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Subject:Re: given all this talk, I have questions From:Mitchell Maltenfort <mmalten -at- gmail -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Mon, 19 Sep 2005 18:49:33 -0400
On 9/19/05, Mitchell Maltenfort <mmalten -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
> On 9/19/05, Sean Hower <hokumhome -at- freehomepage -dot- com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Okay, given all this talk about OOo, I finally have decided to ask a two questions that have been bugging me when.
> >
> > 1. Whenever I copy and paste a block of text into Writer, regardless of the source, Writer dumps it into a text box of some kind and not into the normal flow of the document. How do I turn this off?
>
> I'm not at home but I think if you do "paste special" from the menu,
> then "paste as unformatted text," it goes into the flow of the
> document.
OK, now I'm at home. I don't have that problem at all.
> >
> > 2. In Draw, when I rotate a shape, the text rotates with it. How can I just rotate the shape and leave the text horizontal? Along the same lines, where can I find a good set of simple flowchart symbols. I looked in a handful of places, I can't remember their names right now, I could not find a simple set (line drawings with no color). Unless, of course, I don't understand how to use the ones I did find, which is entirely possible.
> >
>
Select the shape and ungroup it (under the 'modify' menu). That
disconnects the text from the shape.
As far as finding symbols: www.openclipart.org.
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> --
> I can answer any question.
> "I don't know" is an answer.
> "I don't know yet" is a better answer.
>
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I can answer any question.
"I don't know" is an answer.
"I don't know yet" is a better answer.
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