How-To: Format Compact List - OpenOffice.org Writer
- To remove the spacing between list items, select all items but the last.
- Make the selection by clicking into the first item's text and dragging somewhere in the next to last item.
- Notice that the start and end of the selection can be anywhere within the item. The selection does not have to start at the first haracter nor must it end at the last.
- To remove the spacing between items, click on the "Format" menu.
- Select the "Paragraph..." item from the menu.
- The "Paragraph" dialog appears.
- Navigate to the "Indents & Spacing" tab.
- In the "Spacing" section, set the "Below paragraph" field to zero.
- To accept the changes, click the "OK" button.
- Notice that the spacing between the list items disappeared
- Notice also that the last item of the list has retained its spacing, because it was not part of the selection.
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Format Compact List
This screencast demonstrates how to format a compact list, without spacing between items, in OpenOffice.org Writer. You learn:
- How to select the list items.
- How to navigate to the "Format Pragraph" dialog.
- How to set the spacing after each item to zero.
- The appearance of a field in a text document.
This screencast uses a bulleted list as an example. The same can be applied to other lists.
Include the last item of the list in the
selection
,
if you want to eliminate the spacing between the list and
the following paragraph.
Advanced topics
For advanced functionality with similar results see:
- How to format spacing above a paragraph.
- How to format spacing below a paragraph.
- How to modify a paragraph style.
- How to format a bulleted list.
- How to format a numbered list.
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