NoOp wrote: > On 02/18/2007 11:49 PM, Mathias Bauer wrote: >> NoOp wrote: >> >>> The wizard created the document, but all of the text was in Times New >>> Roman 12 point font. The labels overran the page as the OP pointed out; >>> so I thought, heck just do "Edit|Select All| and change all of the fonts >>> to Arial 8 or 10 point. As it turns out, each label is a separate >>> *frame* and "Select All" only selects the text in the first frame (as >>> would be expected in a frame). Therefore you can't just simply Select >>> All and change the fonts in the other labels, or have the change ripple >>> through the other labels as in the Mail Merge macro... you have to >>> change each frame individually. >> >> Perhaps you should just change the styles. Much easier than hard formatting. >> >> BTW: Hitting CTRL-A twice will select the whole document. >> >> Ciao, >> Mathias >> > > Yes, I've figured out how to select the whole document (all frames on > the page). So next I go into the character styles and create a new > style: Label. Set that font as (example) Arial 8 point. How do I go > about changing the text in *all of the frames* to that style at once as > I do in tables?
I thought you should just change the style that is used by the labels anyway, no need to assign a new style to the labels text. Go to the stylist, select the character style "Default" and adjust it to your needs. Ciao, Mathias -- Mathias Bauer (mba) - Project Lead OpenOffice.org Writer OpenOffice.org Engineering at Sun: http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS Please don't reply to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]". I use it for the OOo lists and only rarely read other mails sent to it. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
