On 01/14/2009 05:52 PM, emf wrote: > OOo Writer: How is best to handle the format of a poem? At the end of > each line one has to press Enter to change line. But then between > stanzas one wants to leave a space like between paragraphs. > > One could use Default style for all the lines and add an empty line > between stanzas. Or else, one could use the Default style for other > lines and Text body style (that inserts a space after the paragraph) for > the last line of a stanza, thus controlling the space between the > stanzas. It works but it doesn't seem right. After all, all the lines of > the stanza constitute one paragraph... Is there a better way? > > Eustace >
In addition to Richard & John's good advise, you sometimes can find MS Word templates that will work with some modification: <http://www.google.com/search?q=ms+word+%2B%22poetry+template%22&complete=0&hl=en&filter=0> For example, in this doc, the poem styles are defined and added to the style list: http://www.csufresno.edu/gradstudies/thesis/templates.shtml [MFA poetry template: Instruction file | Times New Roman template] <http://www.csufresno.edu/gradstudies/thesis/template/pTimes_New_Roman.doc> When you open the doc in OOo and go to the poem sections, you'll notice that there are indeed actual poetry styles in the doc that you can copy/use/modify. POEM TITLL (CAPS) Poem title (Multiple line etc. All of which you can create on your own of course, but handy to see how the style is set up for a Cal State Master's thesis for a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
