Re: changing bullets

Emery Wang wrote:
>
> Thank you Ryan. I've looked in that dialogue, and I see where you can
> change the type from "Bullet" to "Numbers," and within those you can
> choose type of bullet, and type of number. What I don't see is how to
> alter the sub lists. For example, in Word you can pick the hierarchy
> of your numbered lists to go I, A, 1, a, etc. So your first list item
> is a I, the next level down it's A, the next level is 1, etc. Can I do
> that in Abiword? Also, I saw no dialogue box to alter the indent
> properties of sublists. It looks like I can change the text and label
> align, but that seems to affect only the first level of
> bullets/numbers. How do I get to the specific sub level that I need to
> alter?
I am not sure - you could file a bug but I think this may already be filed.
>
> And finally, thanks for the info about the grey boxes. Is there a way
> to not display them onscreen? Usually my document is read onscreen, so
> it would be cool if they didn't display onscreen either.
Not in AbiWord directly that I know of. You could print to PDF and
display it that way, since it will then show you exactly as if you had
printed it.
>
> thanks for all your help,
>
> -Emery
>
> At 10:16 PM 5/8/2007, Ryan Pavlik wrote:
>> Emery Wang wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi. Anybody know how to get rid of the gray boxes around bullets and
>>> numbered lists? Also, is there a way to change the tabs on bullets?
>>> Seems the default indent on bullets more than 3 levels deep doesn't
>>> make sentences indent in the right place. And finally, is there a
>>> way to change the actual bullets, for example to a, b, c instead of
>>> 1.1, 1.2, etc.?
>>>
>>> thanks.
>> Some of the options you request are in the Format, Bullets and
>> Numbering dialog box. If you still have questions after poking
>> around there, then please feel free to ask again. By the way - the
>> grey boxes are just there to show you that it's an auto-generated
>> character while you are composing your document. They will not show
>> up on the printout.
>>
>> Ryan
>>
>
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Received on Wed May 16 22:14:26 2007