[libreoffice-users] Re: Unable to use Writer as a publication tool

On 08/06/2015 11:56 PM, V Stuart Foote wrote:
> @madrosh,
>
>
> > The major bug I have is applying a "register-true" to an entire document
> > at a time. I use OL to put together a periodical, with columned text and
> > many images (which are put in frames and anchored to specific pages).
> It is LO not OL,  or better LibreOffice.
>
> Believe the best practice is to work within frames anchored to top or bottom
> of page and activate register-true.  László Németh's Typography toolbar .oxt
> extension seems to still work correctly in 5.0.0,  suggests using the
> Graphite based Libertine G or Biolinum G fonts.
>
>
> > Is the problem related to the fact I am taking older OO files and
> > attempting to do this?
> That probably doesn't help.
>
>
> >   I don't want to invest heavily in new projects until I get the bugs
> > sorted out. I find I am taking older files (in order to create a 2nd
> > edition of an older manuscript) and redoing every paragraph to get the
> > document to register true. In 4.3.7, the changes would simply not stay
> > after I saved the document.
> Not sure if  details are embedded in ODF as style (and so are persistent and
> move with the document), or it is a registry setting and would be held per
> document in the user profile.  If the later, could explain the issue.
>
>
> > I tried saving in  ODT and DOC and DOCX formats, it didn't seem to matter.
> > Now in 5.0, not only do the changes not save if I go back and register the
> > paragraphs, but OL crashes every time.
> You should work in an ODT for stability in formatting.   Using DOC or DOCX
> requires filter export of document, and again to import. The round trip can
> be very disruptive to stable formatting you're looking for.  If LibreOffice
> 5.0.0 is crashing--that is a bug and needs to be reported in Bugzilla
>
>
> > Also had some issues in 4.3.7 with image frames migrating, also related to
> > these revisions of older documents.
> > Is this all known behaviour? Are there still bugs outstanding if I were to
> > work on new projects and try to register the text?
> Don't see a lot of issues reported in BZ, but that could just be that the
> "register-true" feature for grid alignment in printed publications is not
> widely know.  BZ  bug tdf#66434
> <https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=66434>    suggests that
> is the case.
>
> Please report any specific bugs you identify. This seems to be an under
> appreciated feature of LibreOffice.
>
>
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     This question should have been sent to 
users@global.libreoffice.org <users@global.libreoffice.org> instead of 
the developer mailing list. As you can see, I have sent a copy of this 
email to the proper mailing list.
     The answer to your question is found in how to use styles. These 
topics are covered in the Getting Started Guide and the Writer Guide. 
Between these two guides, there are three chapters on how to use styles. 
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications is the 
link you need to get them.
     Specifically, the "Default Style" paragraph style has a tab 
"Indenting and Spacing". At the bottom of it is a checkbox under the 
heading "Resister-true." Click it to activate it. If all of your 
paragraph styles are based upon the "Default Style" paragraph style, 
this should apply register-true to the whole document. Double check with 
the references that I mention above to be sure.

Dan

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