On Thu, 2006-03-09 at 18:42 +1000, Jean Hollis Weber wrote:
> I can find nothing in paragraph styles to center text vertically 
> on a page. Ross, Roxann is not trying to arrange the text 
> vertically (rotate the text), but to have equal space above and 
> below the text on the page, for example putting a title in the 
> middle of the page. At least, that's the way I read her question.

My apologies. I think that this is the job of a Frame. In Insert -
Frame, on the Type tab, you can specify the vertical position as
"centre" relative to "entire page". Then set the Wrap options for
surrounding text.

Someone else may have suggested this already. I didn't read the detail.

Is that in the guide?

> 
> As far as I know, the only  way to center a paragraph on a page 
> is the method suggested by Peter Hillier-Brook in another note on 
> this thread: create a single-celled table tall enough to fill the 
> page. Vertical centering is then a click on <Center vertical> in 
> the Table toolbar.
> 
> Regards, Jean
> Jean Hollis Weber
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> 
> Ross Johnson wrote:
> > On Thu, 2006-03-09 at 01:56 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > 
> >>Maybe I missed something.  I went thru the Writer Guide and only found
> >>out about centering horizontally.
> > 
> > But did you find it anyway? If you look through the paragraph style
> > dialog tabs, you'll find "Rotation/scaling" under the "Position" tab.
> > 
> > The guide is still only a draft, but if it's not in there, or if the
> > manual needs to be better organised, then that's good to know.
> > 
> >>
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: G. Roderick Singleton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> >>Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 8:19 AM
> >>To: [email protected]
> >>Subject: Re: [users] Writer - centering on page vertically
> >>
> >>On Wed, 2006-03-08 at 03:41 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >>
> >>>How do you center a single paragraph on the page vertically?
> >>> 
> >>
> >>I would suggest creating a paragraph style that meets your needs. Start
> >>by opening the Style toolbar, select default and use the create a new
> >>style from selection icon to start. For help in this effort see
> >>http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/OOo2.x/user_guide2_draft.pdf
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