Dan, you've been mis-informed re. newspapers.
On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 10:13 AM, Dan <[email protected]> wrote: Andrew Brager wrote: > >> On 8/2/2012 6:17 AM, Regina Henschel wrote: >> >>> >>> Aligning baselines are not done by inserting a line, but by using the >>> feature "Register >>> true". >>> >>> Kind regards >>> Regina >>> >>> >> >> I have in fact wondered what "Register true" was for, thanks for that >> info. >> >> The question that next comes up in my mind is, does anyone know where in >> the world did a >> "name" like that come from? If it were me naming that feature I would of >> called it >> something like... "Align Baselines". >> >> Is there a story or reason behind it? If it's not a good one, I vote for >> changing the >> name, because in 6 months or a year I'll have forgotten what it does >> (chances are slim >> I'll ever have to use that feature but still). I'm a big fan of naming >> things after their >> functions if and when it makes sense to do so. >> >> Thank you in advance. >> > > > Use LO's help to search for this term. It answers your question. > Hint, it has to do with how newspapers have been printed. > > --Dan > > -- 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
