Hi :) Actually i kinda like the idea of using Calc as Joe Conner suggested. My idea was to use Draw or Writer. Regards from Tom :)
On 15 October 2014 16:24, Tom Davies <tomc...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi :) > I think text-boxes linked together might do the trick. Text boxes on > odd-numbered pages or to the right-hand side of the page would only link to > other odd-numbered pages or to the right-hand side on subsequent pages. > Similarly with even-numbered or left-hand boxes. > > I still haven't figured this out for myself and only have a very minor > quarterly case where it might be useful. > Regards from > Tom :) > > On 15 October 2014 16:23, Joe Conner <joeconner2...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Have you considered using Calc for this, you can adjust the formatting to >> have text roll into a new line automatically. Then you can copy/paste into >> a word document if you find it necessary. >> >> Blessings, Joe Conner: Poulsbo, WA USA >> >> >> On 10/15/2014 07:29 AM, Marc Grober wrote: >> >>> Sorry Dan, but I really don't understand where you are going with this. >>> I have two streams of text. I would like to have one stream on one >>> side, and the other stream on the other side of facing pages. That way I >>> can break the flow of either without having to alternate text (which how >>> it is done now) >>> >>> On 10/15/14 4:58 AM, Dan Lewis wrote: >>> >>>> On 10/15/2014 08:26 AM, Ginterak wrote: >>>> >>>>> Dan, >>>>> If I place 1000 words in the left page, the words are still going to >>>>> overflow onto the right page - I am not sure what your idea is >>>>> actually accomplishing. >>>>> >>>> In my reply, I keyed on having the original on the left page and >>>> the translation on the right page. By having these appear side by >>>> side, one can see both at the same time and compare them if desired. >>>> What seems to be obvious to me is that the number of words >>>> required for a given thought in different languages can be different. >>>> So what would be a full page for one language may be less than or more >>>> than a page. So there is no guarantee that the the same thoughts will >>>> be contained in side by side pages. So, what purpose does having >>>> original and translation being side by side? It is quite possible that >>>> in a rather long article, some of the side by side pages may not have >>>> any thoughts in common. >>>> My thoughts came from how a Bible program handles this situation. >>>> For example, I have German and English translations of the Bible side >>>> by side. There the same verses are shown for them. Sometimes there are >>>> extra spaces on the German side, and sometimes there are extra on the >>>> English side. I also have a German-English New Testament from the >>>> 1800's. It also has the same print layout. >>>> A very important question is: What is the purpose of having the >>>> original and the translation side by side? This should determine the >>>> layout. >>>> >>>> Dan >>>> >>>>> On Oct 14, 2014, at 9:22 AM, Dan Lewis <elderdanle...@gmail.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> On 10/14/2014 12:15 PM, Marc Grober wrote: >>>>>>> Is there is technical solution to running parallel text in side by >>>>>>> side >>>>>>> pages (the best example would be a text with a translation where you >>>>>>> have the original on one page and the translation on the facing page. >>>>>>> This is done easily enough in columns, but there must be some way to >>>>>>> pass two threads of raw text to a section in which one thread is >>>>>>> passed >>>>>>> only to odd pages and the other only to even pages, or are we stuck >>>>>>> with alternating the text manually and inserting a gazillion page >>>>>>> breaks? >>>>>>> >>>>>> I think that page styles will do it. Open an untitled document >>>>>> in Writer. Use the F4 key to open the Styles and Formating Window. >>>>>> Click the "Page Styles" icon at the top of this window. Double click >>>>>> "First Page" from the lists of page styles to apply this style to >>>>>> the page. Then right click "First Page" and select Modify from the >>>>>> context menu. Change the "Next Style" property to "Left Page". Click >>>>>> OK. >>>>>> This should do it. Enter the original text on the left pages >>>>>> and the translations on the right pages. >>>>>> The reason this works is because of styles. They insure that >>>>>> each left page is followed by a right page which is followed by a >>>>>> left page... Writer is designed to begin with the first page on the >>>>>> right, so you need the "First Page" to fulfill this need. From then >>>>>> on the left and right pages will follow correctly. (No page breaks >>>>>> are needed.) >>>>>> In the bottom right corner of the Writer window are three icons >>>>>> of pages. The one of the right is the one you should click if it is >>>>>> not highlighted. This places two pages in the window beginning with >>>>>> a right page first followed by a left right page combination. >>>>>> >>>>>> Dan >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> 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 >> >> > -- 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
