OpenOffice.org Tip - Automatically Number Headings

K-9

http://fosswire.com/2008/11/19/openofficeorg-tip-automatically-number-headings/

maybe this is useful?

Lorinda · Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 6:31 am Post subject:

Thanks! I've added it to the NeoWriter Page under "Lists and Numbering"

Lorinda
feeling better, but still on light NeoOffice duty until (at the earliest) I'm finished officiating at a funeral tomorrow.

K-9 · Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 7:25 am Post subject:

sorry - I did not get the comment. what is wrong? are you sick or were you sick? or did someone close to you die? Please clarify. anyway, I hope you get better soon. Have a nice glass of wine and enjoy the season!

Lorinda · Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 8:34 am Post subject:

Thanks for the kind words. See the end of this post. for an explanation.

Lorinda

K-9 · Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 9:37 am Post subject:

Wow! Sorry! I understand now...

yoxi · Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 9:39 am Post subject:

Keep your ears warm, Lorinda, and get well soon (from someone who's had those spins himself...) xx

sardisson · Town Crier Joined: Feb 01, 2004 Posts: 4588

Er, I missed that, too; hope you'll be better soon, Lorinda.

Smokey

Lorinda · Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2008 5:12 pm Post subject:

Thanks to everyone for the good thoughts. I'm doing much better, although I've had a little unsteadiness today if I've turned too quickly.

It looks like this time it was not labyrinthitis, but Benign Proxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV). The symptoms are nearly undistiguishable, and both affect the inner ear, but the causes are different. BPPV is also known as "ear rocks" because it's caused by little clumps of minerals that break off from where they are supposed to be in the inner ear and move to where they aren't supposed to be. So the doctor and the occupational therapist manipulated my head around in all sorts of odd ways to encourage the rocks to go back to where they belong, and that seems to have helped considerably.

With labyrinthitis, on the other hand, there's not much to do but take some pills that might or might not ease the symptoms and wait till the virus has run its course.

I realized belatedly that I didn't clarify the funeral comment that had K-9 stumped. I'm a pastor, so the funeral was work related, and I was behind in getting ready for it due to my spell of vertigo.

Lorinda

yoxi · Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2008 5:48 pm Post subject:

I hope your ear rocks are rocked back to sleep, Lorinda. A few years ago I experienced permanent viral damage to some of my semicircular canals (I always feel like that should be on Mars, not in my ears...) and the specialist at the time told me not to worry, because the brain is very adaptable and adjusts itself over time to the new data it's getting. He was right, I'm quite fine these days, no more 'turning upside down' whilst driving, thank goodness - so be patient with your ears!

- padmavyuha

K-9 · Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2008 5:19 am Post subject:

not being funny in way; but that may be where they get the expression 'rocks in your head'. Very Happy

I never heard of such stuff. Boy that is interesting. Hope things get better soon.

Lorinda · Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2008 5:44 am Post subject:

My mom has had periodic BPPV episodes for several years now, and both she and my dad have great fun joking about the rocks in her head. She's been taught some exercises to use when the spells occur, and those have generally helped her, especially if she catches it early.

padmavyuha, I was just reading about therapy for "vestibular disorders," and it described "brain retraining" exercises for those cases (like yours) when the damage is permanent. The brain is an amazing organ! I also have a mild case of a rare but mostly nuisancy eye disease that causes floaters and other visual effects. Over time my has brain learned to filter those things out (and relearns whenever it flares up again or things shift), so that I generally only see them when I'm thinking about it.

Lorinda