On 11/1/2014 9:33 AM, anne-ology wrote:
I agree with your method ... & congratulate you on obviously
being a bright teacher.
Now ...
I'm curiously wondering how using 'styles' differs from the
'select all' then changing the font, or whatever;
that method takes me mere seconds as well ;-)
Also, I'm curiously wondering what method(s) your students
would be using which would take them so long ???
If the *only* thing you want to change is the font document-wide, then
your "select all" method will work. But formatting goes far beyond
changing a font.
The documents I typically create (as simple as they are) have many
different types of paragraphs including the following:
- A Title, set in 20 point, bold, Linux Biolinum G, centered, with 12
points of white space below the paragraph.
- A Subtitle, the same as the Title, except with 16 point, bold type.
- Several Section Heading paragraphs, each with Linux Biolinum G in ever
reducing sizes, flush left, with 12 points of white space above the
paragraph, and with automatic numbering through the Outline Numbering.
Also, I have them set to "keep with the next paragraph," which is
important when creating heading styles to ensure that you don't have a
random heading by itself at the bottom of the page with the following
paragraph on the next page. If I need a "Chapter Title" paragraph, I can
create it to always begin on a new page.
- A main Body paragraph, with 12 point Linux Libertine G, set flush
left, single spaced, with 12 points of white space above it.
- A main Body paragraph, the same as the above, but with an indented
first line (2 picas) and no white space above the paragraph.
- Main Body paragraphs set double-spaced for legal briefs and scholarly
paragraphs.
- A Blockquote paragraph, which is single spaced and indented 2 picas on
the left margin with additional white space above and below the paragraphs.
To generate all of this formatting without styles requires the user to
format each paragraph or set of paragraphs directly, selecting each
formatting characteristic separately, including font, size, line
spacing, paragraph indents, and on and on. Doing it directly takes a lot
of time, and then you have to be careful to make sure all your section
headings are formatted consistently (was that 16 points or 18 points?).
But, to do it with styles is super quick. And the consistency throughout
the document almost brings tears of joy to my eyes.
Virgil
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