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

OK. I think I did.  Please let me know if it didn't work properly.

I hate gmail for trying to modify anything typical in an email.  It's a
piece of shit web software. :-)

On Fri, 24 Nov 2023 at 15:08, bunk3m <bunk3m@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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