Re: [libreoffice-users] Font size settings in paragraph styles

Thanks to John and Remy - I was expecting to find an option to check or a flag to set. It hadn't 
occurred to me that it was sufficient to type in pt or %.

I've restored pts where I want them and happiness to my soul.
Philip

On 23/11/2021 01:52, Remy Gauthier wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> When you go in the Font tab, you can specify a size in points by
> entering a value followed by "pt" (ex 14pt). This will flip the display
> from percentage to points. You could also put a percentage value (ex
> 130%) to flip back to a percentage. This seems to work only for
> children styles where the percentage is versus the font size defined
> for the parent. It looks like the panel "remembers" so when you open
> again it shows the same units as the ones you entered (not sure if it
> is remembered from session to session - something to try later).
>
> I hope this helps.
> Rémy.
> Le lundi 22 novembre 2021 à 23:50 +0100, Philip Jackson a écrit :
> > LO 6.4.7.2 in Ubuntu 20.4
> >
> > Normally over the years with all my Writer documents I've been able
> > to set font sizes in pts for H1, H2, H3, H4 etc heading styles with
> > no problems. In the past couple of weeks I've come across documents
> > where the font sizes are specified as % for these heading styles
> > (other styles appear to be still directly set in pt values).
> >
> > I've not been able to find any reference to this in the help files.
> > Is there a way to drop the % settings and revert to direct setting in
> > pts?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Philip

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