At 18:06 17/05/2020 +0000, Tammy Hodges wrote:
Hi, thanks for the free open source product.
That's not me, of course.
For most things, it works pretty well.
I'm glad you agree.
One suggestion, a lot of people need to insert basic shapes like circles and rectangles in their documents.
At the moment, that's just you.
The word processor does a poor job of handling this. I have to open the draw to create a simple gradient in a rectangle ...
No, you don't. Go to View | Toolbars > | Drawing in your text document to open the Drawing toolbar. With this you can do what you need directly in a text (Writer) document.
... and then I can't use it in the text document because I have to keep adjusting it.
It's not clear what you mean here. Do you mean that you wish to adjust the graphic but do not see how to, or conversely that you find the graphic changing in a way you do not want and consequently need continually to adjust it? For the former, you can adjust the graphic within the text document just as you can in a drawing (Draw) one. For the latter, you may not have taken care with both the Wrap and Anchor choices for your inserted graphic. Have you experimented with these? If there is a particular problem and you care to explain it, I'm sure someone will be able to help by showing how to avoid it with the program as it is.
It's a massive waste of time. Try adding that basic functionality to the word processor.
I could say "Try learning to use the program" - but I wouldn't be so cheeky! Remember that any useful human endeavour requires and benefits from time spent learning. One would waste time if one didn't learn to use the program effectively. In particular, remember both the built-in help text and the documentation available at the web site. For the latter, start at https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/OOo3_User_Guides/OOo3.3_User_Guide_Chapters .
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