On Fri, 2005-10-28 at 10:41 +0000, Jonathon Blake wrote: > Giuseppe wrote: > > > > you can't have multiple character styles for the same text > > > Is this really? > > Depends upon what is meant by "can't have multiple character styles in > the same text". > > I've written documents where I liberally tossed Greek, Hebrew, Latin, > Chinese, and Afrikaans together into the same sentence. I've also > had each letter in a word in a different color by using different > character style for each letter. > > Now if you want pink Russian, followed by a purple Russian chracter, > you can do that, but have to create a pink Russian character style and > a purple Russian character style. > > > Coming from WordPerfect, > > WordPerfect is based on text streaming, so style effects can be > cumulative. OOo is based on objects, so style effects are not > cumulative.
You may be able to achieve a similar cumulative effect however with the linking of styles. This is like an inheritance of the object and its properties so you define a base character style, then link a new one to that which will add to that style. Regards Jonathon -- OOo Tips: http://mindmeld.cybersite.com.au/tips.rss OOo Knowledgebase: http://mindmeld.cybersite.com.au Training4Linux: http://www.training4linux.com Cybersite Consulting: http://www.cybersite.com.au --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
