https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=106632
V Stuart Foote <vstuart.fo...@utsa.edu> changed:
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--- Comment #1 from V Stuart Foote <vstuart.fo...@utsa.edu> ---
(In reply to John Bird from comment #0)
> I still find the paintbrush really frustrating and have
> resorted to saving in Libre Office, opening in MS Word, using their
> paintbrush, then closing and reopening in Libre Office.
>
> I need the paintbrush to give some characters or a paragraph ALL the formats
> of the text I've selected from.
>
Sorry, nothing actionable as a bug here.
Painting "Direct Formatting" is a recipe for inconsistent results. It sort of
works, but then moving between LibreOffice native ODF and MS Word OOXML is
never going to handle the filter conversion 100%.
And if you are habitually saving to OOXML (e.g. .docx) from LibreOffice, please
understand that is a filter based approximation. The same for the older MS
binary formats, i.e. .doc, but that is a bit more constrained and so more
consistent. "Round trip" formatting errors is self inflicted pain.
What you need is already provided, just not as manual "Direct Formatting".
What makes for much better fidelity and consistency is to establish a new
"Style" based on an initial Copy/Paste special and to modify that style as
needed .
Suggest an investment in learning how to work with styles and templates will
make for a better user experience for you.
The Help "built-in" or "online" will describe the various widgets. But a read
of the LibreOffice "Official" documentation is is more rewarding for how-to
usage.
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications
Or if you prefer help in a more detailed treatise, Bruce Byfield's (CC BY-SA
3.0) "Designing with LibreOffice" book is *very* useful.
http://designingwithlibreoffice.com/
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