On 10/02/2009 12:56 AM, John Kaufmann wrote:
... 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?
My first thought was along the line already suggested by Barbara: Use a table. It makes setting up and adjusting the layout much more straightforward, and you can make the left column a list, if you want.
However, it is possible--though somewhat fiddly---to use plain numbered paragraphs, since numbering layout works by formatting its paragraph with a hanging indent, with the list label in the indent. In your case, the list label is empty, and you type the tag and the tab following.
Using the list formatting is kind of strange--you have to specify completely empty numbering, with nothing after. The only thing the list gives you is the initial indent.
The numbering layout actually controls the layout of the left side of the paragraph, but it's a little hard to see how the numbering "Position" settings match up with the paragraph "Indents & Spacing" settings because Writer uses different labels for the same setting.
Here's a sample showing both approaches: http://martnet.com/~jes/temp/Annotated_list_sample.odt <Joe --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
