Re: [libreoffice-users] A neat feature (base and related font sizes)

HI :)
I think the default font size is the font size of the "text-body" or "default" style used in the 
body text that is under the heading (hopefully)

Note that if you look through the various font sizes of the styles that are given as defaults then 
"Heading1" is already set as a percentage.  It's only "Heading2", "Heading3" and so on that would 
need changing from fixed sizes.  

Another neat trick is that all the styles cascade anyway.  So if you modify the relevant style then 
all subsequent ones change too, to stay relevant to the one you changed.  Sadly i don't fully 
understand which ones cascade from which.  clicking this link starts downloading the Pdf directly
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/images/6/6e/GS4003-StylesAndTemplates.pdf
Regards from 
Tom :)  





> ________________________________
> From: Tim Deaton <tim@timdeaton.org>
> To: Virgil Arrington <cuyfalls@hotmail.com>; "users@global.libreoffice.org" 
> <users@global.libreoffice.org> 
> Sent: Wednesday, 21 August 2013, 2:04
> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] A neat feature (base and related font sizes)
>
>
> Sounds interesting.  But where do you set the BASE font size?
>
> -- Tim
> ===========================
>
> On 8/20/2013 1:37 PM, Virgil Arrington wrote:
> > I always enjoy finding a new feature in LO, one that I never knew 
> > existed. That recently happened to me as was playing with paragraph 
> > styles.
> >
> > One of the features I have always liked about LaTeX is the way in 
> > which the size of its headings fonts is tied to its base font with 
> > designations such as "Large" "Larger" and "Huge." If you increase the 
> > size of the base font, the size of the headings increases 
> > correspondingly.
> >
> > I never thought this could be done with LO as font sizes are expressed 
> > in exact point sizes. Thus, if I increased the size of my default font 
> > from 11 to 12 points, I thought I had to increase my headings, say, 
> > from 16 to 18 points.
> >
> > But...
> >
> > I recently discovered that the font sizes of heading styles can 
> > expressed, not only in points, but as a percentage of the default font 
> > size.
> >
> > Let's say the base font size of your text font is 11 points and you 
> > want your headings to be twice the size. Instead of setting the 
> > headings style to 22 points, you can actually type 200% in the point 
> > size box. It will then always be twice the size of your base font size 
> > no matter what size you set the base font. (Make sure you do this in 
> > the Styles formatting dialogs and not in the direct formatting dialogs.)
> >
> > I often change between fonts, some of which look best at 11 points 
> > (Century, Palatino) and some at 12  points (Times, Goudy Old Style). 
> > Now, I can change the base font size knowing that my headings will 
> > change correspondingly.
> >
> > Just thought I'd share this for others who may be interested in a 
> > feature that may go unnoticed.
> >
> > Virgil
>
>
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