Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer Callout Style settings

On 2021-07-25 16:54, Regina Henschel wrote:
> John Kaufmann schrieb am 25.07.2021 um 15:49:
> > On 2021-07-23 20:30, Regina Henschel wrote:
> > > Steve Edmonds schrieb am 18.07.2021 um 23:05:
> > > > ...
> > > > Is it possible to set Writer callout text paragraph style (or default settings, if so where please.
> > > > This is to avoid having to change the font and left hand offset in every line callout one at a time.
> > >
> > > No, it is not possible. Using the legacy callouts or the custom shape callouts makes no difference. 
> > > You get always a shape and in Writer neither for the shape itself nor for the text in the shape 
> > > styles are possible. You can only use direct formatting in Writer.
> >
> > Your distinction between legacy callouts and custom shape callouts implies that the basic idea has 
> > been around for some time, and special callout shapes were added later. Do you recall when it 
> > started, and at what point someone was moved to add custom shapes?
>
> The legacy callouts are a kind of text box. They exists from the beginning in StarOffice. Custom 
> shapes are introduced in OpenOffice.org 2.0. They are part of the change from OpenOffice XML to ODF 
> 1.0.
>
>   In order to
> > understand the issue (and any possible deficiencies) further, I would like to:
> >   (4) try to understand when and why Vertical Callouts were added to the Drawing toolbar (but not 
> > made visible).
>
> They are visible, if you have enabled support for East Asian languages in Tools > Options > Language 
> Settings > Languages > Asian.

Perfect! Thank you! - This has been an important education.

Kind regards,
John

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