[libreoffice-users] Re: I just downloaded Libre Office last night, and I have a couple of questions.

Susan Mason wrote
> I have had Libre Office before, but not this newest version. For the most
> part, I like it. There are some things about it which are better than Open
> Office, and some things which appear identical to Open Office. 
> One of my questions, involves an issue I encountered last night with
> administrator permissions. This is strictly a one person computer, and I
> AM the administrator, and I actually resent it when my computer tells me
> that I do not have permission to do anything on my own computer. It once
> made me so mad, on a different computer...that I spent hours trying to fix
> all the permissions, and ended up having to re-install windows, because I
> screwed it up so badly. I thought that I had myself designated as the
> administrator on this computer...but it seems that I am only listed as
> computer user with special permissions. The program would not even let me
> update it.

You probably need to un-hide the Administrator account (probably it doesn't
have a password...)

https://techjourney.net/unhide-the-administrator-account-in-windows-xp/

Then you can log in as the Admin and install LibreOffice from this account
(or change your account to admin)


Susan Mason wrote
> My other question is...how can I reset the distance that objects will move
> when I press the space bar? I have the same problem with Open office. The
> space bar moves objects much too far. I want them to move at the tiniest
> possible increments for the utmost precision. 

Have you tried pressing Shift or Alt while moving the objects with the
cursor keys?


Susan Mason wrote
> I have used both MS-Word, and MS-Publisher for many years, and both these
> programs gave me this level of precision--but I currently have no copy of
> either, and can't afford them, either. I am NOT a Bill Gates fan, in any
> way, shape, or form...but I am used to working with word and Publisher,
> and I know how to make them do exactly what I want them to do. I know of
> no open source equivalent for Publisher...but, I wish I could find one. I
> also know of no open source program which will even open my old Publisher
> files. I wish I could find that, as well.

The Open Source equivalent to Publisher is Scribus

http://www.scribus.net/



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