Forum Discussion
Justify a line of Latin language text
Hello faszikam ,
not sure why you want to have a new doc look exactly like the old one, but if the typography is important, you'll have a very difficult job as first and foremost you need to find the most fitting font and fix its spacing and size to match the original. I've tried that once for my academical paper, and it was a nightmare.
If it is not important, there are many ways around it, Let me know if you are interested in the workarounds. Lenka
Hello faszikam,
first and foremost you need to set your goal - the why in why do you need it to look the same.
- If it is just for an academic paper, you don't need to worry. Set a style and apply the style.
- If you need to have it in two columns, use the continuous breaks to create an in-text section for two columns.
- The same applies if you don't want to have two columns but want to have the lines numbered. You need to create an in-text section (using continuous section breaks) and mark that text with line numbers. Use this page (How to number every nth line in Word 2013 | Just Another Microsoft Office Blog (wordpress.com)) to follow the set-up for every fifth line. Of course - apply the style if you need the text to look different.
- If you need to have paragraphs, not lines, to be numbered, create a table and paste each paragraph in a new row. Put automated numbering into the first column. Apply the "latin-text" style within the second table-column.
Since I don't have the exact goal you are trying to approach, these are the general rules I used when I worked with middle-English texts or with poems/plays in my papers.
I hope this helps you to get started.