Formatting Aids

In StarOffice text and HTML documents, defines the display for certain characters and for the direct cursor.

Display Of

Defines which non-printing characters are visible on the screen. Turn on the Non-printing Characters On/Off icon on the Main toolbar. All characters that you have selected here are displayed.

Paragraph End

Specifies whether paragraph delimiters are displayed. The paragraph delimiters also contain paragraph format information.

Custom Hyphens

Specifies whether user-defined delimiters are displayed. These are hidden delimiters that you enter within a word by pressing Ctrl+Hyphen(-). Words with user-defined delimiters are only separated at the end of a line at the point where a user-defined delimiter has been inserted, irrespective of whether the automatic hyphenation is activated or deactivated.

Spaces

Specifies whether to represent every space in the text with a dot.

Non-breaking Spaces

Specifies that non-breaking spaces are shown as gray boxes. Non-breaking spaces are not broken at the end of a line and are entered with the Ctrl+Spacebar shortcut keys.

Tabs

Specifies that tab stops are displayed as small arrows.

Breaks

Displays all line breaks inserted with the Shift+Enter shortcut. These breaks create a new line, but do not start a new paragraph.

Hidden Text (not for HTML documents)

Displays text that uses the 'hidden' character format when the icon Non-printing Characters On/Off is selected.

Fields: Hidden Text (not for HTML documents)

If you have inserted text as Conditional Text or Hidden Text, specifies whether to display hidden text in the document.

Fields: Hidden Paragraphs (not for HTML documents)

If you have inserted text using the Hidden Paragraph field, specifies whether to display the hidden paragraph. This option has the same function as the View - Hidden Paragraphs menu commands that are available in open text documents.

Direct Cursor (not for HTML documents)

Defines all properties of the Direct Cursor.

Direct Cursor

Activates the Direct cursor. You can also activate this function by clicking the Direct Cursor On/Off icon in a text document.

Insert (not for HTML documents)

Defines the insert options for the direct cursor. If you click at any position in your document, a new paragraph can be written or inserted exactly at this position. The properties of this paragraph depend on the selected option. You can select from the following options:

Paragraph Alignment - Sets the paragraph alignment when the straight cursor is used. Depending on where the mouse is clicked, the paragraph is formatted left aligned, centered or right aligned. The cursor before the mouse-click shows, by means of a triangle, which alignment is set.

Left Paragraph Margin - When the straight cursor is used, the left paragraph indent is set at the horizontal position where you click the straight cursor. The paragraph is left aligned.

Tabs - When the straight cursor is used, as many tabs as necessary are added in the new paragraph until the clicked position is reached.

Tabs and Spaces - When the Direct Cursor is used, a corresponding number of tabs and spaces are inserted in the new paragraph as necessary until the clicked position is reached. All insert options refer only to the current paragraph generated with the Direct Cursor.

Allow Cursor in Protected Areas

Specifies that you can set the cursor in a protected area, but cannot make any changes.

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