On Sunday March 04 2007 5:09 pm, Michael B Allen wrote:
> On Mon, 05 Mar 2007 06:45:51 +1000
>
> "Adrian Try" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hi Mike
> >
> > > When I started my Writer document I highlighted everything and
> > > changed the font to Arial. Now I have applied styles only to
> > > notice that the font metrics are off. Can I reset the font on
> > > the default style without overriding all of the other styles I
> > > have applied? If I simply change the font on the default style
> > > it has no effect - I still have Arial.
> >
> > You are currently overriding the style with your manual
> > formatting. To reset the font to the style font, Edit / Select
> > All then Format / Default Formatting.
>
> Well this problem just stirred up more problems.
>
> I have a small table at the very top of the document. If I try to
> "Select All" it highlights the content of the first cell and that's
> it. I have to delete the table first.
>
> And if I do delete the table and "Select All" the Format > Default
> Formatting option is grey'd out.
>
> > You can change the font of the default style by pressing F11 (or
> > selecting Format / Styles and Formatting from the menu), right
> > clicking on Default, and changing the font information.
>
> But that had no effect. Presumably this was because of my manual
> formatting in the beginning.
>
> Fortunately my document isn't that large yet. After clicking within
> each paragraph and selecting the 'Default' style, changing the
> style on that text now *does* change the text. So I just had to go
> through each paragraph and assert the Default style.
>
> But unfortunately the original problem remains - the font metrics
> are off. For example, in the word 'networks' the t and the w are
> actually touching (kerning is not checked). There are a bunch of
> words like that. Also, perhaps more important, the bad metrics are
> carried through into the PDF and in print which surprised me a
> little.
>
> Maybe I should try it in OSX.
>
> Mike
You might want to recreate this document. You can do so by
opening a new untitled document. Highlight the entire table. (Click
the top left cell and hold the left mouse button down. Move it to the
bottom right cell.) Use Control+ to copy the contents of that table.
In the untitled document, use Alt+e followed by the s key. This opens
the paste special dialog. Select OpenOffice.org Writer, and click OK.
Highlight the rest of the document, and copy and paste special it the
same way. Close the original document. Then save the untitled
document with name of the original.
Now either use the F11 key to open the Styles and Formating
window. Right click the Default paragraph style, and select Modify
from the context menu. Click the Font tab to open the choices you
have concerning the font you use, its size, and its typeface. What
you select here should change every word in the entire document.
Dan
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