Re: [libreoffice-users] Formatting question

On 18/07/11 09:35, Night wrote:
> > > No, I don't change anything, I just hit enter 3x like I did with OpenOffice and assumed it would 
> > > work like OpenOffice.
> >
> > So your using empty paragraphs, which should work.  I just tried and
> > have no problem.  The way your doing it is one way but not the best.
> > You should be using styles to define the looks of the paragraphs and it
> > will be more consistent.  Using a word processor like a typewriter is
> > bad form and will lead to formatting issues.
> >
> > Andy
>
> Yes, that's it! And it worked with OpenOffice and since they seemed so similar (except LibreOffice 
> is nice, light and quick where OO was slow and clunky), I thought it would work, but once saved and 
> uploaded, I look and it didn't. So I didn't even know it wasn't working till it was all said and 
> done.
> So, another question would be how do I go about styling paragraphs? Again, I'm new and never had to 
> worry about it with OO.
>
> Thank you!

Hi Night,

Check out the PDF manual for writer. It has a good chapter on the 
"Introduction to Styles".

http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/cgi_img_auth.php/b/ba/0200WG3-WriterGuide.pdf 
(11MB)

Read this then post specific questions.

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