I'm working in 2.0.3 but my comments go back to pre-2.0 versions. I have never tried changing one of the existing templates but I have been successful at creating my own templates. I may have started with an existing one but don't remember now. Anyway, I expect you could take an existing one, modify it, save it with a new template name and use that repeatedly.
When you have Impress open with the template of choice, go to View > Master > Slide Master. That opens up the header and footer to modify as you wish. I put icons in my header and company name in the footer which will appear on all slides. Also the style formatting (e.g., indentation/font definitions) is displayed on the master slide which you can modify. To modify style formatting, go to Format > Styles and Formatting ... The dialog that opens will have Graphics Styles and Presentations Styles available that you can modify. I've modified both. The Presentations Style Formatting is where I've set the indentation, font and color rules for my slides. Right click one of them in the list to open a dialog for making changes. When you have it the way you want it save it as a template and then start there next time. There are a lot of options in Styles and Formatting. I remember I spent a fair amount of time trying different things, amount of indentation, different fonts and colors, different bullets until I got what I wanted. I hope this is useful. Bob -----Original Message----- From: Mike Dewhirst [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 4:47 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [users] presentation - style formatting inheritance I would like to adjust a style format in the template and see it change every instance of content (on every slide) which uses that style in that template. The example I am looking at is prs-strategy.otp (File | Templates | Edit and I selected ..\en-US\presnt\prs-strategy.otp in Windows XP. No matter what I try I cannot seem to apply a style to any content. I searched the archives and found a few questions on the matter going back a couple of years but no-one seems to have answered those questions. The help pages indicate dragging styles from one presentation to another in the Organize dialog. I cannot make that happen but even if I could I don't know what I might be doing. It doesn't seem to too closely aligned with what I actually want to do. Is there a trick to adjusting a style and seeing the content change? Thanks Mike --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
