[libreoffice-users] Re: styles for plays?

On 6/26/13 7:46 AM, Helen wrote:
> I've volunteered to edit a one-time publication of a collection of plays.
> The plays came to me
> in different styles -- three of the plays came to me with all the
> characters's speaking lines
>   centered -- the characters's names centered a line above.
>
> Some of the writers seem to have centered the names with a centering code
> -- I can
> highlight the name and use the "left margin" code to move the name to left
> margin.  Others
> seem to have centered by spacing over! (yes)  and I have to backspace until
> I get the name
> to the left margin.
>
> None used a colon after the speaker, and the publisher wants it.  I've made
> some progress with
> Search & Replace --  Search for all incidents of TOM and replace with TOM
> colon space. But the
> most tedious part is moving TOM from center to left and bring his speaking
> lines up to begin
> on the same line.  Is there any way I can put these plays into a style
> sheet and save this work, or
> would creating  the style sheet take as long as what I'm doing?  I've never
> used styles.  And this is a one-time
> job so if I have to do it all by hand, at least it's only once.
>
> Thanks for any advice,

Hi, Helen,

I thought for some time about posting this, but I'm getting into the 
mindset of looking for the best tool for a job, and offering the best 
suggestion I have for solutions.  Just not going to worry about 
irritating anyone anymore.

Since this is a one time thing, there's a program out there for 
scriptwriters and such, called Scrivener.  It has a 30 day trial period. 
 It is certainly different, you may find it somewhat confusing to pick up.

It's not meant to replace a traditional word processor, it's more of a 
specialized document processor, but it may do the job.

I'm doing some research to correct errors in an interpretive 
presentation I do daily at work, and I couldn't be happier with the 
ability to store all your research notes in one place.

This is a specialty "tool", and I still have the current LO installed. 
If your project is fairly large, it may be worth your time to take a 
quick look.  If you want to know more offline, since this isn't a 
Scrivener help list, feel free to contact me.  The email address is valid.

--
Ken

Mac OS X 10.8.4
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Thunderbird 17.0.5
LibreOffice 4.0.3.3


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