Hi :) Hmm, so perhaps an "Enhancement Request" (wish-list or feature-- request) might be a good idea with the request asking for the fonts to be in Tools - Options - Base
It 'should' be possible to select quite a few elements on a Form or Report and change various things for all those that are selected. In Access i think i used to be able to select an area and any controls that were completely inside the area would be selected. Any that were partly outside wouldn't be. I think Shift click and Ctrl click also resulted in selecting more than 1 element at a time. Dunno if it works and even if it does work i dunno if it actually helps. Regards from Tom :) >________________________________ > From: Girvin R. Herr <[email protected]> >To: Tom Davies <[email protected]> >Cc: LibreOffice Users <[email protected]> >Sent: Saturday, 12 January 2013, 21:24 >Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Base: Changing & restoring (Default) font > >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 :) >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> *From:* Girvin R. Herr <[email protected]> >> *To:* LibreOffice Users <[email protected]> >> *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 >> >> >> -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: >> [email protected] <mailto:[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/users/ >> All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and >> cannot be deleted >> >> >> >> > >-- For 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/users/ >All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted > > > > -- For 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/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
