Frustration with Open Office Page Formatting

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Frustration with Open Office Page Formatting

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Hello,

I have been trying to finish a module for over a year, and the main issue is the formatting of open office page in the styles and formatting section. In the .odt materials which I can download, the page styles are all different, and they have page styles with no next style, but when I try to do this, my pages are all overwritten with the currently selected format. I am wondering how to format pages without OO wiping over all my formats and without having to use the next style dialog box.

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If you're talking about starting the next page in a different style, you insert a manual break from the menu and choose the new target style in that dialog.

And you should not use OpenOffice.org if you have a choice. We're all working in some 7.x version of LibreOffice right now, and they do format a little differently.
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For that matter, upload your problem document and I'll fix it and explain what went wrong and how to avoid it. Or Chi will if he gets there first.
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Possible to remove the reference to OO on the main page (and just leave LO), or do we need to be diplomatic and show both?
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Not actually sure what the best course is.
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People who have investment with OO will know when you say LO, that OO will "work" but people coming in with no experience with either will have far few issues with Libre Office. So maybe making that the only recommendation is going to cause fewer issues?
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Re: Frustration with Open Office Page Formatting

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Hey there, thank you guys for the suggestions. I may take you up on your offer Solomoriah, if you have a fee for this maybe send me a PM. Also I was trying Libre office, which is a great tip.
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Um... fee?

Are you planning to sell what you are creating, or are you going to submit it here?

Because if you submit it for publication as part of the Basic Fantasy Project you get editing, art, etc. all included as part of the deal.

But if you want to make money on it, then we won't be able to offer services as that's not what we do.
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I think Half Price was asking if we charge for doing the editing and art. We do not charge a fee for formatting and editing to the Basic Fantasy Layout. Solo will ask for any art when it is time to look at actually making it a published product. No charge for that either.
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Re: Frustration with Open Office Page Formatting

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Well this is a module, so I am not sure how it would all work, would it be free only, or as I see some modules listed under Amazon for sale, would that be part of working on it with DTRPG?
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