https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=88989

V Stuart Foote <[email protected]> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |RESOLVED
                 CC|                            |[email protected]
         Resolution|---                         |INVALID

--- Comment #2 from V Stuart Foote <[email protected]> ---
@Bryant,

This is simple, we don't care what MS Word does!

Sorry, but you're missing the picture here--what you are describing is direct
formatting of selected text while you are working, probably in "default" sytle
mode.

Rather, since LibreOffice Styles are modal and are selected from the Styles and
Formatting content panel of the Sidebar we should enter text and deal with
styles in blocks. Most often that will be by selecting a preexisting Paragraph
style (or modifying it to create a new paragraph style)--but there are panels
for applying styles to characters, frames, pages, numbering & bullets.  

So, as in your example, we create the text in "default" style, select it and
chose the style we'd like it to have. 

Or, we can still apply divergent direct formatting to the selection if that is
preferred (simplicity, laziness) using any of the buttons on the formatting
toolbar.  But beyond changing the selection, you have not at that point changed
the "default" style, entering additional paragraphs will again be "default"--as
modified by any buttons left active.

It is easy to see the effects of correctly applied styles versus what has been
directly formatted.  Simply select all text (Edit -> Select All) and then
remove direct formatting (Format -> Clear Direct Formatting)--what is left
(likely all now "default" formatted) is what was correctly Styled. 

Working with styles in LibreOffice really is very efficient and lends itself to
creating consistent documents.  It is just not done the way MS Office/Word does
it.

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