newbie Q: indenting text within a calculation

[Danny Joe]

Hi -

I'm sure I remember from somewhere that this can be done - how do you indent text within a calculation field? Is there a function, or special operator?

[RalphL]

Make a global text field gTab. Set it with a tab, Control Tab in Windows, Option Tab in Mac. Include this field in your text calculation. You may have to set the tab in the layout.

[Danny Joe]

Hi Ralph, thanks for the reply. I guess I wasn't clear enough in my question though. I'm more concerned not with the initial indentation, but rathar that the text stays indented for the next lines. The field is a merge field which begins indented, but when the text wraps across the page to the next line, it doesn't stay indented, instead, it goes back to begin again at the left margin. I can't pull the tabs over on my layout becuase this merge field does not always appear, and I don't want the other text/merge fields to be indented.

I thought I'd seen some kind of character or function to insert into the calculation itself, keeping the text indented.

Any ideas?

Thanks, Dan

[Lee Smith]

Hi Dan,

Go to the Layout level, highlight your text field and use the Formatting options for Text (Menu >> Format >> Text).

HTH

Lee

[RalphL]

This looks more like a layout problem. You can set the indentation for a single line or field.

[Danny Joe]

Hi Lee, thanks for the reply, but it looks like I'll need a work-around. When I use the paragraph (text) formatting in layout mode to indent my merge field, it has the correct effect, except that it also affects the preceding merge fields on the same line as the one I am trying to indent, which I don't want. Do you know what I can do about this?

I have a vague memory of seeing some kind of calculation function which sets the indentation within calculation text. Maybe that was a plug-in.

Thanks,

Dan