Hi. On Tue, 2 Jun 2009 12:47:26 limeiying wrote: > Hi stefan and all, > > There is a question about line spacing, would you like giving me a hint? > ^_^ > > It's different between Writer and Impress about line spacing. > In Writer, if enter two paragraphs, then Format - Paragraph - > Indents&Spacing - line spacing: leading, values as 0.5cm > find: spacing between two paragraphs is 1.0cm. > > But in Impress, if enter two paragraphs in a text box, then Format - > Paragraph - Indents&Spacing - line spacing: leading, values as 0.5cm > find: spacing between two paragraphs is 0.5cm, but not 1.0cm. > > In this way, I want to ask: > Q1, what's the meaning of leading in line spacing?
"Leading" (which is pronounced "ledding") is a term used in typography to refer to the spacing between lines. It derives from the days of manual typesetting when those spaces were varied by inserting strips of lead between the lines of type. I am used to specifying the value in terms of ems or points - If I am using 12 point typeface I'll sometimes specify a leading of only 3 points, usually when I'm using a face such as Zapf Chancery, purely for the artistic effect (the ascenders and descenders become intertwined, and with centred text can look very nice). Normally, with word processors and DTP apps, the leading should be set to Automatic, and only adjusted to a fixed value for special effects. > Q2, Why does the difference stay still? I think that in one case the leadings are being applied above and below the line, effectively adding them together, whereas the other case the value is only being inserted between the lines. The first case is not the way it should work - the leading vale is an absolute spacing between lines, and should not be added. If that is indeed happening, then IMO it is a bug. > > TIA > Regards? > Li Meiying > ------------------ > Beijing Redflag 2000 Software CO.,LTD > MSN:[email protected] > Email:[email protected] > Tel:51570010-6140 > Fax:51570333 > Code:100176 > Date:2009-06-02 > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] -- Alex Fisher Co-Lead, CD-ROM Project OpenOffice.org Marketing Community Contact Australia/New Zealand http://distribution.openoffice.org/cdrom/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
