Re: paragraph borders in Abiword?

Tim Robinson wrote:
> I'm running PCLOS MiniME p.93 and wanted to keep my
> system lean and mean, so I installed Abiword (v 2.2.8
> from PCLOS' repository) instead of the OOo package
> which is huge and slow. But one thing I MUST be able
> to do is place borders on certain paragraphs. (I write
> resumes)
>
> I cannot find a way to do that or any reference to it
> in Abiword Help. I tried importing a file from MS Word
> that had the borders already there, and they
> disappear. Same if I bring in a file from OOo that had
> borders under the paragraph. Otherwise, I love
> Abiword. I'd like to stay with it, but MUST have this
> capability.
>
> Any suggestions would be appreciated.

There's a request in Bugzilla for this feature
(http://bugzilla.abisource.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1933), but no one has
expressed an interest in coding it. You may be able to use a
single-celled table as a workaround, but that might not provide the full
functionality you need.
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Received on Sun May 7 06:45:50 2006