James, now you have me laughing. I see the humor.
On 5/18/2016 9:01 PM, James Plante wrote:
Ron, I sincerely apologize for laughing so hard at your confusion. That RTFM
stands for Read The F’ing Manual, but it can refer to any type of
documentation. It is a frequent reply given to guys who should know what
they’re doing in the first place, and should know how to find the answer in the
second place (in the F’n manual, of course). But that clearly doesn’t apply in
this case. Nevertheless, RTFM is an instruction to peruse the documentation. In
this case, I’m referring to the Help file, which can be accessed from the main
menu bar under “Help.” So click on Help, and select OpenOffice Help in the menu.
Once that window opens, there’s a dropdown field in the upper left corner. Make
sure that says “OpenOffice Calc,” or whichever program you need help with.
While you’re there, click the up/down arrow button on the right end of the text
field and see what other categories of help are offered there. Make sure to put
“OpenOffice Calc” back in the box before you leave it.
Below that dropdown field is another box labeled “Search term.” Click in that
and type “date formats.” Read that selection list carefully: There are two
different choices for “date formats.” You want the second one. Just
double-click on it. You’ll find more than you ever wanted to know about them on
the right side of the window. You’ll find that Right-click, Format Cells…
dialog offers a LOT of flexibility. But you’ll have to read that Help file page
in order to know what options are available and how to implement them.
If you get lost again, please write back. And again, I apologize for making
light of your confusion.
…but dammit, that was funny.
Regards,
Jim
On May 18, 2016, at 7:07 PM, Ron Patterson <a.b...@mindspring.com> wrote:
Thanks Doug, I searched AOO and could not locate the RTFM. How might one find
this celebrated gift to naifs?
On 5/18/2016 5:31 PM, Doug wrote:
On 05/18/2016 06:12 PM, Ron Patterson wrote:
Thanks Jim - that makes sense. But what is RTFM please?
Read The Fine Manual. "Fine" is a euphemism.
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