *alphabetical* order (Α, Β, Γ, Δ, Ε, Ζ, Η, Θ, and α, β, γ, δ, ε, ζ, η, θ, ... respectively, Writer produces

Re: [libreoffice-users] Outline numbering

2012-08-22 Thread Mirosław Zalewski
On 22/08/2012 at 17:05, T. R. Valentine trvalent...@gmail.com wrote: Question 1: Is there any way to create one's own list that can be added to the existing 21* choices? Yes - you may modify source code and compile LO yourself. If you don't want to do it, then answer is no. Question 2: Since

Re: [libreoffice-users] Outline Numbering

2011-09-09 Thread Stephan Zietsman
William Honeywell wrote: Is there a plug in or later version in which Outlining behaves? I am using Libreoffice 3.3.2. Suggestions, advice, or help would be appreciated. Is there a user's group or a website? There is indeed a newer version of LibreOffice available. You can have a look at the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Outline Numbering

2011-09-06 Thread Regina Henschel
Hi William, William Honeywell schrieb: Friends: In a complicated outline [ie sermon, lecture] the indentations don't always follow intuitively. Sometimes the space between the number and period and the first word immediately follows the period. But as I go deeper into the outline the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Outline Numbering

2011-03-14 Thread Ryan Jendoubi
Hello Mr Sochet, I'm a law student, would also be interested in finding answers to the points you raise. This long email doesn't provide any, but hopefully provides some possible ways of solving the problems. On 11/03/11 00:23, gmanrpi wrote: 1) If I use Roman Numerals for my Article

Re: [libreoffice-users] Outline Numbering

2011-03-11 Thread Albert Chen
I am an attorney too, eager to find solutions. Regards, Albert 2011/3/11 gmanrpi jsoc...@sochetlaw.com Dear All, I am an attorney and I was recently working on an Operating Agreement for for a limited liability company and I was experimenting with using outline numbering to number to

[libreoffice-users] Outline Numbering

2011-03-10 Thread gmanrpi
Dear All, I am an attorney and I was recently working on an Operating Agreement for for a limited liability company and I was experimenting with using outline numbering to number to effectively, and efficiently do some of the things I needed for numbering of Articles and sections/subsections of my