<div dir="ltr">I have OpenOffice 2.4.1 and when I open Writer I can immediately type text, no need to do *anything*. After I format the text as I wish I save it as html and I can open it in Firefox and see it as I formatted it. No "File", no "New", no "Text document", no CTRL-N. Only File -> Save As... to save it and selecting html for type. If you want to make a table then Table -> Insert -> Table... and continue from there or open the Table Toolbar View -> Toolbars -> Table and use it to create and format your table. Then save it as above. Saba Moshe >>> Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 15:15:57 +0000 From: Chris G <<a href="mailto:cl@isbd.net">cl@isbd.net</a>> Subject: Re: Open Office - can't enter text into Writer, can't see help To: <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Message-ID: <20090118151557.GB24190@v-shell-1> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 08:48:05AM -0600, Wade Smart wrote: > Chris G wrote: > > I'm trying to use OpenOffice 2.4 on xubuntu 8.10 and I'm failing > > miserably. > > > > It all starts up OK and I get the main "OpenOffice.org" window and I > > can click on New under the File menu - so far so good. I'm then > > presented with a "Templates and Documents - New Document" window which > > again seems reasonable. However at this point I'm stuck, I can't > > enter text into what *appears* to be the text entry area to the right > > of the icons in the "Templates and Documents - New Document" window. > > > > In addition if I click on Help I get everything to do with Help in a > > new window *except* the actual help. I.e. I get the Contents, Index, > > Find and Bookmarks tabs and I can move around in the Help and view all > > the sections but nothing actually appears in the pane to the right > > where, presumably, the actual help is supposed to appear. > > > > Am I doing something really stupid or is my OpenOffice installation > > broken in some way? > > > 20090118 0843 GMT-5 > > Hey Chris, I'm not sure what you're talking about here. > > Open a new document. > Click on File, click on New and a pop out comes out to the right showing > a list of options. At the bottom is Templates and Documents. > Yes, I get that far and I click on "Templates and Documents". > If you click on that a window comes up. Yes. > On the left are four icons (new document, templates, my documents and > samples) in the middle area are nine options for the type of template > and nothing is on the far left. > OK, I have the four icons on the left. > I'm not seeing any place to input text. > > Can you describe this a bit further as what you are try to do? > I'm trying to enter text into a new document! :-) I.e. what I would have thought is the 'normal' thing to want to do. E.g. I want to write a letter to someone, I can't see where I actually enter the text of the letter I want to write. If I click on New Document a white area opens up to the right of the icons but I can't enter text into it. -- Chris Green -- Proudly sent using Ubuntu 8.10 Registered Linux user / machine: 482556 / 392821 <<a href="http://www.sh-dor.info">http://www.sh-dor.info</a>>,<<a href="http://www.lupu.info">http://www.lupu.info</a>>,<<a href="http://www.d-hk.org">http://www.d-hk.org</a>> </div>