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 > --------- > 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/ > > > 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 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
