On 08/23/2010 04:00 AM, william drescher wrote: > On 8/23/2010 2:04 AM, John Kaufmann wrote: >> In a message dated 2010.08.22 19:51 -0500, NoOp wrote: >>>> ... >>>> 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 /think/ I understand: WordPerfect allows absolute or relative >> positioning (in WP parlance, "advancing") of anything to 1/1200" >> [called wpu(=WordPerfect units)] - like a DPT program. For form >> creation and matching, it's hard to beat for predictable ease of >> use. I expect Bill is looking for something like that, which I >> have not found it Writer. I've often made use of that capability, >> and still return to WP when that kind of job is required, because >> it's a far quicker and easier tool. Among word processors, at >> least, WP probably has no peer as a print engine, so sometimes it >> just makes sense to go back to that. >> >> John > The problem I see with defining a paragraph indent is that I > potentially have 150 different paragraphs, which would require > 150 different style definitions. > > I may be able to get by by using unbreaking spaces, but what a > mess. I can't use WP on this project unfortunately.
I'm still missing the big picture... You have potentially 150 items, can you not use Anchor, Guides, Alignment etc? <http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/OOo3_User_Guides/Writer_Guide/Form_controls_reference> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
