Gregory Pittman wrote: > Calum Polwart wrote: >> Surprised no-one has replied yet. From my understanding this needs >> version 1.3.4 (which doesn't really exist yet!) Until then the >> official line is you can't import character formatting, only para >> formatting. >> I was supposed to write a Wiki article on a work around I found - but >> ran out of time. >> >> So the short answer is: If you can import into OO as a >> database/mailmerge apply the formatting that way. so that you have a >> OO document with character formatting. then save it in HTML format. >> You can import HTML and it appears to apply bold/italics etc.
> As I try to envision the visual appearance of this, I have to ask > whether this is something one should really want to do, and therefore, > maybe it's not such a good thing to make it easy. I do think it's useful. It's a common style for classified listings for example. Supporting it would come as part of a wider facility for "selector" based style application - ie a par style with an associated char style to apply to the first word, first line, etc -- Craig Ringer
