Piet, Thank you so very much.
That works in Libre Writer. Is there a way to create and thicken a line in Libre Draw, too? Thank you again for your helpful instructions and explanation. Charles. On 7/2/16, Piet van Oostrum <pie...@pietvanoostrum.com> wrote: > charles meyer wrote: > > > Hi Folks, > > > > I hope I’m describing this correctly. > > > > I wanted to create a straight line horizontally across the page in > > Libre Writer or Draw (that would be preferable). > > > > I’m using Libre Writer/Draw/Offcice 5.1.1.3 > > > > It’s my understanding that when I choose the key on my PC keyboard > > next to the zero key that I’m choosing an ASCI character? > > > > Anyway, I use that key (line key) and keep pressing that key until I > > reach a line length across the page I desire and it creates a straight > > line. > > > > Now, the tricky part. > > > > How do I make that straight line thicker? > > This usually is not a proper way to draw a line in Writer. It actually is > not a line, but a sequence of character that happen to look like aline > (depending on the font). > > > > In Libre Writer, I’ve opened Insert > Horizontal Line and it inserts a > > line but I don’t see how you can make that line thicker? > > > The line actually is the bottom border of a paragraph. So you can change the > thickness by positioning the cursor just above the line and then Format > > Paragraph > Borders > Width. > > > I’ve highlighted the entire line and hit bold – still no thicker. > > No, because the line is a border and bold only applies to characters > > > > I’ve highlighted that entire line and chosen a larger font (as large > > as 26) still no thicker. > > Same here, the line is not characters. > > > > I’ve chosen Insert > Shape (singular not plural Shapes as in earlier > > versions there is the plural Shapes) > Line > then Line again and it > > inserts nothing. > > That is the other way to insert a line, but after that selection you have to > draw the line with your mouse: click where you want the line to start and > then drag to its endpoint. To keep it precisely horizontal, press SHIFT > while dragging. > The you can select the line and change the thickness with Format > Text box > and Shape > Line > Instead of Insert > Shape etc. you can also make the drawing toolbar visible > with View > Toolbars > Drawing. There is a line icon (a small diagonal piece > of line). Maybe that icon is also visible in the top toolbar. > > > In Libre Draw, I choose Format > Line where you can adjust width which > > appears in the little box to be thicker except when I click OK there > > is no line in the Libre Draw document. > > You first have to draw a line, in the same way as I described above by > clicking on the line icon in the drawing toolbar. Then drag a line across > the page. > > > > Thanks so much for your help. > > > > Charles. > > -- > Piet van Oostrum <p...@vanoostrum.org> > WWW: http://pietvanoostrum.com/ > PGP key: [8DAE142BE17999C4] > > -- 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
