> 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. > > Tony > --
I did this, it worked great on my second document. I even highlighted all para and F11, then double clicked on ActorsLines, fantastic. Went to the first one document that I had done with TABS to change it. Could not find the ActorsLines styles, yes, Para was highlighted. Went back to the second, it was available F11. Saved both, as I thought that the STYLE might not be available until it was saved with the document creating document and that the next document had to be opened when available. To my chagrin, no STYLE in either of the document, and other formating was lost. I think that what happened is this, part of the documents were scanned, saved as MS.doc, worked on as .doc then saved as doc. as need to pass such a file onto someone else. Were most of the formatting rules lost? If so I guess I have to save in OOo format. If not why and how do I overcome? 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]
