[users] writer

2012-02-10 Thread Vladimir Ivanov
Hello ! How to open word document with one too large table on the many pages ? I use LibreOffice 3.4.4. With Microsoft Office 2003 I have not any trouble but I want migrate to Libre Thanks ! -- - To unsubscribe send email to

[users] Writer: freehand rotation of arrows?

2011-11-05 Thread Dotan Cohen
I need to add some arrows to a Writer document. I found how to rotate them by specifying an angle, but I could not find a freehand rotation tool. Does this exist? Thanks. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com --

[users] Writer: visual link (arrow) that moves with the text

2011-11-05 Thread Dotan Cohen
Is there a way to specify a start-point and an end-point for an arrow in Writer? In a particular document some text refers to other text, and I would like to establish a visual link of sorts. An arrow would be perfect, so long as it would move to start and stop at the designated places as text is

[users] Writer: Changing colour of paragraph separator line

2011-10-25 Thread Dotan Cohen
Hi all. In Writer one can add a paragraph separator by putting for dashes on a line then pressing Enter. However, this line is always black, no matter the colour of the text font. How does one change the colour of this line? Thanks! -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com

[users] Writer can't do arithmetic?

2011-08-29 Thread John Jason Jordan
OOo 3.3.0 downloaded from Openoffice.org on Fedora 14, x86_64. I have a simple table in Writer where I want to do some elementary math. The table lists stocks, where the second column (B) is the number of shares, the third column (C) is the basis (price paid), the fourth column (D) is the current

[users] Writer can't do arithmetic?

2011-08-29 Thread John Jason Jordan
OOo 3.3.0 downloaded from Openoffice.org on Fedora 14, x86_64. I have a simple table in Writer where I want to do some elementary math. The table lists stocks, where the second column (B) is the number of shares, the third column (C) is the basis (price paid), the fourth column (D) is the current

[users] Writer: Change file to read-only mode

2011-06-19 Thread Dotan Cohen
How does one change a Writer instance to read-only mode? This mode is much better suited to reading documents. I have found that one can set a flag in File - Properties - Security to have to document open in read only the next time it is opened, but I would like to save a hassle and change

[users] Writer: Gradient on Line/Rectangle

2011-02-06 Thread Dotan Cohen
Time to spruce up the resume! I want to add to my resume a horizontal line with a horizontal gradient. I found two options, neither of the quite work: 1) Use a Line from the Drawing Toolbar. 2) Use a Rectangle from the Drawing Toolbar. The problem with using a Line is that it does not respond to

Re: [users] Writer: Gradient on Line/Rectangle

2011-02-06 Thread Brian Barker
At 21:05 06/02/2011 +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: Time to spruce up the resume! I want to add to my resume a horizontal line with a horizontal gradient. I found two options, neither of the quite work: 2) Use a Rectangle from the Drawing Toolbar. Next, I tried using a rectangle. I could get it to

Re: [users] Writer: Gradient on Line/Rectangle

2011-02-06 Thread Dotan Cohen
On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 21:30, Brian Barker b.m.bar...@btinternet.com wrote: Set Format | Object | Line... | Line | Line properties | Style (or right-click | Line... | Line | Line properties | Style) to Invisible. I trust this helps. Brian Barker Yes, Brian, thanks! Have a great week! --

[users] Writer not saving versions on close

2011-01-10 Thread Dotan Cohen
In two writer documents I have the option for saving a version on close, however, it seems that the application is not saving new versions on close. I can find no mention of other people having problems with this online, nor have I found a bug report. This is not an everyday feature though, so it

Re: [users] Writer not saving versions on close

2011-01-10 Thread Mike Scott
On 10/01/11 13:24, Dotan Cohen wrote: In two writer documents I have the option for saving a version on close, however, it seems that the application is not saving new versions on close. I can find no mention of other people having problems with this online, nor have I found a bug report. This

Re: [users] Writer not saving versions on close

2011-01-10 Thread Dotan Cohen
On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 15:49, Mike Scott m...@scottsonline.org.uk wrote: Did you actually /close/ the file, or just save it? Yes. The last version is from April 2010, but I have opened and edited the file at least three or four times since. Even today I edited the file, and no new version was

[users] Writer problem

2010-11-15 Thread rsbtho...@tiscali.co.uk
Hi. Guys, I have a problem with printing envelopes. I have read how to do it but it does not want to print envelopes from the address on a letter i have typed. I don't need a mail merge type address list as most of my letters are once only. In MS Word you just highlight the address on your

Re: [users] Writer problem

2010-11-15 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 11/14/10 14:37, rsbtho...@tiscali.co.uk wrote: Hi. Guys, I have a problem with printing envelopes. I have read how to do it but it does not want to print envelopes from the address on a letter i have typed. I don't need a mail merge type address list as most of my letters are once

Re: [users] Writer problem

2010-11-15 Thread Daniel Lewis
rsbtho...@tiscali.co.uk wrote: Hi. Guys, I have a problem with printing envelopes. I have read how to do it but it does not want to print envelopes from the address on a letter i have typed. I don't need a mail merge type address list as most of my letters are once only. In MS Word you just

[users] Writer form / PDF Export / TextFields font size

2010-11-02 Thread Yann Barraud
Hi, I just want to make the font size modifiable in my OOo generated PDF forms, but just don't know how to do this (when being filled with Acrobat Reader for example). Anyone can help ? Regards, Yann

Re: [users] Writer form / PDF Export / TextFields font size

2010-11-02 Thread Marcello Romani
Il 02/11/2010 13:26, Yann Barraud ha scritto: Hi, I just want to make the font size modifiable in my OOo generated PDF forms, but just don't know how to do this (when being filled with Acrobat Reader for example). Anyone can help ? Regards, Yann You can set the font type and size of an

Re: [users] Writer form / PDF Export / TextFields font size

2010-11-02 Thread Yann Barraud
Hi, I heard from a friend (though I did not check) that this is possible with Adobe Acrobat generated forms... Regard, Yann On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 1:46 PM, Marcello Romani mrom...@ottotecnica.comwrote: Il 02/11/2010 13:26, Yann Barraud ha scritto: Hi, I just want to make the font size

Re: [users] Writer form / PDF Export / TextFields font size

2010-11-02 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Tue, 2 Nov 2010 13:26:12 +0100 Yann Barraud yann.barr...@gmail.com dijo: I just want to make the font size modifiable in my OOo generated PDF forms, but just don't know how to do this (when being filled with Acrobat Reader for example). You should be able to do this, but it doesn't work due

Re: [users] Writer form / PDF Export / TextFields font size

2010-11-02 Thread Yann Barraud
Ok, this would allow me to choose the font for my users. What I wanted to do is to let thme choose the font while filling the PDF form... But I think this is a functionality beyond the one you mentioned. Thanks ! Regards, Yann Barraud On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 5:36 PM, John Jason Jordan

Re: [users] Writer Question 2

2010-09-10 Thread Guy Voets
2010/9/8 miriam raskin msr...@sbcglobal.net: One more question. Every time I save a document, Stuffit Expander jumps out and wants me to specify a folder into which to expand something or other (which I neither want nor need, IMHO). What have I done to trigger this? or what can I do to put a

[users] Writer Question 2

2010-09-09 Thread miriam raskin
One more question. Every time I save a document, Stuffit Expander jumps out and wants me to specify a folder into which to expand something or other (which I neither want nor need, IMHO). What have I done to trigger this? or what can I do to put a stop to it? MSR Using OOO3.2.1. with Mac OS

Re: [users] Writer Question

2010-09-09 Thread miriam raskin
Thanks ever so much. I would have bet all my assets that this option was checked. it's a good thing I don't bet. MSR On Sep 8, 2010, at 2:29 PM, RA Brown wrote: ** Please reply *only* to the list at users@openoffice.org ** miriam raskin wrote: Friends, I have lost access to what OOO

[users] Writer Question

2010-09-08 Thread miriam raskin
Friends, I have lost access to what OOO Writer calls the Apply style I box. It is a rectangle that displays the current paragraph styles, similar in appearance to the boxes that show current font and font size in a menu bar. The Help section, as usual in my experience, describes what this

Re: [users] Writer Question

2010-09-08 Thread RA Brown
** Please reply *only* to the list at users@openoffice.org ** miriam raskin wrote: Friends, I have lost access to what OOO Writer calls the Apply style I box. It is a rectangle that displays the current paragraph styles, similar in appearance to the boxes that show current font and font size

Re: [users] Writer word boundaries on numerical characters in Hebrew

2010-07-02 Thread Dotan Cohen
On 2 July 2010 03:52, Brian Barker b.m.bar...@btinternet.com wrote: At 02:16 02/07/2010 +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote: I have discovered that the term ab2cd will has two word boundaries: before the a and after the d, however the Hebrew equivalent × ×‘2גד has four word boundaries: at the

[users] Writer word boundaries on numerical characters in Hebrew

2010-07-01 Thread Dotan Cohen
I have discovered that the term ab2cd will has two word boundaries: before the a and after the d, however the Hebrew equivalent אב2גד has four word boundaries: at the beginning and end as expected, and also around the numeral. Is there a workaround for defining such a term as not to break in the

Re: [users] Writer word boundaries on numerical characters in Hebrew

2010-07-01 Thread Brian Barker
At 02:16 02/07/2010 +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote: I have discovered that the term ab2cd will has two word boundaries: before the a and after the d, however the Hebrew equivalent אב2גד has four word boundaries: at the beginning and end as expected, and also around the numeral. Is there a

Re: [users] Writer: how to force Arabic Numerical numbering?

2010-06-26 Thread Dotan Cohen
On 26 June 2010 02:35, Brian Barker b.m.bar...@btinternet.com wrote: Thanks. Actually, the requirement is that the page be sent as a Word document (.doc format) and that the references be hand-typed to avoid the character change. This is an academic requirement, there is no room to argue. Yes,

Re: [users] Writer: how to force Arabic Numerical numbering?

2010-06-26 Thread jonathon
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 06/25/2010 08:53 PM, Dotan Cohen wrote: Because I thought that might appear differently on machines that are differently configured. I'm happy to be wrong, though. I will have to The point of using styles is that the presentation markup is

Re: [users] Writer: how to force Arabic Numerical numbering?

2010-06-26 Thread Dotan Cohen
On 26 June 2010 18:08, jonathon jonathon.bl...@gmail.com wrote: Because I thought that might appear differently on machines that are differently configured. I'm happy to be wrong, though. I will have to The point of using styles is that the presentation markup is displayed the same,

[users] Writer: how to force Arabic Numerical numbering?

2010-06-25 Thread Dotan Cohen
A user has a Writer file with an ordered list of references. This file will be sent to another party. This list _must_ be Arabic Numerical 1,2,3 no matter what the _other_party_ has configured for their ordered list preferences (1,2,3 or a,b,c or א,ב,ג or I,II,III) on their computer. Other than

Re: [users] Writer: how to force Arabic Numerical numbering?

2010-06-25 Thread RA Brown
Dotan Cohen wrote: A user has a Writer file with an ordered list of references. This file will be sent to another party. This list _must_ be Arabic Numerical 1,2,3 no matter what the _other_party_ has configured for their ordered list preferences (1,2,3 or a,b,c or א,ב,ג or I,II,III) on their

Re: [users] Writer: how to force Arabic Numerical numbering?

2010-06-25 Thread Brian Barker
At 18:25 25/06/2010 +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote: A user has a Writer file with an ordered list of references. This file will be sent to another party. This list _must_ be Arabic Numerical 1,2,3 no matter what the _other_party_ has configured for their ordered list preferences (1,2,3 or a,b,c or

Re: [users] Writer: how to force Arabic Numerical numbering?

2010-06-25 Thread jonathon
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 06/25/2010 03:25 PM, Dotan Cohen wrote: This list _must_ be Arabic Numerical 1,2,3 Why can't you use a paragraph style that includes a numbering style that uses Arabic Numbers? jonathon -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10

Re: [users] Writer: how to force Arabic Numerical numbering?

2010-06-25 Thread Dotan Cohen
On 25 June 2010 18:50, Brian Barker b.m.bar...@btinternet.com wrote: At 18:25 25/06/2010 +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote: A user has a Writer file with an ordered list of references. This file will be sent to another party. This list _must_ be Arabic Numerical 1,2,3 no matter what the _other_party_

Re: [users] Writer: how to force Arabic Numerical numbering?

2010-06-25 Thread Dotan Cohen
On 25 June 2010 23:00, jonathon jonathon.bl...@gmail.com wrote: Why can't you use a paragraph style that includes a numbering style that uses Arabic Numbers? Because I thought that might appear differently on machines that are differently configured. I'm happy to be wrong, though. I will have

Re: [users] Writer: how to force Arabic Numerical numbering?

2010-06-25 Thread Brian Barker
At 23:51 25/06/2010 +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote: On 25 June 2010 18:50, Brian Barker b.m.bar...@btinternet.com wrote: At 18:25 25/06/2010 +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote: A user has a Writer file with an ordered list of references. This file will be sent to another party. This list _must_ be Arabic

[users] Writer: Erasing triple-dash lines after paragraphs

2010-06-23 Thread Dotan Cohen
How does one erase triple-dash lines that are placed after paragraphs? To test, type this text in Writer: test --- Now try to erase the line created by the dashes. Is this really expected behaviour, or is it a bug? -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com

Re: [users] Writer: Erasing triple-dash lines after paragraphs

2010-06-23 Thread Richard Detwiler
Dotan Cohen wrote: How does one erase triple-dash lines that are placed after paragraphs? To test, type this text in Writer: test --- Now try to erase the line created by the dashes. Is this really expected behaviour, or is it a bug? What the triple dash does is apply a paragraph

Re: [users] Writer: Erasing triple-dash lines after paragraphs

2010-06-23 Thread openoffice . mbourne
Dotan Cohen - dotanco...@gmail.com wrote: How does one erase triple-dash lines that are placed after paragraphs? To test, type this text in Writer: test --- Now try to erase the line created by the dashes. Is this really expected behaviour, or is it a bug? This is an AutoCorrect feature

Re: [users] Writer: Erasing triple-dash lines after paragraphs

2010-06-23 Thread Rob Clement
On 23/06/2010 11:06, Dotan Cohen wrote: How does one erase triple-dash lines that are placed after paragraphs? To test, type this text in Writer: test --- Now try to erase the line created by the dashes. Is this really expected behaviour, or is it a bug? Dotan The answer is in the help

Re: [users] Writer: Erasing triple-dash lines after paragraphs

2010-06-23 Thread Dotan Cohen
Thanks, all, for the answers. So it is not a bug after all, but it sure is a gotcha! -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional

Re: [users] Writer: Erasing triple-dash lines after paragraphs

2010-06-23 Thread Tom Bell
On 06/23/2010 11:17 AM, Dotan Cohen wrote: Thanks, all, for the answers. So it is not a bug after all, but it sure is a gotcha! I found that if you go to the top and do not delete it but next to it hit delete the line will disappear. Possibly a shorter method to use that all the others.

[users] Writer features disabled in .doc format

2010-06-13 Thread Dotan Cohen
I see that Versions is disabled when saving in .doc format. I have googled but cannot find a listing of what other OOo Writer features are disabled when saving in .doc format. is there such a list? Does anybody know what other features might be disabled? Thanks. -- Dotan Cohen

Re: [users] Writer features disabled in .doc format

2010-06-13 Thread Rob Clement
On 13/06/2010 10:08, Dotan Cohen wrote: I see that Versions is disabled when saving in .doc format. I have googled but cannot find a listing of what other OOo Writer features are disabled when saving in .doc format. is there such a list? Does anybody know what other features might be disabled?

Re: [users] Writer features disabled in .doc format

2010-06-13 Thread Dotan Cohen
On 13 June 2010 20:01, Rob Clement r...@robbev.com wrote: Why not save the file in ODT format so that you keep the version information and then only produce the .doc format as an exception. Because this user is in an MS Office environment. He is testing OOo as a possible replacement for a lab

Re: [users] writer, elenco numerato

2010-06-03 Thread Michele Zarri
On 02/06/10 19:21, Vittorio wrote: Uso writer per esigenze scolastiche e devo spesso fare elenchi numerati. Se l'elenco occupa solo mezzo foglio faccio copia e incolla per avere 2 documenti sullo stesso foglio che poi taglio a metà. Però la numerazione della copia non parte da 1 come

[users] writer, elenco numerato

2010-06-02 Thread Vittorio
Uso writer per esigenze scolastiche e devo spesso fare elenchi numerati. Se l'elenco occupa solo mezzo foglio faccio copia e incolla per avere 2 documenti sullo stesso foglio che poi taglio a metà. Però la numerazione della copia non parte da 1 come nell'originale, ma continua dal successivo.

Re: [users] writer : position of endnotes and 2 columns

2010-05-30 Thread Eric SIBERT
Indeed, a known issue: http://fr.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=37095 Éric - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org

Re: [users] writer : position of endnotes and 2 columns

2010-05-28 Thread Eric SIBERT
How can I collect my endnotes where I want? Not a lot of answer :-( For the present manuscript, I'm trying to find a workaround. I put the Bibliography part at the last position, after Annexes chapter. Indeed, endnotes don't appear on the same page as the title but on a separated page. How

[users] writer : position of endnotes and 2 columns

2010-05-27 Thread Eric SIBERT
Hi, I'm making a document with writer. Some parts of the document have two columns. I also have endnotes in my text. The overall organization looks like: Introduction Text in two columns bla bla bla Analyze Text in two columns bla bla bla Conclusion Text in two columns bla bla bla

[users] Writer RTF/Doc files blocked by IE 7/8

2010-05-24 Thread Jerry Clancy
Win XP/Pro, OO 3.1, IE 8 (but happened in IE 7, too) Our ISAPI apps return three kinds of formatted documents, as HTML, a PDF and an RTF, which is a Word format. The first two open fine in a new window, which they are designed to do. The .rtf (and .doc) files get blocked loading into the just

Re: [users] Writer RTF/Doc files blocked by IE 7/8

2010-05-24 Thread RA Brown
Hi Jerry, Jerry Clancy wrote: Win XP/Pro, OO 3.1, IE 8 (but happened in IE 7, too) Our ISAPI apps return three kinds of formatted documents, as HTML, a PDF and an RTF, which is a Word format. The first two open fine in a new window, which they are designed to do. The .rtf (and .doc) files

[users] Writer program crash/exit

2010-05-09 Thread Michael Adams
Windows Server 2008, OO.o3.2 Since recent Windows Upgrates ;) some users have been getting program shutdown (like a normal exit) on any paste into a document. Tried: * Pasting different things - text from web, text from notepad or images. * Edit - Paste Special (paste only text) * Pasting

Re: [users] Writer program crash/exit

2010-05-09 Thread Sigrid Carrera
Hi Michael, Am Fri, 07 May 2010 17:48:01 +1200 schrieb Michael Adams linux_m...@paradise.net.nz: Windows Server 2008, OO.o3.2 Since recent Windows Upgrates ;) some users have been getting program shutdown (like a normal exit) on any paste into a document. I can confirm this problems with

Re: [users] Writer: do not show =2 lines of text body at end of page

2010-04-08 Thread Dotan Cohen
I think the issue is that there are both true paragraphs and paragraphs chopped apart by line wrapping into multiple pseudo-paragraphs when the text was copied from the web. The object is to remove the odd breakage points so that the text can flow normally, obeying widow and orphan settings.

Re: [users] Writer: do not show =2 lines of text body at end of page

2010-04-08 Thread Dotan Cohen
Hi Barbara. All of the br were converted into paragraph breaks in OOo. In my opinion, that is a bug. HTML specifies p/p as paragraph breaks and br as line breaks, so pasted text should follow this convention. I will file an issue. Here is the bug: Pasted HTML text has incorrect paragraph

Re: [users] Writer: do not show =2 lines of text body at end of page

2010-04-08 Thread Daniel Lewis
Dotan Cohen wrote: I think the issue is that there are both true paragraphs and paragraphs chopped apart by line wrapping into multiple pseudo-paragraphs when the text was copied from the web. The object is to remove the odd breakage points so that the text can flow normally, obeying widow and

[users] Writer: do not show =2 lines of text body at end of page

2010-04-07 Thread Dotan Cohen
In Writer, I have a document with this structure: Heading 1 Heading 2 Text Body Heading 2 Text Body Heading 2 Text Body I need for page breaks not to occur after a Heading and not after the first or second line of a Text Body. In other words, the end of a page should never be a heading,

Re: [users] Writer: do not show =2 lines of text body at end of page

2010-04-07 Thread Michael Adams
On Wednesday 07 April 2010 20:46, Dotan Cohen wrote: In Writer, I have a document with this structure: Heading 1 Heading 2 Text Body Heading 2 Text Body Heading 2 Text Body I need for page breaks not to occur after a Heading and not after the first or second line of a Text

Re: [users] Writer: do not show =2 lines of text body at end of page

2010-04-07 Thread Dotan Cohen
In English the term is Widows and Orphans. A widow is a short line at the end of a paragraph which appears on the next page/column. An orphan is the first line of a paragraph printed alone at the bottom of the previous page. The control for this can be set for any paragraph style. To set an

Re: [users] Writer: do not show =2 lines of text body at end of page

2010-04-07 Thread Dotan Cohen
Actually, it seems that even with a single-column layout the Do not split paragraph box is rechecked and the Widow and Orphan control boxen are empty. -- Dotan Cohen http://bido.com http://what-is-what.com The Beatles - 2000 - 1.odt Description: application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text

Re: [users] Writer: do not show =2 lines of text body at end of page

2010-04-07 Thread openoffice . mbourne
Dotan Cohen - dotanco...@gmail.com wrote: Actually, it seems that even with a single-column layout the Do not split paragraph box is rechecked and the Widow and Orphan control boxen are empty. Every line in your example document is a new paragraph. To see that more clearly, click open the

Re: [users] Writer: do not show =2 lines of text body at end of page

2010-04-07 Thread Dotan Cohen
Every line in your example document is a new paragraph. To see that more clearly, click open the View and choose Non-printing Characters. New paragraphs are then marked with a symbol which looks like a backwards P (also spaces show as a dot, and tabs as a right-pointing arrow). To start a

Re: [users] Writer: do not show =2 lines of text body at end of page

2010-04-07 Thread Michael Adams
On Thursday 08 April 2010 06:40, Dotan Cohen wrote: Every line in your example document is a new paragraph. To see that more clearly, click open the View and choose Non-printing Characters. New paragraphs are then marked with a symbol which looks like a backwards P (also spaces show as a

Re: [users] Writer: do not show =2 lines of text body at end of page

2010-04-07 Thread Dotan Cohen
I think this is bad advice, effectively changing the document to one paragraph just does not sound right to me. The end goal would be changing all the text in each section to one paragraph. As these are song lyrics, that is quite reasonable. One would not expect each line of a song to be a

Re: [users] Writer: do not show =2 lines of text body at end of page

2010-04-07 Thread openoffice . mbourne
Dotan Cohen - dotanco...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks, Mark. That text was copied and pasted from a website. Is there a way to convert all the New Paragraph marks to New Line marks? I tried to do the same conversion once and failed to find a way, but maybe it does exist. I can't see a way either. I

Re: [users] Writer: do not show =2 lines of text body at end of page

2010-04-07 Thread Daniel Lewis
Michael Adams wrote: On Thursday 08 April 2010 06:40, Dotan Cohen wrote: Every line in your example document is a new paragraph. To see that more clearly, click open the View and choose Non-printing Characters. New paragraphs are then marked with a symbol which looks like a backwards P

Re: [users] Writer: do not show =2 lines of text body at end of page

2010-04-07 Thread openoffice . mbourne
Daniel Lewis - elderdanle...@gmail.com wrote: Michael Adams wrote: On Thursday 08 April 2010 06:40, Dotan Cohen wrote: Every line in your example document is a new paragraph. To see that more clearly, click open the View and choose Non-printing Characters. New paragraphs are then marked with a

Re: [users] Writer: do not show =2 lines of text body at end of page

2010-04-07 Thread Dotan Cohen
Now that the line breaks are out of the way, the Widow and Orphan control works! However, there are Headings as Widows. What must I configure to associate the Headings with the Text Body that follows, so that there will not be Heading Widows? -- Dotan Cohen http://bido.com

Re: [users] Writer: do not show =2 lines of text body at end of page

2010-04-07 Thread Dotan Cohen
In the content.xml file I tried replacing this text: /text:ptext:p text:style-name=Text_20_body With this: text:line-break/ It worked! The document is attached. -- Dotan Cohen http://bido.com http://what-is-what.com test.odt Description: application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text

Re: [users] Writer: do not show =2 lines of text body at end of page

2010-04-07 Thread openoffice . mbourne
Dotan Cohen - dotanco...@gmail.com wrote: Now that the line breaks are out of the way, the Widow and Orphan control works! However, there are Headings as Widows. What must I configure to associate the Headings with the Text Body that follows, so that there will not be Heading Widows? The

Re: [users] Writer: do not show =2 lines of text body at end of page

2010-04-07 Thread Dotan Cohen
The headings already have Keep with next paragraph set under Format Paragraph Text Flow, but it doesn't quite work as expected because you have a blank paragraph between the heading and first verse. Probably best to remove those blank paragraphs, and increase the Below paragraph spacing for

Re: [users] Writer: do not show =2 lines of text body at end of page

2010-04-07 Thread Barbara Duprey
Michael Adams wrote: On Thursday 08 April 2010 06:40, Dotan Cohen wrote: Every line in your example document is a new paragraph. To see that more clearly, click open the View and choose Non-printing Characters. New paragraphs are then marked with a symbol which looks like a backwards P (also

Re: [users] writer: import tables with formula

2010-03-15 Thread Heiko L.
Harm. I hoped for help. summary: - works: SO-3.1 - Expression is faulty: OO-1.1 OO-2.4 OO-3.1-win SO-8 1. Howto convert this old documents? 2. Howto convert formula as fieldvariable into simple formula? Please send me a link, if this problem already known. Now i tested any versions.

Re: [users] Writer page background colour: feature or bug?

2010-03-10 Thread Dotan Cohen
Hi there is a work around just take back the default margins to 0 (zero)say yes to the non print warning set your margins on the active page you can try this I dont know how it prints Thanks, Stewart. I knew about the workaround, but I wanted to know if this was intentional behaviour or a

Re: [users] Writer page background colour: feature or bug?

2010-03-10 Thread Kevin Reynolds
I use View Web Layout. I leave my margins alone. It's a nice simple environment. On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 3:44 PM, Stewart stewartha...@cogeco.ca wrote: On 09/03/2010 2:15 AM, Dotan Cohen wrote: When setting the Page background colour in Writer, the area in the margins remains white. Is

RE: [users] Writer page background colour: feature or bug?

2010-03-09 Thread Gmail
Please urgently stop all e-mails to my computer . I have send a lot of mails asking to stop this immediately. -Original Message- From: Guy Voets [mailto:nimant...@gmail.com] Sent: 09 March 2010 12:44 PM To: users@openoffice.org Cc: Dotan Cohen Subject: Re: [users] Writer page background

Re: [users] Writer page background colour: feature or bug?

2010-03-09 Thread James Wilde
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Re: [users] Writer page background colour: feature or bug?

2010-03-09 Thread Guy Voets
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Re: [users] Writer page background colour: feature or bug?

2010-03-09 Thread James Wilde
computer . I have send a lot of mails asking to stop this immediately. -Original Message- From: Guy Voets [mailto:nimant...@gmail.com] Sent: 09 March 2010 12:44 PM To: users@openoffice.org Cc: Dotan Cohen Subject: Re: [users] Writer page background colour: feature or bug? 2010

Re: [users] Writer page background colour: feature or bug?

2010-03-09 Thread Guy Voets
2010/3/9 Dotan Cohen dotanco...@gmail.com: When setting the Page background colour in Writer, the area in the margins remains white. Is this a feature (as a printed document would presumably not be printed there) or a bug (as the user is formatting the Page, not the currently active widget).

[users] Writer page background colour: feature or bug?

2010-03-08 Thread Dotan Cohen
When setting the Page background colour in Writer, the area in the margins remains white. Is this a feature (as a printed document would presumably not be printed there) or a bug (as the user is formatting the Page, not the currently active widget). Thanks. -- Dotan Cohen http://bido.com

[users] Writer; Decimal Tab Stops?

2010-02-28 Thread Twayne
Hi, I'm in the process of changing some Word templates to Writer templates and I've hit a snag. How do you set a decimal tab stop? That's one where, when digits are entered, they align to the left or right of the decimal point. A decimal tab stop is one where in a column of numbers, the

Re: [users] Writer; Decimal Tab Stops?

2010-02-28 Thread jomali
On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 7:28 PM, Twayne twa...@twaynesdomain.com wrote: Hi, I'm in the process of changing some Word templates to Writer templates and I've hit a snag. How do you set a decimal tab stop? That's one where, when digits are entered, they align to the left or right of the

[users] writer: import tables with formula

2010-02-27 Thread Heiko L.
Hallo, I want to import several writer.tables from so3 into oo3. Used formula as field-variable with relative reference. =C2*2 This works in running session. Write document seen works successfull. ($ strings foo.sdw | more ) But after reload dokument (or import from so3), formula on 2.table

Re: [users] Writer: Cannot mix numbers and RTL text vertically

2010-02-25 Thread Dotan Cohen
True as in not all the text goes vertical so, yes I think it's a bug. Thank you, Harold. Can you please confirm that you see the bug on your OS as well: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=109588 Thanks! -- Dotan Cohen http://bido.com http://what-is-what.com Please CC me if you

Re: [users] Writer: Cannot mix numbers and RTL text vertically

2010-02-25 Thread Guy Voets
2010/2/25 Dotan Cohen dotanco...@gmail.com: True as in not all the text goes vertical so, yes I think it's a bug. Thank you, Harold. Can you please confirm that you see the bug on your OS as well: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=109588 Thanks! -- Dotan Cohen Hello

Re: [users] Writer: Cannot mix numbers and RTL text vertically

2010-02-25 Thread Dotan Cohen
Hello Dotan, It seems to me that rotating text simply doesn't work for RTL. Confirmed your issue for Mac Leopard (10.5) with OOo 3.2. I see that you mentioned that on the bug report. Thanks! -- Dotan Cohen http://bido.com http://what-is-what.com Please CC me if you want to be sure that

[users] Writer: reduce list spacing

2010-02-25 Thread Dotan Cohen
Writer uses paragraph spacing between items in lists. How can I reduce this spacing? To see what I mean, type helloenter cruelShift-enter worldenter * oneenter two It can be seen that the vertical spacing between hello and cruel is larger than the spacing between cruel and world. It can also be

Re: [users] Writer: reduce list spacing

2010-02-25 Thread Guy Voets
2010/2/25 Dotan Cohen dotanco...@gmail.com: Writer uses paragraph spacing between items in lists. How can I reduce this spacing? To see what I mean, type helloenter cruelShift-enter worldenter * oneenter two It can be seen that the vertical spacing between hello and cruel is larger

Re: [users] Writer: Cannot mix numbers and RTL text vertically

2010-02-25 Thread Harold Fuchs
On 25 February 2010 09:17, Dotan Cohen dotanco...@gmail.com wrote: True as in not all the text goes vertical so, yes I think it's a bug. Thank you, Harold. Can you please confirm that you see the bug on your OS as well: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=109588 Thanks!

Re: [users] Writer: Cannot mix numbers and RTL text vertically

2010-02-25 Thread Dotan Cohen
Done. Thanks, Harold! -- Dotan Cohen http://bido.com http://what-is-what.com Please CC me if you want to be sure that I read your message. I do not read all list mail. - To unsubscribe, e-mail:

[users] Writer: Cannot mix numbers and RTL text vertically

2010-02-22 Thread Dotan Cohen
In OOo 3.1.1 on Kubuntu 9.10 I cannot show numbers vertically in Writer. Steps to reproduce: 1* Open a new document (LTR or RTL, both are affected) 2* Create 10x1 table (10 columns, 1 row) 3* In one of the cells paste this info (without quotes): דותן כהן 054-7881700 4* Select the entire table 5*

Re: [users] Writer: Cannot mix numbers and RTL text vertically

2010-02-22 Thread Harold Fuchs
On 22 February 2010 09:05, Dotan Cohen dotanco...@gmail.com wrote: In OOo 3.1.1 on Kubuntu 9.10 I cannot show numbers vertically in Writer. Steps to reproduce: 1* Open a new document (LTR or RTL, both are affected) 2* Create 10x1 table (10 columns, 1 row) 3* In one of the cells paste this

Re: [users] Writer: Cannot mix numbers and RTL text vertically

2010-02-22 Thread Dotan Cohen
True on OOo 3.1.1 Win XP pro True as in you see a bug? In OOo 3.1.1 Win XP pro there is *no* Properties option here. It might only show in RTL installations. -- Dotan Cohen http://bido.com http://what-is-what.com - To

Re: [users] Writer: Cannot mix numbers and RTL text vertically

2010-02-22 Thread Harold Fuchs
Dotan Cohen wrote: True on OOo 3.1.1 Win XP pro True as in you see a bug? True as in not all the text goes vertical so, yes I think it's a bug. In OOo 3.1.1 Win XP pro there is *no* Properties option here. It might only show in RTL installations. -- Harold Fuchs

[users] Writer column flow occasionally interspersed with blank segments

2010-02-17 Thread Jerry Clancy
I recently upgraded to 3.1.1 hoping that a quirk in 2.x would be fixed and that the RTF converson to .odt would be speeded up but, alas, not so. We produce a monster, 600-page document each month (at mostly 7-pt. text). The master has roughly eight sections differing by headers and sometimes

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