On Mon, 2006-01-16 at 11:30 +1100, Max Haltermann wrote: > Hi Jean, > Thanks for your reply. The methode you described worked > fine on my 10 year old word processor but is tedious to use. > With some experimenting I found that by using > Shift/Enter a new line is entered, already lined up with the > text part of the first line with hanging indent, so making > it even easier to use. > > Cheers, > Max.
Max, Are you aware that OOo has a built-in hanging indent style? Using it will do exactly what you want but you may have to adjust some parameters such as indenting of the body to suit your purposes. For existing paragraphs, highlight the paragraph and simply open the Stylist and double click the "Hanging indent" style. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jean Hollis Weber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 7:44 AM > Subject: Re: Hanging indent: How to avoid > > > > Max Haltermann wrote, > > > >> Using Openoffice I often start with a date followed by 2-3 > >> lines of text reporting about events past. > >> Formatted as hanging indent the date is as intended on the > >> extreme left of the page as desired. But when I type the > >> rest of the text I would like the text to line up with the > >> top line, NOT the hanging indent. How do I do that? > > > > Hello from another Aussie! > > > > When you say "the rest of the text", do you mean other > > paragraphs, not part of the paragraph with the hanging indent? > > > > If so, you need to use a different paragraph style for the > > paragraphs without the indent. You can either choose one of the > > existing paragraph styles (and modify it as needed) or create a > > new one. You can then set the style for the hanging-indent > > paragraphs to be "followed by" the style for the paragraphs > > without an indent; if you do that, then when you hit Enter at the > > end of the hanging-indent paragraph, the next paragraph will > > automatically have the other style. However, you will have to > > manually select the hanging-indent style for the paragraphs that > > should have them. > > > > If all of that sounds confusing, the chapter "Introduction to > > Styles" in the Writer Guide might help you; it explain this a lot > > better, and with examples. You can download a free PDF here: > > http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/oooauthors2/0206WG-IntroductionToStyles.pdf > > > > If I've misunderstood what you are trying to do, then it's > > possible that none of the above is relevant. > > > > Regards, Jean > > Jean Hollis Weber > > > > --------- > > Get printed copies of "Getting Started with OOo2.0" and > > "OOo Writer Guide" from http://www.lulu.com/opendocument > > Free PDFs are at http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/ > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- 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]
