Re: [libreoffice-users] Impress: Default color for text is white

Hi Agus,

Agustin Lobo schrieb:
> Regina,
>
> many thanks for your help.
> Just found that this problem happens only if a recycle a given ppt, not if
> I start a new presentation from scratch.

That good. So not LibO is broken, but you only need to change the 
setting in this special presentation.

 Nevertheless, as this
> recycling is actually
> important,

"Recycling" is not the only method to use old presentations. You should 
learn how to use/generate document templates and how to import single 
slides.

 I provide a short example here:
> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3180464/test.ppt

I've got it.

> Note that the same text is in the slide with white background than in
> the one with the colored background.I would appreciate knowing how to
> change the default color for the text, as it is very inconvenient
> having white as default and having to change the color for every new
> text field.

Impress has two kind of objects: Presentation objects (e.g. Title, 
Subtitle, Outline) and Graphic objects (e.g. text box, circle, call 
out). If you open the "Style and Formatting" window (key F11) you notice 
this two groups.

Your texts are of the kind "shape" (see right side of the status bar) 
and therefore belong to the group "Graphic style". Select this group. In 
this window select "hierarchical" from the bottom drop down list. The 
top most Graphic style is "default". If a graphic object has not its own 
style, then the settings of the "default" style are used.

To change this style, right click style "Default" in the "Style and 
Formatting" window and select the item "Modify". Go to the dialog page 
"Font Effect". Notice that the font color is set to "White". You can 
alter this and change it to "Black" or to "Automatic". In the latter 
case the color is black on a light background and white on a dark 
background.

If a shape does not follow the change, it might have a direct font color 
setting. In that case you can remove the direct setting by Format > 
Default Formatting. Then, while object is still selected, double click 
the style "Text" from the "Style and Formatting" window to remove 
background and border.

Kind regards
Regina

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