When I draw a line with a label in Draw, there is no space under the label.
A line of more than one pixel width makes the label really hard to read.
I have tried spacing under text in text effects, paragraph, etc - nothing seems to work.
How do I make this legible?
Thanks!
Text with subscript is even worse:
Idiotic forum will not allow me to insert 2nd image here, sorry…
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By default, labels are centered in the object:
A line spacing set to double lower the first row:
A line spacing Fixed of 0.25 mm (the minimum):
As a workaround, add a new paragraph at the end of the label.
As another workaround, apply superscript:
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I’m using LibreOffice 24.8.2.1 on Windows.
Changing line spacing has no effect.
Adding a line-break after the text (shift-Enter), selecting the (invisible) line-break,
and formatting the break’s character height to 3pt did work:
Thanks!
Similar to @cwolan’s idea…
Please note: If text is in edit mode (irrelevant if any letter is selected) you can change to Text Attributes (right hand mouse click) and then alter the values. See screenshots.
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@Grantler - I tried that, but oddly absolutely nothing happens.
Ooops, sorry, I used “bottom” which does nothing.
One has to use “Top” to affect the bottom spacing ??? Yikes.
Also, the “Text Attribute” menu disappears if the text contains a subscript.
@cwolan - This is exactly what I was looking for.
Unfortunately, if I do this, the “subscript” attribute in the text is overridden somehow.
When I edit the text I see the appropriate section as a subscript,
but as soon as I leave the edit box the subscript reverts to normal text.
@Grantler way:
Not for me:
Version: 24.2.7.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: ee3885777aa7032db5a9b65deec9457448a91162
CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 17763; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: es-MX (es_AR); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded
But in
Version: 24.8.2.1 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 0f794b6e29741098670a3b95d60478a65d05ef13
CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 10 X86_64 (10.0 build 17763); UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: es-MX (es_AR); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded
the text must be NOT selected when choosing Text Attributes in the context menu.
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If you have a text with more than one line, “text along path” will not work. But for a single line text I find it easier to use. And it does also work, if you want to label a curve or a connector.
In regard to “text attributes”, a line behaves the same as a zero-height rectangle. So for understanding the behavior for lines it might be helpful to understand the behavior for a rectangle. I have tried to illustrate that:
Textarea.odp (33.3 KB)
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