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.
As you are not subscribed you may not have seen that: 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. Please reply to users@openoffice.org only. -- CPH : openoffice.org contributor Maybe your question has been answered already? http://user-faq.openoffice.org/#FAQ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]