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

Patrick O'Callaghan pocallaghan at gmail.com
Mon Feb 22 14:25:53 UTC 2010


On Mon, 2010-02-22 at 13:18 +0300, Hiisi wrote:
> 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.

Does it include a speling chequer? (Sorry, couldn't resist :-)

poc



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