On Wednesday 21 October 2015 07:42:50 AM Steve Edmonds wrote: > Hi. > I'm about to show my ignorance here, what is Tools > Outline Numbering > for. The help and Writer guide a a bit brief. > > For years I have been creating manuals with a layout > 1 > 1.1 > 1.1.1 etc. where these items are all in the table of contents. > Last night I change the style of Heading 4 and looked a bit deeper and I > find I am using Heading styles 1-4 with Numbering style 1. > When I look at Outline Numbering it sets the paragraph style for each > outline level but there are no position and spacing or number and > character style set. These are all set in the paragraph and numbering > styles. > How does Tools > Outline Numbering do more than assign a paragraph style > to an outline level, do the settings in Tools > Outline Numbering over > ride the styles or vis versa. > > Any help to clear the fog much appreciated.
Outline Numbering does far more than outline. The headings assigned to outline levels are the ones that determine what appears in the Navigator and the dialogs for cross-references and Tables of Contents. Best to consider Outline Numbering and paragraph and list styles as two separate options for outline numbering. -- Bruce Byfield 604-421-7189 (on Pacific time) https://brucebyfield.wordpress.com -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
