Re: [libreoffice-users] Alignment in heading-styled numbered-paragraphs text

Xiha wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am trying to make use of heading-like paragraph styles in order to 
> make a document of numbered paragraphs with nested levels. Something 
> like (view this in monospaced font if it does not show like that; 
> however in my document I do not particularly want to use a monosopaced 
> font):
>
> 1. Here is some first text and
>     note how the text is aligned
>     vertically in a straight line
>     on the left.
>     1.1 Here is a subitem of that
>         first item and again the
>         text is aligned in a
>         straight line.
>         1.1.1 And one more level
>               down. You get the
>               idea.
>         1.1.2 Et cetera et cetera
>               et cetera.
>
> The reason I want to use paragraph styles rather than a numbered list is 
> that I want the structure to show up in the Navigator, which is very 
> handy to get an overview with its collapsible levels, and also for a TOC.
 
You can still use numbered paragraphs, for example the paragraph styles Numbering1, Numbering2, etc 
or a copy of them. In the paragraph style choose the Outline and Numbering tab. For Outline level, 
choose Level 1, Level 2, Level 3 etc. This causes the paragraphs to appear like headings in the 
Navigator. For Numbering style choose Numbering 1 (for all levels), and you will apply the 
different indents in the Numbering 1 list style.

> After much wrangling with style definitions (Indents & Spacing) and 
> Outline Numbering, I can't quite get it the way shown above. Somehow I'm 
> not getting the straight left alignment emphasized above. Also, ideally, 
> I don't want to use fixed tab positions and the like: I want the first 
> "1" of "1.1" to align (automatically?) with the left border of the text 
> at "1.", and so on.

You do this by specifying the proper offsets in the Numbering 1 list style. Here is an example: 
In tab Options you specify the number of sublevels. For Level n, you have Show sublevels = n, so 
you get the numbering 1, 1.1, 1.1.1, etc.
In tab Position: All of them Numbering alignment: Left, Followed by Tab stop
Level 1: Aligned at 0cm, Tab stop at 0.5cm, Indent at 0.5cm
Level 2: Aligned at 0.5cm, Tab stop at 1.2cm, Indent at 1.2cm
Level 3: Aligned at 1.2cm, Tab stop at 2.3cm, Indent at 2.3cm

Each level is aligned at the Tab stop of the previous level. Tab stop = Indent, and the difference 
between 'Tab stop' and 'Aligned at' should be big enough to accomodate the numbering.
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