At 07:36 01/08/2016 +1000, Richard Beeston wrote:
I need to write a thesis and the requirement is to have double line
spacing on each page of a document of approximately 150 pages.
Rather than hit the enter button twice each time especially as I
could be writing long sentences and not wanting to interrupt my
thought process can I set any part of OO to automatically do double
line spacing.
First, let's debunk the idea that you could ever do the job in the
way that you suggest. In a word-processor document, you press Enter
not at the end of each line but at the end of a paragraph. So you
would be dividing your work into one-line paragraphs, each separated
by an empty paragraph. This would have many implications for how the
document text behaved, not the least of which would be that you could
no longer justify your text - if that is what you wanted. More
important, any small modification you make to your text may well
require you to move the position of the end of each false paragraph -
all the way down to the end of the real paragraph. (Even if you
believe that you won't need to modify your text, your examiners will
have other ideas!)
True line breaks can be inserted using Shift+Enter instead. A
technique using these would allow justification of text but would
retain the other disadvantages.
Second, you should let your institution know that the world no longer
uses typewriters. It is only in typescript that the concept of double
spacing really exists, since it supposes that the printed output is
restricted to discrete vertical positions. There is no such
restriction on commercial printing or even on printed output produced
by word processors - though it is possible to choose that lines are
separated by exactly twice the default spacing, of course.
o Either:
+ Select your text.
+ Go to Format | Paragraph... | Indents & Spacing | Line spacing
(or right-click | Paragraph... | Indents & Spacing | Line spacing).
o Or:
+ Right-click in the paragraph and go to Edit Paragraph Style... |
Indents & Spacing | Line spacing).
o Select Double from the drop-down menu.
The first option will set the line spacing for the current paragraph
and for any new paragraphs that you create following it. The second
option is better, in that it will do the same for the *style* of the
current paragraph, so the effect will be carried into all paragraphs
having the same style. If you have not applied any style, your
paragraphs will nevertheless have a style - probably "Default". In
that case, you will have to perform the task only once for the entire
document. You can choose and apply other styles later for any
paragraphs that require different line spacing.
I trust this helps.
Brian Barker
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