Well actually I'm a "she" who spent more than a decade doing analyses of engineering proposals of companies like Duke power Co, and spelling out the assumptions and concepts in language that an "interested but non-technical person" could understand.
That was my intro to computers, back in the days of lotus and "less helpful" auto editing. [In my school days, slide rules reigned.] I am focused on subject matter content, and would be happy to use the same program with no more "auto help" for the rest of my days -- I can show what I need to show, if I'm not sabotaged by too much helpful interference that moves my stuff around. And while I personally don't want to be bothered by all the new automated stuff, the fact is that automated systems have provided great improvements. For example, the load carrying capabilities of the existing conductors in the electric grid, because power can be shut off or or re-routed in nanoseconds to prevent ground fault overload. -- I just don't need the jolt of all that while I am trying to write a string of equalities to illustrate the commutative law for a grade 4 student. So carry on -- I just had a much better experience with the next worksheet. Thanks to you both. On Monday, December 1, 2014 12:39 PM, Rory O'Farrell <ofarr...@iol.ie> wrote: > On Mon, 01 Dec 2014 19:20:27 +0100 > Max Merbald <max.merb...@gmx.de> wrote: > > > Actually it's Format - AutoCorrect - AutoCorrect Options. Remove the > > checks from the little boxes next to Autonumbering and others which may > > have bothered you. It' not got anything to do with the help menu. > > > > Max > > > > > > Am 12/1/2014 um 7:08 PM schrieb Rory O'Farrell: > > > On Mon, 1 Dec 2014 09:38:23 -0600 > > > <jsic...@windstream.net> wrote: > > > > > >> I need to avoid TMI that send my 72 year old brain into melt down!!! > > >> [My > name is NOT Beatrice!!] > > >> > > >> I work with math students at elementary level -- grades 3 to > > >> pre-calculus, > and often NEED to write up a custom work sheet. > > >> > > >> HOW DO I KILL AUTO NUMBERING???? and auto formatting? I am not doing > > >> 500 > pages that need help with some esoteric insert or search. I just want > numbers > and paragraphs to stay WERE I PUT THEM and not mover to some spot where the > notation does NOT belong!!! > > >> > > >> Would you believe that I can't see how to do this amongst all your > > >> info? > How long would it take me to wade through volumes of stuff I do not want or > need > to get to this???? > > >> > > >> You yunguns drive us old folks to the DT's!! [Do you remember what that > is?] > > >> > > >> > > > In OpenOffice use /Help /OpenOffice Help, Index tab, Numbering. > > He claimed he couldn't find any help on the subject - I directed him to it, > My > practice is always to direct a querist to the source of relevant information, > so > that he can learn and sort the problem out for himself. He is, after all, a > teacher, and should appreciate being directed to information. > > -- > Rory O'Farrell <ofarr...@iol.ie> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
