Re: [libreoffice-users] inserting (exactly) a line before a paragraph using styles

       Andrew, you're referring to post-computers  ;-)



On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 4:36 PM, Andrew Brager <apb3304@bak.rr.com> wrote:

On 8/2/2012 8:13 AM, Dan wrote:
> > Andrew Brager wrote:
> >
> > > On 8/2/2012 6:17 AM, Regina Henschel wrote:
> > >
> > > > Aligning baselines are not done by inserting a line, but by using the
> > > > feature "Register
> > > > true".
> > > >
> > > > Kind regards
> > > > Regina
> > >
> > > I have in fact wondered what "Register true" was for, thanks for that
> > > info.
> > >
> > > The question that next comes up in my mind is, does anyone know where in
> > > the world did a
> > > "name" like that come from?  If it were me naming that feature I would
> > > of called it
> > > something like... "Align Baselines".
> > >
> > > Is there a story or reason behind it?  If it's not a good one, I vote
> > > for changing the
> > > name, because in 6 months or a year I'll have forgotten what it does
> > > (chances are slim
> > > I'll ever have to use that feature but still).  I'm a big fan of naming
> > > things after their
> > > functions if and when it makes sense to do so.
> > >
> > > Thank you in advance.
> >
> >
> >      Use LO's help to search for this term. It answers your question.
> > Hint, it has to do with how newspapers have been printed.
> >
> > --Dan
> >
> >  "Register-true is a typography term that is used in printing. This term
> refers to the congruent imprint of the lines within a type area on the
> front and the back side of book pages, newspaper pages and magazine pages.
> The register-true feature make these pages easier to read by preventing
> gray shadows from shining through between the lines of text. The
> register-true term also refers to lines in adjacent text columns that are
> of the same height.
>
> When you define a paragraph, Paragraph Style, or a Page Style as
> register-true, the base lines of the affected characters are aligned to a
> vertical page grid, regardless of font size or of the presence of graphics.
> If you want, you can specify the setting for this grid as a Page Style
> property."
>
>
> True to traditional Unix man-page form, it makes perfect sense - once you
> read somebody else's explanation somewhere else as to what it means.
>  Failing that, re-reading it a few dozen times very slowly helps a bit.  I
> still vote for "Align Baselines" and damn the people still using the
> Gutenberg press.

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