Hi :) +1 There do seem to be a few different distinct "camps". It might be good to have a single place that individuals that appear to fall into such a camp could be sign-posted to for them to pick-up the majority of settings that other such individuals also liked.
One camp is the minimalist camp with people such as the o.p. who would just prefer to switch off a lot of the fancy stuff we tend to assume "all" users want because it helps productivity. Such people turn off predictive-texting on mobiles and other such things. I'm sure all of us know plenty of examples of people in this camp and some of us live there for a while and revisit sometimes. Having one place that has a script and/or other things to help someone get back to basics easily might be really great. Lol, or it might be such a complete contradiction that they wouldn't trust it to really do the job! I like almost all the default settings in LO now but do have a lot of fun trying out different things. Regards from Tom :) >________________________________ > From: Dan Lewis <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Wednesday, 21 November 2012, 14:20 >Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] [Ten questions] > > I think this is what is known as a catch 22. With the number of people >using LO, different people have different lists of options that they want to >use. It is impossible to please everyone at the same time. > For the die-hard, there may be a solution found in the autocorr folder. >Search for share/autocorr to find it. This folder contains dat files with the >language indicated in the name of the file. They contain all the settings of >AutoCorrect. It seems that you could save this file and put it in this same >autocorr folder. > >--Dan > > >On 11/21/2012 08:12 AM, VA wrote: >> These questions raise an interesting design decision made by LibO. >> >> When it comes to Autocorrect, I've noticed that, by default, LibO enables >> all of the Autocorrect options. LibO naturally assumes that, if I type a >> "(c)", what I REALLY want is a copyright symbol. It seems to me that is the >> same faulty assumption that has made people so frustrated with MS Word; the >> software publisher decide what people want and sets the defaults accordingly. >> >> Every time I load a fresh install of LibO, the first thing I have to do is >> go into Autocorrect and disable nearly all of the options. I think it would >> make more sense for the default install to have Autocorrect disabled and >> allow the user to enable it as desired. >> >> Virgil >> >> -----Original Message----- From: Brian Barker >> Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 11:43 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] [Ten questions] >> >> At 15:11 20/11/2012 -0500, Charles Meyer wrote: >>> Right now, I'd appreciate it if anyone can please share how to do the >>> following in Writer? >>> >>> 1. Suppress header on the first page of a text document >> >> Use different page styles for the first and subsequent pages. Set >> the header only for the subsequent pages (or use an empty header on >> the first page). Either insert a manual page break after the first >> page or set the subsequent page style as the "next style" for the >> first page style. The existing "First Page" and "Default" page >> styles will do this for you automatically. >> >>> 2. Keep a dotted line across a page without it automatically becoming a >>> solid line >> >> Either disable the facility at Tools | AutoCorrect Options... | >> Options | Apply Border or - more easily - just use Edit | Undo (or >> Ctrl+Z) immediately the unwanted correction occurs. >> >>> 3. Change line spacing - context menu - where's that? >> >> Paragraph... | Indents & Spacing | Line spacing or Edit Paragraph >> Style... | Indents & Spacing | Line spacing, as appropriate. >> >>> 4. Suppressing hyperlinks >> >> Disable at Tools | AutoCorrect Options... | Options | URL Recognition >> or use Edit | Undo (or Ctrl+Z) as above. Or right-click | Remove Hyperlink. >> >>> 5. Indents - where and how to change >> >> Paragraph... | Indents & Spacing | Indent or Edit Paragraph Style... >> | Indents & Spacing | Indent. >> >>> 6. Turn on/off Fast Save - so document doesn't leave personal info in a >>> document >> >> See Tools | Options... | Load/Save | General and File | Properties... >> | General. >> >>> 7. Turn on/off the Track Changes tool >> >> Edit | Changes > | Record. >> >>> 8. Strike-through a word or sentence - context menu again? >> >> Character... | Font Effects | Strikethrough or Edit Paragraph >> Style... | Font Effects | Strikethrough. >> >>> 9. Eliminating hard returns >> >> Depends on exactly what you want to do. Use "$" in regular >> expressions in Find & Replace. >> >>> 10. Print file list of file names in a sub-directory >> >> Ask your operating system. >> >> 11. (The question you didn't ask) Where do I find the answers to >> these questions? >> >> Download the Writer Guide or study the embedded help system. Or both. >> >> I trust this helps. >> >> Brian Barker >> >> > > >-- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] >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: [email protected] 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
