On Wednesday, June 13, 2012 06:35:22 PM Marge Schlitt wrote: > 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 > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >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]
I use LibreOffice but this should be the same in AOO. If your trying to set a landscape page go to Format --> Page --> Page and half way down you should see Orientation. Select Portrait or Landscape. I am assuming Apache has not changed that. Hope that helps. ------ Russ openSUSE 12.1(3.1.10-1.9-desktop x86_64)|KDE Platform Version 4.8.3 (4.8.3) "release 504"|Intel core2duo 2.5 MHZ,|8GB DDR3|GeForce 8400GS(NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-295.53) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
