On Friday May 26 2006 12:50 pm, HansPeter Roesli wrote:
> Dan Lewis wrote:
> > On Friday May 26 2006 07:23 am, HansPeter Roesli wrote:
> >> Hi
> >>
> >> I am new to OpenOffice.org.
> >>
> >> In Impress the Format Paintbrush is not being activated when
> >> selecting the text sample that should serve as a formatting model. In
> >> Write it works fine! What might be going wrong here?
> >>
> >> I am running OpenOffice.org v2.0.2 under XP.
> >>
> >> HansPeter Roesli
> >
> > That is because text in Impress is handled differently than in
> > Writer. But you are going to have to be much clearer in explaining
> > what you are doing.
> > First, some information about the text you are wanting to change
> > the style of: Is the text in a text box you created? Is it in a text
> > box that contained the phrase "Click to add an outline" before you
> > added the text? Second, some information about the text you are
> > wanting to select as your style. Is it in a text box which contained
> > the phrase "Click to add an outline" before you added the text?
> > There differences in how you use styles in Writer and Impress.
> > That is because Impress puts some restrictions upon how styles can be
> > used.
> >
> > Dan
> >
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> As I am coming from (surprise) powerpoint I would have expected
> paintbrush to be ubiquitous. Anyway, in the specific case both, the
> model style to be copied and the text on which to apply it, are in the
> same text box of type "Click to add an outline" and, as I said, the
> paintbrush is not activated at all, i.e. its colour stays brownish.
>
> HP
There is a reason why I asked about the text box of the type "Click to
add an outline". The styles that affect the text in these type text boxes
is found in the Formating and Styles Window (F11), and they are the
Presentation Styles (second icon from the left). These styles can be
modified, but new styles can NOT be added to the Presentation Styles.
If you create a text box of your own, you can then establish its style
in the Graphics Style section (left icon). You can only have one style per
text box. In the Graphics Style section, you can create new styles as well
as modify those already there.
You might want to check the User's Guide or the Getting Started Guide
for more information on what you can do with Impress.
Dan
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