Re: [libreoffice-users] Paragraph styles
Hello Jean-Francois, I didn't know that you know the same people I know. On 05/05/2013, at 4:16 PM, Jean-Francois Nifenecker jean-francois.nifenec...@laposte.net wrote: Hi, Le 05/05/2013 05:14, Andrew K a écrit : I find that most people I know who use word processors as a (barely glorified) typewriter are those who are most resistant to using styles. They are not resistant: they have never been seriously told about styles and their bosses believe software marketting (IT is supposed to be easy and intuitive, which it is *not*). -- Jean-Francois Nifenecker, Bordeaux -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Paragraph styles
Hi, I use styles as much as I can, just to achieve consistent formatting, to say nothing of time saving. I find that most people I know who use word processors as a (barely glorified) typewriter are those who are most resistant to using styles. Andrew On 05/05/2013, at 1:22 AM, Virgil Arrington cuyfa...@hotmail.com wrote: Great idea as long as I'm not the one paying the $25 per document. :) Virgil -Original Message- From: Ken Springer Sent: Saturday, May 04, 2013 10:56 AM To: users@global.libreoffice.org Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: Paragraph styles On 4/29/13 12:00 PM, Virgil Arrington wrote: I'd like to get some general opinions about paragraph styles. I am a retired lawyer who led a local government law office. When I was working at that office, I tried in vain to get my employees to use paragraph styles. For them, styles were a bother to set up and maintain. I love using them, but then I'm as much a word processor junkie as I am an end-user. Now, I teach a paralegal course in technology at my local university. I recently spent three weeks teaching styles to my students and they have resisted me all the way. My sense is that people just trying to get their work done see paragraph styles as an nuisance, not appreciating the amount of time they can save by investing a little at the beginning. What about the rest of you. Do you use styles? Do you find that other less-techy types avoid them? It makes me wonder if there is a way to make them more accessible to people less inclined to invest time in their technology as opposed to getting a task done. Hi, Virgil, I've just read this entire thread start to finish. If I'm correct, you're looking for a way to encourage/convince/cajole/ (name your poison here!LOL) to use styles and formatting. No one has suggested an economic argument.grin Give them a hypothetical scenario of some kind, possibly like this... Ask them if anyone is interested in doing some typing and/or document formatting on the side? Tell them they will be paid by the piece, not by the hour. They will be paid $25 per finished document. Now ask them, would they be happy with doing 2 documents an hour and make $50? My guess is, most will say yes. Now propose this... What if I showed you a way to do 4 documents an hour and make $100? I'll bet no one says no, and hopefully you've got them hooked.:-) -- Ken Mac OS X 10.8.3 Firefox 20.0 Thunderbird 17.0.5 LibreOffice 4.0.1.2 -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] styles
Does the Find and Replace thing work only in Writer, or in other components as well? (I've seen it only in Writer). Andrew On 18/02/2013, at 7:10 PM, Samuel Mehrbrodt s.mehrbr...@gmail.com wrote: The Find and Replace Dialog has an Option Search for Styles. There you can search styles and replace them with other ones. Hope this helps Samuel Am 18.02.2013 08:58, schrieb Jaap Bosman: I do have a documnent with a lot of (12) styles. My job is to make it a nice doc with only 4 styles In the list of used styles : Head Head 1 Head 3 Head Article These 4 styles I want to change to Head 1 Do I have to crawl the doc for every style or could I use some automated function? -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] editing an Impress file
I agree, Kevin, but we're off the point of what I need to do :) Cheers, Andrew On 09/02/2013, at 3:08 AM, Kevin O'Brien zwil...@zwilnik.com wrote: On 2/8/2013 10:58 AM, Jay Lozier wrote: On 02/07/2013 09:37 AM, Michel Dauchez wrote: Hi Jay, This is a hint : you have to reduce your text length. Every presentation program does the same. Michel I suspected as much because the slide should be a highlight not the entire text. When I give presentations/lectures/talks I use the slides to keep me on track. Jay I recently saw one of the best presentations ever, which did not have a single bullet point, and scarcely any text at all. Each slide was an image that illustrated the thought involved. My rule is that if people can understand your content just by reading the slides, you are doing it wrong. And in that case, just give them the slides to review on their own time and cancel the meeting. Regards, -- Kevin B. O'Brien zwil...@zwilnik.com A damsel with a dulcimer in a vision once I saw. -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Page numbers in Calc start at 0
Hi Karen, I think I've found the solution. In File / Page preview, go to the 'sheet' tab, and where the 'first page number box is ticked, you can specify at which number the page numbering begins. I hope that helps. Andrew On 07/02/2013, at 7:23 AM, Karen DInse kdi...@rrwrd.dst.il.us wrote: Using Windows XP, SP3, LO 3_5_5 In Calc, we are trying to insert a footer that shows 'Page X of X', with X being replaced with actual numbers. I'm able to get the page numbers in the footer, however, they start at 0 instead of 1. How do I get the page numbers to start with 1? -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Page-numbers-in-Calc-start-at-0-tp4034941.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
