Keyboard shortcut to bring up edit style dialog (not edit paragraph, but style)

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#1

To clarify: if my caret is in a ‘Heading 1’ paragraph, I want to use a keyboard shortcut (maybe CTRL-Q) to bring up the same interface I get when I [right mouse click] then choose Paragraph then choose the bottom option on that popup: Edit Style.

I have looked through the Customize / Keyboard command categories and functions several times, but I cannot find the function for this. I’ve looked under these categories: All Commands; Options; Documents; Format; Edit; Modify; Text; Styles. I’ve focused on looking for the words Edit, Modify, Paragraph, and Style.

Finally I did find “Paragraph Style” under All Commands, but this just brings up the styles panel as though F11 had been clicked.

I don’t want to edit the current paragraph’s settings, but to edit the named style that controls the settings for all paragraphs with that style name.

The mouse click route and the menu route are cumbersome… I’ve been using them for years, but I’m about to start writing more.

Thanks !

#3

I think your requirement cannot be realized with the on-board means of LibreOffice.
I don’t understand the thought behind it yet. For example, do you really want to make regular changes to Heading1?
If you want to write more in the future, it might be advisable to explain here what exactly you have in mind. Is it books, technical descriptions or what else?

And please specify your used operating system and LibreOffice version. Thank you.

#5

Thanks. Windows 7 64-bit, version 7.0.1.2 (64-bit)
 
I do technical work and document it for my users. My workflow is appropriate for me - LibreOffice has customization options precisely because people have different needs and should be able to optimize their workflows to suit them. Also, I’m really good at editing this way, so it probably takes me much, much less time than it would someone who isn’t trained.

Is Alt-P a standard LibreOffice shortcut? I can’t find info about it by Googling [libreoffice alt-p]. When I try it I’m not seeing anything happen - I don’t think I’ve customized this install that much.

#6

With the information i have at the moment, I think it’s the worst way to go if you want to change styles regularly.
If you need different styles frequently, for different purposes, you should consider using document templates.
You can use different styles in each document template.

If you plan and create the appropriate styles for your document templates, each one separately, you will easily be able to do without this keyboard shortcut for style changes.

PS: If you need comprehensive information about LibreOffice, you should not necessarily ask Google. For LibreOffice there are comprehensive documentations that can help you.

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#7

Thanks. I deleted the first paragraph of my question so it should sound less like I’m looking for procedural guidance.
 

I think the shortcut command I did find may be buggy. “Paragraph Style” sounds like it would do what I want, not bring up the styles panel.

#10

several days ago

#2

Alt+P

But if I needed a keyboard shortcut for that (meaning that the need arises so frequently, that it warrants learning the shortcut) - I’d seriously question my workflow. Frequent modifications of styles contradict the idea of styles.

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#8

It’s commendable that you are taking time to help others by engaging here.

Please accept that I have given my workflow adequate consideration and that my functionality question is valid and valuable for my specific work. I’m not interested in that; it would take too much time and space to explain.

#9

I can’t but approve @mikekaganski’s statement about contradiction between styles-driven writing and frequent styles customisation. The whole idea of styles of to separate look from contents so that writing focuses on expressing the “message” in a convincing manner without caring for appearance details.

Contents is considered as a more “volatile” material than the general look of the document. As an author, you have a “graphical signature” which immediately identifies documents as yours. This means you have settled on a “tuned” collection of styles you’ll use for your documents during an extended period of times without modifying them.

If you really modify them as part of your workflow, e.g. switching from a design for a technical note to one for a letter, this means you have not understood the value of templates (one template per target). With an adapted procedure, you can even based your “templates” on some master template (this time, this is a real template, not needing the quotation marks in the first occurrence of the word), so that all your templates can be updated consistently.

Suggesting to amend your workflow should not be considered as an offense. Just like document contents, workflow needs periodic review, at least because new features appear in the software and these can have an impact (contradiction, improvement, relevance, …) on your present way of using LO Writer.

#11

Suggesting I consider a different approach is certainly not an offense! I’m grateful for the perspective. You never know when new information is going to open your eyes.
 
OTOH, after that is given, continuing to insist that I don’t know my own work well enough to make an informed decision about it after the suggestion has been made, is getting my dander up a bit, I admit.
 
Maybe imagine that I’m essentially a template designer, making a new template each week or so for totally different clients, will help – that’s not exactly what I do, but honestly it’s easier to imagine that.
I don’t really want to describe all the stuff I do and why. Really I’m the expert in what I do and how I do it and why; I respect your expertise in your area (including LibreOffice, thank you!), and am grateful for your sharing that expertise. If you want to consult on my workflow, though, I think we’d need at least a one-hour conversation followed by a couple more meetings – and as a pro consultant I’m sure you’d be worth the $300/hour you’d have to charge to spend the focused time to fully understand my customers, goals, inputs, etc.
 
I’d really much prefer a discussion of why the one customization I seem to want isn’t findable in the keyboard shortcut dialog, and whether there’s a way I can access it other than modifying the source code myself.

#12

@amth ,
after you have described your task in a little more detail - changes to form template is your “bread and butter” business, so to speak.
Here is a suggestion:
Make the changes as direct formatting and drag it to the desired style category.
Example: You have in the document the heading 1 with black font and 18pt.
Change by direct formatting in the document the heading in blue and 16pt.
Click-hold-drag the heading in the document to the Paragraph Styles icon in the sidebar.
Enter a new name.

If you only want to make color changes, you can use the new Document Themes feature.

DocumentThemes in Writer

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