On Wed, 5 Oct 2016 02:33:46 -0700 John Hart <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 10/5/2016 1:53 AM, Rory O'Farrell wrote: > > My advice is to forget working on your main document for the present - it > > is too complex for initial learning and one is always worried that a wrong > > action will destroy it. Make a short trial file and use that to set up > > sample page numbering. > The main document is just a list of files. It makes it a little slow > opening, > but there's no danger of them being corrupted, and they're securely > backed up. > > I brought up the style editor, which has more properties than the pop down. > It has a place for a name, but it wouldn't let me change it. It was > opened by right clicking on a paragraph, which is probably why. How > are new styles created, and shouldn't the styles that came with the > software be sufficient for the simple task of making a Title page, > Copyright page, and table of contents? The built in styles are usually adequate for all but the most complex formatting. They may be modified to suit the User's specific design requirements. When one right clicks on a style in Styles and Formatting (also known as "the Stylist") one should get an option for New, Modify, Delete (Delete will not be available for built-in styles). One should check that the option in the bottom bar of "Styles and Formatting" wind is set to "All" (at least initially) and that one has clicked on the icon appropriate to the styles one wishes to edit. > > Is there a way to change the style selected when a break was inserted? > If not, how are they found and deleted? When using /Insert /Manual break to insert a Page break, one can select the page style to be inserted from the Style dropdown on that window. If the "Styles and Formatting" window is open, the current style is shown highlighted - this works across the five style type selections controlled by the five icons. The style of the selected page is also indicated on the Status Bar, about 1/3 way across. Status Bar is usually the bottom bar of OO Window (unless it has been moved) -- Rory O'Farrell <[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
