On 08/22/2010 08:30 AM, william drescher wrote: > On 8/21/2010 4:28 PM, NoOp wrote: >> On 08/21/2010 03:35 AM, william drescher wrote: >>> I need to build a template with which I will merge form data. >>> This is for a OCR form so positioning the data is critical. >>> >>> Last time I did this, 10 years ago, I was using WordPerfect that >>> permitted me to set line spacing by 0.01 % of the base amount and >>> to [advance to x.xx] horizontal spacing in .01 inches. >>> >>> Perusing the style options, I can't find any way of positioning >>> fields with anything close to this precision. I presume I am >>> looking in the wrong places (F11- styles). >> >> Try experimenting with Format|Paragraph|Indents&Spacing|Line Spacing: >> Proportional. That may be what you are looking for. Easiest way to test >> is to enter a paragraph& then modify to 90%, 80% etc. >> >> You may find this forum thread useful: >> <http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=32753> > > Thank you, with some experimentation that should take care of the > line spacing issue. Any suggestions for the horizontal > positioning? The form has about 150 items, which do not line up > with each other and OO treats as individual paragraphs.
I'm not sure that I understand. You can used the same Format|Paragraph|Indents&Spacing| for indentation. Checking, I see that I can go in increments of 0.02"/-0.02" for default (haven't tried 0.01) in points. I suspect at this point (no pun intended) you really should look at creating a custom style for the document. Experiment with the basics & then modify the style to suit the requirement as needed. See: http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation and http://support.openoffice.org/index.html http://documentation.openoffice.org/ http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/OOo3_User_Guides <http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/OOo3_User_Guides/Writer_Guide> <http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/OOo3_User_Guides/Writer_Guide/Introduction_to_Styles> <http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/userguide3/0200WG3-WriterGuide.pdf> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
