Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer: how to turn off auto-generated lists?

Hi :)
I don't seem to be able to get the (wrong) results as described.  I'm
attaching a quick little simple example file to give a few examples of
what it sounds like you are doing - and a table method.  Obviously i
have missed something from the description so hopefully you'll be able
to clarify what you are doing.

On the other hand maybe my file might be free of formatting issues and
prove useful in getting the task done.  If that's the case i might
upload it to Nabble so that other people can use it but i haven't done
anything particularly special so i doubt it's going to help in this
way.


When any word-processor behaves badly i find it helps to start a fresh
new document and use the default format for original versions of the
file.  Then i might maybe create copies in other formats for other
people to use but at the moment i am beginning to find an increasing
number of people seem increasingly happy with ODF.

A lot of people seem to open an old document and then use that to
create new documents but that way tons of hidden formatting codes and
stuff seem to lurk and sometimes do some really odd things.  I once
found a document that seemed to have traces indicating it had started
as a Word Perfect document and at some point been through Apple
systems and Word.  Copy&Pasting as unformatted text into a fresh new
document got rid of all sorts of weird problems.

Writer doesn't seem to generate lists in the way described, at least
not for me.  Calc does, of course, but i usually have to select 3-4
cells and then drag.  So i am not sure what is going on.
Regards from
Tom :)






On 12 February 2015 at 10:49, Gary Collins <gcatlast@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi Sophie,
> Thanks for the link; yes, I looked at that menu as well, but couldn't see anything pertinent to 
> generation of list entries. Perhaps I have a blind spot?
> /Gary
>        From: Sophie <gautier.sophie@gmail.com>
>  To: users@global.libreoffice.org
>  Sent: Thursday, 12 February 2015, 10:41
>  Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer: how to turn off auto-generated lists?
>
> Hi Gary,
>
>
> Le 12/02/2015 11:33, Gary Collins a écrit :
> > Hi,
> > Hopefully an easy question for someone :-)
> > How to I turn off auto-generation of list entries (preferably without altering any other 
> > settings?
> >
> > I generally tend to find this feature a pain in the proverbials, and would much rather apply 
> > list formatting, etc using styles, after a document (or section of a document) has been 
> > completed.
> >
> > The problem really came to a head yesterday, when I was writing up some notes on language, and 
> > made some table headings (not an actual table, but one made "manually" using tabs) using M. F. 
> > N. (for masculine, feminine, neuter).
> >
> > LO completely reinterpreted this, and, when I pressed 'enter,' made it into the first entry of a 
> > list, supposing it to be the Roman numeral M, and inserting MI at the beginning of the new line.
> > I was unable to find a way to eradicate this effectively, and had to stop what I was doing as a 
> > result.
> > I looked in "options" and I looked in "preferences" but couldn't see a way to turn off this 
> > behaviour. There was nothing in the paragraph style that I could see that should cause this 
> > behaviour.
> >
> > (IMO, this behaviour should be restricted to styles which are designated for lists).
>
> This FAQ may help you
> https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Faq/Writer/025
>
> Kind regards
> Sophie
>
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