Re: propagating changes

[Brian Barker <b....@btinternet.com>]

At 15:13 19/07/2016 -0400, Felmon Davis wrote:
>I have a large document I work on this time of year. the default 
>font size is 11pt but now I want to change it to 10.5pt - gonna make 
>it into a booklet. simply altering the 'default' setting does not 
>automatically modify the font size through the document.

This depends on what you mean by the "default setting". I'm guessing 
that you have changed the value at Tools | Options... | OpenOffice 
Writer | Basic Fonts (Western) | Default - and you are right: this 
changes the default for new documents only and not anything in a 
document currently open for editing.

>I don't want to 'select all' since there are other font sizes bound 
>to a couple of 'styles' I'm using.

Good: that wouldn't be the best solution. But you are using more 
styles that those "couple" you describe, since every paragraph will 
have a paragraph style with its own font size. If you have not 
knowingly ascribed a paragraph style to any part of your document, 
they may have the Default paragraph style (not to be confused with 
the default set in Options as above).

>how do I change a setting and have it 'propagate' automagically 
>through the document? or is that not possible?

o Go to Format | Styles and Formatting (or click the Styles and 
Formatting button in the Formatting toolbar, or press F11).
o Select the Paragraph Styles button in the button bar of that window.
o Put the cursor into your text to see which paragraph style is 
highlighted as being used.
o Right click the paragraph style and select Modify... .
o Modify the font size as required.
o If this doesn't change all the relevant parts of your document, 
repeat in unaffected parts and change those paragraph styles too.

>maybe copy and paste into a suitable template?

No need.

I trust this helps.

Brian Barker


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