Thanks!! plus borders problem

[Patricia Hickin <pp...@gmail.com>]

Thanks you *so* much for your suggestions -- they worked like a charm.  I
used the Table option, instead of the columns, and it looks great!

One more question.  I am trying to add a border with a shadow, but the
border will *not* appear!  I go to Format > Page  and click on the Borders
tab, choose  5 pt, color green -- but nothing shows.  If I add a shadow,
the shadow shows but not the border. (I have tried with margins set at both
.5" and .8".)  Although I click OK at the end, when I return to the same
formatting option, the 0.05pt option is selected instead of the 5.0.  Any
ideas??

Thanks again,
Pat


On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 12:10 AM, Rory O'Farrell <of...@iol.ie> wrote:

> On Sun, 5 May 2013 20:41:22 -0400
> Patricia Hickin <pp...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Thanks for your response, Johnny.  This time I had no problem creating
> the
> > two columns where I wanted them.
> >
> > But I don't know how to get my cursor to go into column 2.  (I have a
> > laptop and use the touchpad).
> >
> > Pat
> >
> >
> > On Sun, May 5, 2013 at 10:08 AM, Johnny Rosenberg <
> gurus.knugum@gmail.com>wrote:
> >
> > > 2013/5/5 Patricia Hickin <pp...@gmail.com>:
> > > > Is this the place to get help with a text document?
> > > > I am trying to insert a picture and put text to the right of the
> image.
> > >  I
> > > > can put text above or below, but not beside the image.
> > >
> > > What did you try? I had no problems at all doing this.
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Also I want to divide the page into two columns, beginning about 2
> or 3
> > > > inches from the top, but instead it divided the entire page into two
> > > > columns.
> > >
> > > >
> > > > So, two questions:
> > > >
> > > > How to get text to the right of an image?
> > >
> > >
> > > 1. Insert your image.
> > > 2. Right click the image, click ”Image…” (or whatever it says; I run
> > > OpenOffice in Swedish).
> > > 3. Select the Text adjustment tab (I don't have a clue what its
> > > English name is, just select one that seems to do what you want…).
> > > 4. Select what you think will give you the result you want.
> > >
> > > Or:
> > > 1. See 1 above.
> > > 2. Right click the image, click Text adjustment (or whatever the
> > > English name is), click one of the options that seem to do what you
> > > want.
> > >
> > >
> > > >  and how to divide a page into two or more columns, beginning 2-3"
> from
> > > the
> > > > top?
> > >
> > > 1. Select the text that you want to have in two columns.
> > > 2. Click Insert → Section (again, I'm not sure about the English name
> > > of this option).
> > > 3. Click the column tab of the new dialogue that pops up and edit the
> > > settings to suit your needs.
> > >
> > > >
> >
> When you are setting up  your section to use columns (or afterwards by
> /Format /Section :Options) there is a checkbox to "evenly distribute
> contents to all columns".  If this is not what  you want, uncheck this
> option. Then when you have entered sufficient text in Column One or
> position your cursor where you need the break, use /Insert /Break :Column
> break and cursor will move to Column two.  To exit the Column section use
> Alt Enter.
>
> It may be that  you do not need to use a Column section.  Perhaps a two
> column table will be what  you need, to allow you enter text left and its
> matching text right.
>
>
> --
> Rory O'Farrell <of...@iol.ie>
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Re: Thanks!! plus borders problem

[Patricia Hickin <pp...@gmail.com>]

Yes!!  That did it!  Thanks so much!!

Pat


On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 4:32 PM, Brian Barker <b....@btinternet.com>wrote:

> At 13:52 06/05/2013 -0400, Patricia Hickin wrote:
>
>> I am trying to add a border with a shadow, but the border will *not*
>> appear!  I go to Format > Page and click on the Borders tab, choose 5 pt,
>> color green -- but nothing shows.  If I add a shadow, the shadow shows but
>> not the border.
>>
>
> As well as setting the style and colour of the border (and shadow), you
> need to select something under "Line arrangement" to indicate on which
> sides you want the border to appear.  You can pick something under Default
> - you may want the second icon from the left, indicating all four sides -
> or make your own selection in the picture panel below.  If you don't make
> this selection, you get the left icon by default, which is nothing!
>
>
>  Although I click OK at the end, when I return to the same formatting
>> option, the 0.05pt option is selected instead of the 5.0.
>>
>
> That's because you (so far) asked for no border, so the style selection is
> forgotten.
>
> I trust this helps.
>
> Brian Barker
>
>
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Re: Thanks!! plus borders problem

[Brian Barker <b....@btinternet.com>]

At 13:52 06/05/2013 -0400, Patricia Hickin wrote:
>I am trying to add a border with a shadow, but the border will *not* 
>appear!  I go to Format > Page and click on the Borders tab, choose 
>5 pt, color green -- but nothing shows.  If I add a shadow, the 
>shadow shows but not the border.

As well as setting the style and colour of the border (and shadow), 
you need to select something under "Line arrangement" to indicate on 
which sides you want the border to appear.  You can pick something 
under Default - you may want the second icon from the left, 
indicating all four sides - or make your own selection in the picture 
panel below.  If you don't make this selection, you get the left icon 
by default, which is nothing!

>Although I click OK at the end, when I return to the same formatting 
>option, the 0.05pt option is selected instead of the 5.0.

That's because you (so far) asked for no border, so the style 
selection is forgotten.

I trust this helps.

Brian Barker


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