On Mon, 15 Mar 2021 16:01:59 +0000 Andrew Lunn <andrewlun...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have spent many years on writing manuscripts with a view to attracting a > publishing deal. I had been using Open Office. I recently upgraded my pc > and decided to continue using Open Office so downloaded the new free > install. I had already copied over my manuscripts from the old pc to the > new one via a memory stick. I opened the document to make an alteration to > some text in the opening pages of my novel. I could not believe what I > saw. Font sizes were all over the place, some sentences were 12 point, > some 10 point, sentences chopped at random, bold and italicised text where > it was not bolded or italicised originally. And worst of all when I try to > correct it all it doesn't correct anything. Fortunately for me, I back up > all my work and I still have the original copy of my manuscripts on my old > pc which still has the old Open Office suite I had been using. How can I > get my pages back to how they should look on my new pc? > > regards, > > Andrew Start by ensuring that the same fonts are installed on new computer as on the old. Windows 10, which I assume you are using for want of information, installs and uses a different font selection to earlier versions of Windows. From what you say, I think you have used Direct Formatting, rather than Styles, which is OpenOffice's preferred way to work. Direct formatting often leads to trouble. Also, in what format was your document Saved - .doc or .odt? .doc does not have the sane format reliability as .odt (OpenOffice's native format). That you cannot Save a change to your document is good at present, as it may be in read-only format due to missing permissions on your new computer. Until you have the document formatted to your liking, do not (repeat: _DO NOT_) Save over the transferred file; use a different file name. Many have found this document of assistance: https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Writer_for_Students -- Rory O'Farrell <ofarr...@iol.ie> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
