Re: [libreoffice-users] formatting

On 8/10/2012 7:44 PM, Brian Barker wrote:
> At 16:31 10/08/2012 -0700, Andrew Brager wrote:
> > The answer suddenly dawned on me.  I believe it was Brian Barker that 
> > actually provided the solution to my problem, so he gets 90% of the 
> > credit.  As he suggested to me, create a template.  I think that 
> > might work for you too.  If he's willing, Brian would be a better 
> > guide on how to do that than I.
>
> That's very kind of you, but I must protest!  I don't recognise this 
> description, and whoever really did you this favour deserves all that 
> credit, not me.
>
> > (Frustratingly, I cannot find his wonderful explanation to me. ...
>
> Er, neither can I!
>
> Brian Barker

Turns out it was Dan.  Sorry about that Dan (and Brian)!  I trust you 
don't mind if I repost your explanation of how to use templates?

Anne - Perhaps you'll be able to adapt it to your situation. There's 
some help in the help file - use "defaults;fonts" as your search 
string.  If that's not enough, maybe Dan (or anyone else) can help you.  
Or, I could be wrong about the solution.

Dan wrote in a different thread:

> I think your subject points to what you want: the term "Default". You 
> need a default template with the styles you use regularly.
>       What you need to do is to create a Writer document with the 
> styles that you want to use. You will need to use an empty line for 
> each paragraph style you want and apply a style on each line.
>      You also need to look at Tools > Options > LibreOffice > Paths. 
> There Templates has two paths listed separated by a semi-colon. The 
> latter is the path where you want to save your document as a template.
>  Then save the document as a template using the second template path. 
> (*.ott This is one of the formats available when saving a file.)
>      File > Templates > Organize Templates. Double click the My 
> Templates folder to open it. Your template should appear under My 
> Templates folder. If not, right click My Templates and select, Import 
> Templates. Browse to where you saved your template, and select it. Now 
> it should be visible. Now, right click your template. Select Set as 
> Default. Close LO. Any time you open Writer, you will be using the 
> template you have just created. Title will be available all the time.
>
> --Dan 


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