On 01/03/2008, Jim Allan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dotan Cohen wrote: > > In a Writer document destined for printing, how does one add ruled > > lines the width of the page for handwritten notes? Thanks in advance. > > > There is a right and designed way to do this in Writer. First go to > Tools -> Options... and select "Language settings" subsetting > "Languages". At the bottom of the dialog box under "Enhanced language > support" assure that "Enabled for Asian languages" is checked. > > Now go to Format -> Page.... At the right of the dialog box will be a > tab named "Text Grid" which only appears when "Enabled for Asian > languages" is checked. Select it. Under "Grid" assure that "Grid (lines > only)" is checked. Under "Grid Display", assure that "Display Grid" is > selected. You can also set Lines per page, text size, and Ruby text > size (which for Western languages really means spacing between the > lines). Play with these settings and see what happens. > > If you set a page style that has this lining turned on, the style will > appear on every page containing that style. > > Turning off "Enabled for Asian languages" will not also turn off > features turned on under that feature. You just won't be able to use the > menus to access them. I believe all that this feature does is make extra > menu item available and some of, like this one, may also be useful with > non-Asian scripts. So, if some of these items are useful to you, you > might as well keep "Enabled for Asian languages" turned on.
Thank you Jim. The grid does not fit my need, as I need the ruled lines only on a portion of the page. But I will certainly find use for the grid, especially the fact that it is configurable as to whether or not it prints. Thanks. Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
