On Sunday 30 April 2006 09:00, Howard Coles Jr. wrote: > On Saturday 29 April 2006 22:57, Peter K. wrote: > > I would first like to start off by saying that Open Office is the worst > > word processor I have ever had the mispleasure of using. I am using it > > right now until I am able to install Microsoft Word. > > So . . . We should feel sorry for your inconvenience of having to use > something free, or should we just call the whaaambulance to rescue you? > Slamming the program like this is usually a good way to get ignored. *NIX > OSes have a good device for these kinds of messages /dev/null.
This will assist you in fixing YOUR problem http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html > > > Now, I do a lot of word processing documents: > > > > I am using Open Office 2.0 > > > > > > Heres the problem: Towards the few final pages of my document, the > > program does not allow me to 'TAB' anymore, when I hit the button it > > brings me up to a random point in the document. Towards the few final > > pages there seem to be problems in terms of spacing, it's set at double > > spacing, yet when I hit enter to start a new paragraph, there are larger > > gaps between them. 'SPACING' to the end of a row to start a new paragraph > > doesn't want to cooperate either, causing even more problems. > > So, let me get this straight. You "DO" understand the difference > between "spacing" and "Line Spacing" correct? (Spacing is the distance > that separates two paragraphs, Line Spacing is the distance that separates > lines within a paragraph). As I understand it you are able to use the Tab > key to space over, say to the right to exactly 2.5", at the beginning of a > document, but say 90 pages later you get random positions on the page when > you do this. My question then, if the above is correct, is do you have > explicitly defined tab stops? Or, are you depending on the default of every > half inch or so? I'm also thinking that you are able to get the spacing you > want (double spacing in the paragraph with the appearance of a double space > between paragraphs) near the beginning, but it doesn't work at the end? > > If both of my ideas above are near correct, I would also wonder about the > speed and amount of RAM your computer has. > > > I am wondering if these problems are due to the amount of pages in the > > document (95 pages.) Is this because of the page number, and am I able to > > fix this? I am one very upset and annoyed person right now. > > Sorry for the initial sarcasm, its just beginning to wear on a lot of folks > nerves that people like you and me get upset because feature A isn't doing > what they expect and just start blasting the program as crap instead of > cooling off and asking if its a PEBCAK or ID10T issue on their part. > Remember the application is free, while that doesn't help your frustration, > it should help your requests for help. -- Fred Moore USSA/Master Marine Surveyor NAVTECH Certified #10315M Certified "Recreation/Small Commercial" www.yachtsurv.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: 321-217-8699 Fax: 407-641-4898 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
