[libreoffice-users] How to ensure all new text entered into a document is different font, without changing the old font settings of the document?
How to ensure all new text entered into a document is different font, without changing the old font settings of the document? That is the document has questions in it, with lets say Times New Roman. When I type the answers in, the font remains Times New Roman. But I want it so that all new text entered to be Segoe Print without changing the font of the text already existing in the document (i.e. the questions) -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] How to ensure all new text entered into a document is different font, without changing the old font settings of the document?
Hi, Le 07/06/2014 15:54, quickbooks office a écrit : > How to ensure all new text entered into a document is different font, > without changing the old font settings of the document? > > That is the document has questions in it, with lets say Times New Roman. > > When I type the answers in, the font remains Times New Roman. > > But I want it so that all new text entered to be Segoe Print without > changing the font of the text already existing in the document (i.e. > the questions) > Short answer: Styles. Long(er) answer: if, as I understood, you've got one paragraph for the question and you enter the answer in another paragraph (or several), just do this: 0. Display the Style and formatting toolbar (F11) which is *the* tool to have at hand when using Writer 1. The question and answer paragraphs are given each a separate paragraph style Right-click > New, then set the paragraph style properties (eg the font name and size) Say you've now got two paragraph styles: "Questions" and "Answers" with the appropriate formatting settings. Setting a paragraph style is easy: the current paragraph (the one with the caret in it) receives the style settings when you double-click the style name in the Styles and formatting toolbar. 2. Configure the Question paragraph style (again: right-click this style name in the Style and formatting toolbar and select Modify) In the Organizer thumbnail, set the Next Style property to the Answers style. This means that any time you hit (end-of-paragraph) after having typed a question (with the Questions style set), Writer creates a new paragraph with the Answers style already set. Note: by default a paragraph style "Next Style" property is set to itself so that you get a sequence of paragraphs with the same paragraph style. Now, if you enter the answers within the *same* paragraph as a question, you'll need a *character* style specifically for the answer portion of the text: in the Style and Formatting toolbar, select the character style toolbutton then create a new style for the answer characters. Then, any time you enter the answer text, just select this text and double-click the "Answer" character style to set the newly entered text. HTH, -- Jean-Francois Nifenecker, Bordeaux -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] How to ensure all new text entered into a document is different font, without changing the old font settings of the document?
On Sat, Jun 7, 2014 at 9:54 AM, quickbooks office < quickbooks.off...@gmail.com> wrote: > How to ensure all new text entered into a document is different font, > without changing the old font settings of the document? > > That is the document has questions in it, with lets say Times New Roman. > > When I type the answers in, the font remains Times New Roman. > > But I want it so that all new text entered to be Segoe Print without > changing the font of the text already existing in the document (i.e. > the questions) > I feel I must be missing something about your question. There are at least two solutions that occur to me that seem relatively straightforward. 1. Place the cursor at the place you wish to begin typing the answer 2. Before beginning to type the answer change font to Segoe Print by: a. selecting "Format | Character..." from the menu, finding Segoe Print in the list of Families on the Font tab and clicking ok b. or from the tool bar, open the Font Name list and selecting Segoe Print from the list 3. begin typing - or - 1. Create a new paragraph style, call it Answers. In the style set the font to Segoe Print. 2. Place the cursor at the place you wish to begin typing the answer 3. Change the style to Answers and begin typing the answer or type the answer and set the style to Answers before pressing enter -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] How to ensure all new text entered into a document is different font, without changing the old font settings of the document?
At 07:41 09/06/2014 -0700, Nobody Noname wrote: The document with the questions is not made by me. What I am trying to do is that regardless of the original source of the document, whenever I type in *any* document (or all documents), the font will always be Segio Print. Basically I am trying to make it such that an extra step is eliminated - changing the font every time I type to Segio Print. I don't think you can do this: text inserted by typing always assumes the characteristics of surrounding text. If it didn't, editing any document would be a nightmare! My best recommendation would be to create a character style with the properties you need. If you then keep the Styles and Formatting window open, you can: o position the cursor where you wish to type, o double-click the style name in the Styles and Formatting window, and o type. I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] How to ensure all new text entered into a document is different font, without changing the old font settings of the document?
I'm not sure whether this question has been resolved. I assume that your document is a questionnaire that you attach to email for distribution purposes and that the recipients fill out the answers and send the completed questionnaire back to you. My (low tech) approach would look like this. 1) Select the font for a question. 2) Enter a question number, an upper case Q followed by a colon, the question, and a pair of Returns. 3) Select the font for an answer. 4) Enter an upper case A followed by a colon, a space, and a pair of returns. 5) Repeat steps 1-4 for each additional question. Example: [Q Font]1. Q: What do you like best about working here? [A Font]A: [Q Font]2. Q: Why did you take a job here? [A Font]A: [Q Font]3. Q: … I hope this is of some help. As others have stated, the fonts can probably be selected from predefined styles to simplify the process somewhat. The point is to preset the font for the answers so as to minimize the chance the other people will mess up the desired formatting. (See the statement in my signature block) Disclaimer: I am certainly not a power user of Writer. I mostly use Calc. -- Jim You can never make anything so fool proof that a determined fool can't and won't find a way around your precautions! -Original Message- From: quickbooks office To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Sat, 07 Jun 2014 6:56 Subject: [libreoffice-users] How to ensure all new text entered into a document is different font, without changing the old font settings of the document? How to ensure all new text entered into a document is different font, without changing the old font settings of the document? That is the document has questions in it, with lets say Times New Roman. When I type the answers in, the font remains Times New Roman. But I want it so that all new text entered to be Segoe Print without changing the font of the text already existing in the document (i.e. the questions) -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
