On Tue August 15 2006 18:11, + [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I am using version 2.0 of OpenOffice.org. My problem is :Using writer,I
> am not able to consistantly apply list styles to paragraphs by double
> clicking on a style in the applied styles list. ie. after applying a
> style (by double clicking) the resultant font size is not always the font
> size established in the style definition. I have studied the Writer user
> guide chapt 7 but am stumped.
> Also, more generally, I'm not sure I'm using the best method of
> formatting a doc from a template.  What I'm doing is:
> 1) creating and manually formatting a doc and then saving the template
> 2)opening that template and copying an unformatted doc into it.
> 3)using the applied styles list, I go through the new doc and apply
> styles to each paragraph so the hopefully the new doc will look like the
> template.
> 4) I then delete the original doc from the new doc and save the new doc
> in the appropriate file.
> The results from this procedure are not consistant. ie. as stated above,
> when I apply the list1 style that is applied to the template doc the para
> style in the new doc is not always the same as in the template doc.
> Any help and guidance would be greatly appreciated.

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On Tue August 15 2006 22:47, Adrian Try wrote:
>
> Manual formatting overrides the formatting in the style.
>
> For example, if a section of text is manually formatted to 24 point, while
> the style you apply to it is 12 point, the test will remain at 24 point.
>
> To remedy this, select the problem area (or you might want to select the
> whole document just to be sure), and select Format / Default Formatting
>  from the menu.

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