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Subject:Re: Text Alignment From:"Wright, Joe - FWP" <Joe -dot- Wright -at- FMR -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 28 Jul 1998 08:27:26 -0400
Reuven,
I'm not sure about 6.0, but in 7.0, when you choose the numbered heading
option there should be a MODIFY button. This should let you set the indent
of the text, alignment, so on and so forth.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Reuven Frank [SMTP:reuven -at- E-AND-C -dot- COM]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 1998 6:40 AM
> To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
> Subject: Text Alignment
>
> Dear All
>
> We are running Word 6.0 in WinNT.
>
> Let's say that you create a new document with the Normal template.
>
> Next you choose Numbered Headings (1. , 1.1. , 1.1.1. ,...)
> Each of these headings is, of course, automatically indented; and, each =
> is indented more than the previous heading. (As is clearly displayed in =
> the Numbered Headings preview.)
>
> *The question is:
> Is there some automatic way that the text in the paragraphs will =
> automatically match the indents of the Headings?
>
> I could write a new template, and define a style for: "Style for =
> following paragraph" that will match these styles up.
> I guess the real question is: How come there isn' t some built-in way to =
> do this?=20
> Or, perhaps: How come Word doesn't do this automatically (or offer it as =
> an option), when you choose the numbered Headings option.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> TIA
> Reuven Frank
> reuven -at- e-and-c -dot- com
>
> ~
>