On 10/23/2009 03:58 AM, Harold Fuchs wrote:
2009/10/23 James Elliott<[email protected]>
A question on Text Boxes ...
... oops! ... the whole text box has disappeared, gone, along
with all my carefully selected margins ... poof! - gone!
...
When you create the text box, put a line (border) around it:
...
... When, eventually, you are happy with the size, position
and contents of your text box you may change the Line Style back to
"invisible". If you want to save the document, make sure the text box is
visible. Only make it invisible just prior to printing. ...
Good tip! I had forgotten that only empty _and invisible_ text boxes are
liable to disappear.
You can protect the box from disappearing while keeping it invisible
using a line color or area fill that match the background (white,
usually), or make the line/fill 100% transparent. As long as the box has
some non-default setting, it won't go 'poof'.
BTW, this situation practically begs to use styles. You could define a
base style for your drafts that has all the properties you like for your
text, plus a visible line and/or background so you can see what you're
doing. Then, you can make another style, derived from the draft style,
that only changes the line/background to 'none'. To remove the draft
properties, just apply the 'final' style.
And you won't have to worry about losing your settings if a box
disappears: You can convert any text box into a properly formatted text
box just by applying the style.
Another possibility with styles: You could use one style--the
draft--then at the end, just modify the style to use line/fill: 'none'.
All the text boxes in the document will automatically update.
Here's a sample drawing that shows draft and final styles:
http://martnet.com/~jes/temp/Draw_newsletter_styles.odg
Toggle the 'Edit File' toolbar button if the document is read-only, then
use Format > Styles and Formatting to see a list of the available
styles. Select the draft text box, then double-click on the 'final'
style name in the list to apply the style.
There's a short introduction to styles in the Draw Guide:
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/OOoAuthors_User_Manual/Draw_Guide/Using_styles
<Joe
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