On 30/01/2008, Cor Nouws <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Jim, > > jimw wagner wrote (30-1-2008 5:34) > > The last few times, a new install of a new version of OpenOffice has > > simply accepted my settings, which is nice. > > > > However it still on occasion (latest being this evening) unaccountably > > switches around to the "factory defaults," that is, the curly quotes, > > and changing of double hyphens into one dash, among others. > > [...] > > The only simple way I can think of, is the by accident the menu > 'Format|Auto format|While typing' is ticked. > If that is not the case, it must be something like that the file with > your settings (common.xcu, IIRC) got corrupted and is replaced by a new > one on restarting of OOo. > > Kindest regards, > Cor
In addition ... a) From the Help: To stop replacing quotation marks: 1.Choose Tools - AutoCorrect. 2.Click the Custom Quotes tab 3.Clear the Replace check box(es). b) Also, Tools>AutoCorrect>Options>Replace "standard" quotes with "custom" quotes c) Also, Tools>AutoCorrect>Replace and check for hyphens. -- Harold Fuchs London, England Please reply *only* to [email protected]
