On Thu, 2006-02-23 at 21:58 -0800, John Jordan wrote: > On 23 Feb 2006, at 20:17, Ross Johnson wrote: > I could be wrong, but there > doesn't appear to be a default style for > > "line with arrow". It appears to use the default "line" style and then > > add an arrow. > > > > You can save some clicks by creating a new style in the Stylist (Styles > > and Formatting window) and setting up your arrow size as before. Then > > you would draw your "line with arrow" and then double click on your > > style in the Stylist list. Easier if the Styles and Formatting window is > > docked or floating so that it stays handy as you work. > > Doesn't work. I'm using the lines with arrows in Writer, not a Draw > document. The Styles palette in Writer is grayed out when a drawing > object is selected. If I open a Draw document I can create a line, and I can > create a style for it, but the style does not appear in the Writer window, > even when a line is selected in the Writer document.
I read the bug report referred to earlier, and the method there works. The trick is to set the line properties while no objects are selected. That style then sticks for subsequent lines. The same goes for default style for area fill. See below. Related but only an aside, I finally worked out how to add custom arrow styles... - draw a shape (filled polygon etc.) that is to become just the arrow head shape, oriented pointing upward. No line. Then select it, go to Format - Objects - Line - Arrow Styles tab, click Add and name the style. The shape is scaled and saved to some normalised size. Only the shape is important. > And while speaking of defaults, why does every Basic Shapes object come > up filled with blue-8. I want the color to be <none>. Every time I create an > object I have to change the color to <none>. Again, is this in a > configuration file somewhere so I can change it? While you have no drawn objects selected, click on the Area (paint can) icon in the Drawing Object Properties toolbar. A colour palette comes up and your choice becomes the default fill colour instead of the Blue-8 that you see now. You can also choose "None" in the drop list in this dialog. This toolbar may disappear if there are no drawing objects selected. If so, select a drawing element or the draw Select tool from the Drawing toolbar, then change the Area properties before you draw it on the page. The advantage of using Draw is that you can alter all objects that have the same named style all at once by modifying the style. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
