Zachary Barnett wrote:
Is there a way to change text color that does not involve highlighting
already-typed text? If this feature is not already available, it
might be something that could make typing multi-colored text in
documents easier. Microsoft Word has a feature like this that enables
one to instantly change the color of all text typed from the cursor
from that point on by simply clicking the color one wants. You don't
have to highlight text to change color, although it is an option. I
apologize if this feature is already present (if so, please inform me
on how to use it), but I have noticed that when I have to type
documents quickly (taking notes at a lecture, for example), I simply
don't have time to change text color by highlighting it, then choosing
the color. But it is not a problem to simply mouse over to the color
panel, click the color I want, then keep typing in the new color.
Hi Zachary,
What you're asking for is a workaround not a feature. :)
OOo is not word and never will be thank heavens
What you have to remember is that OOo is designed to do large documents
so formatting on the fly as you're suggesting is a recipe for disaster.
So what OOo does is uses Stylist. The "problem" with this of course is
two fold.
First, if you used to using word then stylist is a mystery.
and second it requires a little forward planning.
So before you need it. Open a new text document, Open stylist if you
haven't already (F11 is the normal keyboard shortcut) dock it to
whichever side suits you best (I usually make it a little narrower
because I have it open all the time ) open the character stylist (The
"page" icon with the "A" on it) right click on "default" and click
"new" on the dropdown that appears. In the "character style" window
give you new style a name .
(I usually name according to the main style feature I'm using in this
style: so for instance if I wanted red text I would call it something
like _text red. I put the underscore there because it puts it at the
top of the list. Just makes it easier to find quickly later.)
Click on the font effects tab and change the colour to whatever suits:
say light red in our example. You can change font and bold and italic
etc to while you're at it.
Of course you can do this as many times as you like so you can have
different styles for different notes.
Save the blank document as a writer template.
Now when you attend lectures simply open that template and when you
want to change the style of what you're typing simply double click the
appropriate style in stylist. You'll suddenly find it's actually faster
and much more versatile than word because you can have multiple
dramatically different styles all available with a simple double click
of your mouse.
Cheers
Yo
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