Top post:
Have you looked at the User's Guides at
http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/index.html?
There is a wealth of information available there specifically about
Writer.
Dan
On Tuesday 18 October 2005 08:38 pm, Dave Barton wrote:
> Hi Russell,
>
> My replies are in-line.
>
> On Tue, 2005-10-18 at 18:53 -0500, Russell Godwin wrote:
> > Hi Dave..I took your advice, wrote another post explaining in
> > detail my problem with the writer. I have had 0 responses.
>
> Please keep in mind that you are requesting help from a mailing list,
> populated by other users who (like me) volunteer to try to assist
> each other where we can. Also remember that there can be a delay in
> messages from non-subscribed users going through the moderation
> process. Plus users are located in many time zones (eg you are UTC-5
> and I am UTC+11). There is paid support available if required, see:
> http://bizdev.openoffice.org/consultants.html
>
> > Also I notice that my post in the users group is all over the page,
> > no one can read it I am sure. I don't know what I could have done
> > to have my post end up like this.
>
> Sorry I don't know what "users group" location you are referring to.
> I didn't receive, or maybe I missed, your subsequent posting.
> However, I have taken a copy from the list archive, which I have
> pasted below.
>
> > I think I am back to square one. Maybe you know a site where the
> > writer is explained in LAYMAN terms.
>
> The information you want may well be available, but we need to
> understand the issue before we can offer worthwhile suggestions or
> pointers.
>
> > I am only interested in part about how to correct mistakes in text,
> > how to remove a word or number, and replace it with another.
>
> This should not normally be an issue, but from the information in
> your subsequent post I think we might be able to help you.
>
> > Thanks for you patience
>
> Patience is a virtue.
> Hopefully it will make up for my many other sins ;)
>
> > Regards
> > Russell
> >
> > From: Russell Godwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 00:52:41 -0500
> > Content-Type: multipart/alternative;
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> > Subject: [users] Changing text in a word document
> >
> > Hi Dave and thanks for the reply.
> > I have Windows XP Home, OO.1.1.2.....
>
> OK, but I would recommend upgrading OOo 1.1.5 or OOo 2.0 which should
> be released very shortly.
>
> > at the top of the document page, > I click on EDIT, a window drops
> > down, and I click on CHANGE. After I make the desired text change,
> > I then click on accept/decline and of course click on accept. This
> > should do it in my opinion but it never does, it always reverts
> > back to original text and my changes are all for naught.
> >
> > I get the blue line as I am changing or deleting text, in this
> > particular case I am changing times, am and pm but I don't know if
> > this would make a difference. I have something wrong with my
> > settings. I've tried just about every combination so I'm really
> > doing something wrong, or I have some setting incorrectly entered.
> > Do the insert or std prompts at the bottom of the page have
> > anything to do with this?
> >
> > In a nutshell....the changes that I make on the page (deleting and
> > entering new text) do not remain in place as new, the old text
> > always comes back. As I am deleting and entering new, it appears
> > that all is working fine...the problem is after I click on accept,
> > the curser (blinking) is still on the new text. As soon as I remove
> > the curser from the line, it immediately reverts back to the old
> > text...What I am missing is HOW to permanantly change text on a
> > page, that is to say, delete the unwanted text, and rewrite the new
> > text.
> >
> > Thanks again for any information or suggestions..
> > Russell
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> I don't have OOo 1.1.2 installed, but the fact that you have to click
> the EDIT button, suggests that you are trying to change a read only
> document. The read only status of any file is normally controlled by
> the operating system's file permissions.
>
> Do you experience the same problem if you create a new Writer
> document and try to edit it, or is it just a problem for existing
> documents?
>
> If the problem document doesn't contain sensitive information, please
> email it to me directly off-list (attachments are stripped from list
> posts) and I will try to determine the cause.
>
> Dave
>
>
>
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