Paragraph spacing option

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Paragraph spacing option

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Is there a possibility that Atlantis could include an option in the paragraph formatting dialog box similar to the option in MS Word called "Don't add space between paragraphs of the same style". This was added in Word 2002 and is useful for literary texts that contain quotations that you may want to be separated by a space from the preceding and succeeding paragraphs, but normally want no spacing between paragraphs. To see what I mean, view the attached file in Atlantis and in MS Word (2002 or later).

Thanks for considering this.
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There is one snag with this option in MS Word. It seems that they have not included this option in the MS Word 2003 RTF Specification. When I include this option in a style in MS Word 2003, then save as RTF, then reopen, this option is not kept (if you close and reopen your document, you need to set this option within the required styles again).
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Yes, I see your point. This is not really a crucial feature anyway, I think I can figure out a different way to have the same functionality using other options.
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Re: "Don't add space between paragraphs of the same sty

Post by Robert »

Greetings--
The easiest and traditional way of dealing with this, is to use a different style with adequate paragraph formatting properties for the qutotations in your documents.
As a general rule, it is often preferable to use different styles when the target texts must be formatted differently.
Cheers
Robert
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