Re: [libreoffice-users] Fixing Printing Paper Defaults

On 16/08/13 04:33, Brian Barker wrote:
> At 16:34 15/08/2013 +0100, Alastair Noname wrote:
> > Ok but what puzzles me is that in Styles & Formatting window, Page
> > Styles tab, there are 10 or so styles listed, including the "first
> > page" to which you referred me earlier.
>
> Er, they are the default page styles which come with the product.
>
> > What I had intended to do was create a new "first page" page style
> > from it, and save as say "letter_first_page" so that it appeared in
> > this list when I next opened it.   I could then import that into two
> > new documents which I would edit to further to create the two
> > templates I need at present.
>
> You want this in two templates.  (Actually, I suspect you want
> *different* first page styles in each of two templates.)  You can create
> it in one and then import it (using "Load Styles...) into the other.
> Job done.  Why are you choosing to create it in a third document first?
> Did you then save your third document?  If so, your new style is there.
> If not, you have destroyed your work before you attempted to use it.  I
> don't think you can add to the default set of styles.  You can store new
> styles in documents and you can store them in templates (even the
> default template) - which is much the same as having them in the default
> set.
>
> > Meanwhile I find I have created a template which looks OK starting
> > with all defaults I assume and to which I have added a header.  When I
> > tried to change the style to "first page" so that the header would not
> > appear on the second page, the header that I had typed vanished and I
> > was presented with a blank header!
>
> I'm not clear which page you set to have this style or what Next Style
> you have set for any of your styles, so I cannot guess what you are
> doing here.  But headers are a property of page styles, so if you change
> the style of any page - whether directly or as a result of a change to
> some preceding page - you will get the header of that new style instead
> of what you had before.  That's exactly why you would choose to change
> the style, of course!
>
> > I shall keep trying.
>
> Good-oh!
>
> Brian Barker
Hi Brian,
OK but your "I don't think you can add to the default set of styles." 
does explain why I had a problem.  I had assumed one could create custom 
styles and park them with the default set.
Now I know this is not possible I shall just go ahead and create my 
templates as you suggest.
Many thanks for all your help.
Regards,
Budge

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