Why is writer changing styles to default?

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#1

As I’m not finding this in the list of bugs, while I’m constantly stumble upon this behavior, I’m suspicious, that this really is one.

Started my first writer document after a long time and just added predefined styles, like heading, here and there. When I’m opening the file again, some paragraphs have lost their style and changed to default style. Happened several times by now.

Hope someone has a clue, as this gets really frustrating.

Edit: I’m saving as .odt. Sorry for not mentioning.
bug_style-removed-by-itself.odt Here the title got changed to default. But I doubt this is of any use. But nice to here, that this is uncommon. I’ll make a new file and copy the text in there. See what that will do.

Edit2: Another thing, that’s really odd, I remember looking at the file I uploaded: The fonts of “Default Style” and “Heading” changed to “Times New Roman” and “Arial” on some occasion. Never touched these settings.

Thanks so far.

#2

Please what file format do you use to save the file?

#3

There is no logical reason for such behaviour. I am writing my PhD thesis (currently have 200 pages) with so many styles and I didn’t experience such behaviour. Could you send a file for testing?

#4

Well, I change font size and color with Heading and Subtitle. Saved and re-opened the document and everything was fine. However, when using styles you should start with “Heading 1” as level 1, then “Heading 2”. Don’t use just heading since it is “base style” for other heading styles.

#5

For example, if you change font for “heading”, you will change font for “heading 1”, “heading 2”, “heading 3”.

#6

I know that with the base style. And I haven’t used “Heading” in the file I uploaded. So …

#7

Based on your file, my recommendations are:

  • Use Heading 1, Heading 2, Heading 3 for heading styles
  • Modify “Heading style” (but don’t use it in the text) for some global changes in all heading styles. Heading 1, 2, etc. inherit characteristics from Heading.
  • There is no need to create additional styles for subheading. Just continue to use “Heading 2” style as subheading style of “Heading 1”
  • For most documents, this is just enough. Don’t forget to modify “Default Style” for the rest of your document.
#8

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