Wanda you can set the default fonts for LO documents using TOOLS>OPTIONS>LibreOffice Writer>Basic Fonts (Western). You can select any installed Western font as the default font. Jay Lozier wrote > > On 05/25/2012 05:55 PM, Wanda Moore wrote: >> I use the right click menu or edit in the toolbar. I've never used >> styles >> or templates, as I don't really understand them, and just want to be able >> to take notes and write things down for myself and my kids. (I >> homeschool, >> so I'm always writing something and printing them out.) >> >> I have LO 3.4.4 and Mac OS X 10.6.8 Hope this helps. > Wanda you can set the default fonts for LO documents using > TOOLS>OPTIONS>LibreOffice Writer>Basic Fonts (Western). You can select > any installed Western font as the default font. > > If you are pasting from the another document which has its own font, > etc. try using EDIT>PASTE SPECIAL and select unformatted text. LO will > use the document default for the text formatting. When you use the > normal PASTE LO assumes the formatting of the text to be pasted should > override the document defaults. > > We like to know version and OS for reference and in case the issue is > specific to a version or OS; normally the issues are not. >> Wanda >> >> On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 2:34 PM, Jay Lozier <jslozier@> wrote: >> >>> Wanda >>> >>> On 05/25/2012 04:36 PM, Wanda Moore wrote: >>>> I write simple documents all the time, but my preferences don't seem to >>>> matter to LO. I choose a font, but it changes on me. I cut or copy >>>> and >>>> paste, and the font changes, even though I copy the exact same thing. >>>> Times New Roman seems to be the dictator here. And the size always >>>> changes. Lines will suddenly become a 24 pt rather than 11 that I >>> usually >>>> use. >>> What paste method are you using? >>>> The spaces between lines and paragraphs will change, and I can't change >>>> them back. Most of the time I can't even use the backspace to move a >>> word >>>> up to the last line. And I can't move the first word (indent it). If >>>> I >>>> click on a word that starts in the wrong place, there are no little >>>> triangles up in the top ruler, so I can't move the line or paragraph. >>>> There are other things, too, but if you can help with this, maybe all >>> will >>>> be fixed. >>> You may want to modify the styles used and update the default template >>>> I understand that I may have done something unawares, so I thank you >>>> beforehand. >>>> >>>> Wanda Moore >>>> >>> Just for reference please advise the LO version and your OS. >>> >>> -- >>> Jay Lozier >>> jslozier@ >>> >>> >>>Wanda you can set the default fonts for LO documents using > TOOLS>OPTIONS>LibreOffice Writer>Basic Fonts (Western). You can select > any installed Western font as the default font. >>> > > As you are using a Mac system this is incorrect. > You need Libre Office >Preferences >Writer > -- > For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+help@.libreoffice > 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 >
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