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jyllks
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 Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 4:18 am Post subject: Problem typing |
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Help!
I like OOWriter 2.4 but recently when typing every time I press enter the font and size will change. I have a lot do to very soon with lots of inserts. I was never trained in typing or computers but have managed quite well until now. I think it must have something to do with the default setting but I cannot sort it,
Can someone advise, please,
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jrkrideau
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| Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 5:05 am Post subject: Re: Problem typing |
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| jyllks wrote: | Help!
I like OOWriter 2.4 but recently when typing every time I press enter the font and size will change. I have a lot do to very soon with lots of inserts. I was never trained in typing or computers but have managed quite well until now. I think it must have something to do with the default setting but I cannot sort it,
Can someone advise, please,
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What Operating System ?
Is what is happening something like this:
| Quote: | | This is my first sentence |
This is a new sentence after I press enter
If so it may be that you have a style that when you press return goes to another style
A good example of this is to use one of the heading styles . When you press return you will go from the Heading Style to the text style.
Try this. Bring up the Stylist ( press F11) and select the Style Heading1. Type in some text and hit return. Are you getting something like what your problem ?
If so you can change the settings in the Style that you are using ( it will be highlighted in the Stylist) by right-clicking on the Style and choosing Modify. Look under the Organizer tab and see what Next Style is. Change it is needed.
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jyllks
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| Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 6:17 am Post subject: |
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Thanks for such a quick reply but
F11 brings up an oblong box with 4 little squares top left and on the right a paint pot and a little square.
Below these are listed on the left:
Complimentary close
Default
1st line indent
Hanging indent
Heading
Heading 1 down to 10
List indent
marginalia
Signature
Text body
Text body indent
All I want to do is choose my font and size and keep it at that. And to be able to change font and size occasionally. I don't need all these things that super secretary's probably want and need.
I must be in the wrong place because I pressed F11 and then Style heading 1 but it shrinks back again. I have just tried again and I got the type I wanted but then it wouldn't type the same in the next line!
Sorry to be such a dunce! It's windows XP
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jrkrideau
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| jyllks wrote: | Thanks for such a quick reply but
F11 brings up an oblong box with 4 little squares top left and on the right a paint pot and a little square.
Below these are listed on the left:
Complimentary close
Default
1st line indent
Hanging indent
Heading
Heading 1 down to 10
List indent
marginalia
Signature
Text body
Text body indent
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That's it. !
| Quote: | | All I want to do is choose my font and size and keep it at that. And to be able to change font and size occasionally. I don't need all these things that super secretary's probably want and need. |
Trust me lifewith OOo is much easier with this.  It takes a bit of work at the start but you will avoid all sorts of problems later.
| Quote: | | I must be in the wrong place because I pressed F11 and then Style heading 1 but it shrinks back again. I have just tried again and I got the type I wanted but then it wouldn't type the same in the next line! |
Okay. To use a style in the Stylist once you have pressed F11,
Select the box with the ΒΆ ( left-most box) this gives you the paragraph styles.
1. Click in a paragraph in the text.
2. The style used in the text should be highlighted in the Stylist. ( If you don't see it , go to the botton of the stylist and select All Styles and scroll around til you see it)
3. Click on another style ( If your text is default, try clicking on Heading1 It should give you a good contrast. Then try clicking of a few other styles to see what you get. )
Now you see how paragraph styles work, create a new style by right-clicking on the default style and selecting New. Give the style a new name and experiment with what you can get under the various tabs.
After all this you can to back to the document that is giving you the problem and see if you have a style problem
For a lot more information on Styles (and almost everything else you should ever need to know about OOO) see http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/oooauthors2/index.html
The various Styles chapters are very useful as is one about templates.
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jyllks
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I am so stupid. Now I'm having a complete mental block!!! I will look at the link you have kindly sent - probably in the morning when I'm a bit brighter.
Thank you very much for trying to help it is appreciated. Once I do get the hang of it I'll wonder what all the problems were about,
Thank you again,
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jrkrideau
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| jyllks wrote: | I am so stupid. Now I'm having a complete mental block!!! I will look at the link you have kindly sent - probably in the morning when I'm a bit brighter.
Thank you very much for trying to help it is appreciated. Once I do get the hang of it I'll wonder what all the problems were about,
Thank you again,
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