On 16/03/2008 04:07, Healthy Beaver wrote:
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From: FRANK [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2008 4:56 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [users] [moderated]
HI,
I HAVE BOUGHT A NEW COMPUTER TO USE FOR WORKING FROM HOME. I HAVE DOWNLOADED
"OPEN OFFICE 2.3" ALL SEEMS FINE. THE PROBLEM IS I USE THE COMPUTER MORE AS
A TYPE WRITER AND WHEN I TYPE OUT A QUOTATION AND NUMBER LINES 1) TO
ANYTHING WHEN I PRESS ENTER TO GO TO THE NEXT LINE, THE COMPUTER GIVES THE
NEXT NUMBER AND MOVES EVERYTHING TO THE RIGHT. I DO NOT WANT MY NEXT
NUMBERED SENTENCE MOVED AWAY FROM THE LEFT SIDE MARGIN AND I WOULD LIKE TO
DO MY OWN NUMBERING.
HOW DO I SET THE THING UP SO THAT IT JUST DOES WHAT I WOULD LIKE IT TO DO. I
FEEL LIKE PUTTING MY FIST THROUGH THE THING WHEN THIS HAPPENS.
PLEASE HELP OR IS THIS HOW THINGS ARE WITH COMPUTERS. I AM 55 AND KNOW
NOTHING ABOUT SETTING THE THING UP. GOING TO "HELP" IS AS MUCH GOOD AS
STANDING IN FRONT OF A RUNAWAY BUS.
REGARDS,
FRANK.
Hi Frank,
The first thing you need to do is buy a new keyboard. The one you have only
uses capital letters.
It sounds like you are using a numbered list which is doing precisely what
it is supposed to do. When you type in a numbered line, it thinks you are
trying to use a numbered list and so it is actually trying to help you. You
can turn this off by clicking on FORMAT and then click on BULLETS AND
NUMBERING. You can also set your preferences to not automatically do stuff.
Once you get the hang of it, you will really appreciate the power and
capability, especially considering the price.
Floyd
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