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Formatting poetry
I want to format stanzas of poetry, where each line of a stanza has a hard
return after it except the last line of the stanza. Sometimes I want to indent the second and fourth lines of the stanza (for example), but when I insert a tab at the beginning of the second line, all the lines of the stanza indent rather than just the line with the tab. What am I doing wrong? Or how can I accomplish what I want? Here is an example stanza: This is first line of my stanza,HARD RETURN TABHere is the second,HARD RETURN This is the third lineHARD RETURN TABAnd here is the last. Dan |
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Assuming Word 2002 or 2003, go to Tools | AutoCorrect Options | AutoFormat
As You Type and clear the box for "Set left- and first-indent with tabs and backspaces." Note also that it is generally a good idea to use line breaks (Shift+Enter) at the ends of verses of poetry, with a paragraph break (Enter) only at the end of the stanza. This has several advantages: 1. If you want to begin lines with a lowercase letter, Word won't insist on capitalizing it for you. 2. Using basic "Widow/orphan control," you will guarantee that you will always have at least two lines of the stanza/paragraph at the top or bottom of a page. 3. If you want to keep the entire stanza from breaking across pages, you can also check "Keep lines together" on the Line and Page Breaks tab of Format | Paragraph. 4. By adding Space After to the paragraph style used for your stanzas, you can insert a "blank line" between stanzas without having to use an empty paragraph (which should always be avoided for a number of very good reasons). -- 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. "Dan" wrote in message ... I want to format stanzas of poetry, where each line of a stanza has a hard return after it except the last line of the stanza. Sometimes I want to indent the second and fourth lines of the stanza (for example), but when I insert a tab at the beginning of the second line, all the lines of the stanza indent rather than just the line with the tab. What am I doing wrong? Or how can I accomplish what I want? Here is an example stanza: This is first line of my stanza,HARD RETURN TABHere is the second,HARD RETURN This is the third lineHARD RETURN TABAnd here is the last. Dan |
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Suzanne,
Thank you for your reply. I agree with all of your comments. That's exactly how I format poetry paragraphs. I also am an advocate of using space before/space after instead of inserting blank paragraphs. I'm using Word 2000, and I don't seem to have the option that you described. Is it there in some other place? Dan "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Assuming Word 2002 or 2003, go to Tools | AutoCorrect Options | AutoFormat As You Type and clear the box for "Set left- and first-indent with tabs and backspaces." Note also that it is generally a good idea to use line breaks (Shift+Enter) at the ends of verses of poetry, with a paragraph break (Enter) only at the end of the stanza. This has several advantages: 1. If you want to begin lines with a lowercase letter, Word won't insist on capitalizing it for you. 2. Using basic "Widow/orphan control," you will guarantee that you will always have at least two lines of the stanza/paragraph at the top or bottom of a page. 3. If you want to keep the entire stanza from breaking across pages, you can also check "Keep lines together" on the Line and Page Breaks tab of Format | Paragraph. 4. By adding Space After to the paragraph style used for your stanzas, you can insert a "blank line" between stanzas without having to use an empty paragraph (which should always be avoided for a number of very good reasons). -- 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. "Dan" wrote in message ... I want to format stanzas of poetry, where each line of a stanza has a hard return after it except the last line of the stanza. Sometimes I want to indent the second and fourth lines of the stanza (for example), but when I insert a tab at the beginning of the second line, all the lines of the stanza indent rather than just the line with the tab. What am I doing wrong? Or how can I accomplish what I want? Here is an example stanza: This is first line of my stanza,HARD RETURN TABHere is the second,HARD RETURN This is the third lineHARD RETURN TABAnd here is the last. Dan |
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Well, that's why it's helpful to state what version you're using! Usually I
give the full information, but I took a shortcut and assumed Word 2002/2003. In Word 2000 and earlier, the control is "Tabs and backspace set left indent" on the Edit tab of Tools | Options. No idea why they moved it to an entirely different dialog in Word 2002. -- 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. "Dan" wrote in message ... Suzanne, Thank you for your reply. I agree with all of your comments. That's exactly how I format poetry paragraphs. I also am an advocate of using space before/space after instead of inserting blank paragraphs. I'm using Word 2000, and I don't seem to have the option that you described. Is it there in some other place? Dan "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Assuming Word 2002 or 2003, go to Tools | AutoCorrect Options | AutoFormat As You Type and clear the box for "Set left- and first-indent with tabs and backspaces." Note also that it is generally a good idea to use line breaks (Shift+Enter) at the ends of verses of poetry, with a paragraph break (Enter) only at the end of the stanza. This has several advantages: 1. If you want to begin lines with a lowercase letter, Word won't insist on capitalizing it for you. 2. Using basic "Widow/orphan control," you will guarantee that you will always have at least two lines of the stanza/paragraph at the top or bottom of a page. 3. If you want to keep the entire stanza from breaking across pages, you can also check "Keep lines together" on the Line and Page Breaks tab of Format | Paragraph. 4. By adding Space After to the paragraph style used for your stanzas, you can insert a "blank line" between stanzas without having to use an empty paragraph (which should always be avoided for a number of very good reasons). -- 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. "Dan" wrote in message ... I want to format stanzas of poetry, where each line of a stanza has a hard return after it except the last line of the stanza. Sometimes I want to indent the second and fourth lines of the stanza (for example), but when I insert a tab at the beginning of the second line, all the lines of the stanza indent rather than just the line with the tab. What am I doing wrong? Or how can I accomplish what I want? Here is an example stanza: This is first line of my stanza,HARD RETURN TABHere is the second,HARD RETURN This is the third lineHARD RETURN TABAnd here is the last. Dan |
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Suzanne,
That's it! That's just what I was looking for. Thanks very much for your help. Dan "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Well, that's why it's helpful to state what version you're using! Usually I give the full information, but I took a shortcut and assumed Word 2002/2003. In Word 2000 and earlier, the control is "Tabs and backspace set left indent" on the Edit tab of Tools | Options. No idea why they moved it to an entirely different dialog in Word 2002. -- 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. "Dan" wrote in message ... Suzanne, Thank you for your reply. I agree with all of your comments. That's exactly how I format poetry paragraphs. I also am an advocate of using space before/space after instead of inserting blank paragraphs. I'm using Word 2000, and I don't seem to have the option that you described. Is it there in some other place? Dan "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Assuming Word 2002 or 2003, go to Tools | AutoCorrect Options | AutoFormat As You Type and clear the box for "Set left- and first-indent with tabs and backspaces." Note also that it is generally a good idea to use line breaks (Shift+Enter) at the ends of verses of poetry, with a paragraph break (Enter) only at the end of the stanza. This has several advantages: 1. If you want to begin lines with a lowercase letter, Word won't insist on capitalizing it for you. 2. Using basic "Widow/orphan control," you will guarantee that you will always have at least two lines of the stanza/paragraph at the top or bottom of a page. 3. If you want to keep the entire stanza from breaking across pages, you can also check "Keep lines together" on the Line and Page Breaks tab of Format | Paragraph. 4. By adding Space After to the paragraph style used for your stanzas, you can insert a "blank line" between stanzas without having to use an empty paragraph (which should always be avoided for a number of very good reasons). -- 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. "Dan" wrote in message ... I want to format stanzas of poetry, where each line of a stanza has a hard return after it except the last line of the stanza. Sometimes I want to indent the second and fourth lines of the stanza (for example), but when I insert a tab at the beginning of the second line, all the lines of the stanza indent rather than just the line with the tab. What am I doing wrong? Or how can I accomplish what I want? Here is an example stanza: This is first line of my stanza,HARD RETURN TABHere is the second,HARD RETURN This is the third lineHARD RETURN TABAnd here is the last. Dan |
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