How the H&*()*) do I turn auto numbering in OO Writer completely OFF ?

Hiisi very-cool at rambler.ru
Mon Feb 22 10:18:01 UTC 2010


2010/2/22 Marko Vojinovic <vvmarko at gmail.com>:
>> Linuxguy123 wrote:
>> > I spend way, way more time **UNFORMATTING** the stupid number formatting
>> > that OO writer applies than I would spend adding number to the
>> > paragraphs I wish to have numbered.  Isn't the purpose of software to
>> > make our lives easier ?
>
> Paul Allen Newell wrote:
>> Though you may have found a way to get rid of it (and I am glad and am
>> filling this email away should I need it), I thought your prior [rant]
>> [...] [/rant] was very appropriate. I spent a few years doing typography
>> and I have always hated any program that thinks it knows how I want to
>> present content.
>
> This might be a perfect situation to remind you what WYSIWYG stands for:
>
>  "What  You  See  Is  What  You  Get"
>
> :-)
>
> If you guys are into serious typography, you might want to learn some TeX (or
> at least LaTeX). Invest a couple of days in it, then switch and forget those
> old, dark days of using {Microsoft|Star|Open}-office apps... ;-)
>
> Best, :-)
> Marko
>

Agreed. And if you only want to type good looking documents and you
want it quickly give lyx a try. It's in fedora repo. Grate tutorial
included.
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