In a message dated 2009.10.02 13:20 -0500, Joe Smith 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.
Joe, that's what I did not see about Barbara's suggestion: how to make
the left column a list, while maintaining logical/spatial relationship
to the notes in the right column. I know it's dense of me, but can you
help me see that point?
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.
Let me make sure I understand this [which looks like one of the things I
tried]:
- Make a Paragraph style "Stuctured list";
- Go to "Outline & Numbering" tab to select:
- - as "Numbering Style", my List style "List without bullets";
- - as "Outline level"... what? As the list is hierarchical, can I
choose any level other than "Boby text"?
Or is your suggestion related to:
Tools | AutoCorrect | Options: "Apply numbering - symbol:*"
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.
By 'numbering "Position" settings', you mean the "Position" tab in the
List (Numbering) style, correct? - and your point is that that does not
sync with the "Indents & Spacing" settings of the Paragraph style which
includes the List style, correct? If so, that was my finding also - but
then I also did not see how to maintain the list hierarchy indentations.
Here's a sample showing both approaches:
http://martnet.com/~jes/temp/Annotated_list_sample.odt
Thank you so much for doing that - but it looks like the /hierarchical/
listing is lost; is that correct?
Grateful for your efforts to try to enlighten me,
John
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