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Open Office Writer Format Confusing a document

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Daiol

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Posted June 30, 2012 at 10:34PM

I have this document sent to me via email and at the begining of every text line there is a grey shadow.Is there a simple way of deleting these shadows please. Image of shadows here. ....... [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/Okcgm.jpg[/IMG]

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Taff™

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Posted July 1, 2012 at 11:21AM

I haven't got a copy of OpenOffice on any of my machines at the moment having moved on to the offshoot LibreOffice which is developing much faster. Here's some questions;

Do these grey marks print? Are they evident on other documents you open at the same time? If so I'm thinking aloud the lines that the document has the option to show non printing paragraph marks and formatting. On the toolbars look for the Backward "P" symbol likened by some to a musical clef. That toggles these on/off.

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Daiol

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Posted July 1, 2012 at 12:06PM

Yes when printed they do show.The grey marks on;y show on certain documents that I get,Maybe the person sending them has a format setup.Don't know what office software he's using,It is a bit of a pain in the bum really deleting all those grey lines. Thanks for reply.

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Daiol

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Posted July 1, 2012 at 12:06PM

Yes when printed they do show.The grey marks on;y show on certain documents that I get,Maybe the person sending them has a format setup.Don't know what office software he's using,It is a bit of a pain in the bum really deleting all those grey lines. Thanks for reply.

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Taff™

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Posted July 1, 2012 at 12:23PM

What is the format they are sending these documents in?

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Daiol

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Posted July 1, 2012 at 12:42PM

Office Text Doc.

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Taff™

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Posted July 1, 2012 at 1:10PM

Do you mean Rich Text Format (.RTF) or Word Document (.doc)

Which version of OpenOffice are you working with. I'll load it onto a spare machine and try to fathom it out.

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Daiol

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Posted July 1, 2012 at 5:08PM

''Do you mean Rich Text'' Yes that's what it is,I notice your name Taff are you a welshman?,I am. Thanks.

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Taff™

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Posted July 1, 2012 at 6:40PM

Yes I am Welsh. But let's not go there for a moment.

Give me the OpenOffice version you are working with. And then I will load it up on a spare machine and sort it for you.

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Daiol

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Posted July 1, 2012 at 7:15PM

Okay here we go: [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/Lh4GX.jpg[/IMG]

Many thanks for your help.

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Taff™

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Posted July 1, 2012 at 7:50PM

Just downloading it now. Whilst I'm doing it could I suggest you download LibreOffice from Libre Office download

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