Re: [libreoffice-users] Text Outlining

Hi Dave,

Dave Liesse schrieb:
> One of the writers in the Windows Secrets newsletter recently compared
> OO and LO to MS Office, and I have to agree with him when he implied the
> LO web site is somewhat disorganized and confusing. Thus, this posting
> that is probably an enhancement request, but I can't find anywhere else
> to do such a thing.
>
> I've used OO and LO for several years, and have found very little that I
> did in Office that I can't do now.  One thing, though, is beyond the
> nuisance level but short of being a game stopper.  I need the ability to
> outline text within a paragraph.  I know a block of text can be
> highlighted with a different background or foreground color, but I need
> something that can actually be useful in a printed document.  Sometimes
> underlining is insufficient, because it's not distinguishable from other
> underlined text.
>
> As an example of what I want, just envision a box around "what I want"
> in this sentence.  Obviously, outlining a paragraph doesn't do the trick.
>
> Anyway, that's what I'd like to see sometime -- or, if I'm missing how
> to do it now, somebody please let me know!

You can write the text into a frame and anchor this frame 'as character'.
You can write the text into a text box and anchor this shape 'as character'.
You can overline the text in addition to underline.

You can make nice typography and give up emphasizing with lines.

Kind regards
Regina


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