Anyone using OpenOffice? Need help!

jparker0201 · jparker0201 #1 (**permalink**)

01-22-2007, 04:52 PM

Hello guys. I'm a college kid here and I am trying to find a good word processor without having to purchase Microsoft Office. I have downloaded OpenOffice but I'm having a few difficulties. I know you can set the margins at the tops and side of the page by using the sliders. I know that you can go to page setup in Microsoft Word and set it to one inch margins with no guessing. I can't seem to find this in OpenOffice. Anyone have any suggestions?

NanoBite · NanoBite #2 (**permalink**)

01-22-2007, 05:11 PM

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Originally Posted by jparker0201

Hello guys. I'm a college kid here and I am trying to find a good word processor without having to purchase Microsoft Office. I have downloaded OpenOffice but I'm have a few difficulties. I know you can set the margins at the tops and side of the page. I know that you can go to page setup in Microsoft Word and set it to one inch margins with no guessing. I can't seem to find this in OpenOffice. Anyone have any suggestions?

G'day jparker0201 & welcome to Mac-Forums.

I use NeoOffice but as it's almost exactly the same as Oo.o, I looked into it for an answer to your thread.

Place the mouse cursor at the point where the ruler starts/ends to re-adjust the margins vertically/horizontally.

cazabam · cazabam #3 (**permalink**)

01-22-2007, 05:36 PM

The setting you're after is in Format -> Page and click the Page tab. Sorted.

jparker0201 · jparker0201 #4 (**permalink**)

01-23-2007, 11:24 AM

Ah, thank you guys so much! I had figured out moving the slider but that still left me guessing somewhat.

And for some reason I guess I never made my way to the Format----Page option...Thanks again!

jparker0201 · jparker0201 #5 (**permalink**)

01-24-2007, 03:16 PM

Another question for you guys.....When doing the header I need it so it will automatically number the pages....Am I blind and over-looking this again or is it hidden a little better?

Nevermind, found it.

cazabam · cazabam #6 (**permalink**)

01-24-2007, 04:41 PM

The OpenOffice help file is very comprehensive and there is a downloadable manual available at openoffice.org. It's probably a good first point of call. Most things are in 'sensible' places but some things (like page formatting) are in a different place to, say, Word.

jparker0201 #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Sep 29, 2006 Posts: 38	01-22-2007, 04:52 PM Hello guys. I'm a college kid here and I am trying to find a good word processor without having to purchase Microsoft Office. I have downloaded OpenOffice but I'm having a few difficulties. I know you can set the margins at the tops and side of the page by using the sliders. I know that you can go to page setup in Microsoft Word and set it to one inch margins with no guessing. I can't seem to find this in OpenOffice. Anyone have any suggestions? MBP 15" 2.16GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 2GB 667 DDR2 SDRAM 120GB Serial ATA Drive Last edited by jparker0201; 01-23-2007 at 11:29 AM.
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jparker0201 #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Sep 29, 2006 Posts: 38	01-23-2007, 11:24 AM Ah, thank you guys so much! I had figured out moving the slider but that still left me guessing somewhat. And for some reason I guess I never made my way to the Format----Page option...Thanks again! MBP 15" 2.16GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 2GB 667 DDR2 SDRAM 120GB Serial ATA Drive
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jparker0201 #5 (permalink)
Member Since: Sep 29, 2006 Posts: 38	01-24-2007, 03:16 PM Another question for you guys.....When doing the header I need it so it will automatically number the pages....Am I blind and over-looking this again or is it hidden a little better? Nevermind, found it. MBP 15" 2.16GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 2GB 667 DDR2 SDRAM 120GB Serial ATA Drive Last edited by jparker0201; 01-24-2007 at 03:22 PM.
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cazabam #6 (permalink)
Member Since: Jun 06, 2006 Posts: 1,153 Mac Specs: MacBook 2.0GHz White, 512MB RAM, 60GB HDD	01-24-2007, 04:41 PM The OpenOffice help file is very comprehensive and there is a downloadable manual available at openoffice.org. It's probably a good first point of call. Most things are in 'sensible' places but some things (like page formatting) are in a different place to, say, Word.
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