finn@mojo.UUCP (Finn Markmanrud) (10/31/89)
The problem with mis-alignment came from using a non-propotional font,
as amny of you pointed out. I switched back to courier 10 pt. and everything
was fine. I got quite a few suggestions on using tabs instead of spaces,
but find this very difficult. To understand what I mean, here's what I'm
trying to do:
xxxx : xxxx xxxxxx xxxxx xx xx xxxxxx
yyy : yyyyyyyy yy y yyyyyy yyyy yyyyyyy yyyyyy yyyyyy yyy
yyy yyyyyyy yyyyyyy
z : zzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzz
iiiii : iiiiiiii iiiiiiii iiiiiii ii iiiiiiii iiiiii
The problem is to get the colons to line up, as well as the beginning of each
line. Since there are 3 spaces after "yyy", but 5 after "z," the colons don't
line up. One person (wb8foz@mthvax.cs.miami.edu) mentioned using "Shift-F8, D,
D," to get to display pitch and see if it is set to automatic. It was, and
changing it didn't make any difference. I felt like I was close to what I
was trying to do there for a second! I would still like to be able to
assign some fixed amount of space to each letter, but if this was possible
they wouldn't call it non-propotional font, I guess. :-)
Anyway, thanks to everyone who replied.
Finn.
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+=====================+========================+=============================+raymond@math.berkeley.edu (Raymond Chen) (11/01/89)
My mail bounced. Apologies to everyone in advance. In article <197@mojo.UUCP>, finn@mojo (Finn Markmanrud) writes: >To understand what I mean, here's what I'm >trying to do: > > xxxx : xxxx xxxxxx xxxxx xx xx xxxxxx > yyy : yyyyyyyy yy y yyyyyy yyyy yyyyyyy yyyyyy yyyyyy yyy > yyy yyyyyyy yyyyyyy > z : zzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzz > iiiii : iiiiiiii iiiiiiii iiiiiii ii iiiiiiii iiiiii ^ ^ ^ Set tabs at the indicated locations. Then to enter, for example, the line starting with "yyy", type <TAB>yyy<TAB>:<F4>yyyyyyyy yy y yyyyyy yyyy yyyyyyy yyyyyy yyyyyy yyy yyy yyyyyyy yyyyyyy<RETURN> Since you used <F4> ("indent") when the paragraph wraps, the subsequent lines will be indented the proper amount. Moral of the story: Never use spaces to line up things. It only gives you a false sense of achievement. Use cool things like tabs, indent, center, right-align, maybe even styles. The time you invest now in learning to use these tools will be saved in time not spent trying to tweak your document later. >| Finn Markmanrud | finn@nec.mojo.com | "It can't happen here." | Since I've noticed that other folks have had difficulty getting through to Mr. Markmanrud, perhaps he can double-check that the address above is valid. Raymond Chen (mathematician by training, hacker by choice) raymond@math.berkeley.edu
phil@diablo.amd.com (Phil Ngai) (11/10/89)
In article <197@mojo.UUCP> finn@mojo.UUCP (Finn Markmanrud) writes: |The problem with mis-alignment came from using a non-propotional font, |as amny of you pointed out. I switched back to courier 10 pt. and everything |was fine. I got quite a few suggestions on using tabs instead of spaces, |but find this very difficult. To understand what I mean, here's what I'm I don't know about WP but MS Word lets you set tabs anywhere you want, as well as setting what flavor they are. -- Phil Ngai, phil@diablo.amd.com {uunet,decwrl,ucbvax}!amdcad!phil Come witness the failure of democracy in California!