Writer subtitle style being put into a frame

For some reason, Writer (v 25.2.4.3, Mac OS) is putting text with Subtitle style into a frame. Actually, it seems to be doing it to multiple styles, including headings!

How do I turn this OFF? There does not appear to be anything in the style formatting that does this.

Also, I’m curious why this “feature” was added. It is not good, IMHO.

Please specify for all requests: Operating system, LibreOffice version (four digits, e.g. 25.2.5.0), file type in which the file is saved. Thank you very much.


A shortened and anonymized file containing the problem would be extremely helpful.


This is a new support for inline heading used in legal documents.
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/25.2#Writer
Support was added for inline headings, which are commonly used in legal documents. (László Németh) tdf#131728

  • I do not know if it is documented and where

but an article about that

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If you go into Heading paragraph style and open the Borders tab, can you click the first Preset under Line Arrangement with tooltip No Borders. It should apply No Borders to the child styles.


I don’t think that Inline Headings can be applied in a single step in LibreOffice

Procedure:
Select a text part from the very beginning of a paragraph to a specific point - then apply Heading n - the selected text is put into a frame and will be “mirrored” in the ToC.
As written/linked before you may edit or add another (same outline level) Heading n style for better integration (similar formatting) in the following text.
Best checking the inline headings in the Navigator (headings and frames).


Version: 25.2.5.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community Build ID: 520(Build:2) CPU threads: 2; OS: Linux 5.15; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3 Locale: de-DE (de_DE.UTF-8); UI: en-US Ubuntu package version: 4:25.2.5~rc2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1~lo1 Calc: threaded

Don’t select any text in the paragraph when applying Heading n style. Only place the cursor within this paragraph.
For further hints about inline headings see my comment here - just neighbouring this comment.

Thank you @Grantler , I never discovered that and didn’t think a single click solution was implemented yet.

For me the frame that contour the “inline heading” apears as a style “Frame” and I must change the style frame to “Inline Heading” that seems be the correct.
(LO 25.2.5.2 in WIn 10)

There are still some problems for this kind of inline headings:

  • If the heading is more than one line long the frame will be 2 lines high and the trailing text starts near the end of the line in the middle height of the frame.
  • If “regular” and inline headings are mixed in a document, what about the order in the ToC and the exported PDF file (I did not test that, but in former discussions in the German OpenOffice forum there were problems to create the right order for ToC parts. Caused by the properties of frames as single objects and not as a part of text flow.)

Despite the problems the given solution seems to be a handier one compared to another solution which contains a 2 pt. (color: white or paper color which is not hidden but not readable) replication of the inline heading.
See: [Tutorial] “In-line” or “run-in” headings including a linked macro from there: [Writer] Work-around for an in-line heading


Let’s wait for the experiences of practical use which hopefully will be published here.

In my LO version the inline heading’s frame style is correctly named as “Inline Heading” in the Stylist/Frame Styles.


Version: 25.2.5.2; OS: Linux 5.15

Yes, I also have a frame style whit that name, but the style applied by Writer to my new inline heading is the generic “Frame”