If direct formatting is to blame it may be useful to cut and paste the whole document onto a new document using cntr/shift /alt /v which pastes it without any formatting, then create required styles as necessary and apply as necessary
On Mon, 15 Mar 2021, at 16:39, Rory O'Farrell wrote: > On Mon, 15 Mar 2021 16:01:59 +0000 > Andrew Lunn <andrewlun...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I have spent many years on writing manuscripts with a view to attracting a > > publishing deal. I had been using Open Office. I recently upgraded my pc > > and decided to continue using Open Office so downloaded the new free > > install. I had already copied over my manuscripts from the old pc to the > > new one via a memory stick. I opened the document to make an alteration to > > some text in the opening pages of my novel. I could not believe what I > > saw. Font sizes were all over the place, some sentences were 12 point, > > some 10 point, sentences chopped at random, bold and italicised text where > > it was not bolded or italicised originally. And worst of all when I try to > > correct it all it doesn't correct anything. Fortunately for me, I back up > > all my work and I still have the original copy of my manuscripts on my old > > pc which still has the old Open Office suite I had been using. How can I > > get my pages back to how they should look on my new pc? > > > > regards, > > > > Andrew > > Start by ensuring that the same fonts are installed on new computer as > on the old. Windows 10, which I assume you are using for want of > information, installs and uses a different font selection to earlier > versions of Windows. From what you say, I think you have used Direct > Formatting, rather than Styles, which is OpenOffice's preferred way to > work. Direct formatting often leads to trouble. > > Also, in what format was your document Saved - .doc or .odt? .doc does > not have the sane format reliability as .odt (OpenOffice's native > format). That you cannot Save a change to your document is good at > present, as it may be in read-only format due to missing permissions > on your new computer. Until you have the document formatted to your > liking, do not (repeat: _DO NOT_) Save over the transferred file; use a > different file name. > > Many have found this document of assistance: > https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Writer_for_Students > > -- > Rory O'Farrell <ofarr...@iol.ie> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org > > -- Best Regards Robin --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
