I *highly* recommend getting used to styles - create your own custom styles that you can readily use. It is 100x easier than direct formatting which is how most users use Writer. If you're doing anything more than a one page document, having useful styles ensure that you'll get the results that you want.
Best, Joel On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 9:55 AM, Tom Davies <tomc...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > -- *Joel Madero* LibreOffice QA Volunteer jmadero....@gmail.com -- 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
