On Friday 27 November 2009, NoOp wrote: > On 11/26/2009 09:18 AM, bill purvis wrote: > > As mention in my previous message I recently upgraded from Ubuntu 8.04 > > to 9.10. On 8.04 I had installed OO 3.1 direct from the OO website but > > am currently using the Ubuntu packaged version of 3.1.1. > > > > I have just tried to compose a letter to someone and, being of somewhat > > traditional mind, wanted to put my address at top right of the page, > > with the addressee's address at top left. I have in the past used a > > frame to position my address, but when I do this with 3.1.1 I find that > > the spacing between lines is excessive. I tried a couple of different > > fonts (Nimbus... and Freeserif) but that made no difference. Eventually > > I gave up deleted the frame and used tabs to position it across, but > > that's a pain if I ever need to amend the addressee details. > > I suspect that you are entering a return a the end of each line & > thereby starting a new paragraph. The standard spacing for a the > paragraph in the 'Frame contents' style is .08 'Below paragraph'. > > You can keep the line spacing the same by: > > 1. Using Ctrl-Enter at the end of the line, > 2. Modify the paragraph (Format|Paragraph|Indents & Spacing, > 3. Modifying & using the Adressee and Sender styles. > > Personally, if it's a one-off letter I just use #1. > Thanks, you're right about that. Just tried it but found that Ctrl-Enter on my system puts a paragraph break in! Using Insert-Manual Break-Line does what I want, so I'll use that. I'm about to bite on the bullet and replace OO (Ubuntu) with the genuine article, so maybe the Ctrl-Enter problem might go away.....
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