<div dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-result_box" class="gmail-" lang="en"><span>I do not know if this has anything to do with it.</span> <span>I discovered that the general styles (F3) are stored in each object sent to the "scrapbook".</span> <span class="gmail-">If these then change (styles), using an item there will overwrite the new styles that were at the time they were saved.</span></span><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:arial black,sans-serif">Federico Ciliberti</span><br></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">2017-04-05 17:40 GMT-03:00 Craig Bradney <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cbradney@scribus.info" target="_blank">cbradney@scribus.info</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>
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> On 5 Apr 2017, at 22:28, Ken Springer <<a href="mailto:snowshed1@q.com">snowshed1@q.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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>> On 4/5/17 1:34 PM, <a href="mailto:scrib@wexfordpress.com">scrib@wexfordpress.com</a> wrote:<br>
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>> From: "Ken Springer" <<a href="mailto:snowshed1@q.com">snowshed1@q.com</a>><br>
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 4, 2017 12:47 PM<br>
>> To: <a href="mailto:scribus@lists.scribus.info">scribus@lists.scribus.info</a><br>
>> Subject: Re: [scribus] Problem with Styles<br>
>>> On 4/3/17 4:55 PM, Gregory Pittman wrote:<br>
>>>> On 04/03/2017 04:57 PM, Ken Springer wrote:<br>
>>>> Windows 7<br>
>>>> 1.5.2<br>
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>>>> I guess I'm missing something.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> I can't seem to get a document to pay attention to the font size of a<br>
>>>> style. Linespacing and other things seem to change, but not font size.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> The manual wasn't any help, nor the wiki. Both tell me it can be done,<br>
>>>> but doesn't tell me "how".<br>
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>>><br>
>>> The tightest control of styles will be using the Edit Style dialog.<br>
>>> Select the Character Style tab to find the font size spinbox.<br>
>>> Even if you import styles from LibreOffice, it's a good idea to check<br>
>>> all the features, plus you can give them a name.<br>
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>> Which is what I've been working with. <G><br>
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>> Like most people, I suspect, I started out doing the manual formatting<br>
>> like I see most people do in a word processor because they won't do<br>
>> styles, for whatever reason. I wanted to get a good "handle" on doing<br>
>> it that way before moving on to more advanced methods like styles.<br>
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>> I should mention that, at the moment, I'm doing this on Windows 7, fully<br>
>> updated. I also have Scribus in Windows 10, Linux Mint 18.0, and did<br>
>> have it on my Mac. It's now removed from the Mac as I'm changing the<br>
>> purpose of the Mac and no longer need it there.<br>
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>> I plan on adding it to Windows 8.<br>
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>> I have no problem getting what I want using properties (F2) and have "No<br>
>> Style" selected for paragraph and character.<br>
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>> When I add Style Manager (F3) and the Story Editor to this mix, some<br>
>> things don't change.<br>
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>> For instance...<br>
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>> In the Story Editor, I selected a style for a paragraph. In the Style<br>
>> Manager, I make a major change to the Font Size (say from 12 pt. to 50<br>
>> pt.), and change fonts. Nothing else. Click apply. The line spacing<br>
>> changes enormously, but font and font size stays the same.<br>
>><br>
>> So, what am I missing here?<br>
>><br>
>> I've also noticed, that under the Edit menu, the keyboard shortcut for<br>
>> Edit Text sometimes is displayed, and sometimes it isn't. I've not<br>
>> worked on what triggers this.<br>
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>> I've not imported anything from Libre Office except for a couple of<br>
>> documents.<br>
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>> --<br>
>> Ken<br>
>> The story editor doesn't show the final product. Hit the check mark icon<br>
>> and you will see the final result. and exit the story editor..<br>
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>> Or did you do that already?<br>
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> Hi, John,<br>
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> Yep, done that more than once. Obvious changes to the line itself, but font and font size do not change.<br>
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> --<br>
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If you have been editing via the palette instead of through styles they may be applied still. There is a sweeper/brush icon on the palette where it will clean manually applied settings and leave only style provided settings.<br>
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Craig<br>
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