In all probability, this question has been asked previously, but after spending a couple of hours haunting the documentation and this site, I have yet to come across an answer…
Hierarchical order in the styles list is next to useless for me. I would like to have the styles listing default to “all styles”. Is there a way to do this? Thanks.
For me on Windows 11, the view for Styles remains at the last setting I had it on. This remains, even through rebooting, until I change it again. Usually, I have it on either Hierarchical or Applied Styles.
Do changes to other settings that you make, stay set?
Yo answer your question, we need a bit more information since styles management changed in recent releases. So, edit your question (it has not started to be answered yet, so avoid comments; modify your question so that all information is in a single location: this is more contributor-friendly) to provide basic information: OS name, LO version (at list 4 components).
If you leave LO without saving your current document, it may happen that the changes to UI are not saved in your user profile. So, to make sure, save the current document, be it an empty one, after configuring your UI. You can delete this dummy document with your file manager.
Considering the huge number of built-in styles, I fully back @EarnestAl 's suggestion for Hierarchical or Applied styles.
I will offer what information I have. I am using Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.
LibreOffice version info:
Version: 7.3.7.2 / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 30(Build:2)
CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 5.19; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Ubuntu package version: 1:7.3.7-0ubuntu0.22.04.3
Calc: threaded
I have done the following:
One last thing regarding Applied styles: Most of the things that I write are either scientific reports, project updates, or drafts of papers. This means that with each section I am using a number of styles in any given paragraph. These include italics for scientific names of organisms and Latin terms, code snippets (I have a special font for that), underlining and bold (which I can do from the ribbon, so no problem there), mathematical formulae (I absolutely love the LO math function for creating in-line formulae.), etc. Until I use each of these things, they do not appear in Applied styles. Consequently, I have to go hunting to apply them in the first place. Where I go to find what I am looking for is invariably “all styles”. It is much easier to locate them in an alphabetical listing than anything else.
If this is still insufficient information, I will need a little guidance regarding what, specifically, you would like to know. That said, please understand that I genuinely appreciate any and all assistance from you folks.
I don’t understand why it reverts. It does not happen ion my Fedora config. Perhaps check file permissions on the hidden directories of your home folder.
Any style can have a shortcut. So, use Tools>Customise to associate a shortcut with your most frequent styles. This would keep your hands on the keyboard, avoiding to grasp the mouse.
On the contrary, problem because Ribbon encourages direct formatting which is a nightmare when you come to tune your paper appearance. Must users tend to neglect character styles (because they don’t exist in Word). They have the same importance as Heading n or Text Body to make a difference between headings and discourse.
I thank you for your interest. Just the back and forth has suggested a workaround. While I am still unable to get “all styles” to work as it seems to for you, I was able to get “Custom Styles” to hold. And since I modify virtually every style I use, I have decided to create new styles rather than just modifying the built-ins. Then, when I switch to custom styles, I have all of the styles I use in alphabetical order.
Thank you for your time and efforts. I cannot express how helpful you were. I genuinely appreciate it.