D'oh! Google is your friend: http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/DevGuide/Text/Overall_Document_Features#Styles
This page describes exactly what I needed. Robert On Nov 27, 2012, at 10:55 PM, Robert Barbey <robert.bar...@acrolinx.com> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > quick question about the possibilities of the OpenOffice API: is it possible > in Writer to access the available fonts, character and paragraph styles via > the API? > > Many thanks in advance, > Robert