On Fri, 2005-07-22 at 13:07 +0200, Denize wrote: > David wrote: > > Denize > > right click on a paragraph, > > and choose > > "Edit Paragraph Style", and set your choice in the alignment tab. > > The will change every paragraph with this style in the document. > > Do not select all the text and click the centre icon (or press Ctrl/e) > > as this only affects the text you happen to have selected. > > > > Hi David and Russel > > I really got to learn to formulate myself better :-) > > The problem is not the text itself, but the page the text is written on. > With my sreen resolution 1280*1024, the entire document is left > aligned, i.e. the white sheet of 'paper' is surrounded by a grey area > which is approx. 1½ cm wide to the left, but which is 10 cm to the right. > > Ill. (bare with me) > > _______________________________________________________________ > | | > | __________________________________________ | > | | | | > | | | | > | | This is the paper on which I write |Grey area | > | | | | > | | | | > | | | | > | | | | > > > So what I would like to do is to center the paper so that there is an > equal width of grey area on each side of the paper: > > _______________________________________________________________ > | | > | __________________________________________ | > | | | | > | | | | > | Grey | This is the paper on which I write |Grey area| > | | | | > | | | | > | | | | > | | | | > > > Hope it makes it clearer?
You want to see the text area at all times, at least this is how I interpret your description. I find setting View > Zoom > Optimal pretty much does what I think you want. You can also set this in the status bar. -- PLEASE KEEP MESSAGES ON THE LIST. OpenOffice.org Documentation Co-Lead http://documentation.openoffice.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
