Re: Help with document

2020-03-04 Thread Alan B
Hello Bella, Some background info that I hope is helpful, re:templates... If the last part of the file name provided by the university was .ott it is a template file, e.g. university.ott. If not .ott at end of the name it is not a template file. If it is a template file like university.ott...: *

Re: Help with document

2020-03-04 Thread David Belina
Unless your university specifically said it was either in Open Office format (and was it a spreadsheet rather than a document?), Open Office might nor have recognized the “import” when it was saving - especially if it happened in other applications. Perhaps your University should be advised of t

Re: Help with document

2020-03-04 Thread Bella Dowthwaite
G’day Thank you for all of the replies. I didn’t realise this was going to a mailing list, I was just trying to contact the company itself for online support. Apologies! I had saved it in .odt format, and it was a template (document) given by my university for me to fill in. The same thing ha

Re: Help with document

2020-03-04 Thread Keith N. McKenna
> From: Bella Dowthwaite > To: users > Sent: Wed, Mar 4, 2020 12:18 am > Subject: Help with document > > Hello, > > I am an Open Office user and am having a big issue with a document. > I downloaded a template for university studies, filled it in, and then when I >

Re: Help with document

2020-03-04 Thread Felmon Davis
On Wed, 4 Mar 2020, Bella Dowthwaite wrote: Hello, I am an Open Office user and am having a big issue with a document. I downloaded a template for university studies, filled it in, and then when I closed it and re-opened it (I had already saved it as is) a whole column in the template had dis

Re: Help with document

2020-03-04 Thread Alan B
Is the template publicly available? If yes, please indicate where it can be found so some testing can be done. Also, to help replicate your conditions when testing, what version of OpenOffice are you using and what kind of computer (Windows, include version, i.e. 7, 10, etc., Mac, something else?)

Re: Help with document

2020-03-04 Thread Rory O'Farrell
On Wed, 4 Mar 2020 15:14:15 +1100 Bella Dowthwaite wrote: > Hello, > > I am an Open Office user and am having a big issue with a document. > I downloaded a template for university studies, filled it in, and then when I > closed it and re-opened it (I had already saved it as is) a whole column

Re: Help with document

2020-03-04 Thread jhivacaville
get is a bunch of trash with no email address or telephone number to seek help.  I am about ready to dump the program altogether. Wish I could help. Jim Ingram -Original Message- From: Bella Dowthwaite To: users Sent: Wed, Mar 4, 2020 12:18 am Subject: Help with document Hello, I am an

Help with document

2020-03-04 Thread Bella Dowthwaite
Hello, I am an Open Office user and am having a big issue with a document. I downloaded a template for university studies, filled it in, and then when I closed it and re-opened it (I had already saved it as is) a whole column in the template had disappeared, full of my written work. I downloa

Re: Need help with document format

2019-02-11 Thread Brian Barker
At 18:53 11/02/2019 +, Doug Noname wrote: I have a paragraph in a saved text document, that I wanted to modify, but now it's in a lined, spreadsheet format with cells, and I can't do anything with it. I need to convert it back to a simple text document that I can work with. It sounds as i

Need help with document format

2019-02-11 Thread dslents
I have a paragraph in a saved text document, that I wanted to modify,but now it's in a lined, spreadsheet format with cells, and I can't do anything with it.I need to convert it back to a simple text document that I can work with. I can't account for why it changed, as have several other similar