Re: [libreoffice-users] Customizing styles and keeping them in templates in Writer?

 Thank you Eric.

I have a number of templates.  For example, templates for different types
of reports, memoranda, letters etc.

I did create a default template initially.  I thought it would be something
like the "normal" in MS Word.  It contained all the styles.  Then I created
one a template for a report based on the default.  Unfortunately neither
the default or the report template kept the list styles or paragraph styles
created in either.  The only thing that stuck was the fonts but those are
set as default in the User Preferences and not in the template.

I'm not sure how making one of these templates the default will fix the
missing styles within each of the templates as it hasn't worked so far.

B.

On Fri, 24 Nov 2023 at 14:39, Eric Beversluis <
ebever@researchintegration.org> wrote:

> Have you made your template your default template?
>
> On Linux: Files/Templates/Manage Templates. Probably similar on Windows.
>
> On 11/24/23 14:22, bunk3m wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm using LO 7.6.2.1 on Win11 and Mac.
> >
> > I can't get the styles to work and stick in templates.  I've used styles
> > and templates in MS Word for 30 years before switching to LO in the past
> 5
> > years.  I've read the help, Writer User Guide and Designing with LO 2nd
> Ed.
> > and apparently have missed something conceptual as I can't get the styles
> > to stick within the templates.
> >
> > I've created the styles in blank documents and then saved the document
> as a
> > template.I expected that the paragraph, font, list formats & styles that
> I
> > created would be saved in the template and reusable in subsequent
> documents
> > created from the templates.
> >
> > But when I use the templates to create a new document, none of the
> > previously created styles are there.  I find I have to recreate all the
> > styles again as they aren't anywhere within the template.  So far it's
> been
> > a colossal waste of time.
> >
> > I've found that all the "Youtube University" and User Guides are
> > superficial when it comes to styles.  My goal is to set up a set of
> > corporate styles that can be used by numerous people in our organization
> to
> > ensure consistency.
> >
> > Can someone direct me to some more detailed documentation on how the
> styles
> > are supposed to work?  Perhaps with some more detailed documentation I
> can
> > figure out what or how these are supposed to work ... or file a bug
> reports.
> > Thank you in advance.
> > B.
> --
> Eric Beversluis www.ericbeversluis.com

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