On Mon, 2008-10-20 at 23:20 +0200, Enrique Perez-Terron wrote:
> I have installed OpenOffice.org version 3.0.0, build 9358, on a Debian
> amd-64 laptop. I have just written a writer document, but I cannot save
> it. I have managed to save in MS Office 97/2000 format, though.
>
> The error message does not help in any way, it does not point at any
> particular place in the text, it does not specify the nature of the
> error, there is no partially written file that I could examine (or I
> could not find it).
I found something. Saving as html, there was a stray <LI> outside any
<UL>..</UL> pair.
In the OOo window (still open) the paragraph has a custom paragraph
style "ehrc-bullet", which in turn refers to the custom list style in
the "Numbering" page. Applying a different style to that paragraph, it
becomes possible to save the document.
1. However, the paragraph shows in the OOo writer window without
any bullet. Yes, now I remember. I created the style with the
intention of applying it to any paragraph that need a bullet in
front of it. I have tried to apply specific styles to all
paragraphs in the document, and do all formatting through
"Modify..." in the context menu on the style in the Styles and
Formatting window. All my paragraphs have custom styles. I
created them by first formatting a paragraph manually, then
selecting a word in the paragraph, then dragging the selection
to the "Paragraph styles" selector at the top of the "Styles and
Formatting" window. The paragraph used to create "ehrc-bullet"
*had* a bullet.
However, when I applied the ehcr-bullet style to the first paragraph in
what I thought should become another list, no bullet appeared. (I had
already written a couple of list items as ordinary paragraphs, and
wanted to convert them to a list.) I created a custom list style and
linked to it in the "Numbering" tab of the paragraph style, in the
"Numbering Style" field. Yet no bullet.
Now I know that some kind of "bullets on" got set internally, since a) I
get this error when saving, and b) there is <LI> when I save as HTML.
(I have to say I find the help in the application lacking, because it
never explains the *architecture* of the system of styles. E.g, if I
apply a list style, will that remove the paragraph style? In other
words, is a "list style" just another paragraph style that happens to
have the bullet and numbering properties set? I did find something
about this at openoffice.org. Why has nothing of the stuff on the wiki
pages been incorporated in the help? Even the wiki was just a
beginning, and I now have problems finding back to it... Perhaps users
on this list (myself included) can team up to help here. If we try to
generalize from our experiences, and others point out counterexamples,
we should arrive at a description that works. Or, does this already
exist?)
Regards,
Enrique
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