using Open Office with Microsoft Works files
I have a bunch of files created with the obsolete Microsoft Works. How may I import these in to OpenOffice? Thank you! -- Mike Tomlianovich email: mjtom...@gmail.com "Off the keyboard, through the CPU, out the transceiver, down the line, across the router, through the hub, out the gateway... Nothing but NET"
Re: using Open Office with Microsoft Works files
On Tue, 19 Jul 2016 00:25:08 -0500 Mike Tomlianovich wrote: > I have a bunch of files created with the obsolete Microsoft Works. How may > I import these in to OpenOffice? Thank you! > > -- > Mike Tomlianovich email: mjtom...@gmail.com > > "Off the keyboard, through the CPU, out the transceiver, > down the line, across the router, through the hub, > out the gateway... Nothing but NET" On the OpenOffice Forum we recommend that one transfer these files to OpenOffice format using the free online service of www.zamzar.com -- Rory O'Farrell - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Problems with File Formatting and Document Display on Open Office Writer
Hello, I have been using OpenOffice Writer for a number of years and I have recently has problems with the program. A main concern is whenever i save a document in Word 97/2000/XP format, the program tells me that the document has been saved in the format I requested, but when I go to open the documents, they are displayed as an unknown file type with the unknown file icon (the white box with three squares). Every time I save a document now, even previous documents that have been saved as Word 97/00/XP documents, they are converted to unknown file types every time I go back into OpenOffice. I also had difficulty with the formatting of a Word document that I opened in OpenOffice. When I opened the file, the formatting had been thrown around and text boxes were moved and had a strange red arrow in the right-had corner. I have never known of this problem before - could it be due to a virus? Thanks Best wishes, Matt Mills - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: Problems with File Formatting and Document Display on Open Office Writer
Hello. Your windows may be faulty, or dll corrupt. in My Documents or Windows Explorer, right click the mouse on the file, and choose default program as wtitter. openoffice and microsoft office word recognize features, writer your ways .: may have to make some changes in your document parater same formatting as the word.my sister had a similar problem when trying to open documents in Word, and for some reason the windows put the writter as the default program when I open or create word documents the writer, always saved in the word standard, never on writter pattern. try opening the same document on another computer, with openoffice, and see if you have the same problem. but it may be your windows with some corrupt dll. I have helped 2016-07-19 11:35 GMT-03:00 e-mail rm004e0578 : > Hello, I have been using OpenOffice Writer for a number of years and I have > recently has problems with the program. A main concern is whenever i save a > document in Word 97/2000/XP format, the program tells me that the document has > been saved in the format I requested, but when I go to open the documents, > they > are displayed as an unknown file type with the unknown file icon (the white > box > with three squares). Every time I save a document now, even previous > documents > that have been saved as Word 97/00/XP documents, they are converted to unknown > file types every time I go back into OpenOffice. > > I also had difficulty with the formatting of a Word document that I opened in > OpenOffice. When I opened the file, the formatting had been thrown around and > text boxes were moved and had a strange red arrow in the right-had corner. I > have never known of this problem before - could it be due to a virus? > > Thanks > > Best wishes, > > Matt Mills > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org > - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: Problems with File Formatting and Document Display on Open Office Writer
At 15:35 19/07/2016 +0100, Matt Mills wrote: I have been using OpenOffice Writer for a number of years and I have recently has problems with the program. A main concern is whenever i save a document in Word 97/2000/XP format, the program tells me that the document has been saved in the format I requested, but when I go to open the documents, they are displayed as an unknown file type with the unknown file icon (the white box with three squares). Every time I save a document now, even previous documents that have been saved as Word 97/00/XP documents, they are converted to unknown file types every time I go back into OpenOffice. You may well imagine that the icon you see outside OpenOffice - provided by your operating system - shows the format in which any document file has been saved. But this is not true. Instead, the choice of icon will be based on the application that your operating system would use to open the file by default if you double-click it. In most cases this depends only on the extension to the file name, not on any property of the document file itself. So what is likely is that your saved files are indeed in your chosen format but that they lack the .doc extension to indicate this to your operating system. You can test this by starting OpenOffice first and then using File | Open ... (or the Open... button in the start screen) to browse to and open the files - which you should find works normally, as this does not rely on your operating system's default settings. OpenOffice has a strange option in the Save As... dialogue box. Near the bottom, you will see an "Automatic file name extension" tick box. Has this become unticked? If it has, you will be saving documents in the correct format, but the file names will not be getting the proper extension. So a document will be called just "name" rather than "name.doc". If you replace the tick, it will stick for further saves. You can deal with existing rogue files either by opening them as above and then saving them with the appropriate extension (once you have replaced the tick) or else by using your operating system's facilities to rename the files, adding the extension manually. I also had difficulty with the formatting of a Word document that I opened in OpenOffice. When I opened the file, the formatting had been thrown around and text boxes were moved and had a strange red arrow in the right-had corner. I have never known of this problem before - could it be due to a virus? No. First, there will always be differences when you open documents in foreign formats or prepared by other application software. Indeed, there will be differences even without these changes if you have a different operating system, version of the application software, default printer, paper size, installed fonts, and so on. For best results, once you have formatted a document as you wish, save it in OpenOffice's native Open Document Format formats - .odt etc. - for later further use. The red arrow just indicates that there is more text in the table cell than can be displayed at the current font, size, or other settings, I think. Enlarge the table cell or change the character formatting to see the rest of the contents. I trust this helps. Brian Barker - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
propagating changes.
hello, I've frequently stumbled upon this problem so may as well seek some advice. I have a large document I work on this time of year. the default font size is 11pt but now I want to change it to 10.5pt - gonna make it into a booklet. simply altering the 'default' setting does not automatically modify the font size through the document. I don't want to 'select all' since there are other font sizes bound to a couple of 'styles' I'm using. how do I change a setting and have it 'propagate' automagically through the document? or is that not possible? maybe copy and paste into a suitable template? f. -- Felmon Davis He was a fiddler, and consequently a rogue. -- Jonathan Swift - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: propagating changes.
On Tue, 19 Jul 2016 15:13:00 -0400 (EDT) Felmon Davis wrote: > hello, > > I've frequently stumbled upon this problem so may as well seek some > advice. > > I have a large document I work on this time of year. the default font > size is 11pt but now I want to change it to 10.5pt - gonna make it > into a booklet. > > simply altering the 'default' setting does not automatically > modify the font size through the document. I don't want to 'select > all' since there are other font sizes bound to a couple of 'styles' > I'm using. > > how do I change a setting and have it 'propagate' automagically > through the document? or is that not possible? > > maybe copy and paste into a suitable template? > > f. > > -- > Felmon Davis > The easiest way is to use the Navigator (F5 key). Change the dropdowb at Navigator bottom to "Applied Styles". Press first icon from left to select Paragraph styles and modify each of the text styles by right clicking on the style and choosing Modify from the popup to 10.5 pt (usually Text Body and Default). If you have other body styles you will have to modify these as well. If you have applied direct formatting instead of using styles properly this will not work. -- Rory O'Farrell - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: propagating changes.
On Tue, 19 Jul 2016, Rory O'Farrell wrote: On Tue, 19 Jul 2016 15:13:00 -0400 (EDT) Felmon Davis wrote: hello, I've frequently stumbled upon this problem so may as well seek some advice. I have a large document I work on this time of year. the default font size is 11pt but now I want to change it to 10.5pt - gonna make it into a booklet. simply altering the 'default' setting does not automatically modify the font size through the document. I don't want to 'select all' since there are other font sizes bound to a couple of 'styles' I'm using. how do I change a setting and have it 'propagate' automagically through the document? or is that not possible? maybe copy and paste into a suitable template? f. -- Felmon Davis The easiest way is to use the Navigator (F5 key). I get a little 'window' with rather obscure icons. what you describe however I get with F11. maybe I configured things differently in this regard. must it be 'F5'? Change the dropdowb at Navigator bottom to "Applied Styles". Press first icon from left to select Paragraph styles and modify each of the text styles by right clicking on the style and choosing Modify from the popup to 10.5 pt (usually Text Body and Default). If you have other body styles you will have to modify these as well. assuming my 'F11' is your 'F5', doing this is precisely what doesn't work. (sorry I was unclear.) the document was begun with a certain 'default' of my devising, 11pt font-size, first line indentation, etc. suppose I invoke 'F11' etc and change the font to 'negreta'; Lo! all the text is dark! change font-size? nada. If you have applied direct formatting instead of using styles properly this will not work. maybe I have inadvertently but passing strange it works with one kind of font formatting but not the other. f. -- Felmon Davis Dreams are free, but there's a small charge for alterations. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: propagating changes
At 15:13 19/07/2016 -0400, Felmon Davis wrote: I have a large document I work on this time of year. the default font size is 11pt but now I want to change it to 10.5pt - gonna make it into a booklet. simply altering the 'default' setting does not automatically modify the font size through the document. This depends on what you mean by the "default setting". I'm guessing that you have changed the value at Tools | Options... | OpenOffice Writer | Basic Fonts (Western) | Default - and you are right: this changes the default for new documents only and not anything in a document currently open for editing. I don't want to 'select all' since there are other font sizes bound to a couple of 'styles' I'm using. Good: that wouldn't be the best solution. But you are using more styles that those "couple" you describe, since every paragraph will have a paragraph style with its own font size. If you have not knowingly ascribed a paragraph style to any part of your document, they may have the Default paragraph style (not to be confused with the default set in Options as above). how do I change a setting and have it 'propagate' automagically through the document? or is that not possible? o Go to Format | Styles and Formatting (or click the Styles and Formatting button in the Formatting toolbar, or press F11). o Select the Paragraph Styles button in the button bar of that window. o Put the cursor into your text to see which paragraph style is highlighted as being used. o Right click the paragraph style and select Modify... . o Modify the font size as required. o If this doesn't change all the relevant parts of your document, repeat in unaffected parts and change those paragraph styles too. maybe copy and paste into a suitable template? No need. I trust this helps. Brian Barker - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: propagating changes.
On Tue, 19 Jul 2016 15:40:20 -0400 (EDT) Felmon Davis wrote: > On Tue, 19 Jul 2016, Rory O'Farrell wrote: > > > On Tue, 19 Jul 2016 15:13:00 -0400 (EDT) > > Felmon Davis wrote: > > > >> hello, > >> > >> I've frequently stumbled upon this problem so may as well seek some > >> advice. > >> > >> I have a large document I work on this time of year. the default font > >> size is 11pt but now I want to change it to 10.5pt - gonna make it > >> into a booklet. > >> > >> simply altering the 'default' setting does not automatically > >> modify the font size through the document. I don't want to 'select > >> all' since there are other font sizes bound to a couple of 'styles' > >> I'm using. > >> > >> how do I change a setting and have it 'propagate' automagically > >> through the document? or is that not possible? > >> > >> maybe copy and paste into a suitable template? > >> > >> f. > >> > >> -- > >> Felmon Davis > >> > > > > The easiest way is to use the Navigator (F5 key). > > I get a little 'window' with rather obscure icons. what you describe > however I get with F11. maybe I configured things differently in this > regard. > > must it be 'F5'? Sorry - I misremembered - I've been writing on this computer for 14 hours and need a break. It should have been F11 If that doesn't work you have been using direct formatting. Direct formatting takes precedence over Styles. -- Rory O'Farrell - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: propagating changes
Brian - Thank you for the walk through on managing and changing default fonts in Writer. Esay to follow and helpful. A slightly related question: How do I change the default font in Calc? I have vision issues and both the Arial font structure as well as the default size are an issue for me. While I can change each new spreadsheet's font type and size on the tool bar, I'd prefer a manner in which I can change the default font to my preferred one. While I am in a Calc window, the Tools > Options> Open Office > Fonts, or Tools>Options>Open Office > Calc or Tools>Options>Open Office > Calc Base don't give any of the plethora of ways to change font options that are available in an OPen Office window. Thoughts? Thank you in advance. On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 12:44 PM, Brian Barker wrote: > At 15:13 19/07/2016 -0400, Felmon Davis wrote: > >> I have a large document I work on this time of year. the default font >> size is 11pt but now I want to change it to 10.5pt - gonna make it into a >> booklet. simply altering the 'default' setting does not automatically >> modify the font size through the document. >> > > This depends on what you mean by the "default setting". I'm guessing that > you have changed the value at Tools | Options... | OpenOffice Writer | > Basic Fonts (Western) | Default - and you are right: this changes the > default for new documents only and not anything in a document currently > open for editing. > > I don't want to 'select all' since there are other font sizes bound to a >> couple of 'styles' I'm using. >> > > Good: that wouldn't be the best solution. But you are using more styles > that those "couple" you describe, since every paragraph will have a > paragraph style with its own font size. If you have not knowingly ascribed > a paragraph style to any part of your document, they may have the Default > paragraph style (not to be confused with the default set in Options as > above). > > how do I change a setting and have it 'propagate' automagically through >> the document? or is that not possible? >> > > o Go to Format | Styles and Formatting (or click the Styles and Formatting > button in the Formatting toolbar, or press F11). > o Select the Paragraph Styles button in the button bar of that window. > o Put the cursor into your text to see which paragraph style is > highlighted as being used. > o Right click the paragraph style and select Modify... . > o Modify the font size as required. > o If this doesn't change all the relevant parts of your document, repeat > in unaffected parts and change those paragraph styles too. > > maybe copy and paste into a suitable template? >> > > No need. > > I trust this helps. > > Brian Barker > > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org > >
Re: propagating changes
At 15:40 19/07/2016 -0400, Felmon Davis wrote: the document was begun with a certain 'default' of my devising, 11pt font-size, first line indentation, etc. How did you do this? You may have modified a paragraph style (or created a new one), in which case you can now simply modify that style as you wish. But you may have set the paragraph properties of your first paragraph and then relied on each new paragraph inheriting the properties from its predecessor. Note that in this second case, your "default" has been applied as a paragraph property, whereas the first uses a paragraph *style* property; these are two different things. If you used the second method, I think you have a longwinded task ahead of you, with no "automagic" shortcuts. suppose I invoke 'F11' etc and change the font to 'negreta'; Lo! all the text is dark! change font-size? nada. That will be because you chose the first technique above, and your local character or paragraph formatting is overriding your change of paragraph style. maybe I have inadvertently but passing strange it works with one kind of font formatting but not the other. I think that will be because the "default of [your] devising" happened to modify - and thereby fossilise - the font size but not the font itself. The font is still game to be changed by a change in paragraph style. Note that font size is a character property, a character style property, and a paragraph style property (but not a paragraph property, although an entire paragraph can be given a font size using the character property, of course). So you can set font size in various ways, and understanding what is happening can be confusing. I know it is easy for me to say this now, but you can see why learning about and using styles is very useful in OpenOffice. You will reap rewards. I trust this helps. Brian Barker - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: propagating changes
On Tue, 19 Jul 2016, Brian Barker wrote: At 15:13 19/07/2016 -0400, Felmon Davis wrote: I have a large document I work on this time of year. the default font size is 11pt but now I want to change it to 10.5pt - gonna make it into a booklet. simply altering the 'default' setting does not automatically modify the font size through the document. This depends on what you mean by the "default setting". I'm guessing that you have changed the value at Tools | Options... | OpenOffice Writer | Basic Fonts (Western) | Default - and you are right: this changes the default for new documents only and not anything in a document currently open for editing. ok, so that's settled. I don't want to 'select all' since there are other font sizes bound to a couple of 'styles' I'm using. Good: that wouldn't be the best solution. But you are using more styles that those "couple" you describe, since every paragraph will have a paragraph style with its own font size. If you have not knowingly ascribed a paragraph style to any part of your document, they may have the Default paragraph style (not to be confused with the default set in Options as above). I have given some types of paragraph a style, e.g. titles of each essay are 'Header 1' so I can build a Table of Contents and they have some special formatting, etc. that all works. how do I change a setting and have it 'propagate' automagically through the document? or is that not possible? o Go to Format | Styles and Formatting (or click the Styles and Formatting button in the Formatting toolbar, or press F11). o Select the Paragraph Styles button in the button bar of that window. o Put the cursor into your text to see which paragraph style is highlighted as being used. everything says 'default'. o Right click the paragraph style and select Modify... . o Modify the font size as required. o If this doesn't change all the relevant parts of your document, repeat in unaffected parts and change those paragraph styles too. so basically I have to go through the whole document and select pretty much every paragraph I want modified? not the automagic I sought. but the magic incantation, 'so be it', always works. maybe copy and paste into a suitable template? No need. curious. would this work? suppose I build a template according to taste, open an empty document based on it and then copy and pasted in the text I'm working on? of course, I'm assuming the template has the same paragraph types, etc., as the text. I trust this helps. you trust correctly. f. -- Felmon Davis I couldn't possibly fail to disagree with you less. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: propagating changes
On Tue, 19 Jul 2016 16:16:39 -0400 (EDT) Felmon Davis wrote: > On Tue, 19 Jul 2016, Brian Barker wrote: > > > At 15:13 19/07/2016 -0400, Felmon Davis wrote: > >> I have a large document I work on this time of year. the default font size > >> is 11pt but now I want to change it to 10.5pt - gonna make it into a > >> booklet. simply altering the 'default' setting does not automatically > >> modify the font size through the document. > > > > This depends on what you mean by the "default setting". I'm guessing that > > you > > have changed the value at Tools | Options... | OpenOffice Writer | Basic > > Fonts (Western) | Default - and you are right: this changes the default for > > new documents only and not anything in a document currently open for > > editing. > > ok, so that's settled. > > >> I don't want to 'select all' since there are other font sizes bound to a > >> couple of 'styles' I'm using. > > > > Good: that wouldn't be the best solution. But you are using more styles > > that > > those "couple" you describe, since every paragraph will have a paragraph > > style with its own font size. If you have not knowingly ascribed a > > paragraph > > style to any part of your document, they may have the Default paragraph > > style > > (not to be confused with the default set in Options as above). > > I have given some types of paragraph a style, e.g. titles of each > essay are 'Header 1' so I can build a Table of Contents and they have > some special formatting, etc. that all works. > > >> how do I change a setting and have it 'propagate' automagically through > >> the > >> document? or is that not possible? > > > > o Go to Format | Styles and Formatting (or click the Styles and Formatting > > button in the Formatting toolbar, or press F11). > > o Select the Paragraph Styles button in the button bar of that window. > > o Put the cursor into your text to see which paragraph style is highlighted > > as being used. > > everything says 'default'. > > > o Right click the paragraph style and select Modify... . > > o Modify the font size as required. > > o If this doesn't change all the relevant parts of your document, repeat in > > unaffected parts and change those paragraph styles too. > > so basically I have to go through the whole document and select pretty > much every paragraph I want modified? > > not the automagic I sought. > > but the magic incantation, 'so be it', always works. > > >> maybe copy and paste into a suitable template? > > > > No need. > > curious. would this work? suppose I build a template according to > taste, open an empty document based on it and then copy and pasted > in the text I'm working on? of course, I'm assuming the template has > the same paragraph types, etc., as the text. > > > I trust this helps. > > you trust correctly. > > f. > > > -- > Felmon Davis Depending on the complexity of the document it can sometimes help to Select all and assign Default or Text Body paragraph style to the document. This may lose the Heading/Subheading formatting. In some cases I have been able to download an entire text (usually from Project Gutenberg), and after removing the unwanted end of line markings change the overall style to Default or Text Body. Then I could search for the Chapter Heading and apply Style Heading 1. I was able to format war and Peace in ten minutes using that method. -- Rory O'Farrell - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: propagating changes
At 12:57 19/07/2016 -0700, Jim McLaughlin wrote: How do I change the default font in Calc? I have vision issues and both the Arial font structure as well as the default size are an issue for me. While I can change each new spreadsheet's font type and size on the tool bar, I'd prefer a manner in which I can change the default font to my preferred one. I think the only simple way to do this - which is very simple - is to create a template. o Create a new spreadsheet document. o Click in the small rectangle at top left (where the row and column headers meet) to select the entire sheet. o Make all the formatting changes you wish. o Go to File | Templates > | Save..., give the new template a name, and OK to save it - probably in My Templates. When you need a new spreadsheet, invoke this template via File | New> | Templates and Documents, or the Templates and Documents entry in the drop-down menu under the down-arrow next to the New button in the Standard toolbar, or the Templates... button on the start screen. If you wish, you can make your new template the default for new spreadsheet documents: o Go to File | Templates > | Organise... . o Open My Templates and select the new template. o Click Commands | Set As Default Template. Note that this formatting affects only any sheets you apply it to individually, so you should consider formatting all three of the sheets a new document has by default - or perhaps even more. Even if you do this, any new sheets you create in documents derived from this template will - perhaps surprisingly - have the original defaults, not yours. You can work around this by creating additional sheets by copying existing ones instead of creating new ones. If it suits your practices better, you can save a template or a copy or a shortcut to it wherever you prefer - perhaps on your desktop. I trust this helps. Brian Barker - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: propagating changes
On Tue, 19 Jul 2016, Rory O'Farrell wrote: Depending on the complexity of the document it can sometimes help to Select all and assign Default or Text Body paragraph style to the document. This may lose the Heading/Subheading formatting. In some cases I have been able to download an entire text (usually from Project Gutenberg), and after removing the unwanted end of line markings change the overall style to Default or Text Body. Then I could search for the Chapter Heading and apply Style Heading 1. I was able to format war and Peace in ten minutes using that method. well this is what I would like to avoid - though I admire your speedy fingers! I think my document is a little more complex. it has 'title', 'author', 'affiliation' and some paragraphs have extra indentation and a still smaller font. rather than strip everything out - and lose the table of contents also, I'd rather just march through and apply a style to the stubborn paragraphs which are mostly of the same type. it won't be as fast as your record with War and Peace but still less pain. f. -- Felmon Davis "They told me I was gullible ... and I believed them!" - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: propagating changes
Brian - Thank you for the hints for an automatic universal font change in Calc. I will create a new template and invoke that for my spread sheet usage going forward. I will increase the number of sheets to 10, rather than the default 3, and set a properly (for my eyes) sized font on each sheet, and delete un used un needed sheets from various spreadsheet documents. Having all sheets within one document pre "formatted" to the desired font and size will be less frustrating than having to remember to invoke the template for each sheet added. Again, thank you. On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 1:33 PM, Brian Barker wrote: > At 12:57 19/07/2016 -0700, Jim McLaughlin wrote: > >> How do I change the default font in Calc? I have vision issues and both >> the Arial font structure as well as the default size are an issue for me. >> While I can change each new spreadsheet's font type and size on the tool >> bar, I'd prefer a manner in which I can change the default font to my >> preferred one. >> > > I think the only simple way to do this - which is very simple - is to > create a template. > > o Create a new spreadsheet document. > o Click in the small rectangle at top left (where the row and column > headers meet) to select the entire sheet. > o Make all the formatting changes you wish. > o Go to File | Templates > | Save..., give the new template a name, and OK > to save it - probably in My Templates. > > When you need a new spreadsheet, invoke this template via File | New> | > Templates and Documents, or the Templates and Documents entry in the > drop-down menu under the down-arrow next to the New button in the Standard > toolbar, or the Templates... button on the start screen. > > If you wish, you can make your new template the default for new > spreadsheet documents: > o Go to File | Templates > | Organise... . > o Open My Templates and select the new template. > o Click Commands | Set As Default Template. > > Note that this formatting affects only any sheets you apply it to > individually, so you should consider formatting all three of the sheets a > new document has by default - or perhaps even more. Even if you do this, > any new sheets you create in documents derived from this template will - > perhaps surprisingly - have the original defaults, not yours. You can work > around this by creating additional sheets by copying existing ones instead > of creating new ones. > > If it suits your practices better, you can save a template or a copy or a > shortcut to it wherever you prefer - perhaps on your desktop. > > > I trust this helps. > > Brian Barker > > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org > >
