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To display the ruler, choose <emph>View - Ruler</emph>.</paragraph> 59</case> 60</switch> 61<section id="howtoget"> 62 <embed href="text/shared/00/00040500.xhp#einzug"/> 63 </section> 64 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3158430" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="3">Indent</paragraph> 65 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155419" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="4">Specify the amount of space to leave between the left and the right page margins and the paragraph.</paragraph> 66<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/cui:MetricField:RID_SVXPAGE_STD_PARAGRAPH:ED_LEFTINDENT" id="bm_id3154898" localize="false"/> 67<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153698" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="5">Before text</paragraph> 68 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3148990" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG" oldref="6"><ahelp hid="SVX:METRICFIELD:RID_SVXPAGE_STD_PARAGRAPH:ED_LEFTINDENT">Enter the amount of space that you want to indent the paragraph from the page margin. If you want the paragraph to extend into the page margin, enter a negative number. In Left-to-Right languages, the left edge of the paragraph is indented with respect to the left page margin. In Right-to-Left languages, the right edge of the paragraph is indented with respect to the right page margin.</ahelp></paragraph> 69<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/cui:MetricField:RID_SVXPAGE_STD_PARAGRAPH:ED_RIGHTINDENT" id="bm_id3149656" localize="false"/> 70<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3152361" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="9">After text</paragraph> 71 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154390" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG" oldref="10"><ahelp hid="SVX:METRICFIELD:RID_SVXPAGE_STD_PARAGRAPH:ED_RIGHTINDENT">Enter the amount of space that you want to indent the paragraph from the page margin. If you want the paragraph to extend into the page margin, enter a negative number. In Left-to-Right languages, the right edge of the paragraph is indented with respect to the right page margin. In Right-to-Left languages, the left edge of the paragraph is indented with respect to the left page margin.</ahelp></paragraph> 72<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/cui:MetricField:RID_SVXPAGE_STD_PARAGRAPH:ED_FLINEINDENT" id="bm_id3144762" localize="false"/> 73<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3149169" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="7">First line</paragraph> 74 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150651" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG" oldref="8"><ahelp hid="SVX:METRICFIELD:RID_SVXPAGE_STD_PARAGRAPH:ED_FLINEINDENT">Indents the first line of a paragraph by the amount that you enter. To create a hanging indent enter a positive value for "Before text" and a negative value for "First line". To indent the first line of a paragraph that uses numbering or bullets, choose "<link href="text/shared/01/06050600.xhp">Format - Bullets and Numbering - Position</link>".</ahelp></paragraph> 75<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/cui:CheckBox:RID_SVXPAGE_STD_PARAGRAPH:CB_AUTO" id="bm_id3155994" localize="false"/> 76<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3150288" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 77 oldref="52"><switchinline select="appl"><caseinline select="WRITER">Automatic 78</caseinline></switchinline></paragraph> 79 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3151041" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG" oldref="53"><switchinline select="appl"><caseinline select="WRITER"><ahelp hid="SVX:CHECKBOX:RID_SVXPAGE_STD_PARAGRAPH:CB_AUTO">Automatically indents a paragraph according to the font size and the line spacing. The setting in the <emph>First Line </emph>box is ignored.</ahelp> 80</caseinline></switchinline></paragraph> 81 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3157894" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 82 oldref="22">Spacing</paragraph> 83 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3152462" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="23">Specify the amount of space to leave between selected paragraphs.</paragraph> 84<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/cui:MetricField:RID_SVXPAGE_STD_PARAGRAPH:ED_TOPDIST" id="bm_id3147350" localize="false"/> 85<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3147216" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 86 oldref="24">Above paragraph</paragraph> 87 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3146148" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="25"><ahelp hid="SVX:METRICFIELD:RID_SVXPAGE_STD_PARAGRAPH:ED_TOPDIST">Enter the amount of space that you want to leave above the selected paragraph(s).</ahelp></paragraph> 88<switch select="appl"> 89<case select="DRAW"><embed href="text/shared/00/00000007.xhp#textobjektleiste"/> 90</case> 91</switch> 92<switch select="appl"> 93<case select="DRAW"><embed href="text/shared/02/03110000.xhp#syabstanderhoehen"/> 94</case> 95</switch> 96<switch select="appl"> 97<case select="DRAW"><embed href="text/shared/02/03120000.xhp#syabstandvermindern"/> 98</case> 99</switch> 100<switch select="appl"> 101<case select="IMPRESS"><embed href="text/shared/00/00000007.xhp#textobjektleiste"/> 102</case> 103</switch> 104<switch select="appl"> 105<case select="IMPRESS"><embed href="text/shared/02/03110000.xhp#syabstanderhoehen"/> 106</case> 107</switch> 108<switch select="appl"> 109<case select="IMPRESS"><embed href="text/shared/02/03120000.xhp#syabstandvermindern"/> 110</case> 111</switch> 112<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/cui:MetricField:RID_SVXPAGE_STD_PARAGRAPH:ED_BOTTOMDIST" id="bm_id3154921" localize="false"/> 113<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3145590" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 114 oldref="26">Below paragraph</paragraph> 115 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3163822" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="27"><ahelp hid="SVX:METRICFIELD:RID_SVXPAGE_STD_PARAGRAPH:ED_BOTTOMDIST">Enter the amount of space that you want to leave below the selected paragraph(s).</ahelp></paragraph> 116<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/cui:ListBox:RID_SVXPAGE_STD_PARAGRAPH:LB_LINEDIST" id="bm_id3153095" localize="false"/> 117<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3156441" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 118 oldref="28">Line spacing</paragraph> 119 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3146985" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="29"><ahelp hid="SVX:LISTBOX:RID_SVXPAGE_STD_PARAGRAPH:LB_LINEDIST">Specify the amount of space to leave between lines of text in a paragraph.</ahelp></paragraph> 120 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3146923" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 121 oldref="30">Single</paragraph> 122 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150011" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="31"><variable id="einzeiligtext">Applies single line spacing to the current paragraph. This is the default setting. 123</variable></paragraph> 124 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3148500" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 125 oldref="33">1.5 lines</paragraph> 126 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150094" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG" oldref="34"><variable id="eineinhalbzeiligtext">Sets the line spacing to 1.5 lines. 127</variable></paragraph> 128 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3149378" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 129 oldref="36">Double</paragraph> 130 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154512" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG" oldref="37"><variable id="zweizeiligtext">Sets the line spacing to two lines. 131</variable></paragraph> 132 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3151206" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 133 oldref="39">Proportional</paragraph> 134 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147494" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="40">Select this option and then enter a percentage value in the box, where 100% corresponds to single line spacing.</paragraph> 135 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3156332" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 136 oldref="41">At Least</paragraph> 137 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3157965" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="42">Sets the minimum line spacing to the value that you enter in the box.</paragraph> 138 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150744" role="tip" l10n="U" oldref="47">If you use different font sizes within a paragraph, the line spacing is automatically adjusted to the largest font size. If you prefer to have identical spacing for all lines, specify a value in <emph>At least</emph> that corresponds to the largest font size.</paragraph> 139 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153927" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 140 oldref="43">Leading</paragraph> 141 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153354" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="44">Sets the height of the vertical space that is inserted between two lines.</paragraph> 142 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3155443" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 143 oldref="54"><switchinline select="appl"><caseinline select="WRITER">Fixed 144</caseinline></switchinline></paragraph> 145 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153711" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="55"><switchinline select="appl"><caseinline select="WRITER">Sets the line spacing to exactly match the value that you enter in the box. This can result in cropped characters. 146</caseinline></switchinline></paragraph> 147<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/cui:MetricField:RID_SVXPAGE_STD_PARAGRAPH:ED_LINEDISTPERCENT" id="bm_id3147582" localize="false"/> 148<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/cui:MetricField:RID_SVXPAGE_STD_PARAGRAPH:ED_LINEDISTMETRIC" id="bm_id3147338" localize="false"/> 149<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3156383" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 150 oldref="45">of</paragraph> 151 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154304" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="46"><ahelp hid="SVX:METRICFIELD:RID_SVXPAGE_STD_PARAGRAPH:ED_LINEDISTMETRIC">Enter the value to use for the line spacing.</ahelp></paragraph> 152 <embed href="text/shared/00/00000001.xhp#vorschau"/> 153 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3154965" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 154 oldref="48"><switchinline select="appl"><caseinline select="WRITER">Register-true 155</caseinline></switchinline></paragraph> 156<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/cui:CheckBox:RID_SVXPAGE_STD_PARAGRAPH:CB_REGISTER" id="bm_id3147344" localize="false"/> 157<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3146316" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 158 oldref="50"><switchinline select="appl"><caseinline select="WRITER">Activate 159</caseinline></switchinline></paragraph> 160 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3156315" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="51"><switchinline select="appl"><caseinline select="WRITER"><ahelp hid="SVX:CHECKBOX:RID_SVXPAGE_STD_PARAGRAPH:CB_REGISTER">Aligns the baseline of each line of text to a vertical document grid, so that each line is the same height. To use this feature, you must first activate the <emph>Register-true </emph>option for the current page style. To do this, choose <emph>Format - Page</emph>, click on the <emph>Page </emph>tab, and then select the<emph> Register-true</emph> box in the<emph> Layout settings</emph> area.</ahelp> 161</caseinline></switchinline></paragraph> 162<switch select="appl"> 163<case select="WRITER"> 164<section id="relatedtopics"> 165 <embed href="text/swriter/guide/indenting.xhp#indenting"/> 166 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id9267250" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW"><link href="text/swriter/guide/registertrue.xhp" name="Writing Register-true">Writing Register-true</link></paragraph> 167 </section> 168</case> 169</switch> 170</body> 171</helpdocument>