At 16:45 26/12/2007 +0900, James Elliott - WA Rural Computers wrote:
I am summarising a piece of legislation where every section heading
starts with a number, e.g.:
48C. Learners' permits
48D. Drivers' licences granted overseas
59. Dangerous driving causing death, injury, etc.
As I copy and paste the sections of the Act I am interested in, into
my summary, OOo takes over and decides I want automatic line
numbering, when I do not. To make things worse, when I cancel line
numbering I lose the number, "48C." etc. in the above example, and
have to go back to the Act to see what section it is that I have
just copied and pasted.
I have looked at Tools>Options, and elsewhere, and cannot find where
I turn automatic line numbering off and I would be very much obliged
if someone could point me in the right direction.
As has already been suggested, to turn this action off, go to Tools |
AutoCorrect... | Options and remove the tick from "Apply numbering -
symbol: *".
Alternatively, note that the typing that you do and the automatic
corrections that Writer makes are considered as two separate
actions. So if you spot the problem immediately, instead of
cancelling line numbering just use Edit | Undo (or Ctrl+Z) to undo
the automatic correction, leaving the result of your typing that you
actually wanted.
Another trick is to use Edit | Paste Special... (or Ctrl+Shift+V) and
then select "Unformatted text" instead of the normal paste. This
will sometimes avoid the effects you describe.
I trust this helps.
Brian Barker
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