Thanks for helping. I am not a new user. I have been using Linux since 1994 or so and libreOffice or is predecessor for 15 years or so. I am very familiar with paragraph styles. This problem continues to beat me.
On January 10, 2020 3:32:58 PM UTC, Dan Lewis <[email protected]> wrote: > >On 1/9/20 11:39 PM, John Sweeney wrote: >> I am using 6.3, vanilla ubuntu. I continue to have a lot of problems >> getting the font of a paragraph to obey the paragraph style >instruction, >> instead it tends to default to a font called "Default paragraph font" >or >> something else and no amount of removal of direct formatting or using >> ctrl-m helps. Anyone got any ideas? > >Your problem is obviously not direct formatting at all: it is with the >style that has been applied to this paragraph. All you have to do is to > >change the font this style uses to get the font that you want. > >F11 will open the Styles dialog on the right side of LIbreOffice. Make >sure that paragraph styles is selected (far left icon at the top). >Select the offending paragraph. The style that controls the attributes >of this paragraph is highlighted. Right click the style and select >"Modify..." Click the Font tab and then select the font you want to use > >from the list. Close this dialog. > >I have been rather detailed because I am not sure you know how to >change >the properties of a style. I would also recommend (if you have not done > >so already) that you download the Styles chapter in the Getting Started > >Guide. The Writer Guide has one or two chapters on styles as well. It >would be a good resource. > >Dan > > >-- >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/ >Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- 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/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
