Thanks for the note on styles and standardization - will keep that in mind. I suppose the problem has been avoided for now.
Regards Camillus Gerard Cai. -----Original Message----- From: Michele Zarri [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, 29 January, 2009 10:05 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [authors] Problem with new template or bug? 2009/1/29 Camillus Gerard Cai <[email protected]> > Hi all > > While working with CG Ch 8, I've encountered an unusual problem as follows: > > . When using OOo Styles, typed text renders correctly. > > . However when applying font effects such as 'Bold', the underlying > text appears to disappear. This occurs when Bold is used alone and in > conjunction with Underline, but not when together with Italic. I have > verified by copying to clipboard that the text is in actuality still there, > but just refuses to render on screen. > > . I noticed that the following text styles (not exhaustive) seem to > suffer from this problem - > > o OOo TextBody > > o OOo Num 123 [Start, End, Cont.] > > o OOo TableText > > o OOo Definition > > I'm running OOo 3.0.1 on a (nearly) virgin copy of Vista Ultimate x64 SP1. > My suspicion is that it is a problem with the template, as I have tested > the > same document on 2 of my systems (the other running a well-seasoned copy of > Vista Ultimate x64 SP1) to the same effect. Unfortunately I don't have the > experience to pinpoint exactly what went wrong. > > Another possibility is that this is an x64-related issue, but I cannot > confirm this as I don't have any x86 platforms with which to test. > > I can send screenshots, and the files themselves on request. > > Please advise and thanks in advance. > > Regards > > Camillus Gerard Cai. > > Hello, I cannot reproduce the error on WindowsXP or on my GNU/Linux Ubuntu 8.10 so I am not sure I can help. Note that normally you should NEVER apply font effects directly. Always use the appropriate character style instead: Bold --> OOoStrongEmphasis Italic --> OOoEmphasis For a menu path use OOoMenuPath (e.g. File > Save As) For a key stroke Key strokes --> OOoKeystroke (e.g. Control + X) Even if the visual effect is the same as Bold or Italic if we decide one day to make all the menu paths appear in red rather than bold we can do so very quickly if the character styles have been used. We do not have a character style for underlined text. Personally I am not a big fan of underlining, but if everybody else agrees I cannot see why we should not add it to the template. (OOoVeryStrongEmphasis or OOoStrongEmphasisUnderlined) Cheers, Michele
