Re: [libreoffice-users] A feature, or ...?

Once you apply your style, you can clear any direct formatting by selecting 
the text and hitting <Ctrl-M>. Everything should then snap to the 
style-controlled formatting.

Virgil

-----Original Message----- 
From: Jan Andersen
Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2013 1:50 AM
To: libreoffice
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] A feature, or ...?

Ah, that sounds like it could be the explanation; thank you for clearing
that up for me :-)



On 11/07/13 06:30, Gabriel Risterucci wrote:
> It is possible that there is some direct formatting applied to the text.
>
> Among other things, what determine the final look of text, it first
> apply the paragraph style, then the character style, then the direct
> formatting. Those two can be changed independently. For example,
> applying the bold attribute by hand (using the B button in the toolbars)
> change the direct formatting. If you then apply a style, it will not
> override the direct formatting of the text.
>
> Usually, if using styles correctly, you shouldn't apply attributes by
> hand *at all*. To check if this is the issue, you can delete direct
> formatting quickly by selecting the text, and use the "Format->Delete
> direct formatting" menu (or something like that; I'm not sure about the
> english UI, but it's the first command in the "Format" menu).
>
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>
> 2013/7/11 Jan Andersen <j4nd3r53n@gmail.com <mailto:j4nd3r53n@gmail.com>>
>
>     I have on several occasions been annoyed by something in LO - just a
>     small thing, but none the less: Normally, when you apply a style,
>     like a header style, it sets the typeface etc, but sometimes it 
> doesn't.
>
>     I think it happens in situations like this: I write a section of
>     text, apply some character formatting (eg. bold or a different
>     font), then decide to break the section up and insert a heading in
>     between - and it "doesn't work", ie the font doesn't change etc. Why
>     is that?
>
>     Is this the way it should be, or is it a bug? If it is a feature,
>     what am I doing wrong?
>
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