Complex page numbering in documents?
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From: Peter Ceresole on 17 May 2010 13:59 "Graham J" <graham(a)invalid> wrote: > In truth, what most people actually want is a typewriter that allows > correction. It lets them concentate on the document itself, rather than > them having to learn how to use any sort of tool. Yes, absolutely [1]. The only real problem is the next poor sod (me) who has to get it sorted for the following stage. [1] Which is why I so loved Protext. It did all the formatting automagically, including indents and tabs, but in a beautifully transparent way. And you could simply make the formatting codes visible and edit them like text. Vroom vroom. -- Peter
From: Bruce Horrocks on 17 May 2010 14:02 On 17/05/2010 14:48, Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote: > Mind you, I've got a doc on the go at the moment that insists on > spacing some paragraphs at 2 rather than the 1.5 all the other lines > of the same style are at. Seems to be something about para's at the > top of a page, since if you pad the text out enough they go back to > 1.5. Have a look at Page Setup -> Layout tab -> (Page) Vertical alignment If you have this set to 'justified' then Word justifies the vertical spacing so that each page of text is exactly the same height. If widow/orphan control means that one page is a couple of lines short then the extra leading added to compensate can become particularly noticeable. -- Bruce Horrocks Surrey England (bruce at scorecrow dot com)
From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 17 May 2010 14:25 On Mon, 17 May 2010 19:02:26 +0100, Bruce Horrocks <07.013(a)scorecrow.com> wrote: >On 17/05/2010 14:48, Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote: >> Mind you, I've got a doc on the go at the moment that insists on >> spacing some paragraphs at 2 rather than the 1.5 all the other lines >> of the same style are at. Seems to be something about para's at the >> top of a page, since if you pad the text out enough they go back to >> 1.5. > >Have a look at Page Setup -> Layout tab -> (Page) Vertical alignment > >If you have this set to 'justified' then Word justifies the vertical >spacing so that each page of text is exactly the same height. If >widow/orphan control means that one page is a couple of lines short then >the extra leading added to compensate can become particularly noticeable. Wow. What an astounding misfeature to have! Turns out not to be that, though. Cheers - Jaimie -- "the first successful time machine will be used to retrieve lost Doctor Who episode footage." - KKC, ugvm
From: Duncan Kennedy on 17 May 2010 15:59 Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote: > "Graham J" <graham(a)invalid> wrote: > > > In truth, what most people actually want is a typewriter that allows > > correction. It lets them concentate on the document itself, rather than > > them having to learn how to use any sort of tool. > > Yes, absolutely [1]. > > The only real problem is the next poor sod (me) who has to get it sorted > for the following stage. > > [1] Which is why I so loved Protext. It did all the formatting > automagically, including indents and tabs, but in a beautifully > transparent way. And you could simply make the formatting codes visible > and edit them like text. Vroom vroom. Still have it on ROM in a ROM Box with spellchecker chip somewhere. -- duncank
From: Peter Ceresole on 17 May 2010 16:21
Duncan Kennedy <nospam(a)nospamottersonbg.couk> wrote: > Still have it on ROM in a ROM Box with spellchecker chip somewhere. Protext/Promerge/Prospell/Utopia, wasn't it? -- Peter |