On Sun, Jan 20, 2013 at 1:45 PM, James Plante <jimpla...@me.com> wrote:
> If the document looks wrong, and you can't find out why, then just select > "default formatting" to clear all formatting. Then reapply the correct > format. Two mouse-clicks, no waiting. > > I did try that, it failed to resolve the problem also. > Jim Plante > > On Jan 20, 2013, at 11:45 AM, Brian Barker <b.m.bar...@btinternet.com> > wrote: > > > At 12:38 20/01/2013 -0500, Helen wrote: > >> I should have clarified what I meant by a troubling code. I meant > something that I (or any user) might put in, and then later decide this is > not exactly the way you want it, and so wish to make an adjustment. Your > document looks wrong but you don't know how to find the formatting element > that you inserted and now wish to delete. In WP, that is easy. Press > Reveal Codes, find the code you don't want, and delete it. > > > > I'm with you all the way - except for the last three words! > > > > If your document "looks wrong but you don't know how to find the > formatting element that you inserted", you certainly need a simple way to > discover this. (I don't know whether any problems I have in this area are > Writer's or mine!) But users must not be allowed to make changes at that > level; instead, they must be required, having discovered what the problem > is, to solve it where it was caused. Anything else breaks the structure. > > > > Brian Barker > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org > > -- Alan Boba CISSP, CCENT, ITIL v3 Foundations 2011