Hi,
>> Pete Holsberg wrote:
... If I open a new doc with my template, and copy-paste/copy-paste
special/insert file theirs into mine, will I get what I want?
That will get their text into a document with the styles you need, yes. You
will still need to apply your styles to theirs. If you use the style Heading1
but they used the style Main Head you will need to apply your style Heading1 to
everywhere they used Main Head. If they used the same names with different
definitions, then you probably don't need to apply your styles.
However, dragging and dropping MOVES the style; it doesn't copy it.
One must CTRL-click to drag for a copy. Is that standard?
That's the way it does work.
BTW, on page 80, it says, "Select Format > Styles > Catalogue
to open a dialogue which shows the different Styles for the current
document." I don't think that 2.x has Format > Styles > Catalogue.
You're correct. Here's a way to bring styles from one doc to another--the PDF
mentioned might cover this as well. Go to the document someone submited to you,
where you need to have your styles. Choose Format > Styles and Formatting. Find
the far-right top icon with the downward facing black triangle, click on it, and
choose Load Styles. In the styles window that appears, mark all the types of
styles you want to bring in from your template, then click From File, select your
template file, and click Open. (If your template file is already listed in one of
the template categories shown, you don't have to click From File.)
I have a blog on styles here, if you find them helpful.
http://openoffice.blogs.com/openoffice/2005/12/all_about_style.html
http://openoffice.blogs.com/openoffice/2005/12/_how_do_you_cre.html
I would recommend either the copy and paste approach, or the Load Styles
approach, and then apply your styles as necessary to the text you received from
others. Just a personal preference.
HTH--I believe I joined midthread so might not have caught everything.
Solveig
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