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Tab stops and line breaks
OK here's what I'm trying to do:
text text text text text text text text text text text text. tab The words text are my paragraph and the tab is the source (where the info in the paragraph comes from). The paragraph is fully justified and I have the source all with non breaking spaces tab stopped to the right margin. What I would like is if there is enough space on the last line for the source I would like it to be put there, but if not it should be put on the next line. Unfortunately right now all it's doing is leaving it on the same line and sticking it outside the margin. (It's a lot of instances and I don't want to have to put manual line breaks). Any suggestions? |
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Does this still happen if you put a single space before the tab character?
-- 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. "Fred Goldman" wrote in message ... OK here's what I'm trying to do: text text text text text text text text text text text text. tab The words text are my paragraph and the tab is the source (where the info in the paragraph comes from). The paragraph is fully justified and I have the source all with non breaking spaces tab stopped to the right margin. What I would like is if there is enough space on the last line for the source I would like it to be put there, but if not it should be put on the next line. Unfortunately right now all it's doing is leaving it on the same line and sticking it outside the margin. (It's a lot of instances and I don't want to have to put manual line breaks). Any suggestions? |
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Only when I put a single tab space. And where it does correctly stick it on
the next line it justifies the line before. Is there anyway to have that line aligned left? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Does this still happen if you put a single space before the tab character? -- 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. "Fred Goldman" wrote in message ... OK here's what I'm trying to do: text text text text text text text text text text text text. tab The words text are my paragraph and the tab is the source (where the info in the paragraph comes from). The paragraph is fully justified and I have the source all with non breaking spaces tab stopped to the right margin. What I would like is if there is enough space on the last line for the source I would like it to be put there, but if not it should be put on the next line. Unfortunately right now all it's doing is leaving it on the same line and sticking it outside the margin. (It's a lot of instances and I don't want to have to put manual line breaks). Any suggestions? |
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Well, one way to make Word not justify a line before a line break is to
insert a tab character, but that won't work here. I'm out of ideas. FWIW, I'm seeing the same thing you do. My inclination would be to insert *all* source references on a separate line. In fact, I usually use a separate (right-aligned) style for this. -- 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. "Fred Goldman" wrote in message ... Only when I put a single tab space. And where it does correctly stick it on the next line it justifies the line before. Is there anyway to have that line aligned left? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Does this still happen if you put a single space before the tab character? -- 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. "Fred Goldman" wrote in message ... OK here's what I'm trying to do: text text text text text text text text text text text text. tab The words text are my paragraph and the tab is the source (where the info in the paragraph comes from). The paragraph is fully justified and I have the source all with non breaking spaces tab stopped to the right margin. What I would like is if there is enough space on the last line for the source I would like it to be put there, but if not it should be put on the next line. Unfortunately right now all it's doing is leaving it on the same line and sticking it outside the margin. (It's a lot of instances and I don't want to have to put manual line breaks). Any suggestions? |
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Thanks so much, Susan. You've been a great help. What I'm doing now is what
your inclination tells you . The problem is in some cases there are only one or two words and source is also one or two words and it looks way too spaced. I was hoping there's a way to automate it putting it on the next line when it doesn't fit. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Well, one way to make Word not justify a line before a line break is to insert a tab character, but that won't work here. I'm out of ideas. FWIW, I'm seeing the same thing you do. My inclination would be to insert *all* source references on a separate line. In fact, I usually use a separate (right-aligned) style for this. -- 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. "Fred Goldman" wrote in message ... Only when I put a single tab space. And where it does correctly stick it on the next line it justifies the line before. Is there anyway to have that line aligned left? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Does this still happen if you put a single space before the tab character? -- 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. "Fred Goldman" wrote in message ... OK here's what I'm trying to do: text text text text text text text text text text text text. tab The words text are my paragraph and the tab is the source (where the info in the paragraph comes from). The paragraph is fully justified and I have the source all with non breaking spaces tab stopped to the right margin. What I would like is if there is enough space on the last line for the source I would like it to be put there, but if not it should be put on the next line. Unfortunately right now all it's doing is leaving it on the same line and sticking it outside the margin. (It's a lot of instances and I don't want to have to put manual line breaks). Any suggestions? |
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To clarify, by "on a separate line" I meant (and meant to say) "in a
separate paragraph." I usually have Quote and Quote Source styles (or Epigraph and Epigraph Source or whatever) for these paragraphs, with the latter set as the following style for the former. -- 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. "Fred Goldman" wrote in message ... Thanks so much, Susan. You've been a great help. What I'm doing now is what your inclination tells you . The problem is in some cases there are only one or two words and source is also one or two words and it looks way too spaced. I was hoping there's a way to automate it putting it on the next line when it doesn't fit. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Well, one way to make Word not justify a line before a line break is to insert a tab character, but that won't work here. I'm out of ideas. FWIW, I'm seeing the same thing you do. My inclination would be to insert *all* source references on a separate line. In fact, I usually use a separate (right-aligned) style for this. -- 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. "Fred Goldman" wrote in message ... Only when I put a single tab space. And where it does correctly stick it on the next line it justifies the line before. Is there anyway to have that line aligned left? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Does this still happen if you put a single space before the tab character? -- 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. "Fred Goldman" wrote in message ... OK here's what I'm trying to do: text text text text text text text text text text text text. tab The words text are my paragraph and the tab is the source (where the info in the paragraph comes from). The paragraph is fully justified and I have the source all with non breaking spaces tab stopped to the right margin. What I would like is if there is enough space on the last line for the source I would like it to be put there, but if not it should be put on the next line. Unfortunately right now all it's doing is leaving it on the same line and sticking it outside the margin. (It's a lot of instances and I don't want to have to put manual line breaks). Any suggestions? |
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