At 01:53 20/11/2015 -0800, Victor Brasoveanu wrote:
I have a document made by Microsoft Office with .docx. The document is a log file with dates. I converted in Open Office, .doc, ...
If you wish to handle and edit your document in OpenOffice, you would be wise to save it in OpenOffice's native format - .odt - and not any foreign proprietary format.
... and when I save the document, converted the dates I modify in the document from (Dec.03-2015) to (12/03/15) without to request such a modification. I modify again the date as I want to have it and the software modify it again. Did not modify the dates that were already there but I did not touch it. Please let me know why it is happened like that and how I should setup the software to save in to the document as I like to have it, (Dec.03-2015).
Writer tables have rudimentary calculation facilities (rather like a spreadsheet), and date values you enter may be recognised as such and formatted consistently. There are two ways to achieve what you need:
o You could set the format of your table cells appropriately. Go to Table | Number Format... (or right-click | Number Format...). For Category, select Date; and then under Format choose your preferred format. To get your exact requirement, you will need to enter its code into the "Format code" box: use "MMM.DD-YYYY".
o Alternatively, you could disable the automatic recognition and keep exactly what you typed. This would be appropriate if you do not need to calculate with your dates, and I'm guessing it is what you will choose. To do this, go to Tools | Options... | OpenOffice Writer | Table | Input in tables, and remove the tick from "Number recognition". (You will need to enter your data one more time, of course.)
Also I would like to get rid of the border lines that are in any new or old document you open. See pic.
There is no picture, as attached files are removed by the list processor before messages are distributed. There are no border lines in new documents (apart from the pale grey margin lines, which will not print, of course). If you mean borders of your table, you can control these at Table | Table Properties... | Borders (or right-click | Table... | Borders). Either click the left example under Line arrangement | Default or scroll up and click "- none -" under Line | Style. Remember that, when you are creating a table and get to the Insert Table dialogue at Table | Insert > | Table..., you can more simply remove the tick from Border under Options there.
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