Re: [libreoffice-users] Text Justification Formatting Not Maintained in Libreoffice Writer Master File?

Aha! OK I think I fixed it by changing the default paragraph style in the
master doc to left-justified. Thank you! Unfortunately the child documents
are traded with a business associated so it really is better I keep them in
their native format which is docx unfortunately.

On Thu, Aug 6, 2015 at 3:48 PM, Brian Barker <b.m.barker@btinternet.com>
wrote:

> At 14:33 06/08/2015 -0400, Nobody Noname wrote:
>
> > Can someone please explain why the text justification formatting is not
> > maintained in this example please?
>
> By design, I think. The Writer Guide (Chapter 13) says "If a style with
> the same name exists in the master document and in the subdocuments (for
> example, Default Style), then the style is applied as defined in the master
> document." The idea is evidently that different layouts can be maintained
> in subdocuments and their reflection in master documents.
>
> Any workarounds? I open the child file and note the text is left
> > justified. I then open the master (parent) file that references only this
> > child file, and the text is center justified.
>
> Because your Default paragraph style in the master document is centre
> aligned.
>
> I change this to left justified and try and save the changes. Then on
> > closing and re-opening the master file - the changes are not maintained.
>
> You set left alignment using paragraph formatting. When you reopen the
> master document, I think it refreshes the text from the subdocument and
> your change is overridden. If you set the left alignment in paragraph
> *style* formatting instead (i.e. change the master document's Default
> paragraph style), you should find that your change is preserved.
>
> If you prefer, I think you can create a custom paragraph style in the
> subdocument (with a name different from any existing in the master
> document) and apply this to the text there. That style should then be
> automatically imported into the master document.
>
> I'm not sure why you are saving your subdocument in the foreign .docx
> format; wouldn't LibreOffice's native .odt format be easier and more
> reliable?
>
> You will want to read "Styles in master documents and subdocuments" in
> Chapter 13 of the Writer Guide, particularly the reference to templates. If
> you change the Default paragraph style in whatever template you used so
> that it has left rather than centre alignment, you may find matters easier
> to control.
>
> I trust this helps.
>
> Brian Barker
>
>
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