Hi all.I originally sent this to the OOo users list. I'm trying to change the default font and *font size* for text documents in OOo. I do not seem to be able to change the font size and save as the default. I would be willing to create a new style or template or whatever is necessary so long as when I open a new document it opens with my choice of font and font size. I've tried creating a custom style but it is only good for the open document. There's got to be some relatively easy/direct way of doing this, I just can't seem to find it.
Also I am unable to change the default format for saving documents. As it is now the default is for MS Word. Nothing I do seems to change it. Choosing Tools> Options> Load/save> General and selecting text document, changing the "Always save as" field from MS Word to OOo 1.0 changes it only as long as OOo is running. Once I close the program it reverts to the MS Word format.In addition to being very inconvenient, I find it offensive that the default should be to the MS format. OH yes, I'm running Linux Mandrake 9.2 if that matters. Here are the responses I got. > For your document default, you need to create a new document and set > your defaults. Then save it as a template, and set that template to be > your default. Then when you open a new document, the template will be > imported and the defaults obeyed. You can also add styles to the > template if you like. > > I don't know what to tell you about the save preferences. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Langsley, > Please have a look in the FAQ : > http://user-faq.openoffice.org as what you > want to do is explained there - changing the default template. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What it says at the above URL. > How can I setup styles for my default document? If you do a “File” => > “New” without specifying a template, your default template will be > used to set up the new document. > > You can change this to suit your preferences for example by changing > the attributes of the standard styles or by adding your own custom > styles. You then need to save this as a template, by “File” => > “Templates” => “Save” to save it with a filename like "MyDefault.stw". > Finally, to make this your default “File” => “Templates” => > “Organize”, select "MyDefault.stw" and and “Commands” => “Set As > Default Template”. My response. > OK I followed the directions from shane: > > For your document default, you need to create a new document and set > > your defaults. Then save it as a template, and set that template to > be > > your default. Then when you open a new document, the template will > be > > imported and the defaults obeyed. You can also add styles to the > > template if you like. > Everything went fine through saving as template. I now have a document > template with my name. After that though it falls apart. I can find no > way to use the template for anything other than document I used to > create it. > > I the followed the directions from the FAQ: > > > How can I setup styles for my default document? If you do a “File” > => > > “New” without specifying a template, your default template will be > > used to set up the new document. > > > > You can change this to suit your preferences for example by changing > > the attributes of the standard styles or by adding your own custom > > styles. You then need to save this as a template, by “File” => > > “Templates” => “Save” to save it with a filename like > "MyDefault.stw". > > Finally, to make this your default > When I do this I get the following error message. Error writing > document <name.stw> > General error Error input/output error. > > Actually I had tried all of the above before writing. I have since > tried this on two separate machines both running Mandrake 9.2 with the > same > results. > Now what?!?! So far that's where it stands with the OOo list. Nobody seems to have an answer. Am I actually dealing with a Mandrake issue here, and not an OOo problem per se?? I'd sure like to get this resolved. Any help would be greatly appreciated. TIA LTR }}:{( [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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