Well this worked when I downloaded chapter 3 but still same problem with chapter 11. I do have dejavu serif font. Its a puzzeler! Sharon
Quoting Jean Hollis Weber <[email protected]>: > Worked fine for me on WinXP when I opened the file directly in OOo3.2.1 > and then saved it. Nothing jumped around, no text went strange. That > leaves me with only one guess left: perhaps you don't have the DejaVu > fonts? I thought they were installed with OOo, but perhaps they were > not. If that's not the problem, then I'm totally out of ideas. I hope > someone else knows something more useful than I do. > > --Jean > > -------- Forwarded Message -------- > From: Jean Hollis Weber <[email protected]> > To: Authors <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [authors] Re: Problems saving a copy to edit 2 > Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:32:51 +1000 > > I should pay more attention. I just found where I have the choice of > opening a file directly in OOo. Duh. (I never do that, so I had > forgotten that exists). The file opens in read-only, but when I saved > it, there was no problem, nothing moved or went weird. I'm using > OOo3.2.1 on Ubuntu, however. > > I'll go fire up WinXP and see what happens. --Jean > > -------- Forwarded Message -------- > From: Jean Hollis Weber <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [authors] Re: Problems saving a copy to edit 2 > Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:21:05 +1000 > > I am confused by the sequence you describe. I didn't realise you could > open a file in OOo before you have saved it after downloading it (which > is why I wondered about the browser). Try downloading and saving the > file, THEN open the saved file in OOo. I just tried that (getting a new > copy of the file from the website), to see if it was corrupted > (sometimes that happens), but it seems to be fine. > > --Jean > > On Wed, 2010-07-28 at 10:27 +0200, [email protected] wrote: > > Hubby just tried downloading, opening the file and saving it on his > omputer, > > same operating system but earlir version of OOo - 3.0! and the same thing > > happened. > > Sharon > > Quoting Jean Hollis Weber <[email protected]>: > > > > > On Tue, 2010-07-27 at 19:19 +0200, [email protected] wrote: > > > > Have retracted the chapter and am now trying to save a copy to edit. > > > Problem > > > > is, as soon as I hit save everything moves - pictures unsnap text wraps > mid > > > word > > > > various figure names and words highlighted in grey! Help - is it my > problem > > > or > > > > the docs > > > > > > Sharon, I'm having trouble visualising just what you are doing. Have you > > > downloaded the chapter ODT file to your computer, opened it in OOo, and > > > then tried to save under another name? Or, when you go to download the > > > chapter ODT file, does it open in your browser and then you try to save > > > it from there? If the latter, that could be the problem. Save the file > > > directly from the website to your computer. > > > > > > You will find that some words are highlighted in grey. That is normal, > > > because the grey marks things like index entries, fields, and other > > > features. > > > > > > Without looking at the file, I don't know what is causing things to > > > move. There are various possibilities. Sometimes pictures move if people > > > have not anchored them properly. Text may go strange if you don't have > > > the correct font on your computer; OOo then substitutes another font. I > > > have not seen this happen when saving; usually it happens when opening a > > > file. > > > > > > Please remind me: what operating system and version of OOo are you > > > using? > > > > > > --Jean > > > -- > > > Jean Hollis Weber > > > Co-Lead, OpenOffice.org Documentation Project > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]
