> > Just guessing (actually it would be much more useful if I spent time > > trying rather than typing this email (-: ): have you tried putting > > 100% in the font size box? > > > > I just tried. It doesn't seem to exhibit the behavior I want, e.g., > applying the resulting style to footnote text increases the size of the text > to body size. > > Surely there must be a way to create a character style that says "modify > only these few attributes of whatever you are applied to. Leave everything > else unchanged." For example, I may want to highlight text in red I want to > review later. The straightforward way to do that is to create a "Red" > character style that does nothing but change the color of characters. How > can I do that? > I also tried reproduce the problem and I will make another guess: When applying a character style OOo only applies those settings that are *in the character style definition* different compared to the default character.
In other words, if your modify in any way the font size value of your custom character style, OOo will apply the character size to the selected text. I think however we would benefit from the feedback of a developer familiar with this area. Cheers, Michele --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
