1*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<helpdocument version="1.0"> 3*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 4*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<!--*********************************************************** 5*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * 6*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 7*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 8*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * distributed with this work for additional information 9*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 10*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 11*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 12*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * with the License. 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See the License for the 20*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * specific language governing permissions and limitations 21*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * under the License. 22*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * 23*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski ***********************************************************--> 24*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 25*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 26*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 27*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 28*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<meta> 29*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <topic id="textswriterguideinsert_linexml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 30*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Inserting a Horizontal Line</title> 31*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <filename>/text/swriter/guide/insert_line.xhp</filename> 32*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </topic> 33*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </meta> 34*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <body> 35*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3151178"><bookmark_value>horizontal lines</bookmark_value> 36*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <bookmark_value>lines; inserting horizontal lines</bookmark_value> 37*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <bookmark_value>rules</bookmark_value> 38*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <bookmark_value>inserting; horizontal lines</bookmark_value> 39*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</bookmark> 40*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3151178" role="heading" level="1" l10n="U" 41*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski oldref="76"><variable id="insert_line"><link href="text/swriter/guide/insert_line.xhp" name="Inserting a Horizontal Line">Inserting a Horizontal Line</link> 42*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</variable></paragraph> 43*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id2165898" role="tip" l10n="CHG">This guide is about inserting graphical rules. You can also insert other lines, see <link href="text/shared/guide/line_intext.xhp">Drawing Lines in Text</link>.</paragraph> 44*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <list type="ordered"> 45*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 46*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149691" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="82">Click in the document where you want to insert the line.</paragraph> 47*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 48*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 49*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155186" role="listitem" l10n="CHG" oldref="77">Choose <emph>Insert - Horizontal Rule</emph>.</paragraph> 50*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 51*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </list> 52*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <list type="ordered" startwith="3"> 53*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 54*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155902" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="83">Click the line that you want to insert in the <emph>Selection </emph>list.</paragraph> 55*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 56*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 57*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147124" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="84">Click <emph>OK</emph>.</paragraph> 58*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 59*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </list> 60*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id5338602" role="heading" level="2" l10n="NEW">The "Plain" type</paragraph> 61*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id5342265" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG">If you select the "Plain" type of rules, an empty paragraph is inserted at the position of the cursor. This paragraph has the style "Horizontal Line", with a line as the lower border of the paragraph. You can edit that Paragraph Style to change the properties of all "Plain" rules in your document. For example you can set the left indent to 3 inches, or you can change the line style, thickness, and color.</paragraph> 62*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id707113" role="heading" level="3" l10n="NEW">To edit the "Plain" rule style</paragraph> 63*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <list type="ordered"> 64*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 65*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id5267494" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Choose <emph>Format - Styles and Formatting</emph> to open the Styles and Formatting window.</paragraph> 66*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 67*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 68*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id5074922" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">In the listbox at the bottom, select to display "All Styles".</paragraph> 69*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 70*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 71*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id8491470" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Right-click the "Horizontal Line" paragraph style.</paragraph> 72*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 73*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 74*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3253883" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Choose Modify.</paragraph> 75*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3196203" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG">For example, open the Borders tab page to set the thickness and style of the lines. Open the Indents & Spacing tab page to set the indents of the line.</paragraph> 76*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 77*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </list> 78*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id8385265" role="heading" level="2" l10n="NEW">The graphical type</paragraph> 79*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id2582476" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Select any rule type below of the "Plain" rule type. This inserts a new paragraph at the position of the cursor. A picture showing a graphical horizontal line is inserted.</paragraph> 80*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150217" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="78">The inserted line is anchored to the current paragraph and centered between the page margins.</paragraph> 81*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <list type="unordered"> 82*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 83*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id2111575" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">To edit the graphical line, right-click the line and choose <emph>Picture</emph>.</paragraph> 84*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 85*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </list> 86*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150231" role="tip" l10n="U" oldref="79">You can also insert one of these lines by dragging it from the <emph>Rulers</emph> folder in the <emph>Gallery</emph> into the current document.</paragraph> 87*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <embed href="text/shared/00/00000004.xhp#related"/> 88*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <embed href="text/shared/guide/line_intext.xhp#line_intext"/> 89*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <embed href="text/shared/guide/insert_bitmap.xhp#insert_bitmap"/> 90*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150944" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="80"><link href="text/shared/01/gallery.xhp" name="Gallery">Gallery</link></paragraph> 91*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </body> 92*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</helpdocument> 93