InLine Headings

Tags: Macro Writer

last edited: 2023-01-27

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An inline (or run-in) headings generator for LibreOffice writer documents to comply with some academic reports constraints.

Description

Academic reports and works must often follow very precise formatting guidelines. Such guidelines may require the use of so-called inline or run-in headings. The APA (American Psychologists Association) is one of these organizations.

An inline heading, aka “run-in” heading is a heading (outline) paragraph with a special formatting, so that the heading is not in a separate paragraph, as usually, but part of the text body that follows.

This extension uses a trick to "turn" your standard title paragraphs into inline paragraphs:

• Processes the current Writer document. The process covers the text body and sections. Note that tables, frames, headers and notes are not processed.
• Turns any heading paragraph level into an inline heading (levels 1..10).
• Can undo the inlining for easy document update or correction.
• Tries to create document backups before processing (read the warning below).
• Comes with a help page.

Languages

InLine Headings is written in English. As French is my mother language, this one is supported as well. The interface uses the current LibreOffice language settings.

Caution

The document process is extensive. This means that, in some contexts, things might go wrong. Even though I’ve tested this extension for a while without meeting any problem, and even though an attempt to backup the document is run before the actual process, I very strongly advise to work on a copy of the original document.

Release List

Release: Version 0.5.1 – Several fixes and separator specification addition.

Release: InLine Headings v.0.4.0 – First public release