Re: [libreoffice-users] Paragraph indentation lost

On 11/21/2013 11:53 AM, Brian Barker wrote:
> At 10:32 21/11/2013 +0100, Andreas Noname wrote:
> > I'm working on a document in LibreOffice Writer (Version: 4.1.3.2
> > Build ID: 410m0(Build:2) on openSuse 13.1), and having the problem
> > that the indentation of the first line of a paragraph disappears when
> > I insert two pictures side by side. The indentation is fine if I only
> > have one picture inserted.  What am I doing wrong?
>
> I don't know that you are.
>
> One suggestion:
> The point of indenting the first line of a paragraph is to indicate the
> start of a new paragraph even when the last line of the previous
> paragraph happens to be full or nearly so.  It is a hangover from
> typescript or from manuscript on lined paper (and is unnecessary even
> then if an entire line is left blank between paragraphs).  Since you
> have chosen a paragraph style (Text body) that has vertical spacing
> between paragraphs, the indenting is unnecessary and you can easily
> dispense with it.
>
> One workaround:
> Insert a frame where the pictures are.  You can either put the pictures
> in the frame or put them in front of it.  Either way, your text will
> apparently wrap around the frame as you wish it to.
>
> I trust this helps.
>
> Brian Barker
Hi Brian,

yes that workaround helps, thank you.

The example file is simplified, the actual document has no vertical 
spacing between paragraphs, I chose the indentation because it is indeed 
supposed to imitate the style used in older books. Also the pictures 
will have captions (which creates a frame around the picture as I 
noticed), so I guess I´ll have frames within a frame.

I also thought about arranging the pictures and captions in a table, 
which is placed inside a frame (to allow text to flow around it), but 
that doesn´t really make a big difference, does it?

Greetings
Andreas


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