Re: Updating [was: Background and Text in Writer]

2019-03-09 Thread Brian Barker
At 03:10 10/03/2019 -0400, Linda Hull wrote: I've located the Archive of older versions 4* https://archive.apache.org/dist/openoffice/ Could you explain how to download the 4.1.2 that I need? You don't need to go there. As I said, go to the normal download page - at http://www.openoffice.org

Re: Updating [was: Background and Text in Writer]

2019-03-09 Thread Linda Hull
Brian, I've located the Archive of older versions 4* https://archive.apache.org/dist/openoffice/ Could you explain how to download the 4.1.2 that I need? On Sun, Mar 10, 2019 at 12:28 AM Brian Barker wrote: > At 21:53 09/03/2019 -0500, Linda Hull wrote: > >Thank you very much Brian and Julia

Re: Updating [was: Background and Text in Writer]

2019-03-09 Thread Brian Barker
At 21:53 09/03/2019 -0500, Linda Hull wrote: Thank you very much Brian and Julian! No probs! I did the update, but it's asking me about a database, I don't know what I should answer. The updated version seemed to be trying to recover older documents which it can't find. (I get red X's), so t

Re: Background and Text in Writer

2019-03-09 Thread Linda Hull
Thank you very much Brian and Julian! I did the update, but it's asking me about a databse, I don't know what I should answer. The updated version seemed to be trying to recover older documents which it can't find. (I get red X's), so they must be from long ago. I clicked ok and now it's asking th

Re: Background and Text in Writer

2019-03-09 Thread Brian Barker
At 14:32 09/03/2019 -0500, Julian Thomas wrote: On Mar 9, 2019, at 12:32, Brian Barker wrote: Remember that many (most?) printers cannot print to the very edge of the paper, so you need some blank margins anyway. If, as you suggest, you are going to share this document, remember also that the

Re: Background and Text in Writer

2019-03-09 Thread Julian THOMAS
Exception is when the doc is only going to be shared as .doc .odt or .pdf. Also if you are using a smaller paper size. Sent from JT's Ipad - maybe using voice dictation! > On Mar 9, 2019, at 12:32, Brian Barker > wrote: > > Remember that many (most?) printers cannot print to the very edge of

Re: Background and Text in Writer

2019-03-09 Thread Brian Barker
At 13:48 08/03/2019 -0500, Linda Hull wrote: I'm on Windows 7 and using Open Office 4.1.2. I'm wondering why you are using an older version of OpenOffice. There is seldom any reason to do this with free software. I want to make an image with text I write, a nice background, with some space

Background and Text in Writer

2019-03-08 Thread Linda Hull
I'm on Windows 7 and using Open Office 4.1.2. I want to make an image with text I write, a nice background, with some space the same color as the background, around the writing so it looks professional. So far, in OO Writer, I got the background, and my text, but the text runs from margin to marg