-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Up until now my word processor of choice has been WordPerfect 5.1, which dates from 1990. While it is DOS based it is possible to use it on most distributions of Linux through a DOS emulator. Doing so was fine as long as I did not have to share and integrate my written work with others. Lately however that limitation (and others) have become so overwhelming that I could no longer postpone converting to something else for word processing.
I decided that I had to choose a word processor the files of which could be converted for use on a proprietary word processor which I was given to understand only works on a number of apparently popular operating systems -- and vice versa. So I really felt I had no option but to learn OpenOffice.org (OOo). In 1998 I converted from DOS to Linux; I have never used any other operating systems except those two. I was told that I would have no problem learning OOo; it is just like that proprietary word processor already referred to, which of course I have never used. Ha! OOo is completely different from my beloved WP 5.1, the former with its styles, templates, etc. So I installed OOo 3.1.1 in my computer, which has the Debian Lenny distribution of Linux. I also purchased two books, "Getting Started with OOo3" and "OOo3 Writer Guide", which -- along with OOo "help" -- I am finding hard going. I have spent the last two months off and on learning OOo with some success, as so far I have managed to create two usable documents; but there is much about OOo I do not understand. I am only now figuring out the questions I need to ask, to understand styles in particular. So please all, indulge me if I ask seemingly silly questions, as there is much in OOo which is not intuitive to me. The first questions: I do not understand the difference between "default", "text body" and "text body indent" paragraph styles. It seems that OOo sometimes selects "default" as the default paragraph style, at other times selects "text body". Are there situations where one should be used over the other? What should "text body indent" be used for? All help gratefully received. Ken Heard -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkuKPVsACgkQlNlJzOkJmTd/ZACfTRPF8NFpXpONo+8KacwAlhlH F9wAnj7XzlSpfwtMk6EVtPVhjsJCr9lW =GnSV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
