> 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. > > > > > Did the screenplay template help? >
I have had so many screen play templates or templates that every thing become confused and lost. I downloaded some of the templates, they are there but the OOo cannot find them. I think that I shall work on the styles for awhile then graduate to the templates. Chris -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.8 - Release Date: 2005-02-14 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
