On 29 April 2013 20:48, Virgil Arrington <cuyfa...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> It pains me to watch people mouse around a document going from paragraph to > paragraph trying to get formatting consistent when all they need to do is > make one change to a paragraph style and "voila", every paragraph having > that style is automatically changed. Just today, one of my students was > stunned to watch that work. "You mean I don't have to make the same change > to every paragraph?" she asked. > There is a better way, and since a university pays me to teach students how > to take advantage of modern technology, I feel it my duty to at least give > it a college try to find a way to explain it to them. Virgil, I think it is great that you are trying to show your students a better way. I don't understand why there was an accusation (using 'Nazi' no less — that post seemed full of bitterness) that anyone was trying to force anyone to use styles. Styles are a better way, but some people are resistant to change, preferring to use a word processor as if it were merely an electronic typewriter. As the saying goes, 'you can lead a horse to water ....' -- T. R. Valentine Your friends will argue with you. Your enemies don't care. 'When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes.' -- Erasmus -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org 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
