On 01/02/11 05:10, Michael Adams wrote:
On Monday 31 January 2011 17:13, Jordan Grode wrote:
Hi. There is a serious problem with your software, Open Office Text
Documents, that has been bothering me for months. I cannot find an answer
on your website and on your help pages, so I would thankful if you can
answer my question. When I press the space button on the keyboard, the
cursor only moves one space. I can only move one space at a time without
pressing another character. This problem is beyond annoying and
frustrating and it would be the greatest help if you can solve this problem
for me. Thank You so very much!!
Holding down the space key on the keyboard causes extra spaces to be inserted
but not visible until you type another character. Is this what you are
talking about? If so then you should not be using the space key to create
white space in this way. It is a bad word processing technique to get into.
If you come back later and edit one word before the white space in a
paragraph it upsets the rest of the paragraph.
I /think/ he was referring to the effect when 'ignore multiple spaces'
is set in autocorrect - in that case, the first space shows, then
subsequent ones are ignored. But I think he has a greater problem. In
spite of my clear injunction in the reply I mailed to the list cc'd to
him ("Replies to list only please - NOT to me."), he emailed me offlist
the following:-
"So I select ignor multiple spaces under autocorrect and te under
options. Is that it? Thanks.
......."
If I'd replied at all I'd have been sarcastic, so I just stuck him in my
mail server's block list instead. Life's not long enough. Maybe someone
else with more patience could explain to him a little about netiquette.
--
Mike Scott
Harlow, Essex, England
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