Re: [libreoffice-users] apply numbering to headings styles

Hi Virgil,

VA schrieb:
> I have never been satisfied with OO and LibO's treatment of outline
> numbering. I like to control all formatting with Styles, but when it
> comes to outline numbering, I can't do that.  For outline numbered
> paragraphs, even paragraph indents and margins are controlled by
> Tools/Outline Numbering rather than the styles.

Not "even", only left indents are set in the numbering dialog, all other 
settings come from the paragraph style. What other setting can you not 
do with the paragraph style?

> What I have done is create a bunch of paragraph styles called
> "Outline-1," "Outline-2," "Outline-3," etc. In terms of Style-controlled
> formatting, each of these styles is identical -- single spaced with 12
> point vertical space before each paragraph. Then, in the Tools/Outline
> Numbering dialog, I associate each outline style with a different
> outline level. Then within each particular level, I set the formatting
> parameters I want with proper numbering and paragraph indenting.

Why do you need own paragraph styles for that? The predefined styles 
"Heading 1" etc. work as well. You can adapt them easily to your own needs.

> It is all very backwards as I end up formatting paragraphs, not by the
> formatting styles, but by the outline numbering feature. I spent many,
> many hours trying to get it figured out, but once I got it done, it
> works great. I saved all my styles and outline numbering parameters into
> my default template so that I never have to try to figure it out again.

Yes, that is the normal way, define own templates for settings, which 
you use often and set that template, which you use most, as default 
template.

Kind regards
Regina




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