What I meant to say is I wanted the block "State of Wisconsin County of
Milwaukee" to left-align flush with the left margin of the document.

Uwe Stoehr delivered this solution which is exactly what I needed. It uses
negative space to solve the problem.

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Before me, this day, came Joe Doaks....
 
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Blah Blah Blah ....
 
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Blah Blah Blah ....
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Thanks, Uwe.

Pat

On Fri, 08 Apr 2005 00:23:25 +0200, Uwe St�hr wrote:

> 
> Patrick Greenwood wrote:
> 
> > In the example below I would like the margin of my "State of Wisconsin
> > County of Milwaukee" text to line up flush left with the neighboring
text
> > but can't seem to make that happen.
> >  
> > =========================
> > 
> > Blah Blah Blah ....
> > 
> >   State of Wisconsin  \
> >                       | 
> >                       > ss
> >   County of Milwaukee |
> >                       /
> > 
> > Before me, this day, came Joe Doaks....
> > Blah Blah Blah ....
> > Blah Blah Blah ....
> 
> Attached a possible solution.
> 
> regards Uwe

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