There are several ways to import (load and overwrite) styles without using the Template Changer extension. All methods should be covered in the Styles and Templates chapter of the Getting Started book. I find the extension to be the fastest and easiest solution. I don't think it requires Java. AFAIK, it simply automates the load styles functionality. One click, not several.
--Jean On 12/06/2012, at 8:02, Gary Schnabl <[email protected]> wrote: > In days of yore before TC was used (with OO), I imported templates into files > by using the File menu--overwriting whatever styles that were already > present, I thought. Is that functionality available without requiring that TC > be installed? > > Gary > > On 6/11/2012 5:53 PM, Tom Davies wrote: >> Hi :) >> Wow!! That sounds good. I vaguely remember something about this extension >> cropping up before but only remembered with hindsight. I knew someone would >> come up with something pretty awesome >> Thanks Jean! >> Regards from >> Tom :) >> >> --- On Mon, 11/6/12, Jean Weber<[email protected]> wrote: >> >> From: Jean Weber<[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Could make a little change on >> template please? >> To: >> "[email protected]"<[email protected]> >> Date: Monday, 11 June, 2012, 22:27 >> >> Tom there *is* a way. Actually more than one way. Read the chapter on >> templates in the Getting Started Guide. One way is to use the Template >> Changer extension to update all the docs in a folder at the same time. >> >> Jean >> >> On 11/06/2012, at 22:36, Tom Davies<[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi :) >>> I think the problem is that each time he starts working on a new Chapter he >>> has to redo all the settings again, and again for the next Chapter and >>> again for the one after. >>> >>> If only there was some way of applying a revised template to multiple >>> documents! :) >>> Regards from >>> Tom :) >>> >>> >>> --- On Mon, 11/6/12, Gary Schnabl<[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> From: Gary Schnabl<[email protected]> >>> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Could make a little change on >>> template please? >>> To: [email protected] >>> Date: Monday, 11 June, 2012, 13:28 >>> >>> You are free to modify the English template yourself however you want. >>> If you desire to set Asian Text Fonts option while modifying the >>> English-language template when adapting it to your language's template, >>> just do it--yourself. It's that simple. Also, you do not require any >>> permissions from anybody to do that. >>> >>> Perhaps, there is a problem concerning this, but I just do not see it. >>> >>> Gary >>> >>> On 6/11/2012 8:08 AM, Alexander Sun wrote: >>>> Thanks for these reply! >>>> It seems that a friend has misunderstood my suggestion. >>>> >>>> Note that I didn't say anything about to alter the English-language >>>> template. >>>> >>>> English-language template's style and format or something like that, >>>> just in the Western Text Fonts' option. There is no relationship >>>> between the Asian Text Font and the Western Text Font. >>>> >>>> I believe that maybe the author of the template forgot to set the >>>> Asian Text Fonts' option(Maybe they didn't realized that one day the >>>> guide well translate to Chinese/Japanese/Korean). >>>> >>>> So my suggestion is not ALTER anything in the English-language >>>> template, just set the Asian Text Fonts' option while you are at it. >>>> >>>> And thanks the Jean's suggestion! >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> Sun >>>> >>>> 2012/6/11, Gary Schnabl<[email protected]>: >>>>> On 6/10/2012 10:25 AM, Alexander Sun wrote: >>>>>> Hi all, >>>>>> I´m in the process of translating the Getting Started Guide to >>>>>> Chinese. But there has a little problem here. The Font's size and >>>>>> style in template between Asian and Western are different. Every time >>>>>> I open a new file and become translating. I must change the font size >>>>>> and style first. >>>>>> >>>>>> For example, in the OOoHeading 1, the Western text fonts' Style is >>>>>> Bold, and the Size is 16 pt. But the Asian text fonts' Style is Book, >>>>>> the Size is 12 pt. I must to change the Asian style and size first. >>>>>> It's a boring work. >>>>>> >>>>>> Could make the Fonts' Size and Style in template become equal between >>>>>> Asian text and Western text in NEXT template please? >>>>>> >>>>>> Thank you! >>>>>> >>>>>> Best Regards, >>>>>> Sun >>>>> It is a no-brainer for you to alter the "official" English-language >>>>> template's paragraph or character styles yourself. It really does not >>>>> make a helluva lot of sense to alter the English-language template to >>>>> accommodate any other languages. >>>>> >>>>> You can change that template to whatever formats you desire on your >>>>> language's template . Doing that should only take a minute or so for >>>>> each style's changes, and it may not even be necessary to change many of >>>>> them if the Default paragraph style is modified first because many of >>>>> the others (should) have their fonts and other formats inherited to them >>>>> from the Default style. >>>>> >>>>> Gary >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> >>> >>> -- >>> Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to >>> [email protected] >>> Problems? >>> http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ >>> Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >>> List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ >>> All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be >>> deleted >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to >>> [email protected] >>> Problems? >>> http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ >>> Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >>> List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ >>> All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be >>> deleted >>> > > > -- > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted > -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
