[libreoffice-users] Re: Why use "Replace Custom Styles"?

Thanks! That was just the sort of answer I was looking for.
On Oct 3, 2015 5:58 PM, "Virgil Arrington [via Document Foundation Mail
Archive]" <ml-node+s969070n4162013h57@n3.nabble.com> wrote:

> On 10/03/2015 01:00 PM, Lone Peregrine wrote:
> > In Tools > AutoCorrect Options... > Options, what is the practical
> purpose of
> > "Replace Custom Styles"? Its description reads: "When in Writer:
> Replaces
> > the custom paragraph styles in the current document with the "Default",
> the
> > "Text Body", or the "Text Body Indent" paragraph style." In other words,
> why
> > would someone want to use this feature? Its default condition is
> checked, so
> > I'm assuming it has some desirability for a type of user, but to me it
> seems
> > like a measure of sabotage.
>
> As I understand matters, there are some functions that work better with
> default styles instead of custom styles.
>
> For example, I was writing a small book and set up a whole host of
> heading styles using names that followed the LaTeX conventions,
> "Chapter" "Chapter*" "Section" "Section*" etc. Then, I tried using the
> Elaix extension to convert the file to Epub format. Well, it didn't like
> my style names and, instead, wanted "Heading 1" "Heading 2" "Heading 3"
> etc. Also, I understand that, when modifying existing text with
> Autocorrect, it doesn't correct text in custom styles.
>
> After spending hours creating my own templates and styles, I've learned
> its better to modify LO's styles rather to creating my own.
>
> Virgil
>
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