Librewriter: Formatting gone haywire - how fix

[tjodork]

I made 1 change and now when i look at the new document....the entire doc is screwed up...where a bunch of text is bolded
I see that the problem areas have a different definition of Default Text (instead of Arial 9.5 it has Arial 9 with Bold)
I DID NOT CHANGE THAT in hundreds of sections.

How can I FIX this document.....without going to hundreds of sections and reformatting.

[RoryOF]

Undo the alteration you made - all should now revert to how everything was originally. Having done that, look at the main definition for the paragraph style in which you made the alteration. On the Organiser tab, uncheck the "AutoUpdate" checkbox. Now you should be able to make your change and have it take locally.

[John_Ha]

As a new poster you will find much useful information in the Writer FAQ, the Writer Tutorials, the up to date Writer guide and the Writer Manual. May I suggest you bookmark the pages. In particular, read about styles which is probably how the change has happened.

Press F1 to access the Help screen and search for your problem

The chapter headings in the manual are:

1 - Introducing Writer
2 - Setting up Writer
3 - Working with Text
4 - Formatting Pages
5 - Printing, Exporting, Faxing and E-Mailing
6 - Introduction to Styles
7 - Working with Styles
8 - Working with Graphics
9 - Working with Tables
10 - Working with Templates
11 - Using Mail Merge
12 - Tables of Contents, Indexes and Bibliographies
13 - Working with Master Documents
14 - Working with Fields
15 - Using Forms in Writer
16 - Customizing Writer – Keyboard shortcuts.

When a pop-up window opens, click the Help button for extensive help on that function - it is often more comprehensive than the manual.

[tjodork]

Thanks for the very quick replies !
Once a file is saved there is no undo .... unless I'm missing something...is there a setting to save undo's ??

Thanks for the excellent links to documentation..... I inferred from a topic on updating lists that I needed to highlight the entire document and then change the Style ...and it worked!
Thanks much

p.s. I wish I knew how this got changed.

[RoryOF]

autoupdate may have been enabled on the style definition.