Ubuntu

OpenOffice -- 2 Questions

Asked by taurus

Hey, guys!!! I have OpenOffice Writer 2.3 in Ubuntu 7.04, which is linux. I have 2 questions, please:

1) How can I hide the shading that appears in the area between the bullets and sentences?

2) How can I remove the vertical and horizontal scroll bars?

Question information

Language:
English Edit question
Status:
Solved
For:
Ubuntu Edit question
Assignee:
No assignee Edit question
Solved by:
taurus
Solved:
Last query:
Last reply:
Revision history for this message
Elfy (elfy) said : 		#1

The scroll bars are rulers - toggle in view menu.

The grey shading is a bug - it won't print - if you want to get rid you will need to remove the ubuntu version of openoffice and install the openoffice one. Drove me up the wall and it's the same in Gutsy, Hardy though seems to not have it.

Revision history for this message
taurus (taurusxz) said : 		#2

forestpixie, thanks for the comment. my question to you is, how can i install the openoffice version into ubuntu and what are its advantages over the ubuntu version?

Revision history for this message
Bert Van de Poel (bhack) said : 		#3

Well, you can download the latest version from the openoffice site but it's quite harder to install then stuff from synaptic or .deb packages.
The advantages are more function as the version on the openoffice.org site is newer and also it fixes the bug you are talking about.

But if I were you I would upgrade, 7.10 and 8.04 are quite nice version.

Revision history for this message
taurus (taurusxz) said : 		#4

Bert Van de Poel, thanks for the reply. On the question about upgrading, I'm a little apprehensive in doing so for fear that it might mess up my virtualbox settings and files I have saved in xp as guest. Although I am very tempted to upgrade as I type.

Revision history for this message
Bert Van de Poel (bhack) said : 		#5

If you follow the normal upgrade procedure it should all go right, and if you want to be certain, just backup the .virtualbox directory (in your home folder), if you can't see it press ctrl+h