Aha! OK I think I fixed it by changing the default paragraph style in the master doc to left-justified. Thank you! Unfortunately the child documents are traded with a business associated so it really is better I keep them in their native format which is docx unfortunately.
On Thu, Aug 6, 2015 at 3:48 PM, Brian Barker <[email protected]> wrote: > At 14:33 06/08/2015 -0400, Nobody Noname wrote: > >> Can someone please explain why the text justification formatting is not >> maintained in this example please? >> > > By design, I think. The Writer Guide (Chapter 13) says "If a style with > the same name exists in the master document and in the subdocuments (for > example, Default Style), then the style is applied as defined in the master > document." The idea is evidently that different layouts can be maintained > in subdocuments and their reflection in master documents. > > Any workarounds? I open the child file and note the text is left >> justified. I then open the master (parent) file that references only this >> child file, and the text is center justified. >> > > Because your Default paragraph style in the master document is centre > aligned. > > I change this to left justified and try and save the changes. Then on >> closing and re-opening the master file - the changes are not maintained. >> > > You set left alignment using paragraph formatting. When you reopen the > master document, I think it refreshes the text from the subdocument and > your change is overridden. If you set the left alignment in paragraph > *style* formatting instead (i.e. change the master document's Default > paragraph style), you should find that your change is preserved. > > If you prefer, I think you can create a custom paragraph style in the > subdocument (with a name different from any existing in the master > document) and apply this to the text there. That style should then be > automatically imported into the master document. > > I'm not sure why you are saving your subdocument in the foreign .docx > format; wouldn't LibreOffice's native .odt format be easier and more > reliable? > > You will want to read "Styles in master documents and subdocuments" in > Chapter 13 of the Writer Guide, particularly the reference to templates. If > you change the Default paragraph style in whatever template you used so > that it has left rather than centre alignment, you may find matters easier > to control. > > I trust this helps. > > Brian Barker > > > -- > 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
