On 08/25/2010 09:56 PM, John Kaufmann wrote: > In a message dated 2010.08.25 18:02 -0500, NoOp wrote: ... >> <http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/OOo3_User_Guides/Writer_Guide/Form_controls_reference> > > I have no doubt that you have a better grasp of the big picture than I > have, but I have never found any tools in Writer forms for sizing and > positioning other than dragging with a mouse [which in my hands, at > least, is not about precision ;-) ]. I just looked at your reference > and found nothing about "Anchor", "Guides" or "Alignment". (That said, I > think I know what Writer means by "anchors" and "alignment", and > neither, in the common understanding, is about sizing and positioning.) > Similarly, it seems that "Guides" are just the visible guides to assist > graphical sizing and positioning. Could I ask you to point to a guide > (in the instructive sense) to sizing and positioning?
These are what I was referring to: Form Design toolbar Image:FormPositionSize.png Position and Size Launches the Position and Size dialog box, allowing you to specify both by typing in precise values, rather than dragging the control. You can also lock the size or position, so they do not get changed accidentally. For some controls, you can rotate and set the slant and corner radius. Image:FormAnchor.png Change Anchor Just as with a frame, any form control can be anchored to page, paragraph or character and also anchored as a character (meaning that it behaves like any other character on the page). Image:FormAlign.png Alignment The Alignment button is disabled unless the control is anchored as a character. You can align a control in different ways, for example so the top of the control lines up with the top of the text or the bottom lines up with the bottom of the text. Do those not work for you? --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org