Comments for open vein, write story http://alayadawnjohnson.wordpress.com Alaya Dawn Johnson writes about writing (and anything else she fancies) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:30:24 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Open Office “normal” view by Guy http://alayadawnjohnson.wordpress.com/2008/10/27/open-office-normal-view/#comment-602 Guy Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:30:24 +0000 http://alayadawnjohnson.wordpress.com/?p=103#comment-602 I totally agree! I can't believe it is not an option on OpenOffice. Formatting the page breaks is the last step for the documents I work on - in the mean time, I just want to put as much text on the page as I can. Leaving big blank spots for page breaks just takes up valuable screen space. I totally agree! I can’t believe it is not an option on OpenOffice. Formatting the page breaks is the last step for the documents I work on – in the mean time, I just want to put as much text on the page as I can. Leaving big blank spots for page breaks just takes up valuable screen space.

]]> Comment on Open Office “normal” view by Rachel http://alayadawnjohnson.wordpress.com/2008/10/27/open-office-normal-view/#comment-601 Rachel Sun, 04 Oct 2009 15:39:44 +0000 http://alayadawnjohnson.wordpress.com/?p=103#comment-601 I agree. Like everyone else, I came here looking for a solution. Now I've got to think about going back to MS. I hate fomatting. I guess I could shrink the font size so that I get proportionately more white space at any one time, but it's still going to annoy me. Please can someone deal with this. I agree. Like everyone else, I came here looking for a solution. Now I’ve got to think about going back to MS. I hate fomatting. I guess I could shrink the font size so that I get proportionately more white space at any one time, but it’s still going to annoy me. Please can someone deal with this.

]]> Comment on Get your corporate ladder off my afro! by lady odeda http://alayadawnjohnson.wordpress.com/2007/10/15/get-your-corporate-ladder-off-my-afro/#comment-599 lady odeda Sat, 12 Sep 2009 21:26:51 +0000 http://alayadawnjohnson.wordpress.com/2007/10/15/get-your-corporate-ladder-off-my-afro/#comment-599 Hell Yeah....afro is back and I am sweatin my full blown like Angie did in the 70;s. The sisters at work dig it and give me a high five. So I will strut it like it t-i-tis! I am black and I am proud. How loud do I need to get : ) I a m taking a sociology class and have learned so much about about the triumphs of Miss Davis and I applaud her for her actions for her people. I aint so down with the gay thing but hey...she's Angela. I hear she does a prison thing for women too, I need to get with her on some tips. Can anyone lead me to her? Peace and love. Lady Odeda Hell Yeah….afro is back and I am sweatin my full blown like Angie did in the 70;s. The sisters at work dig it and give me a high five. So I will strut it like it t-i-tis! I am black and I am proud. How loud do I need to get : )
I a m taking a sociology class and have learned so much about about the triumphs of Miss Davis and I applaud her for her actions for her people. I aint so down with the gay thing but hey…she’s Angela. I hear she does a prison thing for women too, I need to get with her on some tips. Can anyone lead me to her?
Peace and love.
Lady Odeda

]]> Comment on Open Office “normal” view by AstroNerdBoy http://alayadawnjohnson.wordpress.com/2008/10/27/open-office-normal-view/#comment-596 AstroNerdBoy Sun, 06 Sep 2009 22:17:14 +0000 http://alayadawnjohnson.wordpress.com/?p=103#comment-596 Ugh! And here I was so hoping to not have to reload my old Office 2002. *_* I absolutely hate that there are only two views -- print and web. The only time I used print view in Word was when I just wanted to see how something would look on the printer. Otherwise, I simply just wrote things normally. It makes no sense to me that a normal view feature would be something that the developers don't feel like including. *_* Ugh! And here I was so hoping to not have to reload my old Office 2002. *_* I absolutely hate that there are only two views — print and web. The only time I used print view in Word was when I just wanted to see how something would look on the printer. Otherwise, I simply just wrote things normally. It makes no sense to me that a normal view feature would be something that the developers don’t feel like including. *_*

]]> Comment on Portrait of the Writer as a Crazed Junkie by Aly D http://alayadawnjohnson.wordpress.com/2007/06/19/portrait-of-the-writer-as-a-crazed-junkie/#comment-582 Aly D Wed, 17 Jun 2009 03:00:02 +0000 http://alayadawnjohnson.wordpress.com/2007/06/19/portrait-of-the-writer-as-a-crazed-junkie/#comment-582 I graduated from Kenyon College with a degree in English and an emphasis in creative writing (there is no degree in creative writing, so "studying" creative writing means "taking a creative writing course"). I was in a creative writing class with Mr. Sullivan. The Kenyon alumni bulletin has already done one truly obnoxious article with him as one of its zany/quirky subjects. All I can say to you is: Thank you, thank you, thank you. P.S. I'm an English/LA teacher from a long line of them, and the Garrison Keillor quote was the perfect way to end your very well-written entry. I graduated from Kenyon College with a degree in English and an emphasis in creative writing (there is no degree in creative writing, so “studying” creative writing means “taking a creative writing course”). I was in a creative writing class with Mr. Sullivan. The Kenyon alumni bulletin has already done one truly obnoxious article with him as one of its zany/quirky subjects. All I can say to you is: Thank you, thank you, thank you. P.S. I’m an English/LA teacher from a long line of them, and the Garrison Keillor quote was the perfect way to end your very well-written entry.

]]> Comment on Open Office “normal” view by Prokoff http://alayadawnjohnson.wordpress.com/2008/10/27/open-office-normal-view/#comment-576 Prokoff Mon, 04 May 2009 18:41:21 +0000 http://alayadawnjohnson.wordpress.com/?p=103#comment-576 I translate very long documents in a daily basis and this is the single missing feature that has kept me from moving to OOo. I translate very long documents in a daily basis and this is the single missing feature that has kept me from moving to OOo.

]]> Comment on Open Office “normal” view by Kragen Javier Sitaker http://alayadawnjohnson.wordpress.com/2008/10/27/open-office-normal-view/#comment-562 Kragen Javier Sitaker Fri, 06 Mar 2009 19:54:00 +0000 http://alayadawnjohnson.wordpress.com/?p=103#comment-562 It sounds pretty annoying. I usually write in Emacs — I like how I can get it to fill the whole screen, in columns (with follow-mode) with no toolbars or anything. When I'm writing I tend not to want to be distracted by formatting at all. But I'm no great writer, either. All in all, I kind of hate OpenOffice (it works okay but it's clunky) and I'm not really a word processor fan either, despite a variety of experience. (You know, WordStar 2.x, WordPerfect 5, Apple Writer, ClarisWorks, Microsoft Word of various versions, OpenOffice Writer...) It sounds pretty annoying. I usually write in Emacs — I like how I can get it to fill the whole screen, in columns (with follow-mode) with no toolbars or anything. When I’m writing I tend not to want to be distracted by formatting at all.

But I’m no great writer, either.

All in all, I kind of hate OpenOffice (it works okay but it’s clunky) and I’m not really a word processor fan either, despite a variety of experience. (You know, WordStar 2.x, WordPerfect 5, Apple Writer, ClarisWorks, Microsoft Word of various versions, OpenOffice Writer…)

]]> Comment on Open Office “normal” view by Timebomb http://alayadawnjohnson.wordpress.com/2008/10/27/open-office-normal-view/#comment-561 Timebomb Mon, 02 Mar 2009 13:01:24 +0000 http://alayadawnjohnson.wordpress.com/?p=103#comment-561 Man, I would love if OpenOffice could put a normal view in writer in writer. Like many above, I have waited for years to see this feature. Why are the developers so oblivious to this constant call? Man, I would love if OpenOffice could put a normal view in writer in writer. Like many above, I have waited for years to see this feature. Why are the developers so oblivious to this constant call?

]]> Comment on worse than you think by Michael Tim http://alayadawnjohnson.wordpress.com/2008/11/20/worse-than-you-think/#comment-559 Michael Tim Sat, 28 Feb 2009 18:06:46 +0000 http://alayadawnjohnson.wordpress.com/?p=111#comment-559 I love your site! :) _____________________ Experiencing a slow PC recently? <a href="http://tinyurl.com/makemypcfaster" rel="nofollow">Fix it now!</a> I love your site! :)

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