You have to realize that ODF uses an xml-based markup system, not a formatting codes system, as Wordperfect did. When you apply a bold style to a snippet of text, you are essentially creating a markup (greatly simplified) <span style="bold">snippet</span>. When you change the style to normal, you are telling LO "make the next snippet on this line normal". When you hit the return button, you are essentially saying to LO, "close this paragraph", causing LO to add a </p> piece of markup. However, LO also remembers the style of the last entry on the line, and applies it to the next paragraph as well. To see this in action, perform jerryb's procedure, but type some text in normal style after the bold text on the first line. You will see the normal style applied to the next paragraph.
On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 11:12 AM, Graham Luffrum <[email protected]> wrote: > Tom, > > yes, I switch off bold. What is not clear to me at all in Writer (and in > Word) is to what character the codes switching on and off bold etc. are > attached. I write every now and then texts with mathematics in them and > variable names are always in italics. Sometimes I want to change a name, > say from x (italic) to ax (italic). The way I did it in WordPerfect was to > put the cursor before the x and type an a - very easy. In Writer you > cannot do that, as you get a normal a and not an italicised one. I would > then guess that the on and off codes are stuck to the next character, which > might explain the behaviour mentioned by the OP. I doubt somehow that this > is a bug. > > Graham > > On 4 November 2014 09:36, Tom Davies <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi :) > > Ahh, you reminded me! Yes i used to like that feature of Wordperfect a > > LOT too. With Writer and Word i've always tended to switch on the > > backwards P to show all non-printing characters. It doesn't go quite as > > far as Wp did but it's still a huge help. > > > > Errr, most people seem to hate seeing those characters and seem to think > > Writer is broken when they see them on my screen or see it as proof that > > Writer is unusable. So i have to switch them off a lot of the time, when > > working with others :( > > > > You seem to be the first person saying that you have seen the odd > > behaviour in other versions of LibreOffice. Are you sure you switched > Bold > > off? > > Regards from > > Tom :) > > > > > > > > > > On 4 November 2014 07:49, Graham Luffrum <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> I seem to recall that this has always been the case, at least under > Linux > >> Mint with various versions of LibreOffice. Interestingly, if on the > >> second > >> line one puts some text (not in bold as one would expect) and then do > >> newline and move the cursor back up to before the text on line two it > >> shows > >> bold as being off. (I have to say that one thing which I miss in Writer > >> and also in Word, when I used it, is the approach that WordPerfect used > >> (or > >> maybe still does if it still exists) whereby one could see the codes > that > >> switched bold, and underlining etc. on and off. One could then see > >> exactly > >> where the bolding started and stopped.) > >> > >> Graham > >> > >> On 4 November 2014 01:17, Tim Lloyd <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> > Hi, > >> > > >> > I have verified this in 4.4.0.0 alpha and 4.3.2.2 under Fedora 21 > >> > > >> > I can also see that the problem is NOT apparent under XP on 4.2.0.4. > >> > > >> > What OS are you using? > >> > > >> > Cheers > >> > > >> > > >> > On 04/11/14 10:41, jerryvb wrote: > >> > > >> >> I have found a strange action by Writer. I think it might be a bug, > but > >> >> I'm > >> >> not sure. At the moment I'm using LibreOffice Writer 4.2.6.3. But, I > >> have > >> >> verified this also in 4.3.1.1, 4.3.1.2, 4.3.2.2, and 4.3.3.2. > >> >> > >> >> In a Writer text document, on a blank line, do this: > >> >> > >> >> 1. Turn on Bold either by Ctr+B or by toolbar button. > >> >> 2. Type some text in bold font. > >> >> 3. Before pressing Enter, Type Ctl+B to turn bold off. > >> >> 4. Press Enter two times. > >> >> 5. Press the Up arrow one time. > >> >> 6. Look at the Bold toolbar button, Bold will be back on. > >> >> > >> >> I just tested LibreOffice 3.5.4.2, and OpenOffice 4.3.1, both of > those > >> do > >> >> not act this way. > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> -- > >> >> View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/ > >> >> LibreOffice-Writer-Bold-activates-by-itself-tp4127860.html > >> >> Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > >> >> > >> >> > >> > > >> > -- > >> > To unsubscribe 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 > >> > > >> > > >> > >> -- > >> To unsubscribe 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 > >> > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe 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 > -- To unsubscribe 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
