On Tue, 2007-12-18 at 08:40 +0000, mike scott wrote:
> On 17 Dec 2007 at 20:36, Richard Detwiler wrote:
> 
> > jonathon wrote:
> > > On Dec 18, 2007 12:05 AM, Craig White wrote:
> > >
> > >   
> > >> Is it possible to have documents automatically use an external file as a 
> > >> 'master stylesheet' so that documents are automatically changed as the
> > >>     
> > >
> > > Yes.   Use a default template.  Only make changes to the default template.
> > >   
> > 
> > Question on this approach: If I create a document based on the default 
> > template, then later change a style in the template, is the document 
> > updated with the changed style? I wouldn't have thought that it would 
> > be, but if it is, that could be either a very helpful feature or a very 
> > annoying feature, depending on what one is after in a particular instance.
> 
> As you say, it would be a mixed blessing. I'd not want an ancient 
> document to suddenly and unexpectedly change appearance just because I 
> wanted to alter the appearance of new documents. Sounds a recipe for 
> chaos, thinking about it.
> 
> OTOH, if it really is a requirement that documents track a time-varying 
> format, it wouldn't be so hard to replace automatically the styles.xml 
> component of the documents when necessary.
> 
> Don't forget it's possible to explicitly import styles from another 
> document - this is tucked away on the stylist menu, top-right drop-down 
> list (at least on 2.3.1/XP).
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yeah but that's really tough thing to do with 400+ documents

Craig

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