Writer tab stops setting keeps reverting to .5"

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#1

I'm using LO 4.0.4.2 on Windows 7.

Before moving to 4.0, I had my Writer tab stops set to .25" (using Tools - Options - Writer - General - Tab Stops). I set it once and it stayed that way. But since moving to 4.0, it reverts to the default .5" settingevery time I start Writer - even on existing documents - and I have to redo my .25" setting.

Does anyone know if this is being fixed in 4.1, or how to cure the problem?

-- Tim

#2

Hi :slight_smile:
Is this related to the new thread?  Did you find a good answer? 
Regareds from
Tom :slight_smile:

#3

This WAS a new thread. And your message was the first response I've seen. Still have no answer. What other new thread were you referring to?

-- Tim

#4

You are saying that the table stop to .25 and then when you go back into
Writer the next time, the original .49 inch is back?
I am now using 4.0.5 64-bit Debian install and I do not see that happening.

Ok
I just booted up a Win7 laptop - oops - it had 4.1.0
Trying another system.
Win7 Pro
It has 4.0.2.2

I had no problem keeping the tab stop in place.

Maybe there is a glitch in your user profile.
I do not know the link to show you where it is, but you should rename
your user profile "folder" and then restart LO again. This will give
you a clean copy. See if it still gives you that issue. If it does,
then it is a 4.0.4.2 Windows issue. Since I have 4.0.2 and 4.1.0 on
Windows 7 [Home and Professional] and 4.0.5 on Ubuntu 12.04, I cannot
test the 4.0.4 version without a full reinstall.

The 4.0.2 will be upgraded to 4.0.5 later.

Sorry for you lack of responses.
Sometimes the questions get lost or no one has seen the reported issue
before. I had a printer issue that had a check-box option that only was
seen in a dialog windows of the Debian install versions of LO, and not
on the Windows install, that solved the problem for one printer, while
the other[s] did not have the issue at all.

#5

Hi :slight_smile:
The best guide about renaming your UserProfile is this one
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/UserProfile
Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

#6

Thank you for your help. Since Kracked_P_P was using 4.05, I upgraded from 4.04 to 4.05 tonight. That appears to have solved the problem.

-- Tim

#7

Hi :slight_smile:
Congrats! :)  Apparently the 4.0.5 has fixed over 90 bugs too and compatibility with MS formats has improved quite a bit.  I really should install it now i have downloaded it!
Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

#8

Well that tab stop bug must have happened in 4.0.3 or 4.0.4, since it
was not in 4.0.2 Debian based install[s]. Yes, it is best to upgrade to
the newest of the versions that is not marked as an "early adopter" version.

https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/File:LibOReleaseLifecycle.png

"They" changed the graphic, so it is easier to read.

3.6.7 is the "conservative" version
4.0.5 is the "recommended" version
and
4.1.0 is the "early adopter" version.