Hi I am using OO 2.3 under Ubuntu, in my case you have to go to file->version, and hen enable it.
On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 9:52 PM, Richard Detwiler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > PJH wrote: > > Jack D. Lewis has written on 3/18/2008 7:46 PM: > > > >> PJH wrote the following on 3/18/2008 5:17 PM: > >> > >>> I would like to use version control on a text document but "Version" > >>> in the "File" menu is grayed out. > >>> > >>> How do I get it back? > >> > >> The 'Versions...' menu item is grayed out for new documents until > >> after you save a document the first time. After you have saved it, > >> the Versions... menu item should be available for you to use. > > I save it, closed writer and reopened it, opened the doc, and added a > > line. > > > > Clicked "File". "Versions" is still grayed out. > > > > ??? > > Let me take a guess -- are you saving it in MS Word format? If so, you > can't version it. You can only version it if you save it as an odt file. > > I don't know if this is what's going on, but at one of my places of > employment, where OpenOffice is used, a secretary contacted me about not > being able to version a document. I discovered it was because she was > saving it as an MS Word document. Once she saved it as an odt file, she > could version it. > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- If you are sick and tired with Microsoft Office, install Open Office from http://www.openoffice.org it is free and it does everything the other stuff does. -- Wenn du die Schnauze voll hast mit Microsoft Office, warum installierst du nicht Open Office von http://www.openoffice.org. es kostet nichts und es macht alles was die andere Software macht. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
