Hi :) Ahhh, thanks Dan. That makes more sense. Sorry Charles, ignore me. Regards from Tom :)
>________________________________ > From: Dan Lewis <elderdanle...@gmail.com> >To: users@global.libreoffice.org >Sent: Friday, 19 October 2012, 17:08 >Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Libre Writer - Opening plain text documents >to desired font > > If you have plain text, use Control+A to highlight the entire >text. Then clicking the Default Paragraph style will change to your >desired font. > The key to what is happening is the type of style being applied: >paragraph. If you place the cursor in a single line paragraph, clicking >Default will only change one line. If a paragraph has several lines, >doing this will change several lines. > Stop and think about your question. If Writer were to do what you >wanted, it would do this for all text files. That means you might later >create a text document with several custom styles in it. Opening this >document in Writer would remove all these styles. This is not a good idea. > However, there is a better way to do this using copy and paste >special. Open the text in a simple text editor (Notepad, Gedit, etc.) >Open Writer with an Untitled document. Click your Default style so that >it is applied to the first paragraph (empty paragraph in this case. Copy >the text. Paste special (Control+Shift+V). Select Unformatted text. All >the text will be pasted with your default font. > >--Dan > >On 10/19/2012 11:37 AM, charles meyer wrote: >> Hi Tom, >> >> Have you figured out if Libre Writer can open plain text files >> automatically to your chosen font? >> >> When I place the cursor anywhere in the body of the text of a plain >> text file and then choose Default in the style window it only changes >> that line of text to my chosen Default style, not the whole file of >> text. >> >> What version of Libre are you using? >> >> Thank you, >> >> Charles. >> >> On 10/19/12, Tom Davies <tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: >>> Hi :) >>> I think you don't even have to select all your text. Just have the cursor >>> somewhere in the text and click on the box besides the fonts box on the >>> toolbar and reselect default (or whatever) i think that should be enough to >>> reassert your fonts and sizes rather than copying the ones used in your >>> text-editor. >>> >>> My text editor doesn't use Courier so i get Arial or something when i try to >>> copy&paste from it. >>> Regards from >>> Tom :) >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> ________________________________ >>>> From: charles meyer <reachmepl...@gmail.com> >>>> To: users@global.libreoffice.org >>>> Sent: Friday, 19 October 2012, 15:44 >>>> Subject: [libreoffice-users] Libre Writer - Opening plain text documents to >>>> desired font >>>> >>>> Hi Folks, >>>> >>>> I'm new to Libre Office but I read how you can create your own default >>>> font style and size so a blank document will open to that default >>>> style and size. >>>> >>>> I'm trying to set Libre Writer so that when I open a saved plain text >>>> (.txt) file it opens to my created default style and size. >>>> >>>> Right now it opens to Preformatted Text - Courier New 10 point. >>>> >>>> I've visited Styles and Formatting and right clicked on Preformatted >>>> Text and chosen Modify and changes the font to Bookman Old 12 point >>>> and clicked Apply, then OK. >>>> >>>> I then reopened Preformatted Text style and it indeed displays my >>>> chosen font and size. >>>> >>>> However, still when I open a saved plain text file it opens to >>>> Preformatted Text but with Courier New 10 point - not the Bookman Old >>>> 12 point I chose and saved. >>>> >>>> Would anyone know if you can open saved plain documents to a desired >>>> font style and size or are you always stuck with Courier New 10 point >>>> whenever you open a plain text file? >>>> >>>> I know I can highlight all the text in the opened plain text file and >>>> chosoe the Default style and it will change back to my desired font >>>> and style but is there any way of ensuring any plain text files will >>>> open to a desired font stye? >>>> >>>> Thank you so much, >>>> >>>> Charles. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@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 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> > > >-- >For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@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 > > > > -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@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
