At 13:02 13/03/2011 -0800, Tim Johnson wrote:
I'm using OO 3.3 (debian install) on ubuntu 10.4. From
Tools->Option->OpenOffice.org Write->General, I have set Tab stops
at .22 inches. However, on occasion, inserting a Tab generates an
enormous indentation of over 3 inches. Try as I might, I can't
reduce it to .22 inches.
How can I correct this?
You've missed the important detail: what are you doing to try to
change the tab setting?
Tabs occur in Writer at three levels: the default for all documents,
and as a property of paragraph styles and of paragraphs. The setting
you describe at Tools | Options... is just the default for all
documents, and sets tab stops only at regular intervals across the
page. Look at the horizontal ruler at the top of the screen. You
will see regular faint tick marks representing these regular tab
positions. This is a rather crude - and indeed unreliable - way to
space material across the page, and not to be recommended.
In order to space material using tabs, you should set your own tab
stops where you need them. You can insert tab stops in a paragraph
style through the Styles and Formatting window; alternatively,
right-click in a paragraph of that style and go to Edit Paragraph
Style... | Tabs. To insert tab stops into a paragraph, go to Format
| Paragraph... | Tabs (or right-click | Paragraph... |
Tabs). Alternatively, just click in the horizontal ruler and then
drag the resulting tab stop as necessary into position. You can also
copy tab stop arrangements between paragraphs using the Format Paintbrush.
If - as you imply - you have a tab stop at some position other than
where your defaults are set, there is nothing mysterious about it:
you have (or someone else has) set a tab stop specifically for that
paragraph or paragraph style. You can move or remove these using the
techniques described above. Note that you can remove a tab stop by
simply dragging it off the horizontal ruler.
I trust this helps.
Brian Barker
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