On 1 March 2010 05:31, Ken Heard <[email protected]> wrote: <snip>
> > 1) Styles can be based on other styles. The "default" style is the base > > for many other styles. The advantage is that you can make a change to > > the underlying style and it will cascade through the styles based on > > that style. > > Yes I found that out. I also discovered that I can change the default > style for a given document, and that style as changed is saved with that > document. I had assumed that the default default style, so to speak, > would be changed as well. I soon found out that I was incorrect, that > after OOo is first opened but before a specific document is opened, the > default style is as it is set up by OOo, not as I had changed it for a > specific document. > This is not quite right. Here is where we get into "templates". A template is a (usually*) empty document with a variety of customised styles defined. You can have many different templates and, when you want to create a new document, you can choose the one you want. One of your templates can be defined as the "default" template. This is the one that gets used when you simply click "New Document". If you don't define your own *default* template then the one that gets used is the one that came with OOo; this is your "default default" template. All documents are based on one or other template. When you open an existing document, it is opened "under the control of" whichever template was in force at the time it was last saved. I currently have 4 special templates defined: - "Filofax" style pages. Four "pages" per sheet of paper, defined by linked frames, with borders showing where to cut and circles showing where to punch the holes. - Mini Filofax pages. Eight smaller pages per sheet similar to above. - Letterhead. The first "page" defines a DL envelope with my name and address in a very small font in the top left corner; the second page is the actual letterhead with my address and "today's" date. - A5 portrait on A4 (European standard) landscape. An A4 page in landscape orientation with two *columns* of A5 portrait separated by a line to show where to cut. * Templates are usually empty but, as you can see from my templates, this is not necessary. My letterhead is an example of a non-empty template. Styles and templates are probably the two most important concepts to understand as you use OOo, well worth the effort. <snip> -- Harold Fuchs London, England Please reply *only* to [email protected]
