On Friday March 17 2006 05:23 pm, Bill Hartwell wrote:
> 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?
I do believe that the chapter on Styles explains what you want to do
in the "loading a style from a template or document" section of the
"Working with styles" chapters.
Dan
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