Hi :)
Is it possible to completely disable all the styles in a master
document so that the ones from the sub-document do remain untouched?
Regards from
Tom :)

On 24 March 2014 09:31, Tom Davies <tomc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi :)
> Arrgh, that approach sounds like it might be worth creating a new
> "master document" and then
> 1.  import the existing master document into that (in the way Cley described)
> 2.  go into styles and modify the important ones to rename them
>
> 3.  use Cley's advice to import the styles from the first sub-document
> 4.  again rename the important changed styles
>
> 5  repeat 3&4 for each sub-document
>
> This almost certainly wont be perfect first time so don't aim to do to
> much or be too perfect, just treat it as a test-run to find out which
> styles need to be renamed.
>
> Regards from
> Tom :)
>
>
>
>
>
> On 24 March 2014 07:53, Cley Faye <cleyf...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 2014-03-22 21:04 GMT+01:00 Dale Erwin <dale.er...@casaerwin.org>:
>>
>>> Is there some reason why the master document does not render the
>>> sub-documents in the same was as they are rendered when opened separately?
>>
>>
>> One possibility is that there is a style conflict/override.
>> Master document's styles override sub-document's. If you have the same
>> stule name in both the master document and the sub document, you will see
>> the master document's version only.
>>
>> This is usually a neat feature (you can produce various output style for
>> the same sub-document), but might be a bit confusing. Even more confusing
>> is that this include page styles too, and that point is easily overlooked.
>>
>> If you simply want all styles in the master document to be the same as in a
>> sub-document, you can try this: open the master document, open the format
>> list if not already open. In the "style and format" toolbar (or sidebar),
>> there is a button in the top-right corner (probably called "new style from
>> selection" in english). Click it, and select "load styles", then "from a
>> file", then select one of your sub-document.
>> These step should replace all styles in the master document with the one
>> in the sub-document. If this does fix your issue, remember to change only
>> styles in the master document to keep all of them "in sync".
>>
>> Of course, if that's not the issue at hand, feel free to dismiss my little
>> rant :)
>>
>>
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