Dan Lewis wrote: > On Friday March 17 2006 02:07 pm, Bill Hartwell wrote: >> Is there a way to create styles that are applied globally, not just in >> the current document? >> >> I'm running into a problem in that I've created a couple styles I need >> available whenever I create a new document, but I also have some old >> documents that I need to apply the styles to.When I attempt to apply the >> styles to the old documents, they are not in the style pallet, and so >> what I end up having to do is create a copy of the document that has the >> styles I need, copy and paste the contents of the old document to the >> new document copy, and then apply the styles. Not exactly the easiest of >> solutions. Any guidance in creating global styles would be greatly >> appreciated. > > Yes, there is. Create a document with the styles you need to use > repeatedly. File > Template > Save will create a template with these > styles. (For example, save it as PersonalStyles.) > If you want this to be your default template, File > Template > > Organize will open the Template Management window. The left side of this > window has a list of folders containing templates. Double click My > Templates to reveal the template (PersonalStyles) you saved. Right click > PersonalStyles and select Set as Default template. > May I recommend you download the Styles chapter in the Writer Guide? A > link to this is found at http://documenation.openoffice.org. > > Dan
Already done that. The question that I have is, will those styles be available on imported or old documents, or only on new documents created with the default template?
