Editing Styles in "Writer" 1

[sonnysavage]

The default page style has left and right margins of 1.25". I would like to edit the styles in a global fasion. If I edit the the default page style using the "Stylist", it only changes for that document. I would like to make change at a lower level, so all new documents would have the styles I set.

How do I do this?

 

[chown]

Have you try File, Page setting, change left and right margin than CLICK on DEFAULT. which will change all margin setting to the new value.

Regards
NC

 

[sonnysavage]

Ok, that didn't work, but maybe I'm missing something.

Under File there is no Page setting option. If I go Format > Page... and change the margins there, it only changes for the CURRENT document. When I click File > New > Text Document, I get a new file with the same 1.25" margins. The same thing happens when, using the "Stylist", I select "Page Styles", "Modify..." the "Default" styles margins, and click "OK". There is no Default button that I've seen anywhere either.

Once I get the answer to this problem, I'm writing a FAQ.

 

[gmalavrazic]

Format/Page/Margins and then set margins

then:
File/Templates/Save
and overwrite the default Template

 

[sonnysavage]

OK, I have tried that just now, it didn't solve the problem. What I did find is the instructions in "Help". This is quoted from there:

[ol]If you find you always have to change the formatting of your new documents to suit your requirements, it is time to use a separate template, known as the default template. This default template will be used every time you open a new text document, by choosing File - New - Text Document, for example.
[ol]
[li]Create or open a document that contains your favorite Styles and formatting.
[li]You can delete the text of the document if you want, so that only the Styles and other settings remain.
[li]Save the document as template by choosing File - Templates - Save.
Doing so saves the document as a template in {installpath}\user\template.
[li]Choose File - Templates - Organize.
[li]In the left list box of templates, double-click "Default". The name of the default template you have saved will appear. Click the name.
[li]Open the context menu and choose Set as Default Template. Close the dialog. This template will now be used as the default template.
[/ol]
[/ol]
[ol]Reset Default Template[ol]
[li]Choose File - Templates - Organize.
[li]Open the context menu of one of the list boxes or open the submenu of the Commands button.
[li]Choose Reset Default Template. This command opens a submenu in which you see every document type for which you have selected a default template. Select the document type you want to assign the default settings to.[/ol][/ol]

I hope that someone will later benefit from adventure here.