Re: Applying modified styles in Abiword 2.86

Prashant L Rao <[email protected]> Mon, 15 Apr 2013 14:55:29 +0530
Newsgroups gmane.editors.abiword.user
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Hi, Alberto,

Thanks for the prompt response.

I tried what you suggested and it does not work on Abiword 2.86. Until
and unless I reapply the style to each and every paragraph or heading,
the changes do not occur.

Regards

Prashant L Rao


On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 2:41 PM, Alberto Cabello Sánchez
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 02:05:36PM +0530, Prashant L Rao wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> If you modify a style such as Heading 1 or Normal and then apply the
>> same, it only affects the currently selected text. In order to make
>> the changes document-wide, you have to manually select all relevant
>> paragraphs/instances of the style and apply the revised style.
>>
>> [...]
>>
>> It would be great if Abiword would apply a modified style across the document.
>
> I use Abiword 2.8.2 and it does exactly what you want, just don't select any
> text or "Apply" changes:
>
> Format
>   `-> Create and Modify Styles
>         `-> Modify (select your style first)
>               `-> Paragraph (e. g.)
>
> Then do your changes, Ok, Ok, Close and you're done. It changes all the text
> having the modified style.
>
>
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