Re: [libreoffice-users] Text boxing / layering?

On 2014-06-23 04:05, anahuj wrote:
> (Newbie to any word processor.)
>
> I'm writing CV. The top contains address at the left and title/date at
> center, or so.
> Traditionally this is typed by separating the entities with spaces and tabs;
> if I add to
> address, I must re-edit the title/date as well.
>
> Is there a way to do this in modern way by having boxes (like in TeX) or
> layers (like
> in GIMP)?
>
> I tried tables already. I created 1x1 tables, but I could not move them in
> anyway.
> I could create 2x1 table but then I don't get the title to center.
>
> If this turns out to be a feature request. I'm putting this to bigger
> context: famous
> mathematician wrote a text book in two weeks (check!) by technique what I
> call
> now a scrapbook technique; he had text pieces in cards which he then
> arranged to
> form the final book, more or less.
>
> So, I want write text to small boxes which I can later grab and drag to
> correct positions.
>
> I have written a scrapbook software of this kind, but I started from the
> image processor
> context.
Hi.
If you go Insert>Frame you can enter a frame that can contain the text. 
I use this for the address on my letters and also for my document 
revision number that must be fixed in location.
Steve

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