Open Office - can't enter text into Writer, can't see help

[Karl F. Larsen]

Chris G wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 12:56:09PM -0500, Matthew Flaschen wrote:
>   
>> Chris G wrote:
>>     
>>> On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 11:54:46AM -0500, Matthew Flaschen wrote:
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>>>> Chris G wrote:
>>>>         
>>>>> On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 11:28:04AM -0500, Matthew Flaschen wrote:
>>>>>           
>>>>>> Chris G wrote:
>>>>>>             
>>>>>>> I'm trying to enter text into a new document! :-)
>>>>>>>               
>>>>>> Okay, if I understand where you are, click Text Document (should be
>>>>>> top), then click Open.  Screenshot at
>>>>>> http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~mflaschen3/Screenshots/OpenOffice%202.4%20Templates%20and%20Documents.png
>>>>>>
>>>>>>             
>>>>> Ah! There's the problem then, Open is greyed out so I *can't* open a document.
>>>>>           
>>>> Can you send a screenshot?  Are you sure you have selected Text Document
>>>> on the left?
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> See http://www.isbd.net/images/oo2.png
>>>       
>> Okay, your install is seriously messed up (but not because you use
>> KDE...).  To start with, close OOo, then run:
>>
>> sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install --reinstall
>> openoffice.org-writer openoffice.org
>>
>>     
> That's fixed it, thank you!  I wonder how it got so messed up and, for
> that matter, what messed it up.
>
>   
    This IS amazing. I have never heard of OO being disabled by loading 
something else.

    I made a html file from what I put in a normal OO Writer page. And I 
put a picture and a lot of words on the Writer page. Then I did the 
conversion which is easy, and the html page looks fine on Firefox. I see 
no reason your boxes can't be put on the Writer page like this:

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Well it is hard to do on an email. Easier on OO


Karl



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