Re: [libreoffice-users] outline numbering

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On 11/08/2014 01:21 PM, Virgil Arrington wrote:
> On 11/08/2014 11:12 AM, libreoffice-ml.mbourne@spamgourmet.com wrote:
>
> > Are all the documents (old and new) in ODF Text (.odt) format? Or are 
> > the older ones in Word (.doc) or OpenOffice 1.0 (.sxw) format? I'm 
> > wondering if the options shown depend on the format of the document.
>
> Both are (and were originally created as) .ODT files. The old one was 
> originally created on OpenOffice.org (I think 3.2) about 7 years ago.
>
> > Perhaps try opening one of the older documents and use File > Save 
> > As... to give it a new name, ensuring ODF Text Document is selected 
> > for the file type. Then close, and open the newly saved document. 
> > Does it now have the new options?
>
> No change in the old file.
>
> By looking at the contextual help, it's apparent that there are 
> different options available based on the original file. .DOC files and 
> newer .ODT files seem to get the new option ("numbering followed by") 
> while older .ODT files have the older options ("width of numbering").
>
> But, once a file gets saved with a given outlining method, it seems to 
> to keep that method forever. The only way it seems to change it is to 
> insert the file into a empty document based on a template having the 
> desired method.
     There is an extension you can install for LibreOffice that will 
permit you change the template of a document. Could you create the 
template you want that has the newer outlining method and then assign 
this new template as the template for an older file. Would this change 
the outlining method in the older file. I have not tried it yet myself. 
It might work.

Dan
> > May be worth trying even if the original document is ODF, since it 
> > might be an older version of ODF. I'm not sure though whether using 
> > save as would save the new file in the same ODF version as the 
> > original or whether the new version would be converted to ODF 1.2.
> >
> > If there's nothing confidential in them, are you able to post 
> > examples of an older and a newer document, showing each set of 
> > options? I'm not likely to have much time to look into them myself 
> > for a few weeks, but perhaps others might spot some difference.
>
> I'll try to put something together to post to demonstrate the issues.
>
> btw, does this list accept screen shots in emails? If so, I can just 
> send an email showing the different dialog boxes.
>
> Virgil

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