On 12/12/06, Harold Fuchs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
1. To answer your specific question about adding a button, go to Tools>Customise and choose the toolbar you want the button on (I chose "Standard"). Then click Add. Now, in the left panel choose Format and, in the right panel, choose Columns. You can now move the button to where you want. When you press the button you still need to tell it the number of columns. Someone else may be able to tell you how to write a macro for this. I haven't studied macros much yet.
Thanks, that's exactly what I needed. I also changed the icon to match the function (as there was no default icon). Excellent.
However, a much nicer way, IMHO, is to set up a template. I use A4 paper and I have a template that allows me to print two A5 (A5 is exactly half A4)pages on a landscaped A4 sheet with a thin line between the A5 pages so I know where to cut to make two separate pages. Create a new document, set up the page as you want - two columns, etc. etc. and then use File>Templates>Save to name and save the template; mine is saved in "My Templates". The full path for that is defined in Tools>Options>OpenOffice.org>Paths (in 2.0.4 anyway) but you don't need to know until it becomes time to back up your templates. When you want to use the template to create a new document, just do File>New>Templates and Documents and then choose the template. Using Tools>Customise you can add a "New from Template" button to a toolbar.
I might consider this, but sometimes I decide halfway through that I want two columns. It's for homework assignments and often I find that I have two very narrow sheets. I might even experiment with three columns.
2. Use Tools>Customise>Keyboard to add, remove or edit keyboard shortcuts. This will also show you what keys activate which menu options. Note that on Windows you don't seem able to incorporate the Alt or Alt Gr[ey] keys into shortcuts; boo-hiss.
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