My suggestions are at the bottom.
Carlos Martinez wrote:
Hi Linda, you could use a table an insert the quotation in there.
After that, you can give the format you would like. As you write in
the e-mail you use to do this many times, to simplify your work you
could save this stile (for the table) giving the name you like to
this stile and use it when you need it.
Bäst regards Carlos.
Linda L. Hull skrev 2010-05-30 23:08:
I'm typing documents and letters. S sometimes I need to quote from a
court case or another document.
I know to make these more narrow, but not how to get them to be in
the center and not 'centered' if you
follow me?
How can I do this and go back to the normal margin width after the
quoted part?
This can be done with styles. First suggestion: Download the Writer
Guide. Using this guide, you will be able to use Writer to do many
things you could not do before. Link for downloading:
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/OOo3_User_Guides/Chapters.
Specifically, chapters 6 and 7 are the ones discussing styles.
1) Use the F11 key to open the Styles and Formatting dialog (window).
2) Right click the "Text body indent" style. (You might have to scroll
down the list to find it.)
3) Click the Organizer tab if it is not already selected.
4) Open the dropdown box labeled "Next style".
5) Scroll to "Default" and click to select "Default".
6) Click the "Indent & Spacing" tab.
7) Change the "Before text" value to what you want to be the left margin
for your quotation.
8) Change the "After text" value to the same value as your "Before text"
value.
9) If you want to indent the first line of your quote, enter the value
of this indentation as the "First line" value.
10) Click OK at the bottom of the Styles and Formatting dialog (window).
This paragraph style will now allow you to type a single paragraph
as a quote with margins that are more narrow. When you finish typing the
quote, use the Enter Key to take you to the next paragraph. This new
paragraph will have the normal margins.
The Writer Guide will explain all of this and much more with
illustrations as well.
Dan
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