Re: [libreoffice-users] LO text

  >o Alternatively, if you simply want to disable these attempts by Writer
to be helpful, go to Tools | AutoCorrect  >Options... | Options and remove
the tick from "Apply numbering - symbol: *".
> I trust this helps

Exactly, yes!  That worked.  Thanks to all for the good help.


On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 12:34 PM, Brian Barker <b.m.barker@btinternet.com>wrote:

> At 09:02 18/11/2013 -0500, Helen Etters wrote:
>
> > I have five items that I want to number.  LO insists upon giving me a
> > number I don't want every time I hit "return" and it also insists upon
> > indent in places I don't want.   I backspace to remove the indent and it
> > then won't let me have a return-line space.
>
> Are you happy with Writer's attempts at numbering the five items but are
> merely having difficulty terminating the process?  If so, when you see the
> automatic "6." which is one too many, just press backspace *twice* to get
> back to the normal structure.  (Incidentally, you shouldn't think in terms
> of a "return-line space": that's typewriter thinking.  Instead, use
> vertical spacing applied to the paragraph or the paragraph style.)
>
>  How can I turn off all automatic formatting?
> >
>
> You may indeed want to suppress Writer's automatic numbering and handle
> everything yourself.  There are two ways to do this, and it is useful to be
> aware of both.
>
> o You can leave the automatic facility on but disable it locally when it
> happens.  The automatic formatting is applied when you press Enter to
> terminate the first numbered paragraph.  (It is a paragraph if it is
> terminated by Enter, even if it is only one line.)  Immediately you see the
> change, go to Edit | Undo (or Ctrl+Z).  This undoes the automatic effect
> whilst leaving the paragraph break you wanted.
>
> o Alternatively, if you simply want to disable these attempts by Writer to
> be helpful, go to Tools | AutoCorrect Options... | Options and remove the
> tick from "Apply numbering - symbol: *".
>
> I trust this helps.
>
> Brian Barker
>
>
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