Do yourself a real favor and stick with MS office. I have had several versions of both OO and LO and they are a far cry from having the features and stability of MS Office.
> Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2012 12:08:15 +0200 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Can you help me? > > Hi Marge, > > Yes, we can help you. > > But please make it easier for us and more useful for the archive by > writing for each topic a separate mail and put the topic into the > subject line. > > Marge Schlitt schrieb: > > I'm new to Open Office, and there are a couple of hurdles I can't overcome: > > > > 1. How do I change the default font to Helvetica? I know how to change > > it every time I start a new file, but I want to have Helvetica every > > time automatically. > > When a Textdocument is opened goto menu Tools > Options. There to > 'OpenOffice.org Writer' > Basic Fonts. This personal settings are used > for the default document template. > > > > > 2. How do I stop it from insisting that every time I enter a set of > > numbered paragraphs that they be indented instead of left flush? I want > > to number things and place them where I want them, not where someone > > else thinks they should go. > > Here two things come together. There is an automatism that changes > consecutive numbered lines to true lists. This resulting list has an > indent as default setting. > > Ways out: > 1. Disable the automatism: Menu Tools > AutoCorrect Options > Dialog > page "Options". Deactivate the option "Apply numbering". > 2. Do not type the numbering yourself but use a numbering style. Type > your first item without a number, open "Style and formatting" window > (e.g. via key F11), click on button "List styles", double click on one > of the predefined numbering styles. Right click on the style, click > 'Modify' and change the settings to your preferred style. > > If you will keep the automatically made list and only want to alter its > appearance, then right click a list item and choose "Numbering/Bullets" > from that context menu. In the dialog itself goto tab 'Position' and set > the indent as you want. > > > > > 3. Sometimes I have put some text into columns and then I want to change > > my mind. How do I undo the columns? > > While cursor is inside such column goto menu Format > Sections. Click on > 'Remove' and OK. > > > > > 4. How can I get it to lay out landscape instead of vertical? When I go > > to Format -> Flip, the Flip message for vertical or landscape is grey > > instead of black. > > Look into the status bar. Right click the second field from left, likely > 'Default'. Choose 'Landscape' from there. Tip: When you double click > that field, you can alter settings like margins, header and footer area. > > There are a lot of information out there in the Web, which you will find > by a search engine. That gives you a quick access to the information in > the Wiki and the forum archive too. > > If you like a systematical way more, have a look at the "Getting > started" guides. For the very beginning it does not matter whether the > tutorials are for OpenOffice.org, Apache OpenOffice or LibreOffice. > > Kind regards > Regina > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >
