At 10:01 10/09/2009 -0400, Mark Miller wrote:
I had a really weird problem with tabs in a word processing
document. I had a line (test question) with four options. Each
option on its own line. Each option tabbed once.
Line "A" and line "B" tabbed in as expected. Line "C" tabbed in ok,
but when the hard return was placed at the end of the line, the line
reverted to flush left. The same thing happened to line "D".
When I double spaced to a new test question, and went back to "C"
and "D" to tab them back into place, they stayed at the tab location.
I'm guessing that your title letters are each followed by a full
stop; is that so? I think the clue here is that C and D are roman
numerals, whereas A and B are not. "What difference does that
make?", you ask. Go to Tools | AutoCorrect Options... | Options, and
put a tick by "Apply numbering - symbol *". Now try your typing
again. This time you will see that the "C." paragraph is further
indented - as the start of a numbered list, starting at 100 - and the
next paragraph is created starting "CI." - for 101. I suspect the
behaviour you are seeing, when you do not have that option ticked, is
a bug caused by Writer erroneously handling that case.
Can anyone think of a way to get around this behavior?
Yes, two.
o Use line breaks (Shift+Enter) instead of paragraph breaks between
your options.
o Type all your material without using tabs. Now indent the options
in one of two ways:
o Either create a separate indented paragraph style and apply
this to the options, or
o Indent one option as you wish (using paragraph format or
paragraph style, not tabs - or just drag the triangles in the ruler)
and then use the Format Paintbrush to copy this format to all the
other options.
I trust this helps.
Brian Barker
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