On Fri, 2006-03-10 at 09:16 -0700, Solveig L Haugland wrote: > Hi, > > I've got a blog on how to center text vertically on a page with a text box. > http://openoffice.blogs.com/openoffice/2005/12/centering_text_.html
Did you notice that, with both the draw frame (and the same applies for the table idea), you had to size one or both dimensions? I.e. the table needed vertical height set; the draw frame needed both vertical and horizontal. Now what happens when the document page format is changed? E.g. from portrait to landscape, or from A4 to Letter? Frames will do everything that you want to do for this task and more. The only external device you need to use is a page break or two when you want the frame to appear by itself on a page. That is the 'correct' method to use here rather than size the frame to exclude all else from the page. I hadn't thought of using a drawing frame, however, my first preference is to always use the trick that is most consistent with the tool's working model, or rather, the model that the tool is attempting to have users work with. Because then you gain maximum benefit of the accumulated past experience of the designers and users of the tool. When new features are added or improved, it is usually done with the tool's model in mind. I've seen people using all sorts of weird tricks in other applications, that probably will not survive future upgrades, or conversion to/from other formats. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
