Writer Guide

Tip
To check the top and bottom spacing for ordinary paragraphs:
1) Position the cursor in a paragraph and press F11 (unless the Styles
and Formatting window is already open). Check that the Styles and
Formatting window shows paragraph styles (top left button).
2) The current style should be highlighted. If no paragraph style is
highlighted, select All Styles in the bottom drop-down list. Right-
click on it and select Modify from the pop-up list.
3) Go to the Indents & Spacing page and look in the Spacing area for
the values in Above paragraph and Below paragraph.
Figure 125: Defining the space above and below a table
You may also want to turn off number recognition so that Writer will not try to format
numbers if you want them to be plain text. To turn number recognition off:
1) Right-click in the table and then click Number Format on the pop-up menu.
2) On the Number Format dialog box, make sure the Category is set to Text. Click
OK.
Tip
If you use this table format often, you may want to save it as AutoText,
as described in Chapter 3 (Working with Text). Select the table (not just
the contents) to assign the shortcut.
Figure 126: Setting number format to Text
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