OK. I think I did. Please let me know if it didn't work properly. I hate gmail for trying to modify anything typical in an email. It's a piece of shit web software. :-)
On Fri, 24 Nov 2023 at 15:08, bunk3m <bun...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thank you Eric. > > I have a number of templates. For example, templates for different types > of reports, memoranda, letters etc. > > I did create a default template initially. I thought it would be > something like the "normal" in MS Word. It contained all the styles. Then > I created one a template for a report based on the default. Unfortunately > neither the default or the report template kept the list styles or > paragraph styles created in either. The only thing that stuck was the > fonts but those are set as default in the User Preferences and not in the > template. > > I'm not sure how making one of these templates the default will fix the > missing styles within each of the templates as it hasn't worked so far. > > B. > > On Fri, 24 Nov 2023 at 14:39, Eric Beversluis < > ebe...@researchintegration.org> wrote: > >> Have you made your template your default template? >> >> On Linux: Files/Templates/Manage Templates. Probably similar on Windows. >> >> On 11/24/23 14:22, bunk3m wrote: >> > Hello, >> > >> > I'm using LO 7.6.2.1 on Win11 and Mac. >> > >> > I can't get the styles to work and stick in templates. I've used styles >> > and templates in MS Word for 30 years before switching to LO in the >> past 5 >> > years. I've read the help, Writer User Guide and Designing with LO 2nd >> Ed. >> > and apparently have missed something conceptual as I can't get the >> styles >> > to stick within the templates. >> > >> > I've created the styles in blank documents and then saved the document >> as a >> > template.I expected that the paragraph, font, list formats & styles >> that I >> > created would be saved in the template and reusable in subsequent >> documents >> > created from the templates. >> > >> > But when I use the templates to create a new document, none of the >> > previously created styles are there. I find I have to recreate all the >> > styles again as they aren't anywhere within the template. So far it's >> been >> > a colossal waste of time. >> > >> > I've found that all the "Youtube University" and User Guides are >> > superficial when it comes to styles. My goal is to set up a set of >> > corporate styles that can be used by numerous people in our >> organization to >> > ensure consistency. >> > >> > Can someone direct me to some more detailed documentation on how the >> styles >> > are supposed to work? Perhaps with some more detailed documentation I >> can >> > figure out what or how these are supposed to work ... or file a bug >> reports. >> > >> > Thank you in advance. >> > B. >> > >> -- >> Eric Beversluis www.ericbeversluis.com >> > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
