Dealing with a Style definition issue in Draw, I first noticed that the Style
Inspector tool is not available in Draw (or Calc, for that matter), so
presumably is a Writer-only tool. The next observation was that, in general,
styles are not well supported in components other than Writer, so maybe I
should treat Draw styles with some circumspection. However, this exercise made
me aware that there is one aspect of styles definition that I do not understand
in /any/ component, including Writer: It is the style's Organizer tab, in
particular the *Contains* pane at the bottom of the Organizer tab, which often
contains statements without definition that I can't locate in the other tabs or
anywhere.
As an example from Draw, I offer the "Default Drawing Style" (the hierarchical
root of other Draw styles), which is defined thus:
*Style*
Style: Default Drawing Style
Inherit from: [- none-]
Category: (unspecified)
*Contains*
Continuous + 0.0 inch + 0.08 inch + 0.08 inch + Not centered + Not centered +
Continuous + Shadow off +
Shadow color + Shadow spacing X 0.1 " + Shadow spacing Y 0.1 " + Left text frame
spacing 0.1 " + Right text
frame spacing 0.1 " + Upper text frame spacing 0 " + Lower text frame spacing 0
" + Horizontal text anchor Use
entire width + Word wrap text in shape on + • + Indent left 0.0 inch, Indent
right 0.0 inch + From top 0.0 inch,
From bottom 0.0 inch + Single + Automatic + Liberation Sans + 18 pt + normal + No underline + No strikethrough
+ Not Italic + No Outline + Not Shadowed + Pair Kerning + Microsoft YaHei + Lucida Sans + 18 pt + 18 pt +
normal + normal + Not Italic + Not Italic + none + No relief + No overline +
None
The first major problem is that *Contains*" offers instantiations of properties
(like {Continuous} or {0.0 inch}) for which *the properties are not identified*.
A secondary general problem is that the instantiations in any case are not
formalized; for example, should a measurement be {0.0 inch} or {0.0 "} ?
In some cases, like the bullet {•} in the fourth line above, there is no way to
even guess what is signified.
Even in the Writer Guide, which covers styles in some depth, I find no way to interpret
this aspect of style definition. The Draw Guide covers styles in a different way, in
Chapter 4 (Changing Object Attributes) under "Using drawing object styles". But
neither covers this aspect of style definition.
Is there any guide to how this essential part of a Style description can be
read and controlled?
John
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