Question re/ using Open Office

I’m considering using Open Office instead of the MS products that I’ve used for years. I’ve done a slight amount of testing to look into compatibility with MS Office, and I’m not getting the results I had hoped for. Can you tell me how OO interacts with the MS world – like how do you convert do

Re: Question re/ using Open Office

On 06/23/2015 02:15 PM, Richard Fox wrote: > I’m considering using Open Office instead of the MS products that I’ve used > for years. I’ve done a slight amount of testing to look into compatibility > with MS Office, and I’m not getting the results I had hoped for. > > Can you tell me how OO inter

Re: Problems auto correct writer

2015-06-22 22:20 GMT+02:00 Jos Smeets : > I've recently found myself needing to a more advance text processor > then notepad, so I've turn to your open office writer. However I find > myself unable to use for one main reason. The auto correct function. I > can't seem to fully turn it off. I've gon

Re: Question re/ using Open Office

Thanks for your help. I'll take a look at your suggestions. -Original Message- From: James Knott Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2015 11:32 AM To: users@openoffice.apache.org ; rafo...@outlook.com Subject: Re: Question re/ using Open Office On 06/23/2015 02:15 PM, Richard Fox wrote: I’m consid

Re: Problems auto correct writer

On 06/23/2015 02:50 PM, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: > Maybe try Emacs… No! Vi's the best editor. ;-) - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.or

Re: Problems auto correct writer

On 06/23/2015 02:50 PM, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: 2015-06-22 22:20 GMT+02:00 Jos Smeets : I've recently found myself needing to a more advance text processor then notepad, so I've turn to your open office writer. However I find myself unable to use for one main reason. The auto correct function

Re: Problems auto correct writer

On 06/22/2015 08:20 PM, Jos Smeets wrote: > The auto correct function. I can't seem to fully turn it off. Is this for Base, Calc, Draw, Impress, Math, or Writer? Each one of those has a different set of things to adjust, in a different part of the menu structure. Assuming you don't want auto-an

RE: Problems auto correct writer

Depending on the version of Windows the OP is using, there are two simple text editors built into the product. Notepad, which does simple text, with or without wordwrap. WordPad uses WYSIWYG document formats and provides very simple functionality. WordPad may be what the OP wants. There is no

warning - Editor Wars!!!

> On Jun 23, 2015, at 15:10, James Knott wrote: > >> Maybe try Emacs… > > No! Vi's the best editor. ;-) — jt - j...@jt-mj.net Give me the luxuries of life and I will willingly do without the necessities. - Frank Lloyd Wright --

Re: warning - Editor Wars!!!

What is VI? *--* *Worry less. Live More.* *Bill & Michele Suepke* *(253) 230-9962 ~ Office Why LegalShield? * *(253) 414-4999 ~ Cell * Click here www.thesuepkes

Re: warning - Editor Wars!!!--how about some heresy on behalf of the "Joe 6-Pack" word processor user

As to word processors suitable for the general user, my vote is for Microsoft Word. While, like most everyone on our Planet, I'd like the proverbial "free lunch," I don't expect to get one. However, I found I can get MS Word to give me the text I want to type almost always. But when I use Wr

Problem with Dictionary & Spell Check

I’ve been having this problem off and on with Open Office for awhile now. Ever so often, the Dictionary and/or Spell Check messes up, causing Every Word to become ‘incorrectly spelled’. No matter what it is, it’s spelled incorrectly, even though they are not. What is causing this and is there

Re: Problem with Dictionary & Spell Check

On Tue, 23 Jun 2015 23:52:46 -0400 Jonathan Pifer wrote: > I’ve been having this problem off and on with Open Office for awhile now. > > Ever so often, the Dictionary and/or Spell Check messes up, causing Every > Word to become ‘incorrectly spelled’. No matter what it is, it’s spelled > incor