Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Editing Calc styles: returning to a default

martin f krafft wrote:
> Hi Andreas, thanks for taking your time to respond.
>
> also sprach Andreas Säger <villeroy@t-online.de> [2015-04-15 17:44 +0200]:
> > Not sure if I understand what you're after. The [Standard] button
> > on the style editor dialog resets all attributes to the attribute
> > values of the parent style.
>
> This is better than recreating the style, so thank you for the hint.
>
> I guess what I am really after is some sort of text-file export or
> a UI allowing me to individually add and remove attributes from
> a style. I imagine some tree arrangement and attributes, such as
> "underline", and then I can select whether this attribute
>
>    - is set to on   (forces underlining)
>    - is set to off  (forces no underlining)
>    - is not set     (inherits underlining from other formatting/styles)
>
> While this does not exist, I can make do with your solution.

If you're comfortable editing text-based files describing the styles, 
note that OpenDocument Format (ODF) files, including ODT and ODS, are 
actually zip archives containing the content, styles, etc.

Working on a copy of the file (so you don't lose the original if you 
make a mistake!) you can unzip the .ods file, ensuring the directory 
structure is preserved. Within it is a styles.xml file, which contains 
the style definitions in an XML format. After editing it, zip of the 
contents again, ensuring the original directory structure is preserved, 
give the file a .ods extension, and it should open in LibreOffice.

There's probably a formal specification of ODF somewhere, but it may be 
easier to work out the parts you're interested in by making one change 
at a time and seeing what effect it has on the styles.xml.

Mark.


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