Re: [libreoffice-users] font formats

Thanks for helping. I am not a new user. I have been using Linux since 1994 or so and libreOffice 
or is predecessor for 15 years or so. I am very familiar with paragraph styles. This problem 
continues to beat me.

On January 10, 2020 3:32:58 PM UTC, Dan Lewis <elderdanlewis@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 1/9/20 11:39 PM, John Sweeney wrote:
> > I am using 6.3, vanilla ubuntu. I continue to have a lot of problems
> > getting the font of a paragraph to obey the paragraph style
> instruction,
> > instead it tends to default to a font called "Default paragraph font"
> or
> > something else and no amount of removal of direct formatting or using
> > ctrl-m helps. Anyone got any ideas?
>
> Your problem is obviously not direct formatting at all: it is with the 
> style that has been applied to this paragraph. All you have to do is to
>
> change the font this style uses to get the font that you want.
>
> F11 will open the Styles dialog on the right side of LIbreOffice. Make 
> sure that paragraph styles is selected (far left icon at the top). 
> Select the offending paragraph. The style that controls the attributes 
> of this paragraph is highlighted. Right click the style and select 
> "Modify..." Click the Font tab and then select the font you want to use
>
> from the list. Close this dialog.
>
> I have been rather detailed because I am not sure you know how to
> change 
> the properties of a style. I would also recommend (if you have not done
>
> so already) that you download the Styles chapter in the Getting Started
>
> Guide. The Writer Guide has one or two chapters on styles as well. It 
> would be a good resource.
>
> Dan
>
>
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