Ted, I'm making some assumptions by answering this. It sounds to me as if you're using some template that may have been delivered with your software. It also sounds as if you did not download Apache OpenOffice from the approved site. Going to http://www.openoffice.org should redirect you to the Sourceforge site. Selecting Download for OSX should take you to the download page, and from that point on, don't do anything. The download starts automatically. I haven't been to that page in a while, but last time there were ads for stuff with prominent download buttons. Do NOT click any of those. Let the automatic download do it for you. THERE IS NO CHARGE for Apache OpenOffice. And there usually are no templates in the download. So what you may have done is downloaded and paid for a checkbook template.
> On Apr 15, 2015, at 1:43 PM, Ted Watt <[email protected]> wrote: > > April 15, 2015 > > After recently discontinuing Quicken I needed a simple form to record my > checking account activity. I spent endless hours on line checking as many as > I could find before choosing OpenOffice. I liked the simplicity and > flexibility of your offering, and downloaded it on Monday, Apr. 13. I then > commenced trying to fine tune the format and entering my account activity > from the beginning of the year. Getting the format as I wanted it was > challenging, but I got it pretty much as I wanted it. When I finished as > much as I could on Monday just prior to shutting down my computer I thought I > somehow lost everything that had so far been accomplished. No way could I > get my check register back up! But, happily, on Tuesday when I started up my > computer I got my check register back up with all that I had entered. I then > spent several more hours on entries, sometimes losing everything, but then > getting it back. However, just prior to quitting for the day I’ve no idea > what I was doing, but again I lost “checkbook.” Tried several times to find > it, but no luck. I figured perhaps I’d be lucky again on the next start-up > (today), but not so. I worked on it for a couple hours, but finally gave up > in exasperation. I had hoped to be abel to call for some assistance, but > apparently phone service is not available. Did you save the document? Can you locate it using the Mac's Finder? If so, it's still there. > > At this point I’m extremely unhappy. How I could create so many problems > with something so seemingly simple is extremely frustrating. I will now > start over from scratch for one last try. > > Here are a few questions that occurred while I was working on “checkbook”: > > Is it normal that the “balance” figure should show in every balance > cell below it? It is if the cell formula allows it. If the cell formula in "balance" does not begin with "=IF(", then you're seeing what you should be seeing. It's not good practice to fail to check for a valid entry, but it's the easy way to get the cell to display. > How can I change the document title? File->Save as... Then use that filename. > Between the doc title and column titles what is the purpose of the 3 > column bold rectangle? That's probably some merged cells designed to hold the document title, e.g., "Register 2015" or something similar. If you don't want it, then select that merged block and choose Format->Merge Cells, then uncheck "Merge" or "Merge and Center cells" as appropriate. > When I make a column to be all one color (by scrolling down the column) > why do all the dividing lines disappear? Probably because you don't have the dividing lines turned on in Preferences, but I'm guessing. The displayed lines are "ghost" lines, so that you can keep track of what you're doing on the screen. They won't print unless you tell them to. > Is there any reason why the format (i.e. left, center, right etc.)of > entries in any column cannot be changed? No. Select it first, then choose the alignment that you want. > > My computer is Mac OS X 10.10.2. > > Oh, by the way, for some unknown reason I had to pay $4.99 for the download > which I keep seeing on your website is free - receipt #2765-1435-5460-2762 > from Sourceline Media.com. If I can get it to work it will be well worth it. Sourceline Media.com is not Apache OpenOffice, nor is it Sourceforge.net. You downloaded from somebody else. > > > > Regards, > > Ted Watt > [email protected] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
