>o Alternatively, if you simply want to disable these attempts by Writer to be helpful, go to Tools | AutoCorrect >Options... | Options and remove the tick from "Apply numbering - symbol: *". >I trust this helps
Exactly, yes! That worked. Thanks to all for the good help. On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 12:34 PM, Brian Barker <[email protected]>wrote: > At 09:02 18/11/2013 -0500, Helen Etters wrote: > >> I have five items that I want to number. LO insists upon giving me a >> number I don't want every time I hit "return" and it also insists upon >> indent in places I don't want. I backspace to remove the indent and it >> then won't let me have a return-line space. >> > > Are you happy with Writer's attempts at numbering the five items but are > merely having difficulty terminating the process? If so, when you see the > automatic "6." which is one too many, just press backspace *twice* to get > back to the normal structure. (Incidentally, you shouldn't think in terms > of a "return-line space": that's typewriter thinking. Instead, use > vertical spacing applied to the paragraph or the paragraph style.) > > How can I turn off all automatic formatting? >> > > You may indeed want to suppress Writer's automatic numbering and handle > everything yourself. There are two ways to do this, and it is useful to be > aware of both. > > o You can leave the automatic facility on but disable it locally when it > happens. The automatic formatting is applied when you press Enter to > terminate the first numbered paragraph. (It is a paragraph if it is > terminated by Enter, even if it is only one line.) Immediately you see the > change, go to Edit | Undo (or Ctrl+Z). This undoes the automatic effect > whilst leaving the paragraph break you wanted. > > o Alternatively, if you simply want to disable these attempts by Writer to > be helpful, go to Tools | AutoCorrect Options... | Options and remove the > tick from "Apply numbering - symbol: *". > > I trust this helps. > > Brian Barker > > > -- > To unsubscribe 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 > > -- Helen Etters using Linux, suse12.3 -- To unsubscribe 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
