[users] Re: relative indent for paragraph
Kenn Goutal wrote: Is it possible to define a paragraph style such that the before-text indent is relative to the before-text indent of the previous line, or something like that? Being really adamant about having this this way, I poked around some more, and came up with this: Change the heading styles so that the outer-most / top-most headings have no indent (as they are now), and all others have the same indent as each other, say 1/2" or 1cm or whatever. Change the text styles likewise. Basically, because they are not going into the TOC, they can all just degenerate to un-indented text and indented text. It happens that any given heading is followed by the corresponding text. Change it so that any given heading (except the top one) is followed by indented text. As the only text below a given heading, create a frame. Within the frame, enter whatever text is necessary. When appropriate, enter a lower-level heading. Immediately following any heading, insert a new frame, whose width is smaller than the previous one by whatever is necessary. This requires some figuring -- I can't see a way to make this automatic. Anchor it "as character". It will then line up where it's supposed to be. Oh. And remove the default border from each frame. Continue ad absurdum. I have to say that while this works, and is better than the original alternative, it's still pretty awkward. So, I'm going to look into Outline "style", as suggested by John Kaufmann. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[users] Re: relative indent for paragraph
John Kaufmann wrote: You mean what, in another word processor, might be called an "outline style"? Possibly. I mean, it *is* one form of a style (in the non-word-processor sense) of writing that follows an outline. For whatever reason, in OO/Writer it's not called a style, but you set it up the same way under Tools|Outline Numbering. While not completely extensible, it goes up to 10 levels, which should be enough for most purposes. Unfortunately, AFAICS, you can only define one outline style (of 10 levels), but that's enough for most documents Sounds intriguing, and it may be just the ticket. I'll look into it. Sorry to be dense: You mean to put a Q&A at any of 5 levels? Just so. 1. How to Do Things Q. How do I do this? A. Here is how you do this. Q. How do I do that. A. Here is how to do that. ... 2. Where to Find Things 1. Thing_One Q. Where are the initialization files? A. The init files may be found here. Q. Where are the data files? A. The data files may be found here. Q. Where are the scripts? A. The script files may be found here. 2. Thing_Two Q. Where are the initialization files? A. The init files may be found here. ... 3. Thing_Three Q. Where are the initialization files? A. The init files may be found here. ... If you use the Outline feature, could you do something like > assigning s to the odd-numbered levels > and s to even-numbered levels? Well, in my experience it would look pretty odd that way. But it's a thought. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
