Setting indents in styles

Greiggy · Post by **Greiggy** » 2005-10-05 01:18:00

I've found that the ruler for setting indents in styles doesn't relate to the ruler in the doc. It's too narrow and the units don't seem to correspond.

I needed to set a couple of styles with indents of 11.5 and 13.5cm respectively. I found I was unable to (a) set the parameters as quantities (as above) and (b) unable to make the ruler of the style work predictably with the document ruler.

Tell me if I'm missing something obvious here.

cchapin · Post by **cchapin** » 2005-10-05 06:15:59

Three solutions:

1. In the Style Sheet, set a tab anywhere you like, then double-click it. A little window shade will drop down, which will let you set the tab position precisely, even if it's off the right edge of the Style Sheet ruler.

2. Maximize the window.

3. Make your tab settings in Page View, then copy the ruler (Edit > Copy > Copy Ruler). Switch to Style Sheet and paste the ruler (Edit > Paste > Paste Ruler).

A suggestion for the Nisus developers: perhaps the Style Sheet ruler could scroll, so that users could make tab and indentation settings more visually/intuitively. I find the current set-up a little awkward, too.

--Craig

Post by **martin** » 2005-10-05 11:24:28

An explanation: the ruler quantities shown in the stylesheet view are all relative to the page margins. So if your page has a left margin of 2" and in the stylesheet view you set the left indent to 1", your text will appear 3" from the left page edge.

For now one of the options given above is probably best. However, we're definitely looking into making this more intuitive for a future version.

Greiggy · Post by **Greiggy** » 2005-10-06 11:34:03

Well, at least I understand now what the little ruler in styles is trying to do . . .

I look forward to a re-hash of this. Thanks for advice given.