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diff --git a/helpcontent2/source/text/sdraw/01/consolidatetext.xhp b/helpcontent2/source/text/sdraw/01/consolidatetext.xhp new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..bca64d56b9 --- /dev/null +++ b/helpcontent2/source/text/sdraw/01/consolidatetext.xhp @@ -0,0 +1,63 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> +<helpdocument version="1.0"> +<!-- + * This file is part of the LibreOffice project. + * + * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public + * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this + * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. + * +--> +<meta> + <topic id="consolidatetext" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> + <title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Consolidate Text Boxes</title> + <filename>/text/sdraw/01/consolidatetext.xhp</filename> + </topic> +</meta> +<body> +<bookmark id="bm_id301623510996084" xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/.uno:TextCombine" localize="false"/> +<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id371623524099696"> +<bookmark_value>text box consolidation</bookmark_value> +<bookmark_value>join PDF lines;text box consolidation</bookmark_value> +<bookmark_value>combine text box;text box consolidation</bookmark_value> +<bookmark_value>combine text frames;text box consolidation</bookmark_value> +</bookmark> +<section id="textboxconsolidation"> +<h1 id="hd_id861623510996086"><link href="text/sdraw/01/consolidatetext.xhp">Text Box Consolidation</link></h1> +<paragraph id="par_id441623510996088" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"><variable id="textboxconsolidationv1"><ahelp hid=".">Combine two or more selected text boxes into one.</ahelp></variable></paragraph> +</section> +<section id="howtoget"> + <embed href="text/shared/00/00000004.xhp#from_menu_bar"/> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id711623512060597">Choose <menuitem>Shape - Consolidate Text</menuitem> when two or more text boxes are selected.</paragraph> + <embed href="text/shared/00/00000004.xhp#from_context"/> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id501623512080240">Choose <menuitem>Consolidate Text</menuitem> when two or more text boxes are selected.</paragraph> +</section> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id61623512950690">Text box consolidation joins several text boxes into a single text box, enabling text reflow inside the resulting box.</paragraph> +<tip id="par_id141623511540551">The <emph>Consolidate Text</emph> command is especially useful for editing PDF documents with %PRODUCTNAME Draw.</tip> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id471623513979583">The function inspects the text fragments to see if they end in sentence-ending punctuation. If not, then the next text box's content is appended to it instead of starting a new paragraph. You must manually fix paragraphing, and set paragraph properties after consolidation.</paragraph> +<h2 id="hd_id381623516529280">Remarks</h2> +<list type="unordered"> + <listitem> + <paragraph id="par_id211623513189855" role="listitem">The resulting text box will be inserted into the current layer.</paragraph> +</listitem> +<listitem> + <paragraph id="par_id61623516556624" role="listitem">The resulting text box will be unnamed.</paragraph> +</listitem> +<listitem> + <paragraph id="par_id611623516624688" role="listitem">The title and description of the individual text boxes will be lost after consolidation.</paragraph> +</listitem> +<listitem> + <paragraph id="par_id281623513291901" role="listitem">The previous text box objects are deleted after consolidation.</paragraph> +</listitem> +<listitem> + <paragraph id="par_id531623515498932" role="listitem">When consolidating lists, the list's layout may be affected by the position of the punctuation. In this case, you will need to manually restore the layout. For example, when using the numbering of style "1.", the resulting list items may be split after the dot.</paragraph> +</listitem> +<listitem> + <paragraph id="par_id931623525360411" role="listitem">For better results, combine adjacent text boxes with similar paragraph formatting. Character formatting inside the text boxes is preserved. When combining text boxes with different paragraph styles, you may need to manually restore the original text layout.</paragraph> +</listitem> +</list> +<section id="relatedtopics"> + <embed href="text/shared/01/ref_pdf_export.xhp#ref_pdf_export"/> +</section> +</body> +</helpdocument> |