I also do not recommend importing ODT (see "ODT (LibreOffice) import doesn't work" on my resource page http://libregraphicsproduction.com/tool/scribus).
My recommended workflow is described on http://libregraphicsproduction.com. Best regards, Staffan Libre Graphics Production On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 5:30 PM, Ed Keith <e_d_k at yahoo.com> wrote: > Thanks, I will convert to plain text and edit with gvim. I probably would > have done that in the first place if I have not seen somewhere in the Scribus > documentation that using .odt files was the 'preferred' method and I had .odf > file that supposedly only use styles & bold & italics for formatting, so I > thought they would be perfect. > > Thank you very much for your help. > > -EdK > > Ed Keith > e_d_k at yahoo.com > > > >>________________________________ >> From: john Culleton <John at wexfordpress.com> >>To: scribus at lists.scribus.net >>Sent: Monday, September 2, 2013 10:57 AM >>Subject: Re: [scribus] how do I strip out unwanted overriding of paragraph >>styles? >> >> >>On Mon, 02 Sep 2013 10:16:00 -0400 >>Gregory Pittman <gpittman at iglou.com> wrote: >> >>> On 09/02/2013 09:56 AM, Ed Keith wrote: >>> > I am importing documents from LibraOffice. I was trying to use >>> > styles to reformat it, when I figured out that it did not matter >>> > how I set my paragraph styles because all the text properties seem >>> > to be overridden. For now I have set the text properties in the >>> > story editor by selecting all the text I want to make a given style >>> > and setting the text properties to what I want that style to be. >>> > This is working, but is is unsatisfactory, since changing the >>> > styles has no effect, I need to reformat each bit of text >>> > individually as a special case. >>> > >>> > Is there some way I can remove all the formatting from a frame then >>> > add back in the few places where I want individual words or phrases >>> > to be bold or italic, but if I change the font used in the >>> > paragraph style the change will show up in the document? >>> > >>> >>> That last sentence is a bit complicated, but certainly you can select >>> a frame, then change the style to whatever you want, either a Default >>> style or one you have created. Look at Properties > Text tab > Style >>> Settings. >>> >>> After that, in Edit Contents mode you can highlight text and then >>> change some aspect of its style with a Character Style, or even just >>> ? la carte choices from Properties > Text. >>> >>> I think maybe you're making a case for just using a plain text editor, >>> then making/editing styles in Scribus. >>> >>> Greg >>> >>> ___ >>> Scribus Mailing List: scribus at lists.scribus.net >>> Edit your options or unsubscribe: >>> http://lists.scribus.net/mailman/listinfo/scribus >>> See also: >>> http://wiki.scribus.net >>> http://forums.scribus.net >> >>If you save as plain text from the word processor, then all you need to >>do is delete the page breaks etc. using an industrial strength plain >>text editor like Gvim. These can be mass changes, e.g., delete all page >>breaks. I do this all the time. >> >>I agree with Greg's solution for all new work. >> >>-- >>John Culleton >>Wexford Press >>Free list of books for self-publishers: >>http://wexfordpress.net/shortlist.html >>PDF e-book: "Create Book Covers with Scribus" >>available at http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html >> >>___ >>Scribus Mailing List: scribus at lists.scribus.net >>Edit your options or unsubscribe: >>http://lists.scribus.net/mailman/listinfo/scribus >>See also: >>http://wiki.scribus.net >>http://forums.scribus.net >> >> > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.scribus.net/pipermail/scribus/attachments/20130902/a6d24fac/attachment.html> > ___ > Scribus Mailing List: scribus at lists.scribus.net > Edit your options or unsubscribe: > http://lists.scribus.net/mailman/listinfo/scribus > See also: > http://wiki.scribus.net > http://forums.scribus.net -- Staffan Melin Oscillator - ord bild form Kryssd?cket 1 SE-413 27 G?TEBORG SVERIGE/SWEDEN www.oscillator.se staffan.melin at oscillator.se +46 (0)70-4876 250
