[Solved] Cannot continue with typing text after insert line

[james-osbourne]

After inserting simple horizontal line, for signature, the cursor will not move to the right end of the line. How do I continue with the text after inserting the line?

james-osbourne

[RoryOF]

What happens if you press Enter twice, then move back a line and insert your horizontal line? Are you then able to move to the next line of the file?

[keme]

How did you insert that line?
What happens when you try to move cursor beyond the line (e.g. does the line move)?

I find that the most reliable way to make a signature space is to set up a table, with cell border enabled where you want to have the signature. With this, you can easily have the name or title printed below the line, and have everything moving along nicely if you need to edit content or layout later. You can also have a table row above to ensure that you always have sufficient space to sign in. See attachment.

[Zizi64]

Please upload your ODF type sample file here...

[james-osbourne]

Thank you, gentlemen. I somehow finished the document. I draw a simple horizontal line. Non-printing characters are on and show the line with a paragraph symbol on the left side of the line .
When I place the cursor at the right end of the line nothing happens when I type. Where can I find instructions to upload the file.

Where do I find instruction to create an outline form, save it, and apply it to a document?

Thank you for your help.
james-osbourne

[RoryOF]

The upload tab is below the Submit button on Post Reply or Full Editor screens, not on the Quick Reply screen.

[RoryOF]

How do you draw your line? A line for a signature is often made by using a number of adjacent underscore characters, or sometimes a series of repeated full stops. Usually there is no need (for such a line) to use anything from the Draw toolbar in Writer.

[John_Ha]

It may be an automatic line, namely a paragraph border. See [Tutorial] Automatic functions in Writer - enable / disable

[james-osbourne]

Here is the file with which I had the problem.
I worked for hours on the outline form, but never got it to work the way I expected. I finally got this result with a combination of outline form and just adjusting the spacing from the keyboard on each line.
The file is too large to send.

[Zizi64]

The file is too large to send.

The file size limit for the attachment is 128 KiB on this forum.
Delete the un-important content from a copy of your file, or share it on a free file sharing service, like the Google drive...

[james-osbourne]

Thank you for your prompt and excellent assistance; I have solved my problem.

james-osbourne

[RoryOF]

Problems like this are why most users doing serious work on OpenOffice will leave the /view /non printing character display on. It is merely a matter of getting used to it and realising that it doesn't print, but it can help with tricky layout and odd layout problems.

[acknak]

I draw a simple horizontal line. Non-printing characters are on and show the line with a paragraph symbol on the left side of the line .

I'm glad you were able to finish your document.

Maybe you would like to understand what was causing the problem?

I assume your description means that you used the menu: Insert > Horizontal ruler ... or perhaps you used the drawing toolbar to create a simple graphic. It's important to understand that neither of these have any effect on where the paragraph ends. So when you continue typing, the new characters will go in just before the paragraph marker. ¶

If you used Insert > Horizontal ruler (Plain), it does not even insert any sort of ruler. It inserts an empty paragraph that has its bottom border turned on to produce the line. So again, the paragraph is empty and the ¶ is at the left side of the line, and any typing on the line will go in at the left.

Here's a picture with the paragraph marks on and the ends circled:

pp_ends_600.png (10.12 KiB) Viewed 3843 times

If you want to add text to the right of the line, the simplest approach is to use the underline characters to create the line. In the picture you can see that the paragraph mark in that situation is at the right side of the paragraph.

[John_Ha]

If you want to add text to the right of the line, the simplest approach is to use the underline characters to create the line.

Be careful - if you have Automatic lines, or Apply Borders as they are properly called enabled this will create a paragraph border which easily wins the prize for being the most confusing feature in AOO. See [Tutorial] Automatic functions in Writer - enable / disable

[acknak]

... this will create a paragraph border ...

Good point!

If you start a paragraph with underlines, pressing return will automatically replace the underlines with an empty paragraph with a border to give the line. This didn't happen with my sample document because the underlines are located at the end of the paragraph, not at the beginning.