This isn't quite the same, I don't want the capital to go down into the other lines (a drop cap) I want it to have the same baseline as the rest of the text like this (if you're viewing this in html mode):
The first letter is bigger than the rest... This is the second line... However, if I try to do this in libreoffice with register true turned on, it is doing this: The first letter is bigger than the rest... [this gap appears] This is the second line... Interestingly using drop caps doesn't work quite right either with register true turned on. It makes a two line drop cap too tall (that is to say, it goes down two lines, like it should, but also up a line). On 2 August 2012 15:21, Dan <[email protected]> wrote: > rob wood wrote: > >> Thanks, spent all morning trying to get that to work :) >> >> The only problem I have left is that where I have set the very first >> character of the very first paragraph to be 50% bigger than everything >> else, with register true turned on, this causes an extra blank line to be >> added beneath the first line. This enlarged letter has been done with a >> character style. Any ideas on how this can be fixed (other than removing >> the big capital or turning off register true)? >> > > This is known as a Drop cap. > As a style, create a new paragraph style that is linked with the > paragraph style you are presently using. Use the DropCap tab (page) of the > new paragraph style to set the characteristics you want. > > --Dan > > >> On 2 August 2012 14:40, Dan <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Regina Henschel wrote: >>> >>> Hi Rob, >>>> >>>> rob wood schrieb: >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> Firstly, thanks for all the replies about my blank page question. That >>>>> is >>>>> all working nicely, however, I am now stuck trying to get writer to >>>>> insert >>>>> a blank line before a paragraph. It is important it is *exactly* a line >>>>> as >>>>> otherwise the baseline of the text on the opposite page won't line up. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> Aligning baselines are not done by inserting a line, but by using the >>>> feature "Register >>>> true". >>>> >>>> Kind regards >>>> Regina >>>> >>>> >>> This is a very nice thing to know. I did not know it was possible. >>> >>> Using the Page style to select this feature: >>> 1) Right click the page style being used. >>> 2) Select Modify. >>> 3) Click the Page tab. >>> 4) "Register true" has a check box (tick box?) which is third down in the >>> Layout section. >>> >>> --Dan >>> >> > > -- > For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected].** > org <users%[email protected]> > Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/**get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-** > unsubscribe/<http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/> > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.**documentfoundation.org/** > Netiquette <http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette> > List archive: > http://listarchives.**libreoffice.org/global/users/<http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/> > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted > > -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
