McLauchlan, Kevin wrote:
Jim Allan said (about applying list style):
The process works for me under 2.4 on Windows XP.
I think I see the problem. In Styles and Formatting > Modify > Paragraph
Style dialog, I had somehow got the Numbering Style for List 1 to be
.... List 1. In other words, it was its own numbering style,
recursively. When I applied the style, it gave me a tiny, little
flyspeck bullet that I didn't even realize was there until I looked
closely.
When I change List 1's "Numbering Style" to "Numbering 1", I get a
leading number applied, as soon as I apply the style to new text.
That leaves me with a question...
Why does the interface ALLOW me to set the Numbering Style of a
paragraph style to itself?? Is there a legitimate use for that? I
mean, other than to confuse Kevin? :-)
I don’t understand.
You type a paragraph, which has no bullet style or numbering style.
Then if you double-click on any of the List styles or numbering styles
in the formatting styles numbering styles column in the Styles and
Formatting windows, that style is applied to the paragraph (and by
default to paragraphs you type following it).
You are usually not assigning the Numbering Style of a paragraph style
to itself, but to a paragraph without a Numbering Style or bullet style
or to one possessing a different Numbering Style or bullet style.
You can of course, as you point out, assign a style to a paragraph that
is already in that style. Then nothing will happen. You can do this with
paragraph styles also. Or you can also overlay, exactly, some text that
is already emphasized and apply the Emphasis character style to it
again. Again nothing will change. Should Writer complain about something
so harmless?
What one is more likely to do, purposely, is to select a small area to
apply a style to, and then, if satisfied with the appearance, select a
larger area which includes the smaller area to apply that same style to.
For example, I could test a new color style by pasting it over a few
words, and then when I think it looks right, paste it over three
paragraphs that include the small section of text I used for testing the
style.
One might also overwrite a large area in part to remove any small areas
of a different style that might or might not be somewhere in that area.
I think it would be more annoying if Writer complained about such
practices rather than tacitly allow them.
Jim Allan
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