<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible">This is where you define the view for certain characters and for the direct cursor.</help:help-text> You can also define some of these settings for HTML documents.</p>
<p class="Head2"><a name="zeichen"/>displaying<help:key-word value="non-printing characters; display" tag="kw66234_1" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:key-word value="display; non-printing characters" tag="kw66234_17" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:key-word value="characters; display only on screen" tag="kw66234_16" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/></p>
<p class="Paragraph">In this area define which non-printing characters you see on screen. Turn on the <help:switch select="Program" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="WRITER"><help:link Id="67632"><span class="T1">Non-printing characters on/off</span></help:link></help:case><help:default><span class="T1">Non-printing characters on/off</span></help:default></help:switch> icon on the main toolbar. All characters that you have marked here will be displayed.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">If you check this box paragraph delimiters are displayed. The paragraph delimiters also contain paragraph format information.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">If you check this box, user-defined delimiters are displayed. These are hidden delimiters that you enter within a word by pressing <help:switch select="System"><help:case select="MAC">(Command)(-)</help:case><help:default>(Ctrl)(-)</help:default></help:switch> <text:s text:c="" xmlns:text="http://openoffice.org/2000/text"/>This word is only separated at the end of a line at a point where a user-defined delimiter has been entered, irrespective of whether the automatic hyphenation is activated or deactivated.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Select this option to indicate every space in the text with a dot.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">If you check this box, non-breaking spaces are shown as gray boxes. Non-breaking spaces are not broken at the end of a line and are entered with the <help:switch select="System"><help:case select="MAC">(Command)(Space)</help:case><help:default>(Ctrl)(Space)</help:default></help:switch> shortcut keys.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Mark this check box to show tabs.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Select this option to display all line breaks inserted with the Shift+Enter shortcut. These breaks create a new line but do not start a new paragraph.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Head3"><help:help-id value="SW_CHECKBOX_TP_CONTENT_OPT_CB_HIDDEN" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-id value="SW_CHECKBOX_TP_OPTSHDWCRSR_CB_HIDDEN" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Hidden text (not for HTML documents)<help:key-word value="hidden texts; showing" tag="kw66234_6" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">If you have inserted text as <span class="T1">Conditional Text</span> or <span class="T1">Hidden Text</span>, check this box to display or hide the text in the document.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">If you have inserted text using the <span class="T1">Hidden Paragraph</span> field, check this box to define if you want to display or hide the text.</help:help-text> This option has the same function as the menu commands <help:switch select="Program" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="WRITER"><help:link Id="67754">View - Hidden Paragraphs</help:link></help:case><help:default>View - Hidden Paragraphs</help:default></help:switch> available in open text documents.</p>
<p class="Head2">Straight cursor (not for HTML documents)</p>
<p class="Paragraph">In this section, all properties of the direct cursor are set.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Check this box to activate the Direct cursor.</help:help-text> You can also activate this function by clicking the <help:switch select="Program" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="WRITER"><help:link Id="67807">DirectCursor on/off</help:link></help:case><help:default>DirectCursor on/off</help:default></help:switch> icon in a text document.</p>
<p class="Head2">Paste (not for HTML document)</p>
<p class="Paragraph">Define the insert options for the direct cursor here. If you click at any position in your document, a new paragraph can be written or inserted exactly at this position. The properties of this paragraph depend on the selected option. You can select among the following options:</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">When the straight cursor is used the paragraph alignment is set. Depending on where the mouse is clicked the paragraph is formatted left aligned, centered or right aligned. The cursor before the mouse-click shows, by means of a triangle, what alignment is set. </help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">When the straight cursor is used the left paragraph indent is set at the horizontal position where you click the straight cursor. The paragraph is left aligned. </help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">When the straight cursor is used, as many tabs are added in the new paragraph as are necessary until the clicked position is reached.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Head3"><help:help-id value="SW_RADIOBUTTON_TP_OPTSHDWCRSR_RB_SHDWCRSFILLSPACE" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Tabs and Spaces</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">When the straight cursor is used, a corresponding number of tabs and spaces are inserted in the new paragraph as necessary until the clicked position is reached.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Use this combo box to select the desired color for the Direct Cursor.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Head3"><help:help-id value="SW_CHECKBOX_TP_OPTSHDWCRSR_CB_ALLOW_IN_PROT" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:key-word value="cursors; allowing in protected areas" tag="kw66234_2" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Allow cursor in protected areas</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">If you check this box, you will be able to set the cursor in a protected area but unable to make any changes.</help:help-text></p>