On 09/28/2009 05:35 PM, Mark C. Miller wrote: > On Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:52:52 -0500, Barbara Duprey wrote: > >> JOE Conner wrote: >>> Mark C. Miller wrote: >>>> I've spent the past several hour pouring over everything I can find on >>>> templates and can't figure them out. >>>> >>>> I've created a default template that is based on Modern Library >>>> Association (MLA) standards. >>>> >>>> I've created a second template that varies from that style slightly >>>> called Comic Double Space. >>>> >>>> I want to use both in the same document. >>>> >>>> I have set the MLA template as default. >>>> >>>> Now, once I have my text entered, how in blue blazes do I change to >>>> the second template (Comic Double Space) I made? >>>> >>>> Both templates show up when I do "new file" "template". At first I >>>> thought it would show up under "styles and formatting". Nope. >>>> >>>> Can anyone point me in the right direction? thanks for your help. >>>> >>>> mcm >>>> >>>> >>> Try inserting a section break when you wish to change styles. Otherwise >>> the style will apply to the whole document. >>> >>> Joe Conner, Poulsbo, WA USA >> >> Joe, does that really apply to using different templates? I thought it >> was one document, one template. If that's true, a section break wouldn't >> help, right? That lets you change page styles, but does it affect >> anything else? >> >> Mark, if my interpretation is right, I think that what you need are >> different styles in the same template -- page, paragraph, character, or >> all of the above. Alternatively, if what you're trying to do is produce >> the same document two different ways, you'll need to make your first >> document, then create a new document using the other template and use >> copy and paste to get the material into the second one. If the style >> names are the same, but the fonts or whatever are different between the >> templates, I think they'll be reinterpreted as you want them. > > What I'm trying to do is create a document that has a 4-block header on > the left hand side, the title in the center, and then open space for the > author to enter their material. > > When they get to the second page, I want them to have th full page > length, plus a header that starts with page number 2. I do not want a > header on the first page. > > This is really easy to set up in Word, I'm having a hard time convincing > other's in my department that moving to OOo is worthwhile when these > kinds of problems creep up. Sorry. Rant off.
When you do that are you using 2 Word templates within the same document? I suspect that you are using a single template. Perhaps if you explain how you set it up in Word, or provide a link to a word doc with this set up others here can help. Feel free to email me a doc directly if you'd like me to experiment. You can use a pre-built OOo MLA template if you wish, see: <http://www.google.com/search?complete=0&hl=en&q=openoffice+%2Bmla+template&btnG=Search> <http://www.cc.mie-u.ac.jp/~lq20106/eg5000/templates/> Also see: http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/project/MLATemplate --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
