Re: format choices

From: Donald Miller <damiller2_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sun Jan 20 2013 - 04:40:39 CET

Hello Mark

Thank you.

Regards,
 Don Miller damiller2@gmail.com
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Saturday, January 19, 2013, 8:39:34 PM, you wrote:

> Don,

> I never mess with styles, so I can't speak from experience. Take what I
> say with a grain of salt until someone with experience chimes in. In
> the meantime: Open Abiword, click on the Format drop-down menu, click
> on the last item (in my version): "Create and Modify Styles." The
> interface that opens gives you a menu of all the styles available to
> you ("In Use," "All," and "User Defined").

> Here you can modify or delete styles from any of the groupings. You may
> be able to merely define your own styles, or delete from the "All"
> group to suit your taste. What I don't know is how these changes will
> affect the drop-down style menu next to the font menu. If you feel
> like taking a chance, you could alter that "All" selection by deleting
> what you don't want. Click "apply." Close and reopen Abiword.

> Another possibility is to perform this operation on a template used to
> store all modifications you make to "normal.awt" stored in
> usr/share/abiword/templates for system-wide changes, or in your home
> directory for user-specific changes (assuming you're running Linux).

> I've never heard of anyone wanting to do this before, and the menu
> itself may be hardwired into Abiword. But practically everything is
> configurable, and what I'm describing is how I'd go about it (if no
> one else seemed able to give me directions).

> Good luck.

> --Mark

> On Sat, 19 Jan 2013 18:24:36 -0700
> Donald Miller <damiller2@gmail.com> wrote:

>>
>> Hello James
>>
>> I want to use defined normal, head 1, head 2, blocktext, chptr head,
>> none of the other 31/36.
>> The others are getting in my way, are easy to hit by accident, waste
>> much time undoing and getting back on track.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Don Miller damiller2@gmail.com
>> ======================================
>> Saturday, January 19, 2013, 2:36:13 PM, you wrote:
>>
>> > On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 8:36 PM, Donald Miller
>> > <damiller2@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hello Abiword-user
>> >>
>> >> Never got an answer, so re-ask.
>> >> In the format window, left of font selector, is there any way to
>> >> display ONLY the options I want to see? Present clutter is very
>> >> distracting, and constantly forcing choices I never want.
>>
>> > Perhaps like others i don't follow what you're asking? The interface
>> > is clear, not clutter and not very distracting. Follows similar with
>> > LO-writer and other apps.
>>
>> > james
>>
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