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Has anyone figured out how to create a template that keeps the speaker in one column and the statement starting on the same line as the name of the speaker, but also indented, scrolling around the indent and attached to the column with the name of the speaker, as you see in plays or court transcripts?
E.g.,
Orsino: Aye but a man of wit
can make words wanton.

Fool: Oh I would my sister not have a name.

Orsino: Why, fool?

Fool: Because a name's a word and a
man of wit might make my sister wanton.

My spacing will be ruined when I post this but I hope you know what I mean. Links to templates or style sheets for these sorts of texts would be much appreciated. Much obliged.

Have a look at the attached file, I think it does what you want. The indents are enforced through a paragraph style called "Dialogue". You just have to remember to insert a tab after the speaker's name and the actual dialogue. Let me know if you have any questions.