John Kaufmann wrote:
This question was occasioned by a corrupted Base file [cf:
"Recommended tool for recovering corrupted Base files?"], which led me
to analyze the file to try to recover it. The first step is the
internal structure of the Base file:
[Configurations2]
[database]
backup
data
log
properties
script
[forms]
[Obj22]
[Configurations2]
[floater]
[images]
[Bitmaps]
[menubar]
[popupmenu]
[progressbar]
[statusbar]
[toolbar]
content.xml
settings.xml
styles.xml
[META-INF]
manifest.xml
[reports]
content.xml
mimetype
settings.xml
That list is a directory structure, and so is hierarchical. I want to
use Writer to make notes about it. [I'm also using Calc to import
table values from "[database]/script" - so, in the course of learning
about Base, learning a bit more about Writer and Calc - but that is
not important to this question.] The problem is how to use Writer to
annotate that structured list.
To make the list (without bullets or numbering), I just defined a List
style "List without bullets"; that's the easy part. The hard part is
the annotation: I want to be able to put a note on each line
describing that directory or file, and I would like the notes to line
up, as in:
[Configurations2] Note on [Configurations2]
[database] Note on [database]
backup Note on "backup". Note continues...
note continues...
note continues...
data Note on "data". Note continues...
note continues...
note continues...
log Note on "log". Note continues...
In WordPerfect, even with such a structured list (what WordPerfect
calls an "Outline"), one can "Indent" after any list member to a
common point on the line, as shown above. I have been wasting a lot
of time trying to see how to do this kind of annotation with Writer;
can anyone offer a suggestion?
John
I think the cleanest way to accomplish this is with a two-column table.
Select column 1 and apply your list style, then enter the list as usual.
Column 2 can then hold the annotations, which will stay aligned and flow
nicely. You can make the borders invisible and end up with what I think
you've described.
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