On Thursday, 1 February 2018 19:50:38 GMT Steve Edmonds wrote: > Hi. > If you select all text (the whole document) and menu Format>Clear direct > formatting (Ctl M), lots may change visually, does the document then > behave as you might expect styles to behave. I do this as a matter of > course to get MS docs into odts that I can style properly. > steve THanks Steve, I'll try that. I didn't get the difference between styles and direct formatting but now i do.
> On 01/02/18 22:59, Ianseeks wrote: > > On Wednesday, 31 January 2018 19:02:35 GMT Ricardo Berlasso wrote: > >> 2018-01-31 19:25 GMT+01:00 Ianseeks <[email protected]>: > >> > >>> Hi > >>> > >>> If i update a style that is used in a document e.g. change font and font > >>> size, should the whole document where that style is used be changed to the > >>> new settings when <Apply> is pressed? Currently I have to highlight the > >>> areas and then reapply the style to it. > >>> > >> They should update automatically *unless* direct formatting is applied to > >> the text. Direct formatting always brings problems. Can you share a > >> document, so we can see where the problem is? AFAIK the mailing list strips > >> attachments, so you need to upload the sample document anywhere else. > > I 've just done a few more tests after reading your comments. All the > > tests i've done are using the "Default Style". > > I went back to the Windows 10 version and I changed the font to something > > radically different to what i really wanted and it did change a lot of the > > document with that style but not all of it. I think i missed it before > > because the paragraph that i had on the screen didn;t change but when i > > changed it to a weird font it scrolled the text up the screen a few lines > > so i could the text below it and see a change. So i changed the font back > > to something sensible and it worked but it did not change the font size at > > all, it was stuck at 14pt even though i changed it to 12pt. > > I've discovered that if i change the font/size in "default style", it > > affects other parts of the document that has "text body" style applied. > > Its the same on version 6 on linux. > > > >> Regards, > >> Ricardo > >> > >> > >> > >>> regards > >>> > >>> Ian > >>> -- > >>> opensuse:tumbleweed:20180129 libreoffice-6.0.0.2-2.1.x86_64 > >>> Qt: 5.10.0 KDE Frameworks: 5.42.0 - KDE Plasma: 5.11.95 - kwin 5.11.95 > >>> kmail2 5.7.1 - akonadiserver 5.7.1 - Kernel: 4.14.15-1-default - > >>> xf86-video-nouveau: 1.0.15 > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] > >>> Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to- > >>> unsubscribe/ > >>> Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > >>> List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > >>> All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > >>> deleted > >>> > >>> > >> > > (Linux libreoffice Version: 6.0.0.2.0+ Build ID: 00m0(Build:2) CPU > > threads: 2; OS: Linux 4.14; UI render: default; VCL: kde4; Locale: en-GB > > (en_GB.UTF-8); > > (Windows 10 Libreoffice Version: 5.4) > > > > > > > -- opensuse:tumbleweed:20180130 Qt: 5.10.0 KDE Frameworks: 5.42.0 - KDE Plasma: 5.11.95 - kwin 5.11.95 kmail2 5.7.1 - akonadiserver 5.7.1 - Kernel: 4.14.15-1-default - xf86-video-nouveau: 1.0.15 -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
