2009/9/19 John Kaufmann <[email protected]>: > In a message dated 2009.09.19 01:34 -0500, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: > >>> Does OO Writer deprecate the traditional practice of inserting a return >>> (newline = "carriage return" = "hard return" = "line break") between >>> paragraphs? If not, how can Writer handle the case where the end of a >>> paragraph coincides with the end of a page, such that the line return >>> between paragraphs begins the next page? Some word processors or >>> publishing >>> programs might call such a return a "dormant" return (or similar name) - >>> something given normal linespace in other contexts, but no space as the >>> first line on a page. Does OO have such utility, or is the return >>> between >>> paragraphs simply deprecated? >> >> What happens when you actually try? > > The return, which would otherwise be between paragraphs, winds up at the top > of the next page - thus creating an empty first line on that page. That's > why I wonder if Writer's design philosophy deprecates newlines/returns > between paragraphs, since there is no apparent way to make that space > "dormant" in contexts (like top-of-page) where that space is inappropriate. > But I just don't find anything on this issue. > > John
Why would you have a return between paragraphs? Distance between paragraphs are not supposed to be made by returns, but rather by setting the ”before” and ”after” distance in each style. So the only return that should exist in a paragraph should be the one right after the last point of that paragraph. Is there a special reason why you add an extra return between paragraphs? Johnny Rosenberg --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
