Openoffice and double quotes

by Ney • 2 Nov 2008, 12:23 • Journals
Q: When im using Openoffice Writer my double quote isnt working like it normaly does. To get a double quote i've got to double tap my ["] button and then im getting an output like this: "". When im single tapping the ["] button, nothing happens. Tapping space after tapping the ["] button doest help either. Crossfire, please help me before im throwing my pc out of my window!

Note: Dutch version of Openoffice (v3)
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k1pa 2 Nov 2008, 12:25
ask perfo!
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defOK 2 Nov 2008, 12:27
works fine for me ;<

doing a transcript for an interview atm, i'd kill myself it it wouldn't work :D
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aka 2 Nov 2008, 12:28
get microsoft office
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ED 2 Nov 2008, 12:28
openoffice is pain in the ass, just download office trial or full vers from warez.

or use writepad
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Ney 2 Nov 2008, 12:30
Office is crappy bad designed software
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tEmplAr 2 Nov 2008, 12:32
but still better than OpenOffice
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Ney 2 Nov 2008, 12:34
But still, your comment is not contributing to the solution of this issue
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tEmplAr 2 Nov 2008, 12:47
but still i dont care about openoffice
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Sainted 2 Nov 2008, 14:03
Why is it better? The only big difference is the interface, and whether you like that is based on taste. Since OpenOffice.org 3.0 you can also open Microsoft's Open Office XML formatted files (.docx), which was the only issue I had with OOo 2.*
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Snorfiets 2 Nov 2008, 12:49
Yeah... call a program crappy whilst yours can't even do '''' """"" '''' """''' lol.
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Talan 2 Nov 2008, 12:31
u mean ``asd´´ or "bla"?
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Ney 2 Nov 2008, 12:32
Normaly when you press ["][l][a]["][space] it will appear as: "bla" but when im pressing those buttons im getting: bla
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Talan 2 Nov 2008, 12:34
If that happens only in OO then u gotta blame them but otherwise u might have some strange keyboard language setting.
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Bulld0g 2 Nov 2008, 12:42
yeah try every key see if its somr place else like where this key is @
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im a tree 2 Nov 2008, 12:42
QuoteOne other glitch involved double quotes. It took me a while to figure out how to stop OpenOffice.org from replacing double quotes with a question mark. To fix this, navigate to the AutoFormat tool (through the Format drop-down menu), click on the Custom Quotes tab, and then uncheck Replace under the Double Quotes section. After doing this, all double quotes will remain intact.


I think its the same problem? Hope it helps.
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dnl 2 Nov 2008, 13:38
fuck openoffice, my T.I. teacher at uni said we have to DL this and it's rly shit worthy
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Sainted 2 Nov 2008, 14:00
If you don't have the @ sign below your Esc key, do the following (Sorry for Dutch):

In Configuratiescherm, make sure you are looking at the "Klassieke weergave"
Go to Landinstellingen
Go to the Toetsenbord en Talen tab
Click on the Toetsenborden wijzigen... button
Make sure your Standaartinvoertaal is Engels (Verenigde Staten) - Verenigde Staten (internationaal)
Below "Geinstalleerde services", remove "Nederlands (Nederland)"

Click OK...

Maybe you need to restart OpenOffice before you notice a difference.
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