Hi,
Alex Fisher schrieb:
Hi Li, (hope I got the name right :) )
On Wed, 28 Nov 2007 15:14:40 朱立华 wrote:
Hi,
In the "page" tab of "page style" dialog, there is a checkbox labeled
"register true". The "reference style" listbox will be actived when it
checked.
Move the mouse cursor over "register_true" checkbox or "Reference Style"
listbox, come out a hint text: Allows you to define page layouts for single
and multiple-page documents, as well as a numbering and paper formats.
Click the "help" button in the dialog, I can see the details of the hint:
Register-true
Aligns the text on the selected Page Style to a vertical page grid. The
spacing of the grid is defined by the Reference Style.
Reference Style
Select the Paragraph Style that you want to use as a reference for lining
up the text on the selected Page style. The height of the font that is
specified in the reference style sets the spacing of the vertical page
grid.
But it have no any effect on the document when I choose any of the
paragraph style.
I tried to select the "Grid" button in "text grid" tab in this dialog, and
check "Grid" in tools->Options->OpenOffice.org Writer->Grid. Still nothing
happend.
So, who can tell me, how to make this "Register-true" work? Or where to get
the specification?
"Register-true" is only of use when printing on both sides of a page. It is
intended to ensure that the lines of text on one side line up with (or
register) directly with the text on the other side.
It also effect a page or section layout with two or more columns.
You will only see a
difference with double-sided printouts, but the on-screen display will appear
to remain unchanged.
For columns you see it also on screen.
As far as I am aware, there should be no visible grid,
since (provided that I understand the implementation correctly), the changes
(if any) to the line spacing (leading) is done when the document is being
prepared to be sent to the printer.
There is no visible grid. The baseline of the reference style is used to
align the lines. This is already done on screen.
If you have only lines, which vertical spacing fits to the baseline grid
of the reference style, you will see nothing. But try this:
Make a section with two columns.
Enter dummy text and set it to paragraph style "text body".
Add some headings into the text, using "heading 1".
Now you can see, that the base lines in the two columns are not at the
same vertical position.
Now go to page style and enable "register true" with reference style
"text body".
You can watch how the vertical positions are adapted.
In good books the layout is always "register true". If you have double
sided pages and no "register true", then the text of the back side will
shimmer through to the white space between the lines of the front page.
That would be irritating and ugly.
Other programs like QuarkXPress do not use a reference paragraph style
but a document wide baseline grid for this purpose.
Enabling "register true" might give surprising effects with bullet
lists, because the character height of the bullet is greater than the
height or the normal text.
Unfortunately I do not know the correct technical terms for all that
typography.
kind regards
Regina
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