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). ----- yeah but that's really tough thing to do with 400+ documents
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