[softwarelist] Re: Default border thickness in OvPro for RISC OS

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          David Pilling <flist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> In message <2624eb4d4f.roger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Roger Foden
> <roger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
>>The default thickness for borders in OvPro (RISC OS) is 1mm.
>>Is there any way to change this - I haven't yet found one.

> I'm a little surprised, but no, there is no way to configure this. It is
> hard wired into the code - of course that does mean you could find the
> word in !RunImage and change it.

I suspect it would be rather easier for you to find the word than it 
would be for me (and that's intended as a compliment)!

>>By far the easiest way to have parallel horizontal lines is a frame
>>with top and bottom borders (say around a sub-heading); a master page
>>with 0.25mm top and bottom borders separates off the main text from
>>header and footer; etc

> You can embed lines in the text flow. I suppose that is a way of getting
> horizontal rule offs, and embedded lines will move with the text.

I don't want the lines to move with the text; the sub-heading would be 
at the top of the page.

> Beyond that I'd say use lines rather than frames if you can. Frames
> carry an overhead of text flow and so are less efficient.


> A good way of working is to have "template" objects, i.e. things which
> you copy when you want to create a particular thing.

> I'll give you an example, I often scan paper forms into OP, I then put
> lots of text frames on top of them where I am supposed to fill in stuff.
> I fill in the form and print it out - saving me and the world from my
> handwriting.

> These text frames need to have transparent fill colour, no text inset,
> no text repulsion, vertically centred text, and horizontally centred
> text. The temptation is to keep creating objects like this from scratch,
> which is tedious.

> Much easier is to create one such object, then use ALT+SHIFT drag and
> drop to make copies where you want.

> As an alternative have a document containing items, and either drag and
> drop them or copy them via the clipboard.

Thanks for that, David (Alt+Shift Drag). I'd not realised until now 
that one could copy a frame within a document that way.

I've also found:
Alt+Shift Drag _moves_ a frame between documents.
Alt Drag _copies_ a frame between documents.
Alt Drag can move a frame across pages within a document.
Alt+Shift Drag can copy a frame across pages within a document.

(And having just done a RTFM I can't find that information!)

Regards
Roger
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