Re: [libreoffice-users] Marginal references

2016-11-15 Thread Gary Collins
Thanks for your replies; I think youve hit the nail on the head, Brian - 
helpful as ever. Seems so obvious now, shouldve thought of it myself - 
duh!!
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Re: [libreoffice-users] Marginal references

2016-11-14 Thread Brian Barker

At 17:03 14/11/2016 +, Gary Collins wrote:
I'm wanting to prepare a document in writer with a main text body 
(justified) and marginal references on the right (and possibly also 
different ones on the left). Each paragraph will have at least one 
reference. The references need to be tied to their relevant 
paragraphs. If a subsequent reference is added and this makes the 
references exceed the height of the paragraph, following paragraphs 
must shift down to accommodate. Is there a way to achieve this?


Use a Table with three columns and as many rows as there are blocks 
of text (your "paragraphs") - probably without a border. Put your 
text in the centre column and the references in the others. You can 
even adjust the column widths after you enter your text, to suit how 
things turn out. And yes: the default row height is "Fit to size", so 
references and text will be moved as necessary to keep them 
horizontally aligned. The height of each row will be enough to 
contain the text in whichever column needs most.


I trust this helps.

Brian Barker


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Re: [libreoffice-users] Marginal references

2016-11-14 Thread Ricardo

El 2016-11-14 18:03, Gary Collins escribiĆ³:

Hi,
I'm wanting to prepare a document in writer with a main text
body(justified) and marginal references on the right (and possibly
also different ones on the left). Each paragraph will have at least
one reference. The references need to be tied to their relevant
paragraphs. If a subsequent reference is added and this makes the
references exceed the height of the paragraph, following paragraphs
must shift down to accommodate. Is there a way to achieve this?
Thanks
Gary


There is no built-in function for marginal notes on Writer, but you can 
"fake" it by using frames anchored to the paragraph or to the character 
and setting the position not by drag-n-drop, but by using their 
properties. You'll need to work a bit if you need the notes to be 
numbered.


Regards,
Ricardo

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