Re: propagating changes

2016-07-19 Thread Jim McLaughlin
Brian - Thank you for the hints for an automatic universal font change in Calc. I will create a new template and invoke that for my spread sheet usage going forward. I will increase the number of sheets to 10, rather than the default 3, and set a properly (for my eyes) sized font on each sheet,

Re: propagating changes

2016-07-19 Thread Felmon Davis
On Tue, 19 Jul 2016, Rory O'Farrell wrote: Depending on the complexity of the document it can sometimes help to Select all and assign Default or Text Body paragraph style to the document. This may lose the Heading/Subheading formatting. In some cases I have been able to download an entire

Re: propagating changes

2016-07-19 Thread Brian Barker
At 12:57 19/07/2016 -0700, Jim McLaughlin wrote: How do I change the default font in Calc? I have vision issues and both the Arial font structure as well as the default size are an issue for me. While I can change each new spreadsheet's font type and size on the tool bar, I'd prefer a manner

Re: propagating changes

2016-07-19 Thread Rory O'Farrell
On Tue, 19 Jul 2016 16:16:39 -0400 (EDT) Felmon Davis wrote: > On Tue, 19 Jul 2016, Brian Barker wrote: > > > At 15:13 19/07/2016 -0400, Felmon Davis wrote: > >> I have a large document I work on this time of year. the default font size > >> is 11pt but now I want to change

Re: propagating changes

2016-07-19 Thread Felmon Davis
On Tue, 19 Jul 2016, Brian Barker wrote: At 15:13 19/07/2016 -0400, Felmon Davis wrote: I have a large document I work on this time of year. the default font size is 11pt but now I want to change it to 10.5pt - gonna make it into a booklet. simply altering the 'default' setting does not

Re: propagating changes

2016-07-19 Thread Brian Barker
At 15:40 19/07/2016 -0400, Felmon Davis wrote: the document was begun with a certain 'default' of my devising, 11pt font-size, first line indentation, etc. How did you do this? You may have modified a paragraph style (or created a new one), in which case you can now simply modify that style

Re: propagating changes.

2016-07-19 Thread Rory O'Farrell
On Tue, 19 Jul 2016 15:40:20 -0400 (EDT) Felmon Davis wrote: > On Tue, 19 Jul 2016, Rory O'Farrell wrote: > > > On Tue, 19 Jul 2016 15:13:00 -0400 (EDT) > > Felmon Davis wrote: > > > >> hello, > >> > >> I've frequently stumbled upon this problem so may as

Re: propagating changes

2016-07-19 Thread Jim McLaughlin
Brian - Thank you for the walk through on managing and changing default fonts in Writer. Esay to follow and helpful. A slightly related question: How do I change the default font in Calc? I have vision issues and both the Arial font structure as well as the default size are an issue for me.

Re: propagating changes

2016-07-19 Thread Brian Barker
At 15:13 19/07/2016 -0400, Felmon Davis wrote: I have a large document I work on this time of year. the default font size is 11pt but now I want to change it to 10.5pt - gonna make it into a booklet. simply altering the 'default' setting does not automatically modify the font size through the

Re: propagating changes.

2016-07-19 Thread Felmon Davis
On Tue, 19 Jul 2016, Rory O'Farrell wrote: On Tue, 19 Jul 2016 15:13:00 -0400 (EDT) Felmon Davis wrote: hello, I've frequently stumbled upon this problem so may as well seek some advice. I have a large document I work on this time of year. the default font size is 11pt

Re: propagating changes.

2016-07-19 Thread Rory O'Farrell
On Tue, 19 Jul 2016 15:13:00 -0400 (EDT) Felmon Davis wrote: > hello, > > I've frequently stumbled upon this problem so may as well seek some > advice. > > I have a large document I work on this time of year. the default font > size is 11pt but now I want to change it to

propagating changes.

2016-07-19 Thread Felmon Davis
hello, I've frequently stumbled upon this problem so may as well seek some advice. I have a large document I work on this time of year. the default font size is 11pt but now I want to change it to 10.5pt - gonna make it into a booklet. simply altering the 'default' setting does not

Re: Problems with File Formatting and Document Display on Open Office Writer

2016-07-19 Thread Brian Barker
At 15:35 19/07/2016 +0100, Matt Mills wrote: I have been using OpenOffice Writer for a number of years and I have recently has problems with the program. A main concern is whenever i save a document in Word 97/2000/XP format, the program tells me that the document has been saved in the format

Re: Problems with File Formatting and Document Display on Open Office Writer

2016-07-19 Thread Daniel Roma
Hello. Your windows may be faulty, or dll corrupt. in My Documents or Windows Explorer, right click the mouse on the file, and choose default program as wtitter. openoffice and microsoft office word recognize features, writer your ways .: may have to make some changes in your document parater

Problems with File Formatting and Document Display on Open Office Writer

2016-07-19 Thread e-mail rm004e0578
Hello, I have been using OpenOffice Writer for a number of years and I have recently has problems with the program. A main concern is whenever i save a document in Word 97/2000/XP format, the program tells me that the document has been saved in the format I requested, but when I go to open the

Re: using Open Office with Microsoft Works files

2016-07-19 Thread Rory O'Farrell
On Tue, 19 Jul 2016 00:25:08 -0500 Mike Tomlianovich wrote: > I have a bunch of files created with the obsolete Microsoft Works. How may > I import these in to OpenOffice? Thank you! > > -- > Mike Tomlianovich email: mjtom...@gmail.com > > "Off the keyboard, through

using Open Office with Microsoft Works files

2016-07-19 Thread Mike Tomlianovich
I have a bunch of files created with the obsolete Microsoft Works. How may I import these in to OpenOffice? Thank you! -- Mike Tomlianovich email: mjtom...@gmail.com "Off the keyboard, through the CPU, out the transceiver, down the line, across the router, through the hub, out the