On 09/26/2009 03:20 AM, John Kaufmann wrote:
Let me digress to ask what should be a basic question ...
...
Is that the way it is supposed to be done?
That looks about right.
In this case, I think there's actually another step. When you Insert >
Frame, then apply a frame style that changes the anchoring to "as
character", the frame invariably ends up in the wrong place, so you have
to cut/paste the styled frame to the proper location.
Even though the frame style properties dialog does not show the
anchoring type, the property is part of the frame style. You can see it
in the property list on the "Organizer" tab in the style dialog
(although it seems to be labeled "To character" instead of "As character").
You can set the property by creating a fully configured sample frame,
then create (or update) the style using "New style from selection" in
the "Styles and Formatting" window.
For content like this, I usually just copy/paste an already-finished
instance, then edit to change the content.
If I were really organized, I would make a formatted sample and use it
to create an 'AutoText'. Then I could insert a new instance, ready to
edit, with just a few keystrokes.
(It seems to be 3-4 steps too many.) ... [<*> Annoyance:
... Am I missing something about this, or
is this just an inexcusable, if minor, design lapse?]
"It's not how well the elephant dances, it's that she can dance at all."
As a dyed-in-the-wool perfectionist, I found that, working with OOo, I
had to lower the bar to avoid a lot of wasted time and energy, not to
mention losing more of what little sanity I have left. OOo is mostly
still scraping by at the subsistence "Make it work" level; "Make it work
/well/" is a luxury and mostly out of reach.
When you say "line-break" are you referring to what the Help calls "line
break" (Shift+Enter), or do you mean the paragraph break produced by a
simple Enter?
A line break, inserted by Shift+Enter; displayed as a "down+left" arrow
when View > Nonprinting characters is on.
<Joe
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