Regina - you are a lifesaver! I hardly slept last night cause I
couldn't figure out how to proceed with my problems, but I took your
advice and it worked! For the most part. Actually, on the way to get
"Landscape," I went to the "Default" button and it shows only
Clear formatting
Default
Heading 1
Heading 2
Heading 3
Text Body
More . . .
When I touch "More" I get a long list of other things. Nothing about
"landscape."
I think there is something else I should do. Any ideas?
Thanks muchly!
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
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