[libreoffice-users] Re: Tab defaults change when pasting into Writer from some other applications

Virgil Arrington-2 wrote
> ...
> btw., Ironically, as I'm typing this, I'm sitting in my Law Office 
> Technology class while my students are taking a test on the use of 
> paragraph styles. After teaching this class for five semesters, I've 
> finally found an approach that works. I think Tom suggested it. I give 
> them an unformatted document and ask them to format it using any method 
> they understand. They usually take 30 to 45 minutes and end up with a 
> mess. I then demonstrate reformatting the document with styles and I'm 
> done in about 3 minutes and the document formatting is consistent and 
> useful. I then ask, "If your client was paying $200 an hour to have a 
> legal document prepared and formatted, who would they rather pay, me or 
> you?"

A bit OT, but that is a great instructional example on the value of applying
styles to unformatted text.

Thanks!



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