Re: Inserting a very large skip that does not apply.

2016-11-27 Thread John Kane
Brilliant! I knew it was something simple but not obvious to me.

Thanks a lot.

On 27 November 2016 at 13:11, Stephen G. Buonopane 
wrote:

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> > On Nov 27, 2016, at 12:07 PM, John Kane  wrote:
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> > I clearly am missing something obvious. I just want to place a line of
> text in the centre of a landscape page.
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> > I thought I could just insert a fairly large custom skip and that should
> do it but the skip seems be ignored.
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> > Any suggestions?  MWE attached
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> Put a “protected space” before the skip.
> insert -> formatting -> protected space
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-- 
John Kane
Kingston ON Canada


Re: Inserting a very large skip that does not apply.

2016-11-27 Thread Stephen G. Buonopane


> On Nov 27, 2016, at 12:07 PM, John Kane  wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> I clearly am missing something obvious. I just want to place a line of text 
> in the centre of a landscape page. 
> 
> I thought I could just insert a fairly large custom skip and that should do 
> it but the skip seems be ignored.  
> 
> Any suggestions?  MWE attached
> 

Put a “protected space” before the skip. 
insert -> formatting -> protected space