On Thursday 27 October 2005 08:25, Gary Oberbrunner wrote: > I'm trying to format a book of poetry. Each stanza is a single > paragraph with hard returns at the end of each line. > > One requirement is as follows: > > If a new stanza begins at the top of a page, the "Above paragraph" > spacing should be applied, so the paragraph text starts a bit below the > top margin. > > If a stanza is broken in the middle (by going over the end of the page, > creating an automatic page break), the remainder of that stanza should > be snugged up to the top of the following page, with no "above > paragraph" spacing applied. > > These rules help the reader to understand whether a page break is also a > stanza break or not. Is it possible to do this in Open Office Writer? > I'm using 2.0.
Hi Gary, I think it can be achieved this way: 1. Write the whole stanza as usual. No formatting yet. Try with the one who exceed 1 page, so that it expand to the second page. 2. Then select the whole stanza and apply these formatting: Paragraph > Spacing > Above Paragraph. Put any value that you want. Paragraph > Text Flow > Widow control, put any value that you want. That should be it. -- Fajar Priyanto | Reg'd Linux User #327841 | Linux tutorial http://linux2.arinet.org 17:47:31 up 9:25, 2.6.11-1.1369_FC4 GNU/Linux Let's use OpenOffice. http://www.openoffice.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
