jl snurr wrote:
Daniel Lewis wrote:
jl snurr wrote:
Brian Barker wrote:
At 10:50 05/04/2010 -0500, Joseph Snurr wrote:
I have been trying to a long time to stop the automatic outline
formatting of my documents. I'm using OOo v3.2.0 on Windows 7.
I've clicked the "on/off numbering" and it seems to only works for
that particular line where my cursor is positioned.
I've also gone into the "Tools/outline numbering" and put "none"
for everything and clicked ok.
I've gone into "Line numbering" and unchecked "Show Numbering"...
I've also gone into "Tools/Options/OO.o Writer/Table/Input in
tables/Number Recognition" and unchecked it.
I've tried everything I know to stop the automatic outlining and
it still does it. Any ideas on what I can do now to stop this?
Full marks for trying, but you've missed the one place you do need
to make a change:
o Go to Tools | AutoCorrect Options... | Options, and remove the
tick from "Apply numbering - symbol: *".
(At least, that's where it is on my version 3.1.1.)
I trust this helps.
Brian Barker
Brian, I've tested about everything I know to do, and it is not
doing anything automatic yet... Thanks for giving me that one last
place to look. :)
Perhaps there is another way to do things. Open the Styles and
Formatting window. If you want to number some paragraphs and not
number others, define two paragraph styles: one for each one. While
defining the paragraph for numbering using the Paragraph Style, make
sure to click the Outline and Numbering Tab. There you can select the
numbering style you want to use with this style. Then define the
numbering style you want to use.
When you want to use numbering, double click the paragraph with
numbering. It will insert the numbering. To not use numbering double
click the paragraph without numbering. It will remove the numbering.
This is true even if in AutoCorrect Options, Apply numbering - symbol
is checked (ticked).
In writing the User Guides for OOo, we switch back and forth
between numbered paragraphs and non-numbered paragraphs all of the
time. If you are not sure how to do this, you need to get the Writer
Guide. Or You might want to only download Chapter 6 "Introduction to
Styles". It is in the "Applying list styles" section.
Dan
Thanks Dan. I'll consider this excellent idea. maybe play with it to
see if I like it.
Barbara? I didn't mean to miss you. You have a very good idea there,
and I did do your last suggestion.
I had once attempted to make my own outline format, but I didn't care
for their ideas. But thanks for the time and idea. Others may be
able to use it successfully.
Thanks all for your time and ideas.
Joseph
Could you tell us a bit more about what made you give up on the Options
tab for defining your own custom numbering? I find the management that
Writer does in automatically numbering the list entries extremely
helpful, and I'd hate to see you miss out on it unnecessarily. (Of
course, you may not do the amount of rearranging, inserting, deleting,
and so on that I do -- in which case hand-numbering everything may be
tolerable.)
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