Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice Writer problem

Hi :)
The Writer's Guide, Chapter 4 "Formatting Pages", bottom of page 16 and page 17, might help
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications#LibreOffice_Writer_Guide

Just out of curiosity do you have a database or contacts list of all the members?  If so then it 
might be possible to use some sort of "mail merge" to generate a list for you.  Hopefully it would 
allow you to delete out some of the rows to remove duplicates or people away on holiday or 
whatever.  

Generally in word-processors it is easier to avoid numbering these things until after the list is 
complete and then do the whole lot in one go.  Typing in the numbers instead of using the automatic 
numbering can become cumbersome.  

Hopefully someone else can help you with switch off the auto-numbering tho!
Good luck and regards from
Tom :)


--- On Tue, 10/1/12, George E Noon <ge.noon@verizon.net> wrote:

From: George E Noon <ge.noon@verizon.net>
Subject: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice Writer problem
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Date: Tuesday, 10 January, 2012, 6:57

Hi,
    I use Libre Office Writer as my word processor & really haven't had much in the way of problems 
or annoyances.
    However, as I am Secretary of my Odd Fellow Lodge, I at times need to write up lists of various 
sorts, and really do not want any pre-programmed 'wizard' or what have you deciding how things are 
arranged.
    As it is the 'numbers & bullets' function is constantly changing whatever I attempt to do to 
some arrangement I absolutely do not want.
    Please; does some one know how that can be (preferably) permanently shut off or disabled? I 
think I've gone through just about all the menus & settings and can not figure it out.
    As an example, earlier today I had to make up a listing of my lodge's members with columns for 
surname, first & middle name, office held, home (mail) address, phone #, & e-mail. Columns are no 
problem. But then, I want the list numbered --- well, wherever that particular 'gremlin' hides 
within the program, I would real like to have him evicted, as it were.
    If I missed a member and had to go back and add them in {alphabetically, by last names} why the 
added line gets automatically indented (throwing off all the columns!), and if I can manage to get 
it back where I want it, seemingly nearly any keystroke is liable to move it again.............
    I really hope that someone has an idea to help.
    Thanks ever so much for any assistance.
~George~ (Whitman MA USA)

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