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| Thread ID: 66584 | 2006-02-28 05:21:00 | OOo 2.01 writer. | Murray P (44) | Press F1 |
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| 434594 | 2006-02-28 05:21:00 | Ok, I'm on the scunge again, here's my pitiably miserable story: Software: - Open Office 2.0.1 on win2k (OOo_2.0-1_win32). Any OOo guru's out there? Failing that, I'll settle for someone who thinks they're a guru, I wouldn't know the diff. I'm having trouble with tables breaking, or spliting, when they get too large to be contained on a single page. Of course, the real trouble is, I don't know how to fix it, especially as the blimmin table(s) do(es) not behave consistently, even within the same table that spans more than one page :confused: None of the table/para/Style settings seem to cure it, besides, they are consistent for all tables/within tables that behave differently. Have a gander at these screen shots, Screen Shot_1 (tinypic.com) and Screen Shot_2 (tinypic.com), for an idea of what is going on. The red arrow in the first shot, indiactes the gap between the preceding para and the table. The next shot shows the same table behaving itself as it spans another page (three pages in shots, two spanned). Any ideas? P.S. If you want to spam the thread with MS fanboy stuff, I take no responsibility for your wellbeing, it's already on shakey ground. :lol: |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 434595 | 2006-02-28 05:29:00 | I would be more concenered about the green lines over all the text, That never happens with MS Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Muhahahahahaha . . . . . |
Metla (12) | ||
| 434596 | 2006-02-28 05:30:00 | documentation.openoffice.org Or try their forum. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 434597 | 2006-02-28 05:33:00 | What can I say Murray . Never happens to me using Word . I presume you also prefer to drive an old Skoda or Trabant on the job to complete the image your clients now perceive? Get with the real software lad, you know Bill needs you to contribute . |
godfather (25) | ||
| 434598 | 2006-02-28 05:34:00 | I would be more concenered about the green lines over all the text, That never happens with MS Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Muhahahahahaha . . . . . One problem at a time Mets *** :mad: |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 434599 | 2006-02-28 05:36:00 | . openoffice . org/manuals/oooauthors2/0204WG-FormattingPages . pdf" target="_blank">documentation . openoffice . org Or try their forum . Yar, I have the docs, it's the inconsistency I can't figure out . Oh! and the fact I have trouble with reading comprehension, as Goddie is about to find out . EDIT:Errm!! I told a porky PC, I don't have that Formatting Pages doc, I've got Ch9, Working With Tables . Will read up now . Any gurus's are still welcome to contribute . The trolls can get a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . dog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . sideways, if you catch my drift . :D |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 434600 | 2006-02-28 05:39:00 | What can I say Murray . Never happens to me using Word . I presume you also prefer to drive an old Skoda or Trabant on the job to complete the image your clients now perceive? Get with the real software lad, you know Bill needs you to contribute . Meh! I don't understand eastern Eoropean Goddie, translate please . Well I never!! Bill Birch does software :help: Not surprised you'd be using it though Goddie . ;) |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 434601 | 2006-02-28 05:56:00 | Just a further reply to your post PCtek. I have tried the OOo forums (searched & read), some very helpful and knowledgeable people they have too. It's just that I feel my particular problem is unique to moi, you understand. They seem a bit tardier with responses than good ol PF1, as well. |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 434602 | 2006-02-28 17:37:00 | Just a further reply to your post PCtek. I have tried the OOo forums (searched & read), some very helpful and knowledgeable people they have too. It's just that I feel my particular problem is unique to moi, you understand. They seem a bit tardier with responses than good ol PF1, as well. I've installed it and used it in a basic way but not done anything with tables or such so I don't know. What about if you post the question to them directly? And for those saying get MS Office - I install OpenOffice a lot for customers. Its free. As opposed to expensive for Office. So its no point in dismissing it. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 434603 | 2006-02-28 20:44:00 | Thanks for your suggestions. I was reading the manual, got sidetracked by dinner, got back to the PC to find another, totally unrelated issue, recocered the file and while it was open had a wee squiz at: right click in the table > click "Table" in context menu (<sigh>which is the same as the main Menu item "Table Properties") > Text Flow tab > with "Text Flow: Break" and "with Page Style" check boxes unchecked but, do check "Allow table to split across pages and columns" and, check the box beneath that, "Allow row to break across pages and columns". For the moment the check boxes "Keep with next paragraph" and "Repeat Heading" are unchecked, the latter I don't generally use anyway, the former I may need depending on following format. There are many places you can set various formating and styles functions in OOo, it is very configurable, they are however, context dependant (curser or display and even position within the element). I'll do some more reading to find if there is a global config setting (page, text flow, para & table in the Tools > Options menu), which is what I was focusing on previously and getting nowhere fast because, <face save attempt>the stupid people who made the software made settings too obvious and too simple, for crying out loud :groan: </face save failure> |
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