[Solved] Line styles

[Andy_I]

I am using Calc to create a family tree and for the most part it is successful. However, where I would like to join two boxes with a double line (to indicate that the people in the boxes are married), I can't find a double line anywhere. I have seen the dialogue box for adding a style and the Help, but neither seems to help much - or more likely, I don't really understand them. Any ideas how to increase the number of different line styles?

Andy_I

[jrkrideau]

When you say a box do you mean a Calc cell? And how are you drawing the line?

[Zizi64]

If you want to use the Cell borders:

Double line border.ods

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Use the cell styles instead of the direct formatting...

[Zizi64]

You can use shadowed connector lines for the join the graphical objects in the Draw application... But - in my opinion - the are not look so good, because the shadow line is shifted right by the value of the distance.

Shadowed lines in the Draw.odg

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Use the Object styles instead of the direct (manual) formatting in the Draw application too.

[Andy_I]

Thanks for the help.

I have worked out a way of doing what I want by going into Draw, creating the line style I want, then copying the creation and pasting it into Calc, where I can position it and size it exactly as I want it.

Works for me!!

Andy_I