On Fri, 2005-06-10 at 16:25 +1000, Naomi Kramer wrote: > Jonathon Coombes wrote: > > >>>Hi Roberto, > >>> > >>>Anything that is to do with changing defaults in OpenOffice.org is > >>>usually done in one of two places - the Tools -> Options settings, > >>>or the Styles. In this case, it is the styles you want to change. > >>>You need to change the Default style to have a different Area colour > >>>and then save your document as a template (File -> Templates -> Save). > >>>Then set it to be your default template (File -> Templates -> Organise). > >>>>From then on, your new drawings will have your default colour instead > >>>of Blue 8. > >>> > >>>Regards > >>>Jonathon > >>> > >>onathon, can you do this within Writer, or just within Draw? > >> > >> > > > >Hi Naomi, > > > >This can be done in any of the OpenOffice.org modules - Writer, > >Calc, Draw, Impress etc. Simply go into the Styles and Formatting > >window (Stylist in 1.x series) using F11 and modify the Default > >styles to suit your need. Save it as the default template and your > >away. There are some details of this in the OOo Knowledgebase and > >where it can be useful eg languages, cell formats etc. > > > >Regards > >Jonathon > > > > > Jonathon... darl... maybe I'm as thick as two bricks (always a > possibility, but esp. since it's Friday arvo)... but I cannot see a way > to modify default draw object background using Writer paragraph, > character, frame, page or list styles. And if I create a draw object > (say, a rectangle) the styles window disables ALL of its controls. I'm > using OOo 1.9.100, so maybe this is a feature-yet-to-come? Or the two > bricks thing... :-) If you have time, a list of steps would be highly > appreciated!
Ahhh, okay, after reading your email a bit more, I think I see what your trying to do. You want the draw objects property to be something other than the default, but it keeps the default, even if you change the default template in Draw. I had a look at this and it is showing up some problems that I can see. Firstly, you are correct, in that there is no area setting for the draw objects with the Writer styles - it appears to be a hard formatting method here. Secondly, I looked in the Navigator, and although I had a number of Draw objects, none showed up under the Draw Objects section in the Navigator. Is this a known bug? Anyone? I will continue to see if there is a method of doing this, as it would be useful from what I can see. It should be a matter that when the Draw object is selected, the Styles and Formatting window should change to the Draw styles and modify the styles accordingly. Regards Jonathon -- OOo Tips (RSS) - http://mindmeld.cybersite.com.au/tips.rss OOo Knowledgebase - http://mindmeld.cybersite.com.au/ Cybersite Consulting - http://www.cybersite.com.au/ Training4Linux - http://www.training4linux.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
