Copying Styles Between Documents
Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2017 3:19 am
As has previously been suggested to me, I have endeavoured to first refer to the OO Writer User Guide (V 3.3 seems to be the relevant item), to provide instructions … in this instance, as to how to copy Styles between documents/templates … unsuccessfully.
I had planned to list, in detail, all steps I took to implement the instructions listed on pg. 191, but it was clearly going to take too much time. Suffice it to say I could not find a permutation of the instructions that worked. The main problem was, holding down the"Control" key then clicking (in order to drag) always caused the Commands pop-up to appear. Simply 'click&drag' resulted in the style being removed from the source document's styles list to that of the document to which I wanted it copied … as noted in the"Caution!" on pg. 192.
If users are to be urged to use the User Guide, it would help if the instructions were more clearly worded (in the English version, at least): "Double-click on the name of the template or document and then double-click the Styles icon …"? Which "template or document"? The source document in one column and the recipient "template or document" in the other column? Does it matter which column (left or right)? etc. Perhaps the instruction to hold down the Control key applies to Windows O/S but not to Mac O/S?
"Loading styles from a template or document (see page 175)." Was not pertinent, since I only wished to copy two character styles, not the entire cohort of styles.
I had planned to list, in detail, all steps I took to implement the instructions listed on pg. 191, but it was clearly going to take too much time. Suffice it to say I could not find a permutation of the instructions that worked. The main problem was, holding down the"Control" key then clicking (in order to drag) always caused the Commands pop-up to appear. Simply 'click&drag' resulted in the style being removed from the source document's styles list to that of the document to which I wanted it copied … as noted in the"Caution!" on pg. 192.
If users are to be urged to use the User Guide, it would help if the instructions were more clearly worded (in the English version, at least): "Double-click on the name of the template or document and then double-click the Styles icon …"? Which "template or document"? The source document in one column and the recipient "template or document" in the other column? Does it matter which column (left or right)? etc. Perhaps the instruction to hold down the Control key applies to Windows O/S but not to Mac O/S?
"Loading styles from a template or document (see page 175)." Was not pertinent, since I only wished to copy two character styles, not the entire cohort of styles.