On Tue, 1 Sep 2009 15:17:52 -0700 (PDT) Rich Shepard <[email protected]> dijo:
> Does anyone here know where I can set widow and orphan control on for all > paragraphs as the default for all documents? I cannot find it in the > Tools->Options menus. You can't do it in Tools > Options because those settings apply to all text in all documents. I realize that is what you want to do, but it's much more flexible to set it in the paragraph style. If you want it to be on by default, just modify the Default paragraph style in your default template. You can also set other paragraph styles to be based on Default if you wish. > As far as I'm concerned, it should be the default (as it was with > WordPerfect), but I guess it's not because OO.o has to copy Microsoft's > Office, even when it's bad practice. There's a major argument going on in the OOo forums and e-lists. It seems the developers have decided they want to add a ribbon to future versions of OOo, à la MS Office. I know of two MS Office users who tell me they love the ribbon. Personally, I don't care one way or the other. If OOo is to have a ribbon, I don't know why it can't be user selectable. Just because a program has a feature doesn't mean I have to use it. I can also see a strong argument in favor of copying MS Office, to a point at least. For OOo to succeed it needs users. Easing the transition for MS Office users helps with that goal. On the other hand, at its current level of development OOo has all the features I want it to have except freedom from bugs. Instead of adding a ribbon I wish they would declare a moratorium on new features for at least a year and concentrate instead on cleaning up the existing code. In "cleaning up the existing code" I include fixing font management on Linux so it uses OpenType fonts like all my other Linux apps. That the flagship Linux office suite cannot at this date is pathetic. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
