Repeat &/or multiple action(s)?

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#1

Hello everyone, first post
Been Dual booting Linux and Windows for years, gradually migrating away from Win but always held back by some work software, MS Office for example
Now trying to use LibreOffice more
Just been using Draw for some simple design sketches and loving it!

Current question:
How should I repeat the same action on different cases on the same thing?
For example, I have all my dimension lines with units in
I know how to remove them (I do it via left click>dimensions>show measurement units) but how do I do this over and over again?

This could be
(i) analogous to the MS Office F4 (repeats same action on another case)
Or it could be
(ii) select all cases (with Shift click?) and then carry out same action on all selected cases
or another way

I am trying to avoid repetition

I like (i) above, as I am used to it, but will take what I can get.

I tried (ii) above but with multiple dimensions selected, the left click menu no longer had the dimensions entry in it

i am now asking about this specific case for dimension units in Draw, but would also like to know how we do this avoidance of repetition for other cases, in Draw and the other modules?

Thanks in advance

Nice to be here - I managed to completely leave Evernote for Joplin and hope to be able to do the same for my office suite :slight_smile:

Best wishes

Leigh

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#6

Answering another question:

This is direct formatting:

This is style formatting:

This way you don’t need to make the changes one by one (shape, text, cell, etc.).

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#2

Select a dimension line, press F11 to open the Styles Sidebar, modify the style selected (Arrow Line in my screenshot) (Dimensioning tab).

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LibreOffice 7.2.7.2 on Windows 6.1.

EDIT: Another option, but it affects rulers and more, set the Unit of measurement of Draw to mm (menu Tools - Options - LibreOffice Draw - General).
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#3

Thank you!
Exactly what I wanted.
How do I set this behaviour as ‘default’
I tried clicking the ‘Standard’ button after unchecking the show measurement box but on inserting a new dimension line it still had the units
Thanks again

#4

Open a new drawing, modify the Arrow Line style, and save it as a template, setting it as default.

https://help.libreoffice.org/latest/en-US/text/shared/guide/template_manager.html?DbPAR=SHARED#bm_id041620170817452766

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#5

Thanks again!

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