Barbara Duprey wrote:
John Kaufmann wrote:
This question was occasioned by a corrupted Base file [cf:
"Recommended tool for recovering corrupted Base files?"], which led
me to analyze the file to try to recover it. The first step is the
internal structure of the Base file:
[Configurations2]
[database]
backup
data
log
properties
script
[forms]
[Obj22]
[Configurations2]
[floater]
[images]
[Bitmaps]
[menubar]
[popupmenu]
[progressbar]
[statusbar]
[toolbar]
content.xml
settings.xml
styles.xml
[META-INF]
manifest.xml
[reports]
content.xml
mimetype
settings.xml
That list is a directory structure, and so is hierarchical. I want
to use Writer to make notes about it. [I'm also using Calc to import
table values from "[database]/script" - so, in the course of learning
about Base, learning a bit more about Writer and Calc - but that is
not important to this question.] The problem is how to use Writer to
annotate that structured list.
To make the list (without bullets or numbering), I just defined a
List style "List without bullets"; that's the easy part. The hard
part is the annotation: I want to be able to put a note on each line
describing that directory or file, and I would like the notes to line
up, as in:
[Configurations2] Note on [Configurations2]
[database] Note on [database]
backup Note on "backup". Note continues...
note continues...
note continues...
data Note on "data". Note continues...
note continues...
note continues...
log Note on "log". Note continues...
In WordPerfect, even with such a structured list (what WordPerfect
calls an "Outline"), one can "Indent" after any list member to a
common point on the line, as shown above. I have been wasting a lot
of time trying to see how to do this kind of annotation with Writer;
can anyone offer a suggestion?
John
I think the cleanest way to accomplish this is with a two-column
table. Select column 1 and apply your list style, then enter the list
as usual. Column 2 can then hold the annotations, which will stay
aligned and flow nicely. You can make the borders invisible and end up
with what I think you've described.
Sorry -- that might be a bit misleading. You enter the list as usual,
except for moving down to the next cell instead of using Enter before
each new list item.
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