On Thursday 17 January 2008 10:34:28 Barbara Duprey wrote:
> jonathon wrote:
> > On Jan 16, 2008 11:51 PM, Scott Meyers wrote:
> >> but I really want to have both lists available to me at the same time.
> >
> > a) Configure the formatting toolbar to display:
> > * paragraph style (Apply style)
> > * font name;
> > * font size;
> > * font color;
> > * anything else you want to know about current formatting data;
> > * Then keep that toolbar permanently displayed at the top of your screen.
> >
> > b) Setup stylist to display the applied styles for character styles.
> >
> > When you first create a document, you may have to switch stylist to
> > hierarchical, and paragraph styles, Just be sure to switch back to
> > applied character styles, before you continue typing away.
> >
> > I just tossed a screenshot of what my setup looks like to
> > http://www.esnips.com/web/OOoRelatedThings/
> > Filename: OOo-screenshot.jpg.
> > (FWIW, this is OOo 2.2.0 on Ubuntu Christian Edition )
> >
> > xan
> >
> > jonathon
>
> This is a pretty good workaround, but one problem I have with it is that
> it still requires you to be specifically aware that it's a Paragraph
> style you're after, when the Character styles are currently being
> displayed in Stylist and may have same/similar names. Also, you have to
> click to get the dropdown paragraph style list display, then click the
> selection, rather than just clicking on the paragraph style you want
> from Stylist. I'm also not sure how the subset of the "Automatic" list
> is chosen for direct display in the list -- certainly it includes styles
> that are not necessarily applied in the current document, like three
> Heading levels. Do you know? Does it always include all applied styles?
> If you ever need the "More" selection, it switches the Stylist over to
> Paragraph mode with the "Automatic" list, so again you have to be
> careful about what mode the Stylist is in. With only applied styles
> (both paragraphs and characters) in the same display, I think it would
> be easier to keep things straight. Clearly it would be very low on the
> priority list, though! Worth submitting an RFE anyway, maybe?
The "Automatic" list does NOT include any custom styles associated with
the document whether they have been applied or not. At least the template
used by OOo Authors for writing their documentation has a long list of custom
styles. In this case, the custom styles which have already been applied to
the document do not appear in the "Automatic" list.
Dan
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