To all those who sent me info on this subject, a great big thank you. I have used it and learned a few more things from using the info.
The little ting is going great. Now, I need to find out who to write one act plays better!! Chris > Chris BONDE wrote: > > > > > > >>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 > > > > > > > > > It occurs to me that you can format your paragraphs such that you on > the Indents and Spacing tab you set the first line to -1 (choose your > own minus value) and that will wrap the text to the page position you > choose. Begin the text position with a tab. > > Chris, I have attached a small example. It will be stripped off the > user's list but should come to you directly. > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
