On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 4:24 PM, Art Campbell <art.campbell at gmail.com> wrote: > Did you try setting it up with n-dashes instead of m? Because they're > smaller, you may get a smoother line because they can adjust to the > length in smaller increments...
Thanks everyone (especially Rick Quatro) for your tips on and off list. I got a solution that works well, I think. It went like this: In the paragraph designer: * Using Commands, create a new format: LineLeader; uncheck the Apply to selection box, but leave Store in Catalog checked. * Under the Basic tab, double click New Tab Stop to set a new tab stop for this tag: 6.5 Right, with \m as a custom leader; * Under the Basic tab, under Indents set indent of the First line to 0.125? (this number may need tweaking, depending on font and font size). * Under the Numbering tab, set Autonumber format with \t. Click Update all. * Under the Default font tab, set the Family to the desired monospace font (I used courier new for my example) * Return to the text insertion point, and type in the desired text that should follow the tab leader. At this point, I was near what I wanted , but there is still a small amount of whitespace to the left of the leader line. Fixed as follows. Switch to character designer * Under Commands, create a new format, we?ll use the name Dash. * Under Commands, for Dash, select "Set Window to as is" * For Dash, set Spread to -100% * Click update all Go back to paragraph designer * Under the Numbering tab, set "character format" as Dash. * Click Update all. The pesky space to the left of the leader is now gone! Cheers, Michael -- Watch my book progress to publication! http://blog.man7.org/
