Cautiously Optimistic

[rolanni]

OK. I set up a Whole New Default Style in .ott format edited: .odt, that should be and pasted the manuscript into that style-and-format. There were still a couple of holdout paragraphs that didn't want to embrace Arial, but I was able to insist on the default style. I have closed the file, opened it again, and lo! the formatting is stable. What will happen when I have to convert it into .rtf at the End of It All, God, She Knows. I'm hoping, of course, that stabilizing the file in one format means that it will heretofore remain stable in all formats. I mean, it should work that way, right?

Right.

Thanks to everyone who gave me the benefit of their experience on this.

In other news, unless the sun comes out pretty dern quick, I'm not going anywhere tomorrow.

Keep warm, everybody.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

ALL of Maine has been socked in solid with precipitation _all_ day long. And from the rate that system is creaping eastward, apt to be all night long, too. Nevermind what the weather boffins said about it clearing this afternoon!

Sorry....

Eta

unless the sun comes out pretty dern quick

[bookmobiler.livejournal.com]

The sun is out, just not over Maine "on December 21st, 2008 at 07:48 pm"

At least not for another 12 hours or so, :)

If you need work canceled tomorrow may She make it so! Or Him too.

[doryllis.livejournal.com]

You could try saving it in .txt with no formatting if you have any trouble with the .rtf. Then reopen and save with your preferred Arial.

[jiffysquid.livejournal.com]

When I read your last post, I put out a call of help to some of my tech friends to see if they had recommendations for a word processing program that may suit your needs.

They suggested AbiWord (http://www.abisource.com/) you might try to see how you like it.

Its free, platform independent, and the initial install is designed to be small, no-frills word processing program so that it can run on older computers. Additional plug-ins can be added that will add in the features of more modern word processing software piece-by-piece, so that you can keep it as close to the typewriter as you like, and add in only the functions you like.

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Somebody else recommended AbiWord, too. I'll need to look at it again.