Mark C. Miller wrote:
On Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:28:56 -0400, Gene Young wrote:
Mark Miller wrote:
1. I'm sending through gmail and hope it is starting a new thread. I
think I DID hijack a thread the first time I tried to post this.
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.
Can anyone think of a way to get around this behavior?
tnx
The formatting for the new paragraph you created when you enetered a
hard return is different from that of the first two lines. If you used
a soft return between A & B, they will share the same formatting and
therefor the same tab stops.
Check the tab settings in each paragraph and I think you will find your
answer.
Sorry, didn't explain that well.
I enter the line with the question. Hit a hard return.
Tab over once, type "A", the answer choice, hit a hard return.
Tab over once, type "B", the answer choice, hit a hard return
Up to this point there is nothing wrong.
Tab over once, type "C", the answer choice, hit a hard return <<AND>> the
"C" then returns to flush left. I tab the "C" back over and when I cursor
down to the next line, the "C" reverts to flush left.
Leaving that alone for the moment,
I tab over once, type "D", the answer choice, hit a hard return <<AND>>
the "D" returns to flush left.
I hit two hard returns (to set a single blank line before the next
question.
When I return to the "C" and "D" lines, and tab them in, they stay tabbed.
The four lines are identical in nature; the top lines hold their tab
position, the next two do not.
In my mind, since each line is entered in the same manner, the same tab
rules should apply to all four lines with the answer choices.
It should look like:
1. Question
a.
b.
c.
d.
Instead I'm getting:
1. Question
a.
b.
c.
d.
Tab settings appear to be the same throughout (thanks
Gene for that tip).
regsards
mcm
Mark, what you're describing is a pretty standard type of numbered list
-- OOo is prepared to do all the numbering and indenting for you, with
no need to tab or to type the number or letter yourself. Format >
Bullets and Numbering > Outline, you can select an outline style that's
almost like what you've got, except that there is a paren rather than a
period after the second level item. The Options tab will let you specify
whatever you'd like here. Once you have a standard outline, you can add
or delete items, or move questions around, or whatever other editing
you'd like, without having to worry about renumbering. Another plus (or
at least, it is for me) is that if an item wraps to a new line, the
wrapped text lines up under the rest of the text for the item, allowing
changes to fonts, sizes, margins and so on to work neatly.
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