On Mon, 2006-01-16 at 09:53 +1300, Ian Laurenson wrote: > The original poster was looking for the functionality of the equivalent > to Ctrl+T in Microsoft Word in Writer. The idea is that at each press of > Ctrl+T the left indent of every line in the paragraph except the first > line indents to the next tab stop. (Ctrl+Shift+T does the reverse). > > The macro suggested at http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/hillview/OOo/ > does just that (it also implements something similar to the F4 > functionality in Word Perfect for indents). > > There has been some discussion about using styles to perform the same > task. With a style you can set a specified size of hanging indent for > the style. For a large document this definitely the best course of > action. However, in a small document sometimes all you want is a "quick > and dirty" approach to get a hanging indent of the desired size. Thus > the macro to implement the equivalent to Microsoft Word's Ctrl+T. > > The question becomes should this functionality become standard in > OpenOffice.org?
Why not try and please both sides here? Correct me if I am wrong, but couldn't we simply have a standard "indented paragraph" style in the default styles and then simply use the new 2.x features to create a shortcut (eg Crtl-T) for applying the style? Regards Jonathon -- OOo Tips: http://mindmeld.cybersite.com.au/tips.rss OOo Knowledgebase: http://mindmeld.cybersite.com.au Training4Linux: http://www.training4linux.com Cybersite Consulting: http://www.cybersite.com.au --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
