On Sat, 22 Aug 2015 11:05:10 -0700 Bruce Byfield <bbyfi...@axion.net> wrote:
> On Saturday 22 August 2015 12:18:06 PM Patricia Mitchell wrote: > > Or as they call it “line spacing.” I cannot find out how to reduce the > > leading in my document. Does this programw only allow positive leading? I > > even bought one of those “Dummy” books and I cannot find out how to reduce > > the leading in the instruction book. I cannot believe it can’t be done. But > > HOW‽ > > > > I’d really appreciate any help. Some places say to go to Tools, Options, by > > my menu goes to Tools, but there is no Options available under it. I don’t > > want to waste any more time with this program if7 it can’t do something > > this simple and obvious (before I retired I made my living as a > > typesetter). > > To adjust leading, press F11 to open the Styles and Formatting window, and > select a style. Then go to the Indents and Spacing tab, and set Line Spacing > to Fixed to set the leading. To use points as the measurement, enter "pt" > after the value you set. > > -- > Bruce Byfield 604-421-7189 (on Pacific time) > https://brucebyfield.wordpress.com > > You may also find it useful to read Bruce's article on Line spacing in OpenOffice. http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/now-revealed-secrets-line-spacing-openofficeorg-writer -- Rory O'Farrell <ofarr...@iol.ie> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
