Hi :) Brilliant! Even easier than i thought! Well found! :) Congrats. It sounds like it might be good to re-configure the "Text-body" style someday, maybe - or leave it so you can switch between the 2 styles as needed. Superb! :) Congrats and regards from Tom :)
On 15 October 2015 at 17:52, charles meyer <reachmepl...@gmail.com> wrote: > Tom, > > That was it! > > Thank you!! > > For all those interested, when I changed the Style Setting Box from > Text Body to Default Style, then it changed the spacing to single > spacing. > > Thank you again. > > Best, > > Charles. > > On 10/14/15, Tom Davies <tomc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi :) > > Chapter 3 of the "Getting Started Guide", the chapter about "Styles and > > Templates". In MS Office their equivalent can often cause problems but > in > > LibreOffice the system is different and makes it MUCH easier to produce > > much higher quality documents with much less effort. > > https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications > > > > At the moment it sounds like you are formatting directly inside the > content > > of the document. For the most part, most of the document probably could > do > > with looking consistent and many of your headings and so on also being > > consistent with each other. Future documents may well need to have the > > same levels of consistency. At the moment you are maybe trying to > remember > > adn struggle a bit to try to force it all to behave. > > > > Using styles, even a tiny bit, can drastically reduce the amount of > direct > > formatting you need to do and that can save quite a bit of time. Each > time > > you have to reach for the mouse to apply formatting it reduces your > > productivity. Being able to keep yoru hands on the keyboard and use > simple > > keyboard combinations such as; > > > > Ctrl B to switch "bold" on/off and > > Ctrl I to switch "Italics" on/off and > > Ctrl U to switch "Underline" on/off > > > > along with > > > > Ctrl x to cut (x looks a little like a pair of scissors) > > Ctrl c to copy > > Ctrl v to paste (v looks a bit like a downwards arrow) > > > > and of course > > > > Ctrl left/right arrows to skip a word at a time > > > > All combine to make your typing much faster and with less need to break > > your concentration. Touch-typing courses often suggest that it's better > to > > leave all the formatting until after a significant amount of a document > has > > been typed. This can work quite well wrt headings but it helps to be > able > > to apply emphasis without hunting for the mouse and then repositioning > your > > fingers again afterwards. > > > > To open Styles just press F11, Then look up beside where you would normal > > set your font to see the name of the style you are using in the body of > the > > contents: hopefully either "Text body" or "Default" and right-click on > the > > appropriate one in the styles pop-up dialogue-box to modify it. > > > > > > I hope this helps! > > Regards from > > Tom :) > > > > > > > > > > > > On 15 October 2015 at 00:20, Gabriele Ponzo <gpo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> I couldn't catch exactly what are you trying to do. > >> > >> Did you mean the vertical spacing among lines or the horizontal among > >> characters? > >> > >> If you started with "plain text" why doors it have such a (double?) > >> spacing? > >> > >> What font are you using? > >> Il 15/ott/2015 00:29, "charles meyer" <reachmepl...@gmail.com> ha > >> scritto: > >> > >> > Hi Folks, > >> > > >> > In Libre Writer 4.3.5.2, I wanted to change the plain text to single > >> > spacing for all lines of text in all paragraphs. I highlighted all the > >> > lines and then I followed both of these suggestions but it still > >> > appears double-spaced although it says it's single spaced but isn't > >> > > >> > How do I truly secure single spacing? > >> > > >> > 1. Select the paragraph and then go to Format, Paragraph, Indents & > >> > Spacing tab, Line Spacing . > >> > > >> > 2. Right click to open the context menu > Line Spacing. > >> > > >> > Thank you. > >> > > >> > Charles. > >> > > >> > -- > >> > To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@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 > >> > > >> > >> -- > >> To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@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 > >> > > > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@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
