Hi Jörg, or try to set the parent style:
newStyle.ParentStyle = oldStyle.Name oStyles.insertByName("myNewStyle", newStyle) so newStyle inherits all properties from oldStyle Regards Oliver --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: api-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: api-h...@openoffice.apache.org