Brian, Brilliant, thank you for this. That's one more tool on my bag. On Sep 8, 2014 9:52 AM, "Brian Barker" <b.m.bar...@btinternet.com> wrote:
> At 15:53 07/09/2014 -0700, Jerry Noname wrote: > >> Is there a way to get Writer to preserve the tab indenting from the >> previous line on which I was typing? >> > > I hope not. If you indent the first line of a paragraph using a tab > character and you want this behaviour repeated, you would have tab > characters at the beginning of every line. So far so (apparently) good. But > then what happens when you edit the text and material flows naturally > between lines? The tabs flow into positions other than at the beginning of > the lines and you get a mess! > > For instance, let's suppose that the left hand edge of this message is >> the left margin of a Writer document. >> >> This is my first line of typing. <Press Enter> >> <tab> Type another line. <Press Enter> >> Now I want this line to begin at the same place as the previous line, at >> the "T" in the word "Type". >> > > It's interesting here that, although you said you wanted this behaviour > for consecutive lines, you now explain that you want it for separate > *paragraphs*. Paragraphs, not lines, are what you get if you separate the > items by pressing Enter, of course. > > I don't want to have to use auto formatting, I get all mixed up with that >> stuff. >> > > The solution to "getting all mixed up" is to learn how to use the > facilities properly, so you are not "mixed up" - not to dismiss the > facilities that the product provides. > > I just want subsequent lines to preserve the tabs in the previous line, >> unless I press Backspace. >> > > No: you don't want any tabs (unless you are using a typewriter); you want > persistent indentations. > > Is there a setting somewhere to do this? >> > > Yes. You can set an indentation in the paragraph properties or the > paragraph style properties. More simply, you can use the Increase Indent > button in the Formatting toolbar. You can do any of these before or after > you type the material, or at any point whilst you are doing so. In any > case, pressing Enter to start a new paragraph will preserve the current > indentation. You can remove the indentation using the paragraph or > paragraph style dialogues or the Decrease Indent button in the Formatting > toolbar. If you put the cursor at the start of any paragraph, you can also > cancel its indentation using Backspace, as you desire. > > I trust this helps. > > Brian Barker > > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org > Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to- > unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted > > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
