Re: [users] 2 hours to set tabs :-((

2006-01-17 Thread Johnny Andersson
Den 2006-01-17 06:22:38 skrev Max Haltermann [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Now, setting the tabs - I take it you placed three user-defined tab placements on the ruler? Hi Mike: I have studied Help re tab but what is a user defined tab? If no text is highlighted I click on the ruler where I need a tab,

[users] 2 hours to set tabs :-((

2006-01-17 Thread Jallan
Max Haltermann wrote: I have studied Help re tab but what is a user defined tab? If no text is highlighted I click on the ruler where I need a tab, select the type and that is that. When I highlight more than one line the tabs disappear. The tabs indicated on the ruler apply solely to the

Re: [users] 2 hours to set tabs :-((

2006-01-16 Thread Johnny Andersson
I played a little with tabs a minute ago and I found a somewhat strange thing (I use 1.1.5 so maybe this is corrected in 2.0.1). Here's what I did: 01. New document. 02. Set one or more tabs by clicking in the horisontal ruler. 03. Go to next line by pressing Enter. 04. Change, add and remove

Re: [users] 2 hours to set tabs :-((

2006-01-16 Thread mike scott
On 16 Jan 2006 at 12:47, Jonathon Coombes wrote: On Mon, 2006-01-16 at 12:31 +1100, Max Haltermann wrote: Hi again, I'll be wearing out my welcome, but here I go again. I was presented with a 17 page list of names and relevant page numbers. This was created: sometimes using spaces,

Re: [users] 2 hours to set tabs :-((

2006-01-16 Thread Max Haltermann
- Original Message - From: mike scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Jonathon Coombes [EMAIL PROTECTED]; users@openoffice.org Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 11:42 PM Subject: Re: [users] 2 hours to set tabs :-(( On 16 Jan 2006 at 12:47, Jonathon Coombes wrote: On Mon, 2006-01-16 at 12:31

[users] 2 hours to set tabs :-((

2006-01-15 Thread Max Haltermann
Hi again, I'll be wearing out my welcome, but here I go again. I was presented with a 17 page list of names and relevant page numbers. This was created: sometimes using spaces, sometimes default tabs and sometimes user defined tabs. The whole looks like a dogs breakfast and foolishly I

Re: [users] 2 hours to set tabs :-((

2006-01-15 Thread RLShadow
It sounds like the use of paragraph styles would help significantly in what you're trying to do. If you're not familiar with styles, take a look at the users guide for OOo 2.0, which you can find at _http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/index.html_

Re: [users] 2 hours to set tabs :-((

2006-01-15 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
Max Haltermann wrote: Hi again, I'll be wearing out my welcome, but here I go again. I was presented with a 17 page list of names and relevant page numbers. This was created: sometimes using spaces, sometimes default tabs and sometimes user defined tabs. The whole looks like a dogs breakfast and

Re: [users] 2 hours to set tabs :-((

2006-01-15 Thread Max Haltermann
, where I had placed some tabs manually. Guess it didn't like my tabs as the message was 'Search object not found' Over to you. Max. - Original Message - From: Jean Hollis Weber [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: users@openoffice.org Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 12:47 PM Subject: Re: [users] 2 hours

Re: [users] 2 hours to set tabs :-((

2006-01-15 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
:47 PM Subject: Re: [users] 2 hours to set tabs :-(( Max Haltermann wrote: Hi again, I'll be wearing out my welcome, but here I go again. I was presented with a 17 page list of names and relevant page numbers. This was created: sometimes using spaces, sometimes default tabs and sometimes user

Re: [users] 2 hours to set tabs :-((

2006-01-15 Thread Max Haltermann
had placed some tabs manually. Guess it didn't like my tabs as the message was 'Search object not found' - Original Message - From: Jonathon Coombes [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: users@openoffice.org Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 12:47 PM Subject: Re: [users] 2 hours to set tabs :-(( On Mon

Re: [users] 2 hours to set tabs :-((

2006-01-15 Thread Keith Bates
On Mon, 16 Jan 2006 13:18:26 +1100 Max Haltermann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Jean, Yes, I have tried to set tabs in paragraph style, but I'm not sure if I did it right, but whatever I did, the moment I highlighted the raw text all tabs would disappear from the ruler. And yes, I also turned

Re: [users] 2 hours to set tabs :-((

2006-01-15 Thread Max Haltermann
[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: users@openoffice.org Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 2:28 PM Subject: Re: [users] 2 hours to set tabs :-(( On Mon, 16 Jan 2006 13:18:26 +1100 Max Haltermann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Jean, Yes, I have tried to set tabs in paragraph style, but I'm not sure if I did

Re: [users] 2 hours to set tabs :-((

2006-01-15 Thread Jonathon Coombes
On Mon, 2006-01-16 at 13:32 +1100, Max Haltermann wrote: Hi Jonathon again, The document is a long list of ancestors. There is a family name, then one or more given names with a page number associated with each given name or names on the extreme right. The chap worked at it for some 15 years

Re: [users] 2 hours to set tabs :-((

2006-01-15 Thread Max Haltermann
Actually they were an unholy mess of both Max. - Original Message - From: Jonathon Coombes [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: users@openoffice.org Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 3:02 PM Subject: Re: [users] 2 hours to set tabs :-(( On Mon, 2006-01-16 at 13:32 +1100, Max Haltermann wrote: Hi