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kenachterberg
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New doc problems

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beginning a new document a paragraph sign appears with curser and wont let me function normally
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Click on that page and all should be well.
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Bill
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It's normal for a paragraph mark to appear in the upper left corner of a new document. Are you seeing something else?
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Note - if you want to not see non printing characters like end of paragraph, tab, space etc use View | Non-printing characters or Ctrl+F10 to turn off their display.
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I find that when I open a blank Writer document, it does not take focus automatically. I have to click on the page before I start to enter text.
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As a new poster you will find much useful information in the Writer FAQ, the Writer Tutorials, the up to date Writer guide and the Writer Manual. May I suggest you bookmark the pages.

Press F1 to access the Help screen and search for your problem

The chapter headings in the manual are:

1 - Introducing Writer
2 - Setting up Writer
3 - Working with Text
4 - Formatting Pages
5 - Printing, Exporting, Faxing and E-Mailing
6 - Introduction to Styles
7 - Working with Styles
8 - Working with Graphics
9 - Working with Tables
10 - Working with Templates
11 - Using Mail Merge
12 - Tables of Contents, Indexes and Bibliographies
13 - Working with Master Documents
14 - Working with Fields
15 - Using Forms in Writer
16 - Customizing Writer – Keyboard shortcuts.

When a pop-up window opens, click the Help button for extensive help on that function - it is often more comprehensive than the manual.
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See the Writer Guide, the Writer FAQ, the Writer Tutorials and Writer for students.

Remember: Always save your Writer files as .odt files. - see here for the many reasons why.
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