John Kaufmann wrote:
A few days ago I asked how, in the OO worldview, one should properly
separate paragraphs ("Newline between paragraphs" - the answer was
No). After thinking about the consequences, I followed with a thread
("Line break and justification withing paragraph?"} that tried to ask
a practical question [that is holding up a paper I'm writing]. That
question received no answers, probably because I (a) asked it poorly
and (b) embedded it in a (verbose) question about design philosophy.
May I try again? [My paper is waiting. ;-)]
This is a common issue, seen all the time, especially in procedural
documents like service manuals: A paragraph with an embedded list.
The first few sentences of the paragraph describe the list, and then
the elements are listed. One would like to treat this, spatially and
conceptually, as a single paragraph.
For such purposes Writer provides the intra-paragraph line break
(Shift+Enter), which breaks the line without invoking the
inter-paragraph spacing. But there is (at least) one problem: It
can't be used with "Justified" paragraph alignment. How can this be
handled?
John
I really doubt that there's any way to eliminate the usual paragraphing
structure without distorting other aspects, like the justification
you're looking for. Typically, each item in a list is a separate
paragraph, as is the introductory "first few sentences" describing the
list, as well as any post-list commentary about what the list
illustrated. Maybe somebody else knows of a way, but there really seems
to be little advantage from the perspective of those receiving your
paper. About all you seem to lose by adhering to the usual structure (in
practical rather than theoretic terms) is the ability to triple-click to
select the whole extended paragraph for other functions, or to apply a
specific paragraph style without selecting the material first.
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