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Le 17/11/2016 à 01:57, glendag...@sbcglobal.net a écrit :
A few weeks ago, on my Gat
A few weeks ago, on my Gateway, the word processor I'm stuck with was modified,
Apache Project Open Office 4. Some improvement. You've shrunk the display by
half, and red-underlined every character I type in, obliterating the spell
check function. It's driving me nuts. Give me
On 6/27/2015 2:03 PM, Felmon Davis wrote:
On Fri, 26 Jun 2015, John Hart wrote:
On 6/26/2015 1:12 PM, Dale Erwin wrote:
On 6/26/2015 11:37 AM, Doug wrote:
However, if there were
to be a means of exiting the strait-jacket for a short space--a
line or the end of a paragraph, say, or until on
On Fri, 26 Jun 2015, John Hart wrote:
On 6/26/2015 1:12 PM, Dale Erwin wrote:
On 6/26/2015 11:37 AM, Doug wrote:
However, if there were
to be a means of exiting the strait-jacket for a short space--a line or
the end of a paragraph, say, or until one deliberately returns to the
style, then
So, what was the purpose and use of "reveal codes" in WP? The reason has
always been explained to me as a method to deal with character property
changes when the user could not figure out where they were occurring and
then remove them. In WP, I vaguely remember that it was possible to have
tags
Original message
From: John Hart
Date:06/26/2015 6:03 PM (GMT-05:00)
To: users@openoffice.apache.org
Subject: Re: warning - Editor Wars!!!--how about some heresy on behalf of the
"Joe 6-Pack" word processor user
On 6/26/2015 1:12 PM, Dale Erwin wrote:
> On
On 06/27/2015 05:29 AM, toki wrote:
On 06/27/2015 05:48 AM, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote:
Two versions were created, and off hand I don't remember the difference between
the versions.
There were versions for:
* Writer;
* Calc;
* Impress;
I don't remember if the one for Impress made it out
On 06/26/2015 10:12 PM, Julian Thomas wrote:
On Jun 26, 2015, at 17:20, Rory O'Farrell wrote:
If one unzips the OpenOffice format file, the file content.xml contains the
underlying xml code which can readily be inspected and modified and the OO file
rebuilt. All codes are revealed by this pr
Jim McLaughlin
Date:06/26/2015 5:11 PM (GMT-05:00)
To: users@openoffice.apache.org
Subject: Re: warning - Editor Wars!!!--how about some heresy on behalf of the
"Joe 6-Pack" word processor user
Oh.
So that makes it kind of useless in a world of OO 4.1.1.
Typical of the OO com
On 06/27/2015 05:48 AM, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote:
> Two versions were created, and off hand I don't remember the difference
> between the versions.
There were versions for:
* Writer;
* Calc;
* Impress;
I don't remember if the one for Impress made it out of alpha testing.
The one for Calc
Send me an email off list with the title
"Please Send me RevealCodes2.odt"
And I will send you a couple of different versions.
Two versions were created, and off hand I don't remember the difference
between the versions. I did a test run and I added some fixes since they
were broken, at least
> On Jun 26, 2015, at 17:20, Rory O'Farrell wrote:
>
> If one unzips the OpenOffice format file, the file content.xml contains the
> underlying xml code which can readily be inspected and modified and the OO
> file rebuilt. All codes are revealed by this process.
not very user friendly!
—
> On Jun 26, 2015, at 16:12, toki wrote:
>
>> I totally agree - Reveal Codes was a superb and valuable feature that SHOULD
>> have been incorporated into OO.
>
> Did you ever use the Reveal Codes macro/extension for OpenOffice.org?
This must be a well-kept secret! Can you provide a specific l
On 2015-06-26, 4:22 PM Johnny Rosenberg wrote:
2015-06-26 23:11 GMT+02:00 Jim McLaughlin :
Oh.
So that makes it kind of useless in a world of OO 4.1.1.
Typical of the OO community.
Well, I guess it's like everything else. Too few people seems to want the
reveal codes functionality, or at
2015-06-26 23:11 GMT+02:00 Jim McLaughlin :
> Oh.
>
> So that makes it kind of useless in a world of OO 4.1.1.
>
> Typical of the OO community.
>
Well, I guess it's like everything else. Too few people seems to want the
reveal codes functionality, or at least none of them are developers. Why
wou
On Friday 26 June 2015 03:03:18 PM John Hart wrote:
> On 6/26/2015 1:12 PM, Dale Erwin wrote:
> > On 6/26/2015 11:37 AM, Doug wrote:
> >> However, if there were
> >>
> >> to be a means of exiting the strait-jacket for a short space--a line
> >> or the end of a paragraph, say, or until one delibe
On 6/26/2015 1:12 PM, Dale Erwin wrote:
On 6/26/2015 11:37 AM, Doug wrote:
However, if there were
to be a means of exiting the strait-jacket for a short space--a line
or the end of a paragraph, say, or until one deliberately returns to
the style, then it might become a more user-friendly env
On Fri, 26 Jun 2015 14:11:47 -0700
Jim McLaughlin wrote:
> Oh.
>
> So that makes it kind of useless in a world of OO 4.1.1.
>
> Typical of the OO community.
>
If one unzips the OpenOffice format file, the file content.xml contains the
underlying xml code which can readily be inspected and
Oh.
So that makes it kind of useless in a world of OO 4.1.1.
Typical of the OO community.
On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 2:06 PM, toki wrote:
>
>
> On 06/26/2015 08:20 PM, Jim McLaughlin wrote:
> > Where does one find this magical sounding macro/extension?
>
> I think that OOo 1.1.5 is the most re
On 06/26/2015 08:20 PM, Jim McLaughlin wrote:
> Where does one find this magical sounding macro/extension?
I think that OOo 1.1.5 is the most recent version that it can be
installed, and run on.
jonathon
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Where does one find this magical sounding macro/extension?
On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 1:12 PM, toki wrote:
> On 06/26/2015 01:57 AM, Julian Thomas wrote:
>
> > I totally agree - Reveal Codes was a superb and valuable feature that
> SHOULD have been incorporated into OO.
>
> Did you ever use the Rev
On 6/26/2015 11:37 AM, Doug wrote:
A style is a strait-jacket! If you should want to, say, indent
something where the style does not allow it, you have to invoke some
other style. Or maybe double indent it. Or lots of things that "break"
the
style that is presently in force. This strait-jacket
On 06/26/2015 01:57 AM, Julian Thomas wrote:
> I totally agree - Reveal Codes was a superb and valuable feature that SHOULD
> have been incorporated into OO.
Did you ever use the Reveal Codes macro/extension for OpenOffice.org?
jonathon
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>
> Specific examples of typing whatever you want where you want would a
> great help. Without specifics, there can be no solution to the problem. Then
> it becomes like a man telling a doctor, "I don't feel good" over the
> telephone. The doctor is not likely to tell the man what he needs
On 06/25/2015 09:57 PM, Julian Thomas wrote:
On Jun 25, 2015, at 21:11, Andrew Pitonyak wrote:
I still have a great fondness for Word Perfect. The "Reveal Codes"
function gave me total control. Even more so than Micro$loth Word.
I totally agree - Reveal Codes was a superb and valuable feat
Good luck to you, Doug. To swipe a concept from an old Apple commercial, “The
most powerful software is the one people use.” If what you’re using gets the
job done, then your question is answered: Use it. WordPerfect, Word and AOo
have learning curves; if you don’t need to invest the time on tho
On 06/26/2015 12:16 PM, Dan Lewis wrote:
As I mentioned before, I have given up on OO and LO becasue of the style
problem. However, it occurs to me that the style problem could be easily fixed
(by the devs) if there was a simple
bypass arrangement that could be invoked when you want to evad
As I mentioned before, I have given up on OO and LO becasue of the
style problem. However, it occurs to me that the style problem could
be easily fixed (by the devs) if there was a simple
bypass arrangement that could be invoked when you want to evade the
style momentarily--say ALT-F12 or some
ality, what one person calls
"silliness" would not be what another person would call it.
It seems to me that you made a very good point: how people choose
to employ their time. Regardless of what word processor a person chooses
to use, it takes time to learn how to use it so tha
2015-06-26 17:48 GMT+02:00 James Knott :
> On 06/26/2015 11:45 AM, Johnny Rosenberg wrote:
> > Apache OpenOffice is not bug free of course, but so far it didn't destroy
> > any of my files.
>
> We can fix that. ;-)
>
Thanks… :P
>
> --
On 06/26/2015 11:45 AM, Johnny Rosenberg wrote:
> Apache OpenOffice is not bug free of course, but so far it didn't destroy
> any of my files.
We can fix that. ;-)
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> > >>
> > > /snip/
> > >
> > >> I think if you would take the time to learn how to use styles you
> would
> > >> find that Writer can be just as versatile as Word, if not moreso. I
> > >> struggled against it for a l
2015-06-26 17:37 GMT+02:00 Doug :
>
>
> On 06/26/2015 11:26 AM, Dan Lewis wrote:
>
>> On 06/25/2015 08:26 PM, Anthony J. Rudgers wrote:
>>
>>> What do you do if most every document you create with your word
>>> processor (WP) is in a different "sty
On 06/26/2015 11:26 AM, Dan Lewis wrote:
On 06/25/2015 08:26 PM, Anthony J. Rudgers wrote:
What do you do if most every document you create with your word processor (WP) is in a different "style," & you don't know its
"style" until you finish creating it? For my
On 06/25/2015 08:26 PM, Anthony J. Rudgers wrote:
What do you do if most every document you create with your word
processor (WP) is in a different "style," & you don't know its "style"
until you finish creating it? For my personal use, I create a lot of
speciali
PM, Dale Erwin wrote:
>
> On 6/25/2015 7:26 PM, Anthony J. Rudgers wrote:
>> What do you do if most every document you create with your word processor
>> (WP) is in a different "style," & you don't know its "style" until you
>> finish cre
On 6/25/2015 8:53 PM, Joe Conner wrote:
It would be useful to have a definition/characterization of each of
the various styles in the standard install. The names are available,
but sometimes they are not very informative. I would like less of the
trial and experiment and more of an intelligent ch
On 6/25/2015 11:58 PM, Dale Erwin wrote:
On 6/25/2015 7:26 PM, Anthony J. Rudgers wrote:
What do you do if most every document you create with your word
processor (WP) is in a different "style," & you don't know its
"style" until you finish creating it? For my per
On 6/25/2015 7:26 PM, Anthony J. Rudgers wrote:
What do you do if most every document you create with your word
processor (WP) is in a different "style," & you don't know its "style"
until you finish creating it? For my personal use, I create a lot of
specialized
On 06/26/2015 12:26 AM, Anthony J. Rudgers wrote:
> What do you do if most every document you create with your word processor
> (WP) is in a different "style," & you don't know its "style" until you finish
> creating it?
Sounds like you are confusing styl
the time to learn how to use styles you would
>>> find that Writer can be just as versatile as Word, if not moreso. I
>>> struggled against it for a long time before I finally broke down and made
>>> the time to learn how to use them.
>>>
>>> Dale Erwin
against it for a long time before I finally
broke down and made the time to learn how to use them.
Dale Erwin
Learning to use styles is too high a price to pay for a "free" word
processor. I'd rather pay money and get something user-friendly.
--doug
Well, no software will give you
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>
> However, "home and student" edition is $50!
>
>
> http://www.amazon.com/WordPerfect-Office-X7-Home-Student/dp/B00JC5Y6YA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1435287173&sr=8-1&
On 06/25/2015 09:57 PM, Julian Thomas wrote:
On Jun 25, 2015, at 21:11, Andrew Pitonyak wrote:
I still have a great fondness for Word Perfect. The "Reveal Codes"
function gave me total control. Even more so than Micro$loth Word.
I totally agree - Reveal Codes was a superb and valuable
t;home and student" edition is $50!
http://www.amazon.com/WordPerfect-Office-X7-Home-Student/dp/B00JC5Y6YA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1435287173&sr=8-1&keywords=wordperfect+x7
I haven't researched the difference, but I'm reasonably sure that you'd ge
> On Jun 25, 2015, at 21:11, Andrew Pitonyak wrote:
>
>> I still have a great fondness for Word Perfect. The "Reveal Codes"
>> function gave me total control. Even more so than Micro$loth Word.
I totally agree - Reveal Codes was a superb and valuable feature that SHOULD
have been incorpor
. Rudgers
> wrote:
>
> > What do you do if most every document you create with your word processor
> > (WP) is in a different "style," & you don't know its "style" until you
> > finish creating it? For my personal use, I create a lot of speciali
ally dead.
OO is a poor second, IMHO.
On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 5:26 PM, Anthony J. Rudgers
wrote:
> What do you do if most every document you create with your word processor
> (WP) is in a different "style," & you don't know its "style" until you
> finish c
What do you do if most every document you create with your word processor
(WP) is in a different "style," & you don't know its "style" until you
finish creating it? For my personal use, I create a lot of specialized
lists & inventories w/ my WP, in additio
On 06/25/2015 01:05 PM, Julian Thomas wrote:
> I would love to learn to use styles; unfortunately there are no books for OO
> 4, and the tutorials are not much help. Has anyone written a good
> introductory 'how to' guide?
>
While it's a bit dated, there's "OpenOffice.org 2 Guidebook", by Solve
behalf of
the "Joe 6-Pack" word processor user
It would be useful to have a definition/characterization of each of the
various styles in the standard install. The names are available, but
sometimes they are not very informative. I would like less of the trial
and experiment and mo
On 06/26/2015 01:53 AM, Joe Conner wrote:
> It would be useful to have a definition/characterization of each of the
> various styles in the standard install.
Is this what you are looking for:
Paragraph Styles
Name: Default
Font: Times New Roman
Font Size: 12 point
Font Weight:nor
> >> moreso. I struggled against it for a long time before I finally
> >> broke down and made the time to learn how to use them.
> >>
> >> Dale Erwin
> >
> > Learning to use styles
struggled against it for a long time before I finally
broke down and made the time to learn how to use them.
Dale Erwin
Learning to use styles is too high a price to pay for a "free" word
processor. I'd rather pay money and get something user-fri
On Thu, 25 Jun 2015 13:05:32 -0400
Julian Thomas wrote:
>
> > On Jun 25, 2015, at 02:10, Dale Erwin wrote:
> >
> > I think if you would take the time to learn how to use styles you would
> > find that Writer can be just as versatile as Word, if not moreso. I
> > struggled against it for a l
> On Jun 25, 2015, at 02:10, Dale Erwin wrote:
>
> I think if you would take the time to learn how to use styles you would find
> that Writer can be just as versatile as Word, if not moreso. I struggled
> against it for a long time before I finally broke down and made the time to
> learn how
6/25/2015 02:10 AM, Dale Erwin wrote:
> > >
> > >> On 6/23/2015 10:53 PM, Anthony J. Rudgers wrote:
> > >>
> > > /snip/
> > >
> > >> I think if you would take the time to learn how to use styles you would
> > >> find
>
> >> I think if you would take the time to learn how to use styles you would
> >> find that Writer can be just as versatile as Word, if not moreso. I
> >> struggled against it for a long time before I finally broke down and
> made
> >> the time to learn how
st as versatile as Word, if not moreso. I
>> struggled against it for a long time before I finally broke down and made
>> the time to learn how to use them.
>>
>> Dale Erwin
>>
>
> Learning to use styles is too high a price to pay for a "free" word
>
finally broke down and made the time to
learn how to use them.
Dale Erwin
Learning to use styles is too high a price to pay for a "free" word processor.
I'd rather pay money and get something user-friendly.
--doug
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> On 25 Jun 2015, at 8:10 am, Dale Erwin wrote:
>
>> On 6/23/2015 10:53 PM, Anthony J. Rudgers wrote:
>> As to word processors suitable for the general user, my vote is for
>> Microsoft Word. While, like most everyone on our Planet, I'd like the
>> proverbial "fr
On 6/23/2015 10:53 PM, Anthony J. Rudgers wrote:
As to word processors suitable for the general user, my vote is for
Microsoft Word. While, like most everyone on our Planet, I'd like the
proverbial "free lunch," I don't expect to get one. However, I found
I can get MS Word to give me the text
As to word processors suitable for the general user, my vote is for
Microsoft Word. While, like most everyone on our Planet, I'd like the
proverbial "free lunch," I don't expect to get one. However, I found I can
get MS Word to give me the text I want to type almost always. But when I
use Wr
Hi Rory.
Sorry that it's taken me so long to reply but domestic probs.
Many, many thanks for the advice. It's worked like a charm.
Very best wishes,
Allan Goffee
Sent from my iPad
> On 16 May 2015, at 17:36, Rory O'Farrell wrote:
>
> On Sat, 16 May 2015 17:18:34 +0100
> Allan Goffee wrote:
>
On Sat, 16 May 2015 17:18:34 +0100
Allan Goffee wrote:
> Hi Rory
> Many thanks. Sorry to sound a bit dim but I'm a geriatric who's just getting
> to grips with light switches. What exactly would be my 'user profile'. Would
> that be the name of the file that I'm having problems with?
> Allan
>
Hi Rory
Many thanks. Sorry to sound a bit dim but I'm a geriatric who's just getting to
grips with light switches. What exactly would be my 'user profile'. Would that
be the name of the file that I'm having problems with?
Allan
Sent from my iPad
> On 16 May 2015, at 15:46, Rory O'Farrell wrote
On Sat, 16 May 2015 15:08:19 +0100
Allan Goffee wrote:
> Hi.
> I'm not too sure how all of this works but do I ask my question now?
> I've just opened a rather large document that I've been working on all of
> this year only to find that almost everything has the squiggly red line
> under it a
Hi.
I'm not too sure how all of this works but do I ask my question now?
I've just opened a rather large document that I've been working on all of this
year only to find that almost everything has the squiggly red line under it as
if it were all either a spelling or grammar mistake. Your advice
On Thu, 15 May 2014 08:40:08 -0400
"Michael" wrote:
> When I save my work in the Open Office word processor it becomes distorted. I
> use win 7 Home Edition. What could be the possible cause for this. I can save
> Open Office templates and other work, just not the
When I save my work in the Open Office word processor it becomes distorted. I
use win 7 Home Edition. What could be the possible cause for this. I can save
Open Office templates and other work, just not the word processor text. Please
respond ASAP. Thank You!
On Tue, 15 Jan 2013 22:13:21 -0800 (PST)
Jack Coughlan wrote:
> Hi Open Office-
> Need help with 2 things. First, the list of different fonts has
> disappeared from the top of your opening page. Also missing
> now is the function where you decide what size the fonts are
> going to be. How can
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