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Indenting part of a paragraph...
There is a question that says "Inset this text from the left margin at least
35mm but no more than 50mm across and at least 60mm but no more than 75mm down." I have tried using tabs but it seems to do either one line or the whole paragraph. The teacher of the class was not able to help. The closest solution I was able to render was to insert a rectangle of that specified size tight with the text so it was wrapped around it, and set the colour of the rectangle border to "no line". Is there an easier solution, or is that it? Marcus |
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Indenting part of a paragraph...
Without your description, I would have assumed that the instructions
described a left indent and Space Before. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Marcus Fox" wrote in message ... There is a question that says "Inset this text from the left margin at least 35mm but no more than 50mm across and at least 60mm but no more than 75mm down." I have tried using tabs but it seems to do either one line or the whole paragraph. The teacher of the class was not able to help. The closest solution I was able to render was to insert a rectangle of that specified size tight with the text so it was wrapped around it, and set the colour of the rectangle border to "no line". Is there an easier solution, or is that it? Marcus |
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Indenting part of a paragraph...
That's it.
In Word, each formatting property is associated with some level of detail (from largest to smallest, the levels are document, section, paragraph, sentence, word, and character). Indenting is a paragraph-level property. You can tell Word to indent the first line of a paragraph differently than the other lines, but that's the limit of the flexibility. Thus, to indent some selection of lines that aren't either a full paragraph or the first line of a paragraph, you need to use the wrapping capabilities of some drawing object. It could be an AutoShape (rectangle or any other shape), a text box, a frame, or a table with text wrapping turned on. Any of these can be made invisible by setting the line color appropriately. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Mon, 15 May 2006 13:56:21 GMT, "Marcus Fox" wrote: There is a question that says "Inset this text from the left margin at least 35mm but no more than 50mm across and at least 60mm but no more than 75mm down." I have tried using tabs but it seems to do either one line or the whole paragraph. The teacher of the class was not able to help. The closest solution I was able to render was to insert a rectangle of that specified size tight with the text so it was wrapped around it, and set the colour of the rectangle border to "no line". Is there an easier solution, or is that it? Marcus |
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"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Without your description, I would have assumed that the instructions described a left indent and Space Before. Yes, but the paragraph as typed is more than 60mm deep, and after this indent, needs to become aligned at the left margin once again. The best I could do was to have it wrap around an object of those given dimensions. Marcus |
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Indenting part of a paragraph...
"Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... That's it. In Word, each formatting property is associated with some level of detail (from largest to smallest, the levels are document, section, paragraph, sentence, word, and character). Indenting is a paragraph-level property. You can tell Word to indent the first line of a paragraph differently than the other lines, but that's the limit of the flexibility. Thus, to indent some selection of lines that aren't either a full paragraph or the first line of a paragraph, you need to use the wrapping capabilities of some drawing object. It could be an AutoShape (rectangle or any other shape), a text box, a frame, or a table with text wrapping turned on. Any of these can be made invisible by setting the line color appropriately. Okay, is it possible in some way to specify the size of the drawing object in a dialog or similar, rather than having to compare it up against the ruler on the screen in Word? Which drawing object should I use? Marcus |
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Indenting part of a paragraph...
What I meant was that the words "at least 60mm but no more than 75mm down"
don't make any sense in connection with "from the left margin," so I would have taken them to mean "from the preceding paragraph" or "from the top margin" or whatever. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Marcus Fox" wrote in message ... "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Without your description, I would have assumed that the instructions described a left indent and Space Before. Yes, but the paragraph as typed is more than 60mm deep, and after this indent, needs to become aligned at the left margin once again. The best I could do was to have it wrap around an object of those given dimensions. Marcus |
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Indenting part of a paragraph...
On Mon, 15 May 2006 17:19:02 GMT, "Marcus Fox"
wrote: "Jay Freedman" wrote in message .. . That's it. In Word, each formatting property is associated with some level of detail (from largest to smallest, the levels are document, section, paragraph, sentence, word, and character). Indenting is a paragraph-level property. You can tell Word to indent the first line of a paragraph differently than the other lines, but that's the limit of the flexibility. Thus, to indent some selection of lines that aren't either a full paragraph or the first line of a paragraph, you need to use the wrapping capabilities of some drawing object. It could be an AutoShape (rectangle or any other shape), a text box, a frame, or a table with text wrapping turned on. Any of these can be made invisible by setting the line color appropriately. Okay, is it possible in some way to specify the size of the drawing object in a dialog or similar, rather than having to compare it up against the ruler on the screen in Word? Which drawing object should I use? Marcus I'd use the rectangle tool from the Drawing toolbar, as it's probably simplest (but not by much). After drawing the rectangle to approximately the right size, right-click it and select Format AutoShape. In that dialog: - On the Colors & Lines tab, set "no line". - On the Size tab, set the size you want. - On the Layout tab, set the wrapping to Tight and the horizontal alignment to Left. Then click the Advanced button; make sure the vertical alignment is set to 0 relative to Paragraph, and that Move With Text is checked. The other objects I mentioned have similar but not identical dialogs. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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Indenting part of a paragraph...
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... What I meant was that the words "at least 60mm but no more than 75mm down" don't make any sense in connection with "from the left margin," so I would have taken them to mean "from the preceding paragraph" or "from the top margin" or whatever. aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Where "aaaaaaaaaaaaa" is ordinary typed text with spaces. The space starts where the instruction to add it is indicated, can be where the paragraph starts or in the middle of the paragraph. |
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Indenting part of a paragraph...
"Marcus Fox" wrote in message news "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... What I meant was that the words "at least 60mm but no more than 75mm down" don't make any sense in connection with "from the left margin," so I would have taken them to mean "from the preceding paragraph" or "from the top margin" or whatever. ..aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa ..aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa ..aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa ...........................aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aa ...........................aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aa ...........................aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aa ...........................aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aa ...........................aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aa ...........................aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aa ..aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa ..aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa ..aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa ..aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Hmmm, first attempt didn't work, i'll try again. Whitespace indicated by "............." Marcus |
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Indenting part of a paragraph...
"Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... On Mon, 15 May 2006 17:19:02 GMT, "Marcus Fox" wrote: "Jay Freedman" wrote in message .. . That's it. In Word, each formatting property is associated with some level of detail (from largest to smallest, the levels are document, section, paragraph, sentence, word, and character). Indenting is a paragraph-level property. You can tell Word to indent the first line of a paragraph differently than the other lines, but that's the limit of the flexibility. Thus, to indent some selection of lines that aren't either a full paragraph or the first line of a paragraph, you need to use the wrapping capabilities of some drawing object. It could be an AutoShape (rectangle or any other shape), a text box, a frame, or a table with text wrapping turned on. Any of these can be made invisible by setting the line color appropriately. Okay, is it possible in some way to specify the size of the drawing object in a dialog or similar, rather than having to compare it up against the ruler on the screen in Word? Which drawing object should I use? Marcus I'd use the rectangle tool from the Drawing toolbar, as it's probably simplest (but not by much). After drawing the rectangle to approximately the right size, right-click it and select Format AutoShape. In that dialog: - On the Colors & Lines tab, set "no line". - On the Size tab, set the size you want. - On the Layout tab, set the wrapping to Tight and the horizontal alignment to Left. Then click the Advanced button; make sure the vertical alignment is set to 0 relative to Paragraph, and that Move With Text is checked. The other objects I mentioned have similar but not identical dialogs. Yeah, it's easy enough to do in Word 2000, but in Word XP, a poxy "create your drawing here" box appears, and shifts the text around. Can I disable that somehow? Marcus |
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Indenting part of a paragraph...
Tools | Options | General: clear the last check box for "Automatically
create drawing canvas..." -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Marcus Fox" wrote in message ... "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... On Mon, 15 May 2006 17:19:02 GMT, "Marcus Fox" wrote: "Jay Freedman" wrote in message .. . That's it. In Word, each formatting property is associated with some level of detail (from largest to smallest, the levels are document, section, paragraph, sentence, word, and character). Indenting is a paragraph-level property. You can tell Word to indent the first line of a paragraph differently than the other lines, but that's the limit of the flexibility. Thus, to indent some selection of lines that aren't either a full paragraph or the first line of a paragraph, you need to use the wrapping capabilities of some drawing object. It could be an AutoShape (rectangle or any other shape), a text box, a frame, or a table with text wrapping turned on. Any of these can be made invisible by setting the line color appropriately. Okay, is it possible in some way to specify the size of the drawing object in a dialog or similar, rather than having to compare it up against the ruler on the screen in Word? Which drawing object should I use? Marcus I'd use the rectangle tool from the Drawing toolbar, as it's probably simplest (but not by much). After drawing the rectangle to approximately the right size, right-click it and select Format AutoShape. In that dialog: - On the Colors & Lines tab, set "no line". - On the Size tab, set the size you want. - On the Layout tab, set the wrapping to Tight and the horizontal alignment to Left. Then click the Advanced button; make sure the vertical alignment is set to 0 relative to Paragraph, and that Move With Text is checked. The other objects I mentioned have similar but not identical dialogs. Yeah, it's easy enough to do in Word 2000, but in Word XP, a poxy "create your drawing here" box appears, and shifts the text around. Can I disable that somehow? Marcus |
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On Mon, 15 May 2006 20:47:29 GMT, "Marcus Fox"
wrote: "Jay Freedman" wrote in message .. . On Mon, 15 May 2006 17:19:02 GMT, "Marcus Fox" wrote: Okay, is it possible in some way to specify the size of the drawing object in a dialog or similar, rather than having to compare it up against the ruler on the screen in Word? Which drawing object should I use? Marcus I'd use the rectangle tool from the Drawing toolbar, as it's probably simplest (but not by much). After drawing the rectangle to approximately the right size, right-click it and select Format AutoShape. In that dialog: - On the Colors & Lines tab, set "no line". - On the Size tab, set the size you want. - On the Layout tab, set the wrapping to Tight and the horizontal alignment to Left. Then click the Advanced button; make sure the vertical alignment is set to 0 relative to Paragraph, and that Move With Text is checked. The other objects I mentioned have similar but not identical dialogs. Yeah, it's easy enough to do in Word 2000, but in Word XP, a poxy "create your drawing here" box appears, and shifts the text around. Can I disable that somehow? Marcus Yes. In Tools Options General, uncheck the box for "Automatically create drawing canvas when inserting AutoShapes". -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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Indenting part of a paragraph...
"Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... On Mon, 15 May 2006 20:47:29 GMT, "Marcus Fox" wrote: "Jay Freedman" wrote in message .. . On Mon, 15 May 2006 17:19:02 GMT, "Marcus Fox" wrote: Okay, is it possible in some way to specify the size of the drawing object in a dialog or similar, rather than having to compare it up against the ruler on the screen in Word? Which drawing object should I use? Marcus I'd use the rectangle tool from the Drawing toolbar, as it's probably simplest (but not by much). After drawing the rectangle to approximately the right size, right-click it and select Format AutoShape. In that dialog: - On the Colors & Lines tab, set "no line". - On the Size tab, set the size you want. - On the Layout tab, set the wrapping to Tight and the horizontal alignment to Left. Then click the Advanced button; make sure the vertical alignment is set to 0 relative to Paragraph, and that Move With Text is checked. The other objects I mentioned have similar but not identical dialogs. Yeah, it's easy enough to do in Word 2000, but in Word XP, a poxy "create your drawing here" box appears, and shifts the text around. Can I disable that somehow? Marcus Yes. In Tools Options General, uncheck the box for "Automatically create drawing canvas when inserting AutoShapes". Thank you all. Marcus |
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