Re: [libreoffice-users] Two parallel text flows in one document possible?

Hi Dan,

Yes I did, but the Font tab is a Character tab in a Paragraph style. (If you do Format > Paragraph 
from the menu, the dialog has no Font tab, because that is under Format > Character. One of the 
idiosyncrasies about OO/LO Paragraph /styles/ [related to MS Word history?] is that they incorporate 
Character style functions.)  So I tend to think of those as attributes of a Character style -- but as you 
say, in this case they are (also) in a Paragraph style.

Thanks again for checking my understanding,
John

On 2021-04-16 15:47, Dan Lewis wrote:
> the language setting is also in the Font tab for all paragraph styles. Did you notice this?
>
> Dan
>
> On 4/16/21 9:33 AM, John Kaufmann wrote:
> > Thanks, Dan. It's funny: I thought I knew styles, which are indispensable to any kind of serious 
> > writing, but never noticed that Language setting in the Character style Font tab.
> > Every day is a school day.
> > -John
> >
> > On 2021-04-16 08:50, Dan Lewis wrote:
> > > This requires knowing how to use styles. For the column in German, all of the styles you use 
> > > (paragraph, heading, or character styles need to be modified to list German as the language. For 
> > > the column in English, all of the styles you use (paragraph, heading, or character styles need to 
> > > be modified to list English as the language.This results in two sets of styles, one for German and 
> > > one for English. For detailed instructions on doing this, you need to download the latest Writer 
> > > Guide or download the the chapter on styles and the chapters on styles from the Getting Started 
> > > Guide. Or, you could just download the entire Writer Guide so you would have a good reference for 
> > > other questions about Writer.
> > >
> > > Dan
> > >
> > > On 4/16/21 7:45 AM, John Kaufmann wrote:
> > > > Sorry, but I was hoping you would ask HOW the spell-check language is set separately on each column.
> > > > [I hate it when someone says "Of course" on an issue I don't see.] ;-)
> > > > Since you grasped it immediately, I'm afraid I must ask one of you: How do you do that?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 2021-04-15 14:22, Ulf Dunkel wrote:
> > > > > A two-column TABLE seems to be a very smart solution for this. Thank you, Harvey.
> > > > >
> > > > > - - - - -
> > > > >
> > > > > Am 15.04.21 um 12:09 schrieb Harvey Nimmo:
> > > > > > Hi,
> > > > > > I sometimes have to translate documents. So that I can see the
> > > > > > relationship of the texts I put one language on the right and the other
> > > > > > left on the page. For that I use a two-column table which works quite
> > > > > > well. Not sure if that is the most elegant solution for what you want.
> > > > > > Of course you can format each column as you want (e.g. with no table
> > > > > > borders), and the spell-check language can be set separately on each
> > > > > > column.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Greetings
> > > > > > Harvey
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Thu, 2021-04-15 at 11:42 +0200, Ulf Dunkel wrote:
> > > > > > > Hello everyone.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I would like to write a book in German and English in parallel and
> > > > > > > let
> > > > > > > the German text flow on the left and the English text on the right,
> > > > > > > or
> > > > > > > two columns of German on the left and English on the right. Is that
> > > > > > > technically possible in LO Writer? I haven't found anything about it
> > > > > > > yet.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Best, Ulf

--
To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscribe@global.libreoffice.org
Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/
Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette
List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/
Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy