Quick MS Word question

[rjh01]

The page needs to look like this:



I think that by far the easiest answer is to put in an extra paragraph mark for between each "item".

Actually you can set the paragraph parameters to be unique for each paragraph. However I do agree that is more trouble than what it is worth.

 

[SkepticScott]

I'll create an example tonight and post a URL to it here.

 

[The Norseman]

Amen, brother.


Not using Word?

Two fundamental flaws in Word, originating from its days as a typewriter replacement:

• Horizontal space is inserted by typing spaces.
• Vertical space is inserted by typing returns.

There should be tags to do those things. But Word is supposed to be WYSIWYG, so tags are anathema. You can't win.

So I use TeX.

~~ Paul

I second this. TeX (or LaTeX) for me was a really steep learning curve, but everything I produce looks amazingly professional; clean, precise, easily read, legible.

ETA:

So far, I've created legal pleadings, letters, a formal business invoice, and school papers including a full APA-formatted thesis with LaTeX. The legal stuff was a beyotch, but again, they look better than most attorney's Word docs.

 

[The Norseman]

Actually you can set the paragraph parameters to be unique for each paragraph. However I do agree that is more trouble than what it is worth.

It seems that Avalon's work requires this kind of set-up, so maybe it'd be worthwhile to try and briefly explain the process of how to do this?

I'd be interested in knowing, myself.

 

[SkepticScott]

If you want to modify just one paragraph, use alt-o p (or Paragraph under the Home tab).

To create styles, the easiest is to click on the arrow in the lower right of Styles on the Home tab, then New Style at the bottom.

I attached an example.

If you right-click on "Claim body" or "Claim first line" in the table of styles, you can Modify them and all paragraphs with that style will change. If you can find "Using Microsoft Word" by Que at a library, it has a chapter on using styles.