From: news [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joe Smith
Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2008 1:37 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [users] Re: WRITER: Neutral settings for Character Styles
VLM TechSubs wrote:
> ...
> Is there a way to create character styles, such that only specified
> font properties are affected?
Yes, although the user interface is awkward and there are some glitches
which can make it difficult to manage effectively.
In the Styles and Formatting dialog, with the character style list
displayed, right click on Default and choose "New...". On the "Organizer"
tab, you will see that the new style is "linked with" the Default style.
Whatever settings you don't change in your new style will be inherited from
the "linked" base style.
Switch to the Font tab and change the typeface to italic, then switch back
to the Organizer tab and look at the "Contains" display: it should have only
the new typeface information. That means that this character style contains
only the face change and everything else is inherited from the base style.
Switch to the Position tab and change to superscript. Check the Organizer >
Contains again to see how the style contents changes.
Click OK to save the style, then right-click it's name in the styles list
and choose "Modify...".
Suppose you need to remove the position change (superscript) from the style
and revert to the inherited setting. Switch to the Position tab and click
"Standard". That will appear to change the settings, but what it actually
does it remove the settings contained in this style. The settings now shown
on the Position tab are actually the inherited settings after the
superscript setting was removed.
Go back to the Organizer tab and check the Contents. It may or may not still
show the superscript setting in the list. I find that sometimes I have to
actually confirm the change ("OK") and re-open the dialog before the
Contents list is updated.
If you play with the style definition a bit you're likely to find other
glitches, more or less serious, but with some fiddling you should be able to
get what you need.
<Joe
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Thank you kindly!
Elchanan
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