On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 10:54:41 +0100, James Wilde wrote:

> On Jan 14, 2010, at 01:30 , Richard Detwiler wrote:
> 
>> [email protected] wrote:
>>> Dear Sir/Madame,
>>> 
>>> 
>> Tia:
>> 
>> Barbara gave excellent advice on how to do page numbering in OpenOffice
>> Writer. (Basically two steps, like she said: Insert > Footer > Default;
>> and then Insert > Fields > Page Number.)
>> 
>> I, and I suspect others, however, are a bit puzzled by your note. In no
>> place do you mention that you're using OpenOffice. You say that you're
>> writing a document using Vista, but Vista is not a word processor, it
>> is an operating system.
>> 
>> Vista, along with most Windows systems, generally comes with two fairly
>> basic word processors, WordPad and Notepad. I'm wondering if there is
>> some chance that you're using one of these to compose your document,
>> rather than OpenOffice? If so, the instructions that Barbara gave you
>> wouldn't apply.
> 
> It could be even worse than that.  I heard recently that Works is still
> being shipped with Vista.
>> 
>> It would be helpful if you could write back (to the list at
>> [email protected], not to me personally; that way, many others, far
>> more knowledgeable than I am, can assist) and explain further
>> specifically what you're using for a word processor. (Reminder: Vista,
>> that you mentioned, is not a word processor, but is an operating
>> system.)
> 
> I agree with Richard on this point.  We need to know more, Tia.
> 
> //James

my students who got Office 7 computers for Christmas report that Works 
came with them ... from several different manufacturers in fact.


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