-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Harold Fuchs wrote: > 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.
Yes, I found that out and am doing that. One of my templates has some text in it, as well as fields the values for which are in the document properties. > Styles and templates are probably the two most important concepts to > understand as you use OOo, well worth the effort. Because of their importance I am doing my best to learn them. Ken Heard -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkuLhwwACgkQlNlJzOkJmTcvAgCdHvAu8W9dazwSHjIuJkm9W8JY qXAAniXWaphjCKCs+ZXG1NXe2xg4LmKV =N6nL -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
