Nd you missed the intent of my message. Please use Shift-Enter to move lines down in a paragraph block.
On Tue, 2006-01-17 at 15:36 +1100, Max Haltermann wrote: > Roderick, it seems you missed the original question. > I was using a hanging indent style. Hanging > indents always place the first word or number > to the left of the main body of text in the first > line after pressing Enter. > Just like the above paragraph, but only if each line of text > goes the whole width of the page. If you press Enter before > the end of the line of text, a new hanging indent appears. > My requirement was to be able to fit 2 or 3 short lines > of plain text after the first line. Jeans suggested solution was > to use hanging indent style for the first line and then default > style for the short text lines. This would mean changing > style twice every 3 or 4 lines. My solution Shift/Enter fits > the job. Press Enter and up pops a new hanging indent, > press Shift/Enter and up comes a new line but no hanging > indent. > Max. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "G. Roderick Singleton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Cc: "Max Haltermann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 12:34 AM > Subject: Re: [users] Re: Hanging indent: How to avoid > > > > 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] -- 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]
