* RA Brown <[email protected]> [110203 14:57]: > On Thu Feb 03 2011 15:18:42 GMT-0800 (PST) Tim Johnson wrote: >> FYI: I'm a programmer but don't use OO Writer myself, but am >> attempting to aid my wife. We both use linux 10.4 (ubuntu). >> >> We have installed the mini-corrector extension which does a good job >> of removing extra spaces from the body of text, but it also removes >> paragraph indentation - which is completely unacceptable. :( We've >> solved one problem and created another.. >> >> I find that *if* I indent a paragraph by using the TAB key, the >> indentation remains, but of course a TAB is not a space. I find >> also, that although the specs that my wife is try to meet require *5 >> spaces*, I can't find a way for the TAB action to 'mimic' the 5 >> spaces and I doubt that there are.. Any ideas here? >> >> The goal is to remove redundant spaces from within the text, but >> not from paragraph indentation. >> >> thanks Thanks for the reply: > I see two choices. > The first is to make the tabs = 1 space for the > start of the line. Where do I do that? ------------------ From Tools->Options->OpenOffice.Org Writer->General->Tab Stops I do not see an option for setting in spaces. The available Measurement Units on Ver 3.2 are Millimeter, Centimeter, Inch, Pica and Point. > The second, preferred, is to use the Indent and > Spacing feature of the paragraph style to do a hard indent. OK. From Format->Paragraph->Indents and Spaces I do not see a "Hard Indent" option. I *do* see a Tab option but do not understand it. :( I'm thinking setting the tabstop to ".20" might work, but do not know if it will be acceptable. thanks again > Neither is > what you asking for but looks like the only options.
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