On Thu, 2006-05-11 at 00:59 +1000, Ross Johnson wrote: > Michele Zarri wrote: > > > On 10/05/06, Dan Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> > >> On Wednesday May 10 2006 05:35 am, Michele Zarri wrote: > >> > Hello, > >> > > >> > Following up a request made on the Italian users list I would like to > >> > know if it is possible in OOo to place a border around a single > >> word or > >> > a group of words within a paragraph. > >> > > >> > At present, in the characther style it is only possible to define a > >> > background but not a border. > >> > > >> > > >> > Cheers, > >> > > >> > Michele > >> > >> If you are meaning what you see in this file: > >> http://www.delewis.com/OOo/sample.odt, then the answer is yes. What I > >> did > >> was to create the text, open the Drawing Toolbar, and put a rectangle > >> around the words. I right click the rectangle and selected Area from the > >> context menu. Then I selected No Fill and clicked OK. I again right > >> clicked the rectangle and selected Line from the context menu. I > >> increased > >> the width of the line from 0.00 to 0.05 and clicked OK. > >> > >> Dan > >> > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> mmm... nice try! :-) > > > > > > It is what I wanted in terms of net result, but not what I would like to > > have. I consider this to be a workaround that may be useful once you > > finish > > editing the text. If I move the text around or if the boxed text spans > > over > > several lines I do not want to have to adjust the shape/position of > > the box > > polygon. > > > > Actually what I would like is a new tab in the character style where I > > can > > define custom borders as a character attribute. > > Another way to do this might be to put your word or text in a frame and > anchor the frame "as character", so that it moves in context. Then you > can set the frame border and other frame atributes as you like. Not > quite the same though, as the text base line will need to be set > manually I think. > > Ross >
Frame Properties -> Type -> Position -> Vertical -> Centre To Character should keep the text in line. Barrie --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
