Re: [libreoffice-users] centring text boxes
Hi On 26/09/18 01:26, Tom Williams wrote: On 09/25/2018 03:49 AM, DaveB wrote: On 25.09.2018 09:59, Mike Scott wrote: Today's daft question. Why can't you automatically centre up a text box on the page in Writer? If I have an image, I do R-click, Alignment, and pick from a useful selection of options. Try the same on a text box and I get "". It makes laying out a page (and I've just started on an order of service for a funeral) decidedly frustrating. (Nor for that matter do styles work in a text box. I fail to understand the issues here.) Hi Mike, Not a daft question, but Draw might be a better choice for what you are doing. To center align text boxes in Writer you need to first change the anchoring. When you initially draw the text box it is, by default, anchored to the paragraph, which allows the box to be manually positioned anywhere on the page. Select "Anchor" from the right click context menu and choose "As Character", then set the paragraph to be center aligned. Hope this helps. Dave Wow, I just did this same thing, over the weekend. Dave is right on the money. Changing the anchor should do the trick. Peace... "The Other" Tom You can also, on the text frame, right click > Position and size and centre to paragraph without anchoring to character. Steve -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
Re: [libreoffice-users] centring text boxes
On 09/25/2018 03:49 AM, DaveB wrote: > On 25.09.2018 09:59, Mike Scott wrote: >> Today's daft question. >> >> Why can't you automatically centre up a text box on the page in Writer? >> >> If I have an image, I do R-click, Alignment, and pick from a useful >> selection of options. >> >> Try the same on a text box and I get "". >> >> It makes laying out a page (and I've just started on an order of >> service for a funeral) decidedly frustrating. >> >> (Nor for that matter do styles work in a text box. I fail to >> understand the issues here.) > Hi Mike, > > Not a daft question, but Draw might be a better choice for what you are > doing. To center align text boxes in Writer you need to first change the > anchoring. When you initially draw the text box it is, by default, > anchored to the paragraph, which allows the box to be manually > positioned anywhere on the page. Select "Anchor" from the right click > context menu and choose "As Character", then set the paragraph to be > center aligned. > > Hope this helps. > > Dave > > Wow, I just did this same thing, over the weekend. Dave is right on the money. Changing the anchor should do the trick. Peace... "The Other" Tom -- /When I leave, I don't know what I'm hoping to find, And when I leave, I don't know what I'm leaving behind.../ -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
Re: [libreoffice-users] centring text boxes
On 25.09.2018 09:59, Mike Scott wrote: > Today's daft question. > > Why can't you automatically centre up a text box on the page in Writer? > > If I have an image, I do R-click, Alignment, and pick from a useful > selection of options. > > Try the same on a text box and I get "". > > It makes laying out a page (and I've just started on an order of > service for a funeral) decidedly frustrating. > > (Nor for that matter do styles work in a text box. I fail to > understand the issues here.) Hi Mike, Not a daft question, but Draw might be a better choice for what you are doing. To center align text boxes in Writer you need to first change the anchoring. When you initially draw the text box it is, by default, anchored to the paragraph, which allows the box to be manually positioned anywhere on the page. Select "Anchor" from the right click context menu and choose "As Character", then set the paragraph to be center aligned. Hope this helps. Dave -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
[libreoffice-users] centring text boxes
Today's daft question. Why can't you automatically centre up a text box on the page in Writer? If I have an image, I do R-click, Alignment, and pick from a useful selection of options. Try the same on a text box and I get "". It makes laying out a page (and I've just started on an order of service for a funeral) decidedly frustrating. (Nor for that matter do styles work in a text box. I fail to understand the issues here.) (LO 5.1.6.2/Mint, BTW) -- Mike Scott (unet2 [deletethis] scottsonline.org.uk) Harlow Essex England "The only way is Brexit" -- anon. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
