On Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:06:13 +0000 Michele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dijo: > > 1.>This is the stem of the question and it will have a hanging > > indent like this at .3 inches (21.6 points). There will be a > > tab set at .3 inches also, so the number will be flush left > > and the tab will move the start of the text so that it lines > > up with the indent. To accomplish this I set the indent to > > 21.6 points and the first line to -21.6 points, and a tab > > to 21.6 points. > > (A)> this is the first answer, and the indents will be the > > same as the stem style, except an extra 21.6 in > > (B)> and the first tab for the answer style will be set to > > 43.2 points. > > (C)> Because some answers are short enough I also > > created tabs at 140 points and 159 points so that > > I can run A and C on one line and B and D on > > another line. > > (D)> another answer > > > [snip]
> I think you are probably making the solution more complicated than > what the problem requires. > > If I understand correctly all you want is a nested list with arabic > numbers for the first level and letters for the second level. No, I cannot use a nested numbering style because some of the questions have Roman numerals between the stem and the answers, but not all of them. I did try to see if I could get it to work, but it is hopeless. > Write your questions and apply the style. I don't write the questions - they are merged from a database, so they come in as unformatted text. I apply the styles during the merge and fix things with macros afterwards. > If I got the question completely wrong and wrote something that you > already knew I apologise :-) You helped even if I could not use your suggestion. I had not previously thought about numbering styles, and now I realize I can create a numbering style and link it to the paragraph style, so it works automatically. I also solved the problem of the number being indented. The Stem paragraph style was set up as a hanging indent, 21.6 points indent and first line -21.6 points. For some reason the numbering style was taking the indent setting, but ignoring the first line setting. I had set the numbering indent to -0-, but it still thought I wanted the first line indented the same as the rest of the paragraph. Once I figured that out I went into the paragraph style and removed the hanging indent settings, then set the numbering style to the same hanging indent settings. I also finally solved the tab settings problem in the Answers style. I had set the tabs to 110.4 and 132.0 points, so the lines would look like this (two-column page): (A) the first answer<tab> (C)<tab>the third answer (B) the second answer<tab> (D)<tab>the fourth answer The Answers style has a hanging indent of 43.2 points and -21.6 points for the first line. After applying the style the (C) and (D) answers were way too far to the right. The style said the tabs were at 110.4 and 132.0 points. But when I went to Format > Paragraph the tabs were at 153.6 and 175.2 points. It took a long time before it dawned on me what was happening. A quick math calculation revealed that 110.4 + 43.2 = 153.6 and 132.0 + 43.2 = 175.2 points. The tab settings in the style were being ADDED to the indent, instead of being absolute from the left margin. The styles were originally created a couple of years ago and they worked fine then. Evidently styles are now different, which was the source of my confusion. Thanks for your suggestions. Even when suggestions don't work they sometimes make us look at the problem differently and lead to a solution. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
