Re: [libreoffice-users] [Ten questions]

Hi :)
+1
There do seem to be a few different distinct "camps".  It might be good to have a single place that 
individuals that appear to fall into such a camp could be sign-posted to for them to pick-up the 
majority of settings that other such individuals also liked.  

One camp is the minimalist camp with people such as the o.p. who would just prefer to switch off a 
lot of the fancy stuff we tend to assume "all" users want because it helps productivity.  Such 
people turn off predictive-texting on mobiles and other such things.  I'm sure all of us know 
plenty of examples of people in this camp and some of us live there for a while and revisit 
sometimes.  Having one place that has a script and/or other things to help someone get back to 
basics easily might be really great.  Lol, or it might be such a complete contradiction that they 
wouldn't trust it to really do the job!

I like almost all the default settings in LO now but do have a lot of fun trying out different 
things.  
Regards from
Tom :) 





> ________________________________
> From: Dan Lewis <elderdanlewis@gmail.com>
> To: users@global.libreoffice.org 
> Sent: Wednesday, 21 November 2012, 14:20
> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] [Ten questions]
>
>      I think this is what is known as a catch 22. With the number of people using LO, different 
> people have different lists of options that they want to use. It is impossible to please everyone 
> at the same time.
>      For the die-hard, there may be a solution found in the autocorr folder. Search for 
> share/autocorr to find it. This folder contains  dat files with the language indicated in the name 
> of the file. They contain all the settings of AutoCorrect. It seems that you could save this file 
> and put it in this same autocorr folder.
>
> --Dan
>
>
> On 11/21/2012 08:12 AM, VA wrote:
> > These questions raise an interesting design decision made by LibO.
> >
> > When it comes to Autocorrect, I've noticed that, by default, LibO enables all of the Autocorrect 
> > options. LibO naturally assumes that, if I type a "(c)", what I REALLY want is a copyright 
> > symbol. It seems to me that is the same faulty assumption that has made people so frustrated 
> > with MS Word; the software publisher decide what people want and sets the defaults accordingly.
> >
> > Every time I load a fresh install of LibO, the first thing I have to do is go into Autocorrect 
> > and disable nearly all of the options. I think it would make more sense for the default install 
> > to have Autocorrect disabled and allow the user to enable it as desired.
> >
> > Virgil
> >
> > -----Original Message----- From: Brian Barker
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 11:43 PM
> > To: users@global.libreoffice.org
> > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] [Ten questions]
> >
> > At 15:11 20/11/2012 -0500, Charles Meyer wrote:
> > > Right now, I'd appreciate it if anyone can please share how to do the following in Writer?
> > >
> > > 1. Suppress header on the first page of a text document
> >
> > Use different page styles for the first and subsequent pages.  Set
> > the header only for the subsequent pages (or use an empty header on
> > the first page).  Either insert a manual page break after the first
> > page or set the subsequent page style as the "next style" for the
> > first page style.  The existing "First Page" and "Default" page
> > styles will do this for you automatically.
> >
> > > 2. Keep a dotted line across a page without it automatically becoming a solid line
> >
> > Either disable the facility at Tools | AutoCorrect Options... |
> > Options | Apply Border or - more easily - just use Edit | Undo (or
> > Ctrl+Z) immediately the unwanted correction occurs.
> >
> > > 3. Change line spacing - context menu - where's that?
> >
> > Paragraph... | Indents & Spacing | Line spacing or Edit Paragraph
> > Style... | Indents & Spacing | Line spacing, as appropriate.
> >
> > > 4. Suppressing hyperlinks
> >
> > Disable at Tools | AutoCorrect Options... | Options | URL Recognition
> > or use Edit | Undo (or Ctrl+Z) as above.  Or right-click | Remove Hyperlink.
> >
> > > 5. Indents  - where and how to change
> >
> > Paragraph... | Indents & Spacing | Indent or Edit Paragraph Style...
> > | Indents & Spacing | Indent.
> >
> > > 6. Turn on/off Fast Save - so document doesn't leave personal info in a document
> >
> > See Tools | Options... | Load/Save | General and File | Properties...
> > | General.
> >
> > > 7. Turn on/off the Track Changes tool
> >
> > Edit | Changes > | Record.
> >
> > > 8. Strike-through a word or sentence - context menu again?
> >
> > Character... | Font Effects | Strikethrough or Edit Paragraph
> > Style... | Font Effects | Strikethrough.
> >
> > > 9. Eliminating hard returns
> >
> > Depends on exactly what you want to do.  Use "$" in regular
> > expressions in Find & Replace.
> >
> > > 10. Print file list of file names in a sub-directory
> >
> > Ask your operating system.
> >
> > 11. (The question you didn't ask)  Where do I find the answers to
> > these questions?
> >
> > Download the Writer Guide or study the embedded help system.  Or both.
> >
> > I trust this helps.
> >
> > Brian Barker
>
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