Writer Guide

Tip
In normal circumstances, setting the Numbering followed by
distance to be equal to the Indent at distance works well. See
Figure 248 on page 262 for a graphic representation of the
effects of the above parameters.
If your document was created with an earlier version of OOo, or if the
document was saved for compatibility reasons using the ODF file
format version 1.1 or earlier, the position dialog will appear as in
Figure 246.
Figure 246: The Position page for documents created with
earlier versions of OOo
In this case you can adjust the following settings:
• Indent: use this field to determine the indentation of the number
or bullet area. The indentation is measured from the left margin
of the paragraph linked to the numbering style (in other words, if
the paragraph style already has an indentation, when the list style
is applied the indentations are added together).
For any level other than Level 1, selecting the Relative option
causes the indentation to be measured from the start of the
previous level rather than from the page margin.
• Width of numbering: this value determines how much space is
used by the numbering symbol. Writer reserves this space, even if
only part of it is used.
• Minimum spacing numbering <-> text: this is the spacing
between the right edge of the numbering symbol and the text. If
the spacing to text is not sufficient, Writer will honor this setting
by expanding the numbering area. Setting the minimum spacing
between numbering and text is very useful when right-aligning
the numbering or when there is much text before or after the
numbering.
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