2010/3/8 Harold Fuchs <[email protected]>: > Johnny Rosenberg wrote: >> >> 2010/3/5 Barbara Duprey <[email protected]>: >>> >>> Johnny Rosenberg wrote: >>>> >>>> 2010/3/5 Michael Hutton <[email protected]>: >>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> Love Open Office. Let me say that right up, but there are a couple of >>>>> quirks which I find very annoying. >>>>> >>>>> 1. Inserting text off internet. - If you have already formatted your >>>>> document (font, etc), and paste something from the internet, it seems >>>>> to >>>>> loose your previous formatting, and the webpages, and refer to 'Times >>>>> New >>>>> Roman' font, and different sized text. >>>>> What I would like to see is the same as above, except when you paste >>>>> it, >>>>> it takes on the characteristics of the formatting to the document you >>>>> have >>>>> just made. >>>>> >>>> Have you tried ”Paste special…”? >>>> >>>> >>>>> 2. Pasting from other documents - Past a word or sentence, and the >>>>> same >>>>> thing happens as above. I am using Calc, and when an item is pasted, >>>>> the >>>>> 'centred' call alignment I had before disappears. So my new text takes >>>>> on a >>>>> form of its own, leaving me to repeat what I just did before. This is >>>>> extremely annoying. >>>>> There is probably a simple way to fix this, but unlike MS Word, the >>>>> setup >>>>> is so different I could spend an hour trying to fix this problem (or >>>>> looking >>>>> up how to fix it rather), and thought it would be quicker just to send >>>>> an >>>>> email! >>>>> >>>> Have you tried ”Paste special…”? >>>> >>>> >>>>> 3. Setting a standard font - Very difficult and had to Google it. >>>>> Perhaps it would be easier to make it possible to set a new font up >>>>> under >>>>> 'fonts', to avoid the lengthy process (similar to old MS Word setup) >>>>> >>>> Make a template with your standard font. Make that template your >>>> default template. >>>> >>>> >>>>> If you could please reply, to inform me you have received this. >>>>> >>>> We are just OpenOffice.org users like you and few people on this list >>>> can actually do anything about anything, except filing bug reports and >>>> things like that, just like you could do. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> >>>> Johnny Rosenberg, one of many OpenOffice.org users >>>> >>>> >>>>> Thank you and Kind Regards >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Michael >>> >>> I'm sure Michael should see this answer, but he isn't subscribed >>> ([email protected]). >> >> Not my problem. Besides you can read it without being subscribed: >> http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.openoffice.general/55101 >> >> It can easily be found by entering the following (for example) in the >> google search field: >> OpenOffice.org discuss annoying problem Michael Hutton > > But he doesn't know that. He just thinks he's asked a question and nobody > has been polite enough to answer him. > > Harold Fuchs > London, England
I didn't know it either (the exact address that is). I googled it. Regards Johnny Rosenberg --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
