Tom,
I don't think I am over-complicating it. Here is what I found:
In Tools -> Options -> Writer -> Basic fonts, I have "Default"
listed as "Liberation Sans", Size 12. (This is correct, for my Writer.)
In the example Base form I mentioned, when I have no control
selected (edit mode) , the toolbar shows "Default", "DejaVu Serif",
size 12.
If I select a control the toolbar options are greyed out and in the
control's properties dialog under "Font", it lists "(Default)", and
when I click on the [...] button to the right to get the font
selection dialog, it first highlights "DejaVu Sans", with size of
10. I am assuming that since it is highlighted first, it is what
"(Default)" is set to.
These are three different fonts!
So, your comment that Base does not have a separate default font does
not appear true. Base does not seem to track the Writer "Default" font
as its "(Default)" font. Keep in mind, this form was created way back
with an early version of OpenOffice, probably 2.4, so these font
definitions may be embedded in the form file somewhere from then.
However, the form's "(Default)" font should be changeable somewhere, as
is Writer's, since it can't seem to be changed in the Base form's style
dialog. I just had another idea and looked at the form's character
style (no control selected). There is a "Default" character style, but
when I right-click on it, all I get is "New", no "Modify" option. Weird!
In the "big picture", what I am trying to do is change "(Default)" to
the font I want without changing each and every one of the numerous
controls in numerous forms that I have. That will be painful, as I
discovered already on one form, which I will have to return to
"(Default)" when I learn the secret of changing the "(Default)" font.
That is why I asked question #2 - how to return a control font to
"(Default)" after is has been changed to something else.
Thanks.
Girvin Herr
Tom Davies wrote:
Hi :)
Are you over-complicating the default font?
Tools - Options - Writer - "Basic Fonts"
should set the defaults for most things. There isn't a different one
for Base.
Regards from
Tom :)
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*From:* Girvin R. Herr <girvin.h...@sbcglobal.net>
*To:* LibreOffice Users <users@global.libreoffice.org>
*Sent:* Saturday, 12 January 2013, 2:28
*Subject:* [libreoffice-users] Base: Changing & restoring
(Default) font
Greetings,
I am running Base in LO 3.6.4.3. In a form, I am trying to change
the "(Default)" font without any progress. I do not know where
this "(Default)" font setting is located and the styles icon on
the toolbar, along with the font window on the toolbar are grayed
out if I have a control selected. They are not grayed out if I do
not have any control selected and then I can change the "Default"
style font to another font. However, when I select a control, the
control properties dialog still has "(Default)" selected and the
font displayed in the control is not the font I changed to in the
style dialog. Does anyone know where to set the font assigned to
the "(Default)" font?
Second, related question: Once the control's font is changed in
the control properties dialog to something other than "(Default)",
how does one get it back to "(Default)"?
The "(Default)" option is not available in the font selection dialog.
Thanks in advance.
Girvin Herr
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