On Mon, 2011-03-14 at 19:59 -0500, Barbara Duprey wrote:
> On 3/14/2011 5:29 PM, Tim Johnson wrote:
> > I'm trying to wrap my head around the theory of how paragraphs are
> > managed in OO. (Using OO 3.3 debian on ubuntu).
> > > From an earlier posting with input from Brian and Andy I've arrived
> > at the following understanding of how paragraphs are managed. The
> > sequence I describe follows (to my understanding) the order of
> > precedence.
> > -----------------------------
> > 1)Default Document :
> > > From Tools->Options->OpenOffice.Org Writer->General,
> > set "Tab stops"
> > -----------------------------
> > 2)Paragraph Style :
> > With cursor on a paragraph, the bottom paragraph style will be
> > displayed (on my setup) at the leftmost of the lowermost toolbar at
> > the top of the OO main window. The font will be displayed in a
> > window to the right of the style window. To the left of the style
> > window is an icon, which if clicked will bring up the "Styles and
> > Formatting" window. The leftmost icon on this window should be
> > selected, if not - select it. Once should then be able to find an
> > item with the same name as the style. One may need to try some other
> > options from the drop-down list at the bottom of the window.
> > Right-clicking on the style name and choosing "Modify" will allow
> > one to edit attributes of the paragraph style.
> > -----------------------------
> > 3)Individual paragraph
> > With the cursor in a paragraph, right clicking will bring up a
> > dialogue menu and choosing "Paragraph" from the menu will allow
> > editing of attributes for the individual paragraph.
> >
> > :)How am I doing so far? I'd welcome edits, corrections and
> > comments. When it is determined that I have "got it", I will restate
> > for archival purposes and enter the conclusion into my own knowledge
> > base.
> >
> > TIA
>
> Looks pretty good, but realize that the paragraph styles and font selections
> are not necessarily
> visible -- they can be removed from the toolbar displays, and many people do
> so, to save screen
> space and (especially for character formatting like fonts, bolding, etc.) to
> avoid the tendency to
> use direct formatting*. A common characteristic is that when the Styles and
> Formatting dialog is
> visible, you can easily identify the style applicable to the current cursor
> location (at any level
> -- page, paragraph, character, frame, or list) by selecting the level and the
> Applied Styles subset;
> it will be highlighted. That's easier than trying to look in, say, All Styles
> for a match. In
> general, you probably want to start with Automatic Styles to select common
> appropriate styles for
> new material.
>
> * Direct formatting trumps all the style information and means that you lose
> the ability to modify
> your whole document consistently if you want to, say, change the font for a
> particular kind of text
> element. It can get very messy! If you want to keep documents alive for
> future use, it's really good
> to train yourself to use styles rather than direct formatting.
> --
I suggest you use the link below to download the two chapters on
styles:
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/OOo3_User_Guides/Chapters.
Chapters 7 and 8 of the Writer Guide are what you need.
Dan
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