hi peter, >> i guess that the best solution would be an item "new character style >> from selection" (i wonder how the label could be shortened...) for the >> context menu in the edit styles list... >> if you agree, could you post a feature request in the bug tracker? >> > > I think it would be better to be able to let a character style inherit > from the character part of a paragraph style. >
that you may have to handle (or better avoid) recursive definition. i really think that the good workflow would to create the char style first and use it afterwards in the paragraph style. as a workaround to clean up your structure after you have created a paragraph style and now understand that you want to create a char style out of it, i think that a properties cloning tool would be the best way to go. if possible we should avoid to inherit the characteristics of a paragraph style into a char style (imho, it would confuse most people). > Imagine you have a "body text" paragraph style. The you maybe want > "body text bold" and "body text italic" cahracter styles for that. It > doesn't make sense so make a "body text" character style first, then > let the paragraph style and the two other character styles inherit > from it. Because the "body text" character style would never be used > in the document (because the "body text" paragraph style is used in > those places). > imho, you shouldn't have body text italic and body text bold. if the whole paragraph is in italic, you should give a meaningfull name like "definition". (i guess you know why: what happens if you now decide that you want all definitions in dark gray instead of italics?) have a nice afternoon a.l.e
