On Wed, 2005-02-16 at 17:52 -0800, Chris BONDE wrote: > Tony: > Thank you. I am trying to learn the Styles but when reading the manual with > Adobe, > and trying to follow by doing I receive a crash!! > > The thing that I did not realize was that the first line has to be a negative > number > the same value as the other. I put the first line at zero, then indented the > other > lines, No workee. > > Chris > > > On 15-Feb-2005/19:31 -0800, Chris BONDE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >I am writing a short play for educational purposes. > > > > > >I need to have the player, character, actor's name at the left, with > > >no writing directly below it. I have used TABS, however, if I change > > >margin size, add more to the paragraph for the character, the TABs > > >move along as if they were a character. > > > > The tabs are characters. > > > > What you want is a paragraph that has the first line normal and the > > rest indented. You can tell OOo to do this without using tabs or > > lists. > > > > 1. Type your paragraph normally. Do not use tabs or any indentation. > > > > 2. With the cursor within the paragraph, press [F11] to display the > > Styles dialog. > > > > 3. Make sure the "Paragraph Styles" button is pressed (the dialog > > takes > > the title of the pressed button) then right-click on the highlighted > > paragraph style (Default). Select "New". > > > > 4. Name the new paragraph style "ActorsLines" or whatever is > > appropriate > > for a part of the document that will contain words that the actors > > will say. > > > > 5. Click the "Indents and Spacing" tab. > > > > 6. Set the Left (Before Text) indent to 0.5" or 1cm, then set the > > First > > Line indent to the same number, but with a negative sign: -0.5" or > > -1cm. > > > > 7. Click OK to save the new style. > > > > Apply the style to a paragraph by placing the cursor within the > > paragraph, pressing [F11] then double-clicking the new style you > > created. > > > > Learn to use styles when creating documents in OOo. It's a lot easier > > than formatting everything manually. > >
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