[Solved] Text Style on selected only

[jhearcht]

I select some of the text on one slide and add a shadow style. But the shadows now appear on text boxes on other slides. How can I apply the shadow style only to the selected text boxes?

[lalithr312]

I select some of the text on one slide and add a shadow style. But the shadows now appear on text boxes on other slides. How can I apply the shadow style only to the selected text boxes?

jhearcht,

I wasn't able to reproduce this error. How did you select the text?

[jhearcht]

lalithr, thanks for the reply.

This is my first project with OO. I just selected the text box and ctrl-A to select all text. Then I made a change, such as adding a shadow. But after closing, I discover that the modification now applies to all text of that style. The problem seems to be that I have to use the Edit Style function to make the change. I don't want to use the Shadow button. So how can I add a controllable shadow to a line of text without changing all of the same style?

PS__I don't see a way to just select a line of text, and see all of its properties in one place : such as, font, style, and formatting, plus modifications. That would make customizing text and objects much easier. When I select a text box or just a line of text within a box, I don't see any indication of its Style anywhere.

PPS__For example, I have notes in black and in white fonts. I want the while text to have black shadows.
example 2 : I have a numbered line with white text, and want to make the number white to match.

[Hagar Delest]

Do you save in native ODF (.odp for Impress files)?
If you export in external formats, you may suffer such glitches.

[jhearcht]

This is not an export glitch. It's just my ignorance of OO Impress. I'm more used to working on website software. There I can directly change the attributes of selected text without affecting other text of the same style.

[jhearcht]

lalithr, thanks for the reply.

This is my first project with OO. I just selected the text box and ctrl-A to select all text. Then I made a change, such as adding a shadow with Edit Style. But after closing, I discover that the modification now applies to all text of that style. The problem seems to be that I have to use the Edit Style function to make the change. I don't want to use the Shadow button. So how can I add a controllable shadow to a line of text without changing all of the same style?

PS__I don't see a way to just select a line of text, and see all of its properties in one place : such as, font, style, and formatting, plus modifications. That would make customizing text and objects much easier. When I select a text box or just a line of text within a box, I don't see any indication of its Style anywhere.

PPS__For example, I have notes in black and in white fonts. I want the while text to have black shadows.
example 2 : I have a numbered line with white text, and want to make the number white to match.

[lalithr312]

PS__I don't see a way to just select a line of text, and see all of its properties in one place : such as, font, style, and formatting, plus modifications. That would make customizing text and objects much easier. When I select a text box or just a line of text within a box, I don't see any indication of its Style anywhere.

Try enabling the Sidebar from the View menu.
It should show you all the properties of the current line of text.

[jhearcht]

That's the problem. The sidebar doesn't seem to relate to the selected text. It just shows a list of styles & formats.

Can you give me a step by step example of how to select a line of text within a box, and give it a different color from the other text in the same box and style?

PS__Nevermind. I'm beginning to get the hang of it. Making these changes is just more complicated than in my website software.

[Hagar Delest]

There are different icons in the sidebar, the one for the properties of the selection is the first one, the blue and green cube.

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