Hi :) Errr, me too now that i think about it but since a colleague pointed it out i now only do it if there is a decent calculator easily to hand and that can get the answers right (or at least close enough). Maybe i should leave a short-cut on his desktop.
Regards from Tom :) >________________________________ > From: Virgil Arrington <cuyfa...@hotmail.com> >To: Tom Davies <tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk>; LibreOffice List ><users@global.libreoffice.org> >Sent: Thursday, 27 June 2013, 23:39 >Subject: Re: off-list Re: [libreoffice-users] Need header outside right margin > > >Been there...unfortunately as the one looking for a calculator, he said with >a blush. > >Virgil > >-----Original Message----- >From: Tom Davies >Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2013 12:52 PM >To: Virgil Arrington ; LibreOffice List >Subject: off-list Re: [libreoffice-users] Need header outside right margin > >Hi :) >+1 >My boss asked me if there was a calculator and i was really tempted to say >"Start" button - Accessories - Calculator >but instead just dusted off the old hand-held dedicated calculated that gets >it wrong when i try 10/3 and then *3. Then found he already had Excel open >anyway. > >Regards from >Tom :) > > > > > > >>________________________________ >> From: Virgil Arrington <cuyfa...@hotmail.com> >>To: William Drago <wdr...@suffolk.lib.ny.us>; LibreOffice List >><users@global.libreoffice.org> >>Sent: Wednesday, 26 June 2013, 12:55 >>Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Need header outside right margin >> >> >>William, >> >>Your document would use page styles. The page style for the first page >>would >>not have any headers. Then the page style for the subsequent pages would >>have a header. You can then format the lines (paragraphs) within the header >>to any left and right margin you would like. (To have margins extend beyond >>the normal page margin, use negative numbers in your paragraph indent >>settings.) >> >>To get to the page styles, make sure you're styles list is showing (press >>F11 if it isn't). Then, at the top of the list are icons for (from left to >>right) paragraph styles, character styles, frame styles, and then page >>styles (it looks like a sheet of paper). Click on that icon to see a list >>of >>the page styles available for your document. You can then right click on >>any >>one of them to modify them or create new ones. At this point, it would be >>best for you to experiment with the page styles yourself, creating new ones >>or modifying existing ones to get the result that you want. Take careful >>note of the option on the "organizer" tab for "next style" as it will show >>what page style will be used for the following page. Sometimes this can >>cause some frustration. Also, there is an option in the header tab to set >>left and right margins. It may not allow negative margin settings here (I >>just tried it and it ignored me), so you may need to set negative margins >>at >>the paragraph indent level rather than the header margin level. >> >>It's all about learning to use styles, paragraph styles for paragraph level >>formatting and page styles for page level formatting. It's a pain to learn, >>and while you're learning you want to cuss out the LO developers, but once >>you learn it, you'll bless them as you'll be able to make your documents >>sing. The only way I know to learn is to experiment and play with them, >>creating your own styles along the way. I know its frustrating when all you >>want to do is finish the current project, but the more you learn now, the >>more you'll be able to apply to future projects to make your work so much >>quicker, automated, and consistent. It really is worth the effort. >> >>What I find most interesting is the dark ages style of formatting papers >>that you've been handed, with paragraph indents measured in "spaces" and >>lines in terms of "single" "double" and "triple" spacing. Is this an >>Underwood we're using or a computer? >> >>As long as we remain entrenched in a typewriter mentality (even though many >>of us have never typed a single letter on a typewriter), we will never >>learn >>the advanced capabilities of our computers, which act more like printing >>presses than typewriters. >> >>Virgil >> >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: William Drago >>Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2013 6:01 AM >>To: LibreOffice List >>Subject: [libreoffice-users] Need header outside right margin >> >>All, >> >>I am working on a research paper. The required page layout >>puts last name, working title, and page number in the upper >>right hand corner of each page, outside the right hand margin. >> >>It is similar to what is shown here, but has to appear on >>every page, not just the first page, and has to be outside >>the right margin and closer to the top of the page. >> >>http://www15.uta.fi/FAST/PK6/CITEX/TRADMOD/trad-mla.html >> >>How can this be done in LO Writer? >> >>Thanks, >>-Bill >> >> >>-- >>To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org >>Problems? >>http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ >>Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >>List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ >>All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be >>deleted >> >> >>-- >>To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org >>Problems? >>http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ >>Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >>List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ >>All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be >>deleted >> >> >> >-- >To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org >Problems? >http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ >Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ >All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be >deleted > > >-- >To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org >Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ >Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ >All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted > > > > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
