i'd suggest you download the manual as i've found them to have helped in my transition to OOo. http://documentation.openoffice.org/
thomas steel wrote: > Dear Michael: I've waded carefully through both the links you kindly > sent me & can find nothing which relates to my endnote problem. As a > tutor, don't you know of a site which explains this stuff in layman's > terms? Or of any 'real world' tutorial help re OO in London? Both the > sites you suggested use endless jargon words without any attempt to > translate them. My despair arises both from the particular messes into > which I've been led by OO, but more generally because I've been word > processing for 25 years & have constantly tried to learn, but now find > my grasp slipping ever faster away, as it becomes the field of > technical experts. > But anyway I will tomorrow try your suggestion of posting a sample > file & asking for help that way. Alas, still no response to my other > OO probs. TS. > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Adams" > > To: > Sent: Monday, April 21, 2008 9:22 PM > Subject: Re: [users] Help!! > > >> >> Life is to short to torment yourself over a word processor, so enough >> of the woe is me already. >> >> I still think you need to grasp the concept of styles first, before you >> proceed. >> >> http://www.google.com/search?q=openoffice.org+styles+tutorial >> Try this one: >> http://www.pcc-services.com/tutorials/OOo/basic_styles/page1.html >> >> In case you are wondering, i am a tutor, not a handyman. If you want a >> handyman look next door. Or post a sample file to the internet so that >> someone here can tell you how to modify the existing endnote style >> document wide. >> >> On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:17:44 +0100 >> thomas steel wrote: >> >>> Thank you, Michael, for responding again. I wonder if you will have >>> the patience to stick with this one. I can't work out how to 'identify >>> para. style for endnotes', much less how to alter it. I have been >>> going to my endnotes & then to 'Format' & then to 'Styles & >>> Formatting'. Once there I am hit by several baffling items, but >>> nothing which seems connected in any way with what I want to do. I >>> really want to make this work & not to have to return to Word, but I >>> am in torment! TS----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Adams" >>> >>> To: >>> Sent: Monday, April 21, 2008 10:48 AM >>> Subject: Re: [users] Help!! >>> >>> >>>> >>>> I have replied after the relevant point (interspersed replying) >>>> >>>> On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 09:25:47 +0100 >>>> thomas steel wrote: >>>> >>>>> Thank you so much for your help. Alas, I am even closer to despair >>>>> with my 3 major problems over OO. I have struggled through all the >>>>> style material, but can't see any connection with my endnote >>>>> difficulty. Is it something to do with an 'anchor'? I don't know >>>>what> that is and can't find it defined anywhere. >>>> >>>> All the endnotes in your document will have a given paragraph style >>>> applied to them. You need to identify the paragraph style used for >>>> the endnotes first. Then alter this paragraph style and apply the >>>> changes to the style for the whole document endnote styles to be >>>> updated. >>>> >>>>> By the way, am I using this facility correctly by responding to >>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> >>>> Yes you are. >>>> >>>>> I'm sure there must be a way of filtering through to questions & >>>>> responses on a single issue. >>>> >>>> You could create a folder within your inbox for openoffice.org >>>> "user" emails. Then set a filter to filter the "user" emails to that >>>> folder. Finally turn threaded view on for that folder. This requires >>>> moderate knowledge of your email client or how to use help within >>>> it. Unfortunately i do not know windows mail and cannot assist you >>>> further in that regard. >>>> >>>>> From: "Michael Adams" >>>>> >>>>>> On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 17:11:08 +0100 >>>>>> thomas steel wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> My other problem is that I like to use a rarish font called >>>>>>> Charter. >>>>>>> Openword happily converts documents into this, but obstinately >>>>>>leaves> all endnotes untouched. I have had to change these one by >>>>one>>(hugely> laborious, when some of my docs have 200 of them. I >>>>must be>>missing a> trick here. Will anyone be kind enough to help? >>>>T. Steel>> >>>>>> Looks like the styles applied in the document endnotes have not >>>>>> persisted through the OO.o import filter. An understanding of >>>>styles>> will allow you to modify the style for the endnotes once >>>>per>> document. A general understanding of styles will speed writing >>>>by>> reducing time spent on formatting text. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/OOoAuthors_Us >>>>er_Manual/Writer_Guide/Introduction_to_Styles>> If that link breaks >>>>due to wordwrap here is a shortcut to it:>> >>>>http://tinyurl.com/6puexl>> >>>> >>>> --> Michael >>>> >>>> All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things >>>> shall be well >>>> >>>> - Julian of Norwich 1342 - 1416 >>>> >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> -- >> Michael >> >> All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall >> be well >> >> - Julian of Norwich 1342 - 1416 >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > _________________________________________________________________ Help Splitzo Sally Before It’s Too Late! http://www.thegirlwhosplitinto5.com/
