[CC:d to user] Addie Derby wrote: > Good Afternoon: In October 2007, I downloaded OpenOffice.org because > I do newsletters for my retirees non-profit group, Municipal Pension > Retirees' Association, MPRA and the secretary of our organization > recommended I do so. However, I have several problems with this > program. > > 1. The program has more or less taken over my Windows files.
If, when you installed OOo you told it that it should be the default program to open .doc files etc, then Windows will associate your files with OOo. However, OOo has not "taken over" your files. They will be exactly the same name and content as before, and nothing has been lost. By the way, the term "Windows files" does not have much meaning; do you mean Microsoft Office files (word processor, spreadsheet, etc)? > Not that I have a problem with that but once it does, the Spell-Check, > Grammar check or the language selection seem to be turned off. There > is a difference between Canadian English and U.S. English in spelling > different words. Further than that, I could be writing gibberish and > the spell check doesn't seem to notice. When one is used to the red > underline appearing automatically to warn me, it's rather > disconcerting that it doesn't. Ensure that your language and character types match. Look at Tools|Options|Language Settings|Languages to ensure the language you want is set. Use File|Wizards|Install new dictionaries if you want. For each document, ensure that Format|Character has the correct language in the "Language" field. > 2. Often when I am doing an initial draft of an article in Windows, > I will use 1.5 line spacing so that when I send the article to > someone for approval, they have room to make comments about it. > However, as soon as I save it, the article becomes an OpenOffice > file. When that happens I cannot change the line spacing and the > only thing I can do is copy the article in Windows to change the line > spacing. What do you mean "copy the article in Windows"? Do you mean Microsoft Word? When you say "the article becomes an OpenOffice file" exactly what do you mean? What is the resultant (complete file name)? Is it something.doc, or something.odt? What procedure are you using to change line spacing? > 3. OpenOffice.org seems to have taken over my MS Publisher program. Unlikely. Nothing other than Microsoft Publisher reads Publisher files. OOo does not attempt to change file associations of .pub files. > I have used this program for newsletters for at least a decade and > have upgraded the program a few times. The last update was 2002. I > know that program like the back of my hand. However, now for the > very first time ever, the program does not show any graphics, such a > clip art, photographs, word art, or drawn lines once I save my file. > I have always had the program show all graphics all the time and, I > have tried over and over to go to view and click the box that saws > show graphics but it doesn't. Yes, it does show up in the printing > BUT that does me little good when I have a group photograph and I > want to put a text box below naming the people in the picture in the > order they appear on the photograph. I have to print the whole page > to make sure I have named everyone. Another problem is that I will > draw lines around a story but I can't because I don't know where the > lines are when I come back to the file after I have saved it. It is > very frustrating. Seems to me like something has happened within the Publisher program itself. I doubt it has anything to do with OOo at all. > So you can see that I consider this a very frustrating program. > Sure, the price was right and the one good thing about it is that I > can send articles for proof reading to others who have down loaded > the same program. However, that one good thing doesn't make up for > all the other frustrations I am having. In fact, I am thinking about > uninstalling the OpenOffice. This is making me uneasy because > OpenOffice has now taken over a number of my files and I am afraid > that I won't be able to retrieve them if I uninstall it. Can you > help me? As explained above, your documents will not be lost if you do choose to uninstall OOo. However, I suggest the problems you have can be fixed if you provide us with some more information. -- Bob Long P.S. You have written to a mailing list where help is provided by volunteers. To ensure you see all replies, it is recommended that you subscribe to the mailing list. Please reply only to the mailing list at [email protected] and not to me personally. FAQ, userguide, etc: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
