How do I align text with character

[LSemmens]

I use Libre Office for all of my Musical Chord Charts currently I have alternating rows styles as Chords and Default. Both styles are set at Noto Mono and 11 point. If, however I need to increase the size of the Chord style text, I then have to also increase the size of the default correspondingly. In normal circumstances this would not matter. HOWEVER! I wish to keep the Default style at the original size and have the Chords increase as I desire. By using text boxes I can align the Text with the Correct Chord but this is a fiddly operation that works. I’ve tried Frames but the line spacing becomes problematic when the line wraps because of the larger font size.

How can I for example, ensure that (in the following) “word” is always aligned with “D”, “Second” with “F” and so forth regardless of the font size of D, F, and Em? Will I have to resort to text boxes to perform such a task?
eg.
D___ F___________________ Em
word second word verse and so forth

[EarnestAl]

It sounds as if you might need a table with the word in the cell below the chord cell.

Before you go down that route, have you checked out the extension site? This is a search on music, Extensions » Libreoffice Extensions

[mikekaganski]

This looks like a job for Ruby text (Asian Phonetic Guide). Despite the name, it may be used in any text, not only Asian; but it only appears in Format menu, when Asian languages support is enabled in language options.

By default, “Rubies” character style is 6 pt; but on the screenshot, I made it 14 pt. Note that I didn’t even use monospace fonts. You may use different styles for different guide instances, thus allowing you to have some of them e.g. emphasized, increased, whatever.

[fpy]

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