Frank, it is good to hear about your using the software satisfactorily
for so many years.
Since I do not know if you are a subscriber to this support email list I
am including you in the addressing.
The current stable version is now 2.2.0, and available for free download
from http://www.openoffice.org/. If you use a dial-up service, you may
want to use one of the download helpers which can pick up the download
from an interruption. Investigate this at
http://distribution.openoffice.org/p2p/index.html. You can also
purchase the software on CD for a nominal fee, usually this cost will be
around $10 USD and covers the cost of the physical CD, the time spent
burning it, and the shipping and handling. You can investigate this at
http://distribution.openoffice.org/cdrom/index.html#cdrom.
Documentation is available from
http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/index.html. Solveig
Haugland has a lot of training material at
http://openoffice.blogs.com/openoffice/.
Now, to your specific question about "I have to re-set the font size to
my own format, again. if there is a way to keep it the same, I haven't
found it...." You can do this with styles. I suggest you open a new
spreadsheet (blank one) and then press the F11 key. This will open the
style menu, where you can create your own style. Start with modifying
the default style, then using a new name, perhaps something like
"MyStyleSheet" put in all the personal preferences you care to. Then
set your created style as the default. Again, Solveig has training on
this at
http://openoffice.blogs.com/openoffice/2007/01/conditional_for.htm.
You did not mention where you live. It may be that someone close to you
could pass a CD with the latest OpenOffice on it to you.
Hope this helps.
Joe Conner, Poulsbo, WA USA
Frank wrote:
Dear Sirs, I have nothing for respect for your software. I am a disabled individual, who doesn't have the funds for the "MS office" thing. You have given me and many others the ability to use a quality product, on a budget which I can actually afford to pay. I spend my days at home mostly, using my computer to keep my sanity. I have also told everybody who I come in contact with, about the ("in my opinion" ) better version of "Office" which you have to offer. MOst of them have purchased it, taking my advice, and thanks allot is always in my inbox. The only problem I seem to have, is the transition to a MS similar document. eg. Your version of whatever to Thiers. This could be, because of financial reasons, I am still using the original version which I purchased years ago.. the 1.0.1 . I know that you have superior software out there, due to the fact, the people who I steered your way, own it... I'm still happy with the original version for the most part, however, It would be great if you made an upgrade version for the people who spend most of their money on doctors, meds, transportation, ect.. The real reason I originally wrote this e-mail to you, before I felt a need to pat your developers, ect. on the back, is something that's been bothering me for a while (years) but never took the time to ask, due to application. If I use the spreadsheet, for non-mathematical purposes, such as, lists with columns adjacent laterally from the listed item, If I use a font size, other than default, when I curse down to the next item to be listed, I have to re-set the font size to my own format, again. if there is a way to keep it the same, I haven't found it, and I've done more than some reading on your "help" section, and unless I just somehow overlooked the damn answer, its not there. There's an awful lot of reading in there, and it may have alluded me, but I don't think so. Could you please set me straight on what to do? Like I said, application wise, I don't need to do this alot, but, I've had now several larger projects, and this fopa, almost doubles my time at the keyboard... and we all know how much fun typing is for a non-typer !!!!!!! I would also be very interested in any new software Clone (actually better than OEM) software you might have to offer. Your site doesn't offer allot of insight on product, and I also find it a bit non-user friendly, when it comes to purposefully navigating it...(just my opinion) When I go to a site, I want either A.,the answer right there, or B., a link to the answer to be right there. Once again, I am genuinely thankful, that a division as yourselves, take pride in such a useful product, at a price which peons can actually put it on our computers, and still eat food... You're not the only manufacturer who does this, but by far the most advanced... I'm saving for the newest version, and can't wait to be able to buy it, unless you can fill me in on an upgrade version. Maybe available soon?????? again, Thanx an awful lot, I used to have to take a handicap bus to the library, in order to use their computers for the "office" type software. You opened up some personal freedom to me, and I'll always be thankful for that. I'll keep turning my friends and aquaintences on to your product.........One more item, the people who didn't, and/or won't try your product, were in most part, people who received the MS wishy washy versions with thier computer at time of the purchase. My neighbor is one of them, but after a tour of my OO software, he now owns both!!! again....Frank.....
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