After I sent the first email, I looked at the same styles on OOo on another
computer. I also reloaded the styles from the template overwriting
everything. You are right. I was using 2.4.1 on my Linux computer to do some
work on the Base file. But I think I now have it working correctly again.
Thanks!

Dan

On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 3:25 PM, Michele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> 2008/9/8 Dan Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> >    I am reviewing the "Getting Started with Base". I think that I have
> > solved the problem of the numbering of "a b c" on page 15 that Jean may
> have
> > had. But I ran into another problem in aligning  bullets and numbers
> > vertically. I use centimeters so I noticed the following in that
> measuring
> > system.
> >
> >                OOoBullets     OOoBullets1    OOoBullets2    OOo 123
> OOoabc
> > Level 1           0.64                0            0
>  1.3           1.3
> > Level 2           1.28                0            0
>  2.2           2.2
> > Level 3           1.92                0            0
>  3.1           3.1
> >
> >   It would be nice to have some consistency in these numbers. I need to
> > have bullets that align up with the number list (a b c or 1 2 3) above
> and
> > below them. Specifically, I would like to have OOoBullets1 and
> OOoBullets2
> > have the same values for all three levels as OOo 123 and OOo abc.
> >
> > Dan
> >
>
> Hello Dan,
>
> Actually there is a logic in the numbers (well... at least an attempt :-)
> ).
>
> Numbered lists
> The new template use the following three list styles:
> OOoNum 123
> OOoNum abc
> OOoNum iii
>
> The only tricky thing is with the first level.
> OOoNum 123 has the numbers right aligned, therefore, unlike OOoNum abc
> and OOoNum iii, the alignment reference of the number (Aligned at
> field in the position page) is moved a bit to the right (at 1cm
> instead of 0.64cm).
>
>
> Bullet lists
> THe new template use only the following two styles:
> OOoBullets 1
> OOoBullets 2
>
> In my version of the template the values set in the Position page are
> not all 0: have you by any chance saved the file at some point in time
> with OOo2.x? this really makes a mess out of numbered lists due to the
> difference between ODF1.0/1.1 and ODF 1.2.
> Please try not to use the List styles directly but use instead the
> associated paragraph styles. In some cases, due to a problem with
> lists in some of the developers' snapshots the best way to fix bullet
> and numbered lists is to re-create them from scratch taking care of
> copying then the original text in the new structure, taking care to
> avoid the paragraph mark.
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Michele
>

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