On Tue, 2006-06-27 at 12:09 -0500, Dan Lewis wrote: > On Tuesday June 27 2006 01:23 am, Kaiser, Hans wrote: > > > It seems to me that even with OOo, there can be no accidental > > > changes made in the headers or footers. A person had to click within > > > either one to make any changes. Otherwise, the cursor never enters > > > them when text is being added to the document. It just may be that OOo > > > is more lax in permitting deliberate changes to be made. > > > > Hello Dan, > > > > sure, if you use a normal keyboard and mouse. But with touchpad and > > notebook it happens... > > Therefore I am searching for an option to protect them.. > > > > regards > > Sorry, I do not think such an option exists. You could file a request > for enhancement. > But I still have to stand by what I wrote earlier. I have written a 25 > page document using a notebook with a touchpad. I did not have any > problems staying out of the header or footer area. I wrote another > document with 35 pages on this notebook without that problem also. Both > documents required a liberal use of the touchpad to move frames from one > place to another. These two documents are "Getting Started with Impress" > and Getting Started with Base", and they are two chapters of the Getting > Started Guide available at http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/. > Perhaps, I had an advantage. Its screen resolution was only 800x600. > Another option is to use the notebook keyboard more: specifically the > arrow, page up, and page down keys. I also used Control +X followed by > Control+V to move objects. The Navigator will also allow you to move from > one place in the document to another without worrying about placing the > cursor in the wrong place. (This does require that the Navigator be dock > on the left side of the screen.) > > Dan >
I have a laptop with a rather sensitive touchpad, so I can understand Hans problem, though I do not use writer to the extent that it affects me. Two possible work arounds that I can think of, 1. Switch to web layout while working and back to print layout to finish. 2. Set up two page styles, one containing your header, the other without a header or with a suitable blank. Apply the style containing your header when you have finished, or switch as required. Barrie --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
