Re: [libreoffice-users] Delete Key Does Not Work in OS X

Hi :)
yw :)  I think it might be worth looking in "Styles and Templates" (Chapter 3) 
in the getting started guide
http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/documentation/

The word Styles is used very differently from Word and i haven't had time to 
explore it at all but from other questions here it sounds as though that or 
templates might help you settle the margins issue.

I found that setting the default paper size to A4 rather than US letter size 
sorted all that for me but i quite like wide margins
Format - Page - Page (tab)
The top option sets the default paper size (i think)
Regards from
Tom :)






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From: Hal Vaughan <hal@halblog.com>
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Sent: Mon, 4 July, 2011 4:32:06
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Delete Key Does Not Work in OS X

I went on and uninstalled OOo.

We'll see if that creates a problem, but it hit me that all my important macros 
are working just fine.  (I NEED macros for script writing, since the margin is 
constantly changing and I can't keep using the mouse to change the margin 
literally 15 or more times a page -- I'd never get a thing done!)

I did notice one issue: While I had changed the file associations so .doc and 
.docx files were supposed to open in LO, if it was an email attachment, it was 
still opening in OOo -- until I deleted OOo and then it opened in LO.

And, yes, I still have the OOo installer.

For some reason, When I went to download LO for OS X, it prompted me for what I 
now know is the development branch.  When the next stable comes out, I'll change 
to that one.

Thanks for the help and for the guide!



Hal

On Jul 3, 2011, at 8:57 PM, Tom Davies wrote:

> Hi :)
> OpenOffice does sometimes conflict with LibreOffice if both are running 
> creating 
>
> some very weird problems.  There is a guide that helps
> http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Installing_in_parallel
>
> It makes sense to keep OOo and have a stable LO as well as the latest LO from 
> the development branch.  Often the only noticeable problems stop if you switch 

> off the "Quick launch" or "Quick Start" thing in OpenOffice so that it is not 
> running all the time in the background.  The guide gives more detail and a more 
>
> sophisticated approach to running different versions of LO and OOo on the same 

> system.
>
> Another (but very inelegant) method would be to keep the downloads and 
> installers so that you could uninstall ones you aren't currrently using.  It's 

> probably easier to follow the guide tho!
>
> Good luk and regards from
> Tom :)
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Hal Vaughan <hal@halblog.com>
> To: users@global.libreoffice.org
> Sent: Mon, 4 July, 2011 0:24:04
> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Delete Key Does Not Work in OS X
>
>
> On Jul 3, 2011, at 6:44 AM, Tom Davies wrote:
>
> > Hi :)
> > My Del key works on Windows Xp, Ubuntu 10.04 and 10.10.  Both Ubuntu machines 

> > use LibreOffice 3.3.2.  The Xp machines use 3.3.3.  
> >
> >
> > I think the problem is something to do with download or install problems.  Do 

> > you still have OpenOffice installed on your system and does that still work 
> > fine?  If it is still installed that can create problems for LibreOffice 
> > especially if OpenOffice's "Quick Start" is always on.  If you uninstalled 
> > OpenOffice are your certain you fully uninstalled it?  
>
> I still have OpenOffice installed -- wanted to keep it online "just in case."  

> Also, I am still checking over all the macros.  I guess I should just remove 
> OOo, since I'm more likely to fix any macros with issues than go back to OOo.  

> There are only small changes here and there, but LO does seem to just "feel" 
> better than OOo.  I don't know why, though.
>
> But, on the other side of things, now that there are no macros assigned to the 

> Delete key, after I closed out LO and started it up this morning, it's 
> working.  
>
> So I'm writing it up to just config change issues.  I doubt I could duplicate 
> the issue again if I had to for bug reporting.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Hal
>
> > Regards from
> > Tom :)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: Hal Vaughan <hal@halblog.com>
> > To: users@global.libreoffice.org
> > Sent: Sun, 3 July, 2011 6:49:24
> > Subject: [libreoffice-users] Delete Key Does Not Work in OS X
> >
> > I'm using LO version 3.4.0 on OS X (latest version of OS X 10.6.8)
> >
> > I've switched from OOo to LO.  Under OOo, if I hit the DELETE key, it would 
> > delete the character in front of the cursor and the BACKSPACE key would delete 
>
>
> > the one behind the cursor.
> >
> > Now, on LO, the BACKSPACE key works, but the DELETE key will not delete the 
> > next 
> >
> > character.  I had to kill a definition for the key and it still won't delete 
> > the 
> >
> > next character.
> >
> > I've Googled, but not found anything helpful.
> >
> > Any suggestions?
> >
> >
> > Thank you!
> >
> >
> >
> > Hal
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