On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 5:05 PM, Mark C. Miller <[email protected]>wrote:
> Let me preface this by saying that when I hit F11, and saw "list styles" > I thought it was a 'list of styles'; (like a list of files) , not styles > applied to lists. That's just to give you a frame of reference of my > knowledge level. > > After asking a question about "tabs" earlier this year, I hit Amazon for > some reference books that had been recommended. It was cheaper than > printing them myself, and I just have to have a hard copy to highlight, > etc. > > I've been reading "Getting Started with OpenOffice.org 3 (Published by > Friends of OpenDocument, Inc)" and "Writer Guide (Published by SoHo > Books)" both of which appear to be hard copy versions of the docs at the > OOo Author's Site). I've checked out the on-line references a good old > "google" search got me. I can not tell you how confused I am. > > Here's what I want to do: > > Create a list of test questions numbered 1 through 10. Each number will > be flush left just like the first letter of a paragraph would be. My out- > of-the-box set-up of 3.1 on Ubuntu 9.10 keeps wanting to assign a number > style and indent the number. I get the first question written and the > form is correct. When I hit return to begin a new paragraph, the > previous number is indented. > > Do I need to set up a list style? A page style? Why, if I don't want > any style, do I get one by default? Shouldn't it be the other way > around? > > If you could point me towards which specific "style" I need to work with, > that will be a big help. It may be just me, but this isn't very intuitive. > > mcm > -- > Mark C. Miller, Indianapolis IN, USA > > <[email protected]> Just as a matter of curiosity, without knowing the answer to your question, I decided to experiment. That's the way I learn a new application, by the way. I created a list of ten questions. They had the default list style, of course, which indents each number. I then opened the list styles toolbar and applied each numbered list style in turn. When I got to Numbering 3, I had what I wanted - a numbered list that had the numbers aligned with the left margin. I then adjusted the tab (since the default tab was too far to the right for my taste and made a new style from the selection named questions. My experiment took all of five minutes. John
