On Friday 16 June 2006 15:05, Immanuel CRC Office wrote: > G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > > On Fri, 2006-06-16 at 09:19 -0400, Immanuel CRC Office wrote: > >> I am converting a Word document and have found that OpenOffice.org does > >> not appear to allow tab stops outside the page margin. > >> > >> For instance, in Word, I have 0.5" left, and 1.1" right on letter paper. > >> This gives me about 6.7" of text space. If I make a right tab at 7.28", > >> the text only goes to the edge of the text space, to 6.7" when I want > >> the text to go beyond. Is there any way to do this? If I look at the > >> settings, they do say 7.28" for the tab, but the text doesn't end up > >> there. > >> > >> If this is not possible, then is the 'workaround' to set the page > >> margins bigger and set most lines in further? That's not really a great > >> solution since it is easier to do extra tab for the lines that want to > >> go out further. > >> > >> Thanks for any help to get s workable solution, > >> Crystle > > > > Crystal, > > > > I think you have two choices. > > > > 1. Use a frame > > 2. Use the Marginalia feature. > > > > (1) is probably the easiest if you do not need to do a lot. > > > > And you could always modify the page style. > > The partial problem is transferring this back and forth with Word people > so it needs to be something that is supported in both and easy to use. > > Frames and Marginalia both don't seem like they will work. > > Any other ideas out there? Anyone know why OOo can't have a tab stop > outside a margin?
Crystle, Two other ideas. 1. Use a table, with columns at the tab positions 2. Use different paragraph styles for those lines where you want the lines to be long, and set an indent after text for the other paragraph styles. It depends very much on what effect you are trying to achieve. What do expect to happen when you tab to the far position, and just keep on typing indefinitely? Where would expect the actual edge to be? When would you expect the next line to be started? Where would you expect the next line to start? -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list at [EMAIL PROTECTED] For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
