Re: [libreoffice-users] Character Styles

Hi :)
Neat.  I was wondering what work-around you would find.

The only one i thought of was to try to remember that i would have to
select an area of text to make bold instead of doing the toggling method.
I think your way is better though.
Thanks and regards from
Tom :)


On 16 April 2014 22:29, Virgil Arrington <cuyfalls@hotmail.com> wrote:

> On 04/16/2014 03:19 PM, Tom Davies wrote:
>
> > Hi :)
> > Nice! :)  I wonder if you can reconfigure the
> > Ctrl B
> > combo to apply the relevant style instead of just making it bold
> > temporarily?
> > Regards from
> > Tom :)
>
> Yes, you can, but I found you don't want to.
>
> In the Tools/Customize dialogs, you can assign any style to a keystroke
> combination. I tried it by reassigning Ctrl-B to the Strong Emphasis
> character style and Ctrl-I to the Emphasis style. But, unlike the direct
> formatting commands, these don't *toggle* the attribute. So, if while
> typing, I hit Ctrl-B, then everything after it applies the Strong Emphasis
> character style. If I hit Ctrl-B again, it *doesn't* turn it off. So, I
> reassigned those keystrokes to their toggled effects.
>
> Instead, I assigned Alt-B and Alt-I to the respective character styles.
> Then, I assigned Alt-D to the "Default" character style. Now, I can apply
> the desired style quickly while typing without altering the default
> behavior of the program for those times when I might need it.
>
> Virgil

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