[libreoffice-users] How can I make long words stay on their starting line?

Hi

In the past using different software (Ami Pro & lotus smartsuite) I had 
created a text box to go past the margins or reduced the font size to 
keep it on the same line (or both); it works for me as I don't 
particularly like word wrapping or word splitting. But these 2 ideas 
might help in the mean time.

John B


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On 10/06/2011 08:49, Stephan Zietsman wrote:
> never punctual wrote:
> > Thanks for the suggestions so far. I guess hyphenation could be useful in
> > some cases, but it seems to be more of a luxury for me to have that feature
> > at the moment because I'm still not sure how the Tools -->  Language -->
> > Hyphenation option works.
> >
> > However, I did look into the Word Wrap option. All the options under Format
> > -->  Wrap are greyed out, and I think this is why:
> >
> > http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=32373&start=0
> >
> > I think that Word Wrap option refers to wrapping around pictures, and not
> > what I want to do (leave the first part of the long word on the line it
> > started on). I think this is why it's greyed out by default; I would have to
> > paste a picture and select it or something in order to set those Word Wrap
> > options.
> >
> > Ron, I think your workaround is very clever, and it worked perfectly with
> > URLs at least. After inserting a space to split the URL, I basically created
> > 2 separate URLs that I could fix by editing the hyperlink. In fact, I can
> > generalize this option to long words that aren't URLs; it would actually be
> > easier in those cases because I would just have to choose a place to split
> > the word and not have to worry about fixing the hyperlinks to make them
> > clickable.
> >
> > But is there a less time consuming and more standardized option? The short
> > term problem with this workaround is that I have to guess at where the word
> > should be split. It would be easier of Libreoffice Writer gave the option of
> > allowing the long word to continue until no more characters fit in the
> > original line instead of just bumping the whole word down to the next line,
> > because then I won't have to figure out the exact point at which no more
> > characters would fit. Splitting it with a space means the user is left to do
> > all the work that could be automated by Libreoffice.
> >
> > The lack of this feature bothers me so much that I'm tempted to learn C++
> > just to add it :(
> >
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> Hi never punctual,
> I think hyphenation is probably what you're looking for.  It can be
> applied manually or automatically.  I just tested it with your
> superduperlongURL and it looks like it works.  It is described in the
> wiki, I suggest you read it there:
> http://help.libreoffice.org/Writer/Hyphenation
>
> In summary (taken from the wiki page):
>
> To Automatically Hyphenate Text in a Paragraph:
>      1. Right-click in a paragraph, and choose Paragraph.
>      2. Click the Text Flow tab.
>      3. In the Hyphenation area, select the Automatically check box.
>      4. Click OK.
>
> To Automatically Hyphenate Text in Multiple Paragraphs:
> If you want to automatically hyphenate more than one paragraph, use a
> paragraph style.
> For example, enable the automatic hyphenation option for the "Default"
> paragraph style, and then apply the style to the paragraphs that you
> want to hyphenate.
>      1. Choose Format - Styles and Formatting, and then click the
> Paragraph Styles icon.
>      2. Right-click the paragraph style that you want to hyphenate, and
> then choose Modify.
>      3. Click the Text Flow tab.
>      4. In the Hyphenation area, select the Automatically check box.
>      5. Click OK.
>      6. Apply the style to the paragraphs that you want to hyphenate.
>
> To Manually Hyphenate Single Words:
> To quickly insert a hyphen, click in the word where you want to add
> the hyphen, and then press Ctrl+Hyphen(-).
>
> Regards
> Stephan
>
>
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