On Thu, 21 Jul 2005 11:08:33 -0400, David Teague wrote: > Roderick wrote: > >> In any case, check View > Toolbars to see what is enabled. e.g the >> formatting toolbar contains the font stuff whilst the Function bar >> contains the icons for the stylist and navigator. > > Thanks, this is a good start, but > > View | Toolbars > > says the formatting toolbar is enabled, but the tools in it are not > displayed. > > Further, the icons that are displayed are about twice the size they are in > the 109 version -- that's the OO.o 1.9.109 version. Large icons > unnecessarily take up valuable screen real estate and should not be the > default. > > I had not been able to find how to select icon size but I found this > buried in help. > > Changing Icon Size > You can change the icon view between small and large icons. Choose Tools - > Options - OpenOffice.org. On the View tab page, select the Toolbar icon > size. Click OK. > > I think the choice of icon size should be in Customize tool bar as well as > in tools|options|OpenOffice.org|view. > > Now I have to figure out where the tool bars that the menu says are there > are hiding! > > Next issue: > > There does not seem to be a "stylist" any more. At least OO.o Help doesn't > have it listed. How do I find it or find the replacement? > > This is the first pre beta OO.o version where I have had significant > problems and what to do to configure or fix things is just not obvious, > and the obvious things don't seem to work. > > I really like OO.o, and I recommend it to my friends and students, but I > need answers to these questions, and likely several more. > > BTW The documents at the URL in Roderick's .sig seem to refer to the > current version, 1.1.4, not to the beta versions, so I do need a little > more than just "Read the manual, here is a URL." > > David Teague, http://cs.wcu.edu/~dbt Advocating Free Software and Double > Bass tuned in fifths www.dennismasuzzo.com; www.silviodallatorre.com > www.joelquarrington.com/; For information on Red Mitchell, > http://home.teleport.com/~mimuma/; www.larryholloway.com
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