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writer - unwanted paragraph borders
I created a document and pasted a number of entries in; separating them by a line like this:
--------
Sometimes this works OK and sometimes it converts to a thin line that goes from margin to margin
it looks like format paragraph - borders - but if I select all and set the border to no thickness and apply, they don't go away, and borders are still on the next time I go to format paragraph.
It's very difficult to get rid of the lines.
How do I keep this from happening in the first place?
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Re: writer - unwanted paragraph borders
Posted by Brian Barker <b....@btinternet.com>.
At 17:10 25/12/2014 -0500, Julian Thomas wrote:
>I created a document and pasted a number of entries in; separating
>them by a line like this:
>--------
>Sometimes this works OK and sometimes it converts to a thin line
>that goes from margin to margin
Interestingly, if your hyphens are genuinely a *line* - i.e. preceded
by a line break created by Shift+Enter - then you will get what you
want with no correction. What you see happens only if it is entered
as a separate paragraph - preceded and followed by paragraph breaks
created by Enter.
>it looks like format paragraph - borders ...
It does because it is.
>... but if I select all and set the border to no thickness and
>apply, they don't go away, and borders are still on the next time I
>go to format paragraph. It's very difficult to get rid of the lines.
Close - but no cigar. The automatic correction merges the line of
hyphens (or some other things) with the preceding paragraph as a
bottom border. If you Select All, as you describe, you apparently
cannot clear this. But if you put the cursor into the preceding
paragraph - the one that now has the bottom border - you can easily
remove just its border in exactly the way you describe.
>How do I keep this from happening in the first place?
One thing you should consider is leaving this facility available and
merely correcting it when it occurs. The automatic correction is a
separate process from the paragraph break that you want and produce
by pressing Enter after your line of hyphens. All you need to do
immediately you see the unwanted change is to use Edit | Undo (or
Ctrl+Z): this will remove the correction and keep the paragraph break.
If you really do want to disable this facility completely, remove the
tick from Tools | AutoCorrect Options... | Options | Apply border.
I trust this helps.
Brian Barker
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Re: writer - unwanted paragraph borders
Posted by Julian Thomas <jt...@jt-mj.net>.
> On Dec 25, 2014, at 18:35, Brian Barker <b....@btinternet.com> wrote:
>
> If you really do want to disable this facility completely, remove the tick from Tools | AutoCorrect Options... | Options | Apply border.
Many thanks.
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Re: writer - unwanted paragraph borders
Posted by Joe Conner <jo...@gmail.com>.
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Alternately, you could FORMAT PARAGRAPH and set the spacing you want
between paragraphs. Then, any time you RETURN it will set your
paragraph spacing.
Merry Christmas, Joe Conner, Poulsbo, WA USA
On 12/25/2014 03:35 PM, Brian Barker wrote:
> At 17:10 25/12/2014 -0500, Julian Thomas wrote:
>> I created a document and pasted a number of entries in;
>> separating them by a line like this: -------- Sometimes this
>> works OK and sometimes it converts to a thin line that goes from
>> margin to margin
>
> Interestingly, if your hyphens are genuinely a *line* - i.e.
> preceded by a line break created by Shift+Enter - then you will get
> what you want with no correction. What you see happens only if it
> is entered as a separate paragraph - preceded and followed by
> paragraph breaks created by Enter.
>
>> it looks like format paragraph - borders ...
>
> It does because it is.
>
>> ... but if I select all and set the border to no thickness and
>> apply, they don't go away, and borders are still on the next time
>> I go to format paragraph. It's very difficult to get rid of the
>> lines.
>
> Close - but no cigar. The automatic correction merges the line of
> hyphens (or some other things) with the preceding paragraph as a
> bottom border. If you Select All, as you describe, you apparently
> cannot clear this. But if you put the cursor into the preceding
> paragraph - the one that now has the bottom border - you can easily
> remove just its border in exactly the way you describe.
>
>> How do I keep this from happening in the first place?
>
> One thing you should consider is leaving this facility available
> and merely correcting it when it occurs. The automatic correction
> is a separate process from the paragraph break that you want and
> produce by pressing Enter after your line of hyphens. All you need
> to do immediately you see the unwanted change is to use Edit | Undo
> (or Ctrl+Z): this will remove the correction and keep the paragraph
> break.
>
> If you really do want to disable this facility completely, remove
> the tick from Tools | AutoCorrect Options... | Options | Apply
> border.
>
> I trust this helps.
>
> Brian Barker
>
>
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