Robin wrote: > > VCurrently available. > What is VC?
Typo. IT should read "Currently Available". [I don't run spellcheck when my internet connection is at 28.8 KB, or lower, which is most of the time.] > the active styles on my version of OOo 2.0. I seriously doubt that they removed that from OOo 1.x and OOo 1.1.x. [This system has 128 MB ram, which is about 896 MB less ram than OOo 2.x requires.] <CTRL><F12> For writer, it is the third selection at the _bottom_. Other options (for charcter styles) are: * Hierarchical * All * Applied * Custom The other style categories have a similr set of options. > Again, where? I see the styles box but there are different tabs (icons) that > I have to click to get a full picture. The top row of icons is for the style types: * Paragraph styles * Character styles * Frame styles * Page styles * Numbering styles The bottom drop down menu shows the various selections that can be displayed. > > There really is _no_ excuse for not knowing all of the attributes of all > > the styles that one uses. > What about imported documents? Am I supposed to know all the styles that are > used by all the people that may make a document that I have to work with or > take a piece of or add to? If they are using styles, then yes. > > Is it content, or markup? > > The former must be retained, the latter can be, and usually should be, > > discarded. > That is the question. It is hard to decide and must be made on each occasion > that works for the project. Do you seriously not know the difference between content, and markup? > But that is only 4 pedals and will still be based on a car. Same with But do you know what that forth pedal does? If not, then you shouldn't be driving the car. Likewise, if you don know what a style does, you shouldn't be using it. > A style can change so much that it would be impossible to know every one. The function of a style should never change. The specfic attributes of a style may change but that is irrelevent to the style as a whole. > work with documents from others that I cannot restyle as I see fit all the > time. If you can't restyle them, then there is no reason for you to have a "Reveal Codes' function in OOo, or WP. > You make my point as to know how the formatting is changed in a simple way. >Thank you. I agree and this is where RC is so great. a) Formating does not equate to styles; b) Reveal Codes won't help you in the same situation, using WP. c) The idea behind removing all formatting, is so that styles can be imposed on the content. > This is almost what I would like. I never knew about the "Applied Styles" > selection. Did you read _any_ of the documentation on styles? > Now if I could dock the list at the bottom of the screen You can dock it on any screen edge. xan jonathon -- Ethical conduct is a vice. Corrupt conduct is a virtue. Motto of Nacarima.
