Re: [users] MASTER DOCUMENTS

2011-01-14 Thread Uwe Fischer
... Or, is it possible to import the Help from a downloaded DEV release to replace the installed Help that is incomplete? Just provide instructions, and nobody gets hurt. :-) - k -- When in danger or in doubt Run in circles scream and shout! ... Kevin, You were earlier given a

Re: [users] MASTER DOCUMENTS

2011-01-12 Thread Uwe Fischer
On 01/12/11 00:00, JOE Conner wrote: On 1/11/2011 1:38 AM, Uwe Fischer wrote: On 01/11/11 05:29, JOE Conner wrote: What an interesting life I live. I decided to create a master document for the first time, and that was a total exercise in frustration. So, I began with the help file: To

RE: [users] MASTER DOCUMENTS

2011-01-12 Thread McLauchlan, Kevin
My comments/questions at bottom. -Original Message- From: so-ham02-newsgate...@sun.com [mailto:so-ham02-newsgate...@sun.com] On Behalf Of Uwe Fischer [snip] We apologize for the incomplete Help page. A last minute technical problem unexpectedly removed all lists that are

RE: [users] MASTER DOCUMENTS

2011-01-12 Thread Dan Lewis
On Wed, 2011-01-12 at 11:28 -0500, McLauchlan, Kevin wrote: My comments/questions at bottom. -Original Message- From: so-ham02-newsgate...@sun.com [mailto:so-ham02-newsgate...@sun.com] On Behalf Of Uwe Fischer [snip] We apologize for the incomplete Help page. A last

Re: [users] MASTER DOCUMENTS

2011-01-11 Thread Uwe Fischer
On 01/11/11 05:29, JOE Conner wrote: What an interesting life I live. I decided to create a master document for the first time, and that was a total exercise in frustration. So, I began with the help file: To Create a Master Document 1. Do one of the following: 2. We

Re: [users] MASTER DOCUMENTS

2011-01-11 Thread JOE Conner
On 1/11/2011 1:38 AM, Uwe Fischer wrote: On 01/11/11 05:29, JOE Conner wrote: What an interesting life I live. I decided to create a master document for the first time, and that was a total exercise in frustration. So, I began with the help file: To Create a Master Document 1.

[users] MASTER DOCUMENTS

2011-01-10 Thread JOE Conner
What an interesting life I live. I decided to create a master document for the first time, and that was a total exercise in frustration. So, I began with the help file: To Create a Master Document 1. Do one of the following: 2. If you are creating a new master document,

Re: [users] MASTER DOCUMENTS

2011-01-10 Thread RA Brown
On Mon Jan 10 2011 20:29:21 GMT-0800 (PST) JOE Conner wrote: What an interesting life I live. I decided to create a master document for the first time, and that was a total exercise in frustration. So, I began with the help file: Joe, I would suggest getting the Document Project's guide

[users] Master documents: Inserting a single tab from a multiple tab file

2009-01-03 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Hi, I am currently interested in keeping updated records of the rainfall that we receive in our suburb and then publishing the data to a Google Group all the suburban residents are members of. To draw the graphs, which include 4 years of data, I use Calc and have configured a number of sheets in

Re: [users] Master Documents

2008-05-03 Thread Harold Fuchs
2008/5/3 Twayne [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi, XP Pro, OOo 2.4 I'm hoping for a response from one of the authors or gurus here. Will version 3.0 of OO.o repair the image positioning problems for large documents and especially for Master Document Mode? Details/History: There was a problem in

[users] Master Documents

2008-05-02 Thread Twayne
Hi, XP Pro, OOo 2.4 I'm hoping for a response from one of the authors or gurus here. Will version 3.0 of OO.o repair the image positioning problems for large documents and especially for Master Document Mode? Details/History: There was a problem in version 2.3 where with large documents

Re: [users] Master documents.?

2008-02-23 Thread James Elliott - WA Rural Computers
PROTECTED] To: users@openoffice.org Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2008 2:34 AM Subject: Re: [users] Master documents.? At 15:28 22/02/2008 +0900, James Elliott wrote: I was formatting a wedding ceremony for my wife ... Your wife's getting married? Shouldn't you be a little concerned? Why

Re: [users] Master documents.?

2008-02-22 Thread ccornell
My QUESTIONS are: 1. What is a Master Document, and when would one use one? 2. I use Templates a lot - is a Master Document similar to a Template? 3. How could I have made a Master document without knowing it? 4. Why can I select a single field in the Master Document, but not Select All? 5.

[users] Master documents.?

2008-02-22 Thread James Elliott - WA Rural Computers
I was formatting a wedding ceremony for my wife and decided to copy the title page from a previous wedding, editing the names, date, and venue. So, I had my OOo Writer 2.3.1 new document, as well as the old one, tiled on my Windows XP screen so that I could Select all (Ctrl+A) on the title

Re: [users] Master documents.?

2008-02-22 Thread Brian Barker
At 15:28 22/02/2008 +0900, James Elliott wrote: I was formatting a wedding ceremony for my wife ... Your wife's getting married? Shouldn't you be a little concerned? Why are you encouraging her? ;^) Brian Barker - To

Re: [users] Master Documents: Page styles vs. Headers

2006-08-31 Thread Donald H Locker
All the sub-documents were originally one document, so I believe they were created with the same template. What I did was copy the original document 10 times, then refer to separate sections of it in the master document. In each sub-doc, I then deleted any non-references sections. I will

Re: [users] Master Documents: Page styles vs. Headers

2006-08-31 Thread Donald H Locker
Update -- between the writer's guide and a bit of experimentation, I discovered that all pages had the Default style set, and that my first-page header was really the Default. By right-clicking in the bottom [status?] bar on the section that was labeled Default I was able to change the first

Re: [users] Master documents.?

2006-08-30 Thread Michael Adams
On Tue, 29 Aug 2006 22:19:49 +0800 James Elliott wrote: Hi Naomi Thanks for your prompt and informative reply. You wrote: Make sense? - Yes, I think so. You have certainly pointed me in the right direction. I had quite a different idea of what a Master Document might be, so thanks for

Re: [users] Master documents.?

2006-08-30 Thread Scott Rhoades
As i am not an author of tomes much larger than these emails, perhaps other authors on the list could point out better uses of styles for novel writing. Templates and master documents are essential for my fiction writing. For me, each chapter (or in my brand new project, each scene, at least for

[users] Master Documents: Page styles vs. Headers

2006-08-30 Thread Donald H Locker
OOo 2.0.3; Solaris 8, Sun Ultra 30. I have a master document that I constructed by incorporating [linking to] various sections of various documents. I am trying to get the first page header and all other page headers to conform to First Page and Default, but don't seem to be able to find the

Re: [users] Master Documents: Page styles vs. Headers

2006-08-30 Thread Dan Lewis
On Wednesday 30 August 2006 07:55 pm, Donald H Locker wrote: OOo 2.0.3; Solaris 8, Sun Ultra 30. I have a master document that I constructed by incorporating [linking to] various sections of various documents. I am trying to get the first page header and all other page headers to conform to

[users] Master documents.?

2006-08-29 Thread James Elliott
I use Templates in Writer and Calc, so I understand that bit, but how does a Master Document differ from a Template? Kind regards, James - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL

Re: [users] Master documents.?

2006-08-29 Thread Naomi Kramer
Hi James, A Master Document is basically a collection of 'child' documents, with arrangement and maybe some extra text or a table of contents/index. The advantage comes when you've got two similar documents that need to be kept up-to-date... you can put all the information in child documents

RE: [users] Master documents.?

2006-08-29 Thread arnold huzen
A template is a document with a standard layout and contents that you want to have as a base to work from. Mostley this will be text where you have to fill in some details that a different in your specific situation. A Masterdocument is like a folder. When you open it, it is presented as a

Re: [users] Master documents.?

2006-08-29 Thread James Elliott
@openoffice.org Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 3:07 PM Subject: Re: [users] Master documents.? Hi James, A Master Document is basically a collection of 'child' documents, with arrangement and maybe some extra text or a table of contents/index. The advantage comes when you've got two similar

Re: [users] Master Documents - still doesn't work

2006-05-20 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Sat, 2006-05-20 at 16:13 +1000, John wrote: CPHennessy: I followed the instructions as outlined by Claudia Drechsie below: I am sorry but apart from the fact the instructions are very difficult to understand and follow they do not work If I want a set of page numbers that Start

Re: [users] Master Documents

2006-05-18 Thread CPHennessy
On Sun May 14 2006 05:48, + John wrote: I have a good deal of trouble and have being trying for some time to get help in working with Master Documents in Open Office. I have had a number of 'hints', some small help from users but no one as yet that can fully answer my question: How do I

[users] Master Documents

2006-05-16 Thread John
I have a good deal of trouble and have being trying for some time to get help in working with Master Documents in Open Office. I have had a number of 'hints', some small help from users but no one as yet that can fully answer my question: How do I assign 'unique' page numbers and Chapter

[users] Master Documents

2005-10-06 Thread Elizabeth Riesberg
I am having trouble with one section of one document renumbering with Master Documents the subdocument looks ok. But the master has this one glitch. In Sub Document it looks like this (numbering starting at one) it only happens ONE place in the doc so I am assuming I have screwed

Re: [users] Master Documents

2005-10-06 Thread john geldman
On 10/6/05, Elizabeth Riesberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am having trouble with one section of one document renumbering with Master Documents the subdocument looks ok. But the master has this one glitch. In Sub Document it looks like this (numbering starting at one) it only happens

Re: [users] Master Documents

2005-10-06 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Thu, 2005-10-06 at 14:23 -0400, Elizabeth Riesberg wrote: I am having trouble with one section of one document renumbering with Master Documents the subdocument looks ok. But the master has this one glitch. [snipped] Does anybody have a clue what I have managed to do? And more

RE: [users] Master Documents

2005-10-06 Thread Elizabeth Riesberg
PM To: users@openoffice.org Subject: Re: [users] Master Documents On 10/6/05, Elizabeth Riesberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am having trouble with one section of one document renumbering with Master Documents the subdocument looks ok. But the master has this one glitch. In Sub Document

[users] Master Documents (was Reasons to Switch)

2005-08-23 Thread Samuel Murray
From: Andrew Douglas Pitonyak ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Date: 2005/8/22 5:25:37a Master documents. Tell me more? What are Master Documents? Also, Impress can read and write power point format, normally an expensive addon to Word. Here in ZA, PowerPoint, Excel and Word are usually bundled into a

Re: [users] Master Documents (was Reasons to Switch)

2005-08-23 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Tue, 2005-08-23 at 20:26 +0200, Samuel Murray wrote: From: Andrew Douglas Pitonyak ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Date: 2005/8/22 5:25:37a Master documents. Tell me more? What are Master Documents? I see that you haven't had an answer yet so I'll try. I think the best idea is for you to read

[users] Master Documents

2005-08-10 Thread Joe Marks
In 1.9.122 a Master Docuemnt is used to write a book. Each chapter is in a separate file. The Master Document combines the separate chapter files into the book. How can the Chapter name be added to a footer so that each chapter has its own name in the footer for that chapter? Joe

Re: [users] Master Documents

2005-08-10 Thread Dan Lewis
On Wednesday 10 August 2005 01:10 pm, Joe Marks wrote: In 1.9.122 a Master Docuemnt is used to write a book. Each chapter is in a separate file. The Master Document combines the separate chapter files into the book. How can the Chapter name be added to a footer so that each chapter has its

Re: [users] Master Documents

2005-08-10 Thread Joe Marks
--- Dan Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wednesday 10 August 2005 01:10 pm, Joe Marks wrote: In 1.9.122 a Master Docuemnt is used to write a book. Each chapter is in a separate file. The Master Document combines the separate chapter files into the book. How can the Chapter name