NoOp wrote: >> I thought you should just change the style that is used by the labels >> anyway, no need to assign a new style to the labels text. Go to the >> stylist, select the character style "Default" and adjust it to your needs. > > I suppose that would be the way to do it. Unfortunately, you cannot > simply edit the default style in the style editor, so that bit is > confusing.
Sorry, of course I wanted to suggest to change the paragraph style. This one is editable. Sorry for that. > However, why would I want to do that? If I insert a new page for say, a > letter, the default character style will now be the same as that used > for the labels, so I need to create a new "alternate default" for the > rest of the document... is this correct? Is there a way to apply the new > default character style only to the page that the label is on rather > than the entire document? Yes, you are right. I didn't suggest this as a "one for all" solution, just something that comes in handy for the problem discussed here. > For the reasons that Peter pointed out I find using tables considerably > easier & more flexible. But, I'm certainly willing to learn & try the > frames method as well :-) Peter mentioned some interesting points that are worth thinking (will do). If it was only for the selection we could treat it as a usability bug (what it IMHO is) and make the selection in case of the frames better. Ciao, Mathias -- Mathias Bauer (mba) - Project Lead OpenOffice.org Writer OpenOffice.org Engineering at Sun: http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS Please don't reply to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]". I use it for the OOo lists and only rarely read other mails sent to it. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
