John Jordan wrote: > Result is that (from very preliminary research) OO.o Draw is probably your > best bet for the phrase structure trees. It's kind of clunky, but you can > do it without leaving the Writer document.
Yes, I was thinking about OODraw, but haven't tried to do anything specific with that. I wanted to start with the easier problem first. > There is another alternative that I think I will use. First, I will create > a simple ^ tree and save it to the Gallery. I can drag this into any > document anywhere I need it. When selected in Writer you can > squeeze/expand with the handles on the sides. Thus, this one graphic can > be used in all kinds of places. In similar fashion you can create graphics > for the other components you need in your tree and just resize and reshape > them as needed. I have to try Gallery -- I haven't know about it. > "as required." For the gloss line I would merge all the cells horizontally > so the last line appears as normal English text. I believe you could macro > this, but I know nothing of programming. I'd start by trying to record it. Yes, I did and it was the rest of my message what troubles I've got in recorded macro. > As an alternative you could create a blank table with, say, ten columns > and three rows, format it the way you will need it (including merging the > cells in the gloss row), then save it to the Gallery. Whenever you need > one just drag it from the Gallery and fill in the blanks. Delete unneeded > columns. Again, I will have to test what Gallery is good for. Thanks for the reply, though. Matej -- Matej Cepl, http://www.ceplovi.cz/matej/blog/ GPG Finger: 89EF 4BC6 288A BF43 1BAB 25C3 E09F EF25 D964 84AC In political activity men sail a boundless and bottomless sea; there is neither harbor for shelter nor floor for anchorage, neither starting point nor appointed destination. -- Michael Oakeshott: Rationalism in Politics --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
