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MS Office Forum / Word / Page Layout / May 2006Indenting 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 Without your description, I would have assumed that the instructions described a left indent and Space Before.  SignatureSuzanne 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. > 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 [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Marcus > 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 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. SignatureSuzanne 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. > > Without your description, I would have assumed that the instructions > > described a left indent and Space Before. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Marcus > 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. aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa 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. > > 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. .aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa .aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa .aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa ..........................aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aa ..........................aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aa ..........................aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aa ..........................aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aa ..........................aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aa ..........................aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aa .aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa .aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa .aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa .aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Hmmm, first attempt didn't work, i'll try again. Whitespace indicated by "............." Marcus 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. >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 [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > >Marcus > That's it. > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > 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 >> That's it. >> [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > >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. > >> That's it. > >> [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > > 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 Tools | Options | General: clear the last check box for "Automatically create drawing canvas..." SignatureSuzanne 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. > > >> That's it. > > >> [quoted text clipped - 39 lines] > > Marcus >> >Okay, is it possible in some way to specify the size of the drawing >object [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > >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. > >> >Okay, is it possible in some way to specify the size of the drawing > >object [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > Yes. In Tools > Options > General, uncheck the box for "Automatically > create drawing canvas when inserting AutoShapes". Thank you all. Marcus |
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