# Is there anyone familiar with Open Office or Microsoft Word?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anyone-familiar-with-open-office-or-microsoft-word/853600
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [May 11, 2020, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anyone-familiar-with-open-office-or-microsoft-word/853600 "2020-05-11T20:42:56Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@Ficer67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ficer67)
#### Post date: [May 11, 2020, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anyone-familiar-with-open-office-or-microsoft-word/853600/1 "2020-05-11T20:42:56Z")
I have a couple of pages in my document that need to be 11" x 17". The rest need to be 8.5" x 11". How do I do this in open office?
Thanks in advance
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### Author:  [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)
#### Post date: [May 11, 2020, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anyone-familiar-with-open-office-or-microsoft-word/853600/2 "2020-05-11T20:48:35Z")
In Word you insert a section break. Each section can have its own page size.
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### Author:  [@Ficer67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ficer67)
#### Post date: [May 11, 2020, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anyone-familiar-with-open-office-or-microsoft-word/853600/3 "2020-05-11T20:50:01Z")
It seems like I have tried everything like that in Open Office, but I am going to look again.
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### Author:  [@Ficer67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ficer67)
#### Post date: [May 11, 2020, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anyone-familiar-with-open-office-or-microsoft-word/853600/4 "2020-05-11T20:52:05Z")
It is working now - but it wasn’t working like that before. IDK what was happening. Thanks K364
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### Author:  [@Keeve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keeve)
#### Post date: [May 11, 2020, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anyone-familiar-with-open-office-or-microsoft-word/853600/5 "2020-05-11T21:08:36Z")
> [@Ficer67](#):
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> IDK what was happening.
The computers are afraid of us. As soon as they see how supportive we are of each other, they start behaving. I wish I was joking, but count how many times you’ve called a friend or co-worker over to your screen and said, “Look at this! Watch what happens! Oh, wait, it’s okay now…”
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### Author:  [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2020, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anyone-familiar-with-open-office-or-microsoft-word/853600/6 "2020-05-12T00:00:46Z")
Similar to how your car stops making that funny noise as soon as you take it to the mechanic?
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### Author:  [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)
#### Post date: [May 13, 2020, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anyone-familiar-with-open-office-or-microsoft-word/853600/7 "2020-05-13T22:22:48Z")
> [@Keeve](#):
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> The computers are afraid of us. As soon as they see how supportive we are of each other, they start behaving. I wish I was joking, but count how many times you’ve called a friend or co-worker over to your screen and said, “Look at this! Watch what happens! Oh, wait, it’s okay now…”
Afraid of us? Hell, they’re gaslighting us!