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Question
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1657
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How do I turn off the automatic bullet and numbering feature in Writer?
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19/01/07
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161
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1656
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In OpenOffice.org Writer when I reached the end of a line it wouldn't allow me to type a space. If I hit the space key several times nothing happened but, if I started writing again, all the spaces appeared. How I fix this?
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19/01/07
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149
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1501
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I am opening a very large text file in OpenOffice.org 2.0 Writer for editing. When I first open the file the page count displayed is wrong.
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03/01/06
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978
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1484
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This document explains how to produce an A5 booklet (brochure) where the pages are automatically located in the right position using the features built into OpenOffice.org.
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26/11/05
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5039
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1070
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I'm using the fonts MANDELA and TRENDY in OpenOffice.org Writer and spell checking is not working.
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22/08/05
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737
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1010
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How do I create a normal Writer document from a Html document I opened using OpenOffice.org?
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09/06/04
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2358
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1007
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When I find words marked as misspelt and I right click on them I find two lists in the context menus. The first list is at the top and the second is under the Autocorrect option. What is the difference?
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09/06/04
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714
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993
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How do I prevent double spaces from being typed in Writer?
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03/05/04
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513
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983
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In Writer when I insert a string of text on a line with square brackets, the string can break at the end of line before the left square bracket. How do I keep the string as one whole string?
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03/04/04
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1812
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974
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When looking for the correct spelling for words like 'color' using the right click pop up menu, I am told the language of the word is USA which makes sense, but also the paragraph is USA which is not correct as the paragraph language is Australian English. What is wrong?
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31/03/04
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574
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973
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In Writer as I move across the menus with the menus open, the menus do not fully display unless I move slowly.
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31/03/04
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665
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962
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Can I use Writer to edit a Html file as a straight text file?
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22/03/04
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1500
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961
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In OpenOffice.org Writer I have some text which is formatted with spaces using the courier font so that every lines up. I wish to save this as a html page but the spaces are not kept. What can I do.
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22/03/04
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581
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907
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When creating a form in OpenOffice.org 1.1.0 Writer the grid dots are really hard to see.
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21/02/04
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454
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904
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I am trying to use Title case in Writer as the font effect, but mixed case words are not being converted as I expect.
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20/02/04
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2327
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865
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How do you add the Print Preview button to the toolbar in OpenOffice.org Writer?
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21/01/04
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995
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860
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I just typed a web address. Is there a quick way to remove the hyperlink?
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15/01/04
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470
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858
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I like to keep tabs on who much time I've spent creating and editing a document. Sometimes I create a document based on an old document. How do I set the time back to zero?
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15/01/04
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179
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847
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How can I quickly jump to a particular page in a Writer document?
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13/01/04
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733
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827
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How do I keep two words together and stop them from breaking over a line?
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02/01/04
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147
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826
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I have a footnote reference before the word. However when the word is at the end of the line and breaks to a new line the footnote is no longer kept with the word. What can I do?
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02/01/04
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187
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818
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Is possible to have a second dictionary available and nominate the language for the text?
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01/01/04
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2774
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642
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In Writer when I type the word "decor" the "e" is changed to be accentuated. How do I stop this occuring?
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16/10/03
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729
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634
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The Direct Cursor does not appear to allow typing directly on the page as the help files state.
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09/09/03
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1259
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589
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How can I create a flowchart in Writer?
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01/08/03
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1310
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572
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How do I turn off the Word Completion feature?
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21/07/03
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681
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571
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In Writer words are often completed for me. How do I get it to accept the word that has been suggested?
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21/07/03
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858
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569
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When I type "1. something" automatic number is applied on the next line. How do I turn this off?
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21/07/03
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676
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560
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How do I insert a landscape page into a normally portrait document?
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18/07/03
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1340
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559
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How can I make pair kerning the default for Writer?
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18/07/03
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992
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557
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In a frame in Writer I get a little red mark in the corner. What does this mean?
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18/07/03
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298
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556
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I have formatted a page using columns. Can I set the column position using the mouse?
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18/07/03
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1481
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555
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How do I turn on the vertical ruler in Writer?
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18/07/03
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133
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552
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How do I get an Australian Thesaurus for OpenOffice.org?
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11/07/03
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1630
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548
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How do I sort rows of text in Writer
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10/07/03
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2186
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546
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When I copy and paste text in Writer the text takes the original format with it. I only want the text with no formatting.
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10/07/03
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633
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543
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How can I enter special characters more easily for other languages?
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02/07/03
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3040
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539
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When I type (c) in OpenOffice.org it gets change to the copyright symbol. What can I do about this?
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26/06/03
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687
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518
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How can I add words such as a person's name to the dictionary so they don't keep appearing as misspelt?
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10/06/03
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696
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517
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How do I set up and use AutoText to put in my predefined text?
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10/06/03
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1975
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503
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In Writer the unit of measure is cm. How do I enter points?
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30/05/03
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850
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495
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How to jump between the footnote and the reference to the footnote in the page.
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19/05/03
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465
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475
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How do I set double line spacing in Writer?
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05/05/03
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540
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471
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I try to apply a style to my paragraph but the formatting of some of the characters does not change. Why?
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02/05/03
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1125
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446
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Can I view the Writer document in a split screen mode where I can view part but edit another part?
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28/04/03
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433
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436
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How do I insert special characters in Writer?
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16/04/03
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450
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434
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I read in the Help that I can have AutoText insert the text automatically as I type. I don't seem to be able to get this feature to work.
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14/04/03
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257
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414
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How do I indent a bulleted list? I want to have multiple levels with sub lists within the main list.
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09/04/03
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379
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413
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Is there a user manual for Writer?
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09/04/03
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628
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410
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How do I select multiple Draw objects in a Writer document so that I can group them.?
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09/04/03
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329
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409
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How do I set up Headers so that my left and right page headers mirror each other? That is the page number goes to the outside of the page.
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08/04/03
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1058
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406
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How do I track changes in a document by different people?
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08/04/03
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686
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405
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I have some text with coloured characters. How do I get rid of the colour?
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07/04/03
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154
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404
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I have a page and in the middle of the document I want to have a page with no headers. How can I do this?
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06/04/03
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237
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402
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Can I select all text of a certain style in a document so that I can delete the text in these styles.
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05/04/03
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730
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399
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How your children can produce a greeting card such as a birthday card or Christmas card using OpenOffice.org
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23/12/06
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1985
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396
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I would like to have the lines of my document numbered. Can I do this?
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04/04/03
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156
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391
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Using the stylist window to change the paragraph styles in my document is a bit slow as I need to hunt for the styles I use. If I could just use those styles it would be much faster.
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02/04/03
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1444
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390
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The paragraph style on the toolbar only displays just default when I first open a document. How can I get it to display all the styles I use?
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02/04/03
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701
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389
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When I copy text from an email to Writer I often get yellow boxes. What are they and how can I get rid of them?
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01/04/03
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1976
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384
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How do I create a numbered list which looks like 1 Heading, 1.1 sub heading, 1.2 subheading, 2 Heading going down the page?
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30/03/03
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890
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383
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How do I do a word count in Writer?
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30/03/03
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353
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374
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I have added buttons to my Writer toolbar. I have tried resetting the toolbars but the buttons keep coming back. What do I need to do?
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27/03/03
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303
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359
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How do I get lowercase 'i' to appear as a capital 'I' in Writer.
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03/05/04
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530
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358
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I have tabs and empty paragraphs I want to replace in my document but I can't get the regular expression facility to work.
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25/03/03
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2416
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355
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Is there anyway to print a Writer document from the command line?
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24/03/03
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646
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351
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How can I copy text from Internet pages to Writer not in Html format, but as straight text?
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23/03/03
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550
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337
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In Writer can I stretch text to fit the size of the frame?
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20/03/03
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563
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329
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When I go to save a file in Writer it only shows the files of the given type. I would like to all files.
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13/03/03
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267
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323
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My application produces a text file containing records which I wish to merge. I can open OpenOffice.org from the application. Can I automatically get OpenOffice.org to merge the data with a letter and print the results?
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13/03/03
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1050
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315
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How can you quickly add a border under a paragraph?
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10/03/03
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266
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308
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When I open a text file using Writer it comes in with the default fault. How do I get the file to open with a courier font?
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09/03/03
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140
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294
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How do I insert a non breaking space in Writer?
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05/03/03
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50
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287
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How do I insert a non breaking hyphen in an equation such as amount=-5*10?
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04/03/03
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629
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286
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How do I start a document from a page number say of 5 or 55?
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04/03/03
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222
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263
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When opening the data source window in Writer (F4) it always displays the Addresses data source and displays the records. Is there anyway I can stop this?
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26/02/03
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547
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262
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I have text that I use all them time. Is there a simple way to get text entered quickly?
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26/02/03
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554
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251
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I have no idea what the Drag and Drop mode button means in Navigator and the Help screens don't seem to be much help. Can you explain how it is used?
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21/02/03
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1512
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235
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I just corrupted my Writer document. Is there anyway I can try to recover the contents of the document?
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19/02/03
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1044
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223
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I use numbers on a list but want to start the numbering again from one. How do I do this?
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14/02/03
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1066
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219
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I have a raw text file that I have opened with Writer. I want to insert a manual break so that I can leave space for some notes. I can't insert a manual break because the option is not on the menu's. What can I do?
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14/02/03
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440
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216
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How do you insert a page break in a document? I want the pages to break where I want them to break, not automatically.
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14/02/03
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171
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196
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I have a template in Writer that I want to be able to open easier than going through the menus. Do you have any suggestions
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11/02/03
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529
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176
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Writer does not allow me to change paragraphs and tabs. Is there a way around this?
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09/02/03
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392
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162
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In Writer there is no button to increase or decrease the font. I want to select an area of text and simply increase or decrease the font to help fit the text into the desired area. Any suggestions.
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09/02/03
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616
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159
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How do I change either the text or the underlying URL in a hyperlink without retyping the link again?
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09/02/03
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401
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158
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I am trying to put a border around the entire page. When I save the Writer document to Html format it ends up with a border around every paragraph. What is going on?
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09/02/03
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718
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154
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Could you please provide some information on printing A5 sized booklets in OpenOffice.
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09/02/03
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222
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142
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How do you change the values of a hyperlink in Writer without having to delete and re-enter the hyperlink?
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29/01/03
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661
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140
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How do I create a custom colour as the colours available do not suit my needs?
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28/01/03
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575
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139
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I find it very hard to determine the colour used in an existing Writer document as those little colour squares look very similar. How do I determine the colour?
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28/01/03
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128
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138
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I type text in Writer which is an email address and it automatically goes blue and gets underlined. What is going on.
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28/01/03
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858
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137
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I've undocked my function toolbar in Writer. How do I dock it again?
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28/01/03
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452
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132
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You have mentioned that you can create a booklet using Writer which prints the pages in the correct sequence. Can you give me more information?
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27/01/03
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375
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