How to ensure all new text entered into a document is different font, without changing the old font settings of the document?

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#1

How to ensure all new text entered into a document is different font,
without changing the old font settings of the document?

That is the document has questions in it, with lets say Times New Roman.

When I type the answers in, the font remains Times New Roman.

But I want it so that all new text entered to be Segoe Print without
changing the font of the text already existing in the document (i.e.
the questions)

#2

Hi,

How to ensure all new text entered into a document is different font,
without changing the old font settings of the document?

That is the document has questions in it, with lets say Times New Roman.

When I type the answers in, the font remains Times New Roman.

But I want it so that all new text entered to be Segoe Print without
changing the font of the text already existing in the document (i.e.
the questions)

Short answer: Styles.

Long(er) answer: if, as I understood, you've got one paragraph for the
question and you enter the answer in another paragraph (or several),
just do this:

0. Display the Style and formatting toolbar (F11) which is *the* tool to
have at hand when using Writer

1. The question and answer paragraphs are given each a separate
paragraph style

Right-click > New, then set the paragraph style properties (eg the font
name and size)

Say you've now got two paragraph styles: "Questions" and "Answers" with
the appropriate formatting settings.

Setting a paragraph style is easy: the current paragraph (the one with
the caret in it) receives the style settings when you double-click the
style name in the Styles and formatting toolbar.

2. Configure the Question paragraph style
(again: right-click this style name in the Style and formatting toolbar
and select Modify)
In the Organizer thumbnail, set the Next Style property to the Answers
style. This means that any time you hit <Enter> (end-of-paragraph) after
having typed a question (with the Questions style set), Writer creates a
new paragraph with the Answers style already set.

Note: by default a paragraph style "Next Style" property is set to
itself so that you get a sequence of paragraphs with the same paragraph
style.

Now, if you enter the answers within the *same* paragraph as a question,
you'll need a *character* style specifically for the answer portion of
the text: in the Style and Formatting toolbar, select the character
style toolbutton then create a new style for the answer characters.
Then, any time you enter the answer text, just select this text and
double-click the "Answer" character style to set the newly entered text.

HTH,

#3

I feel I must be missing something about your question. There are at least
two solutions that occur to me that seem relatively straightforward.

1. Place the cursor at the place you wish to begin typing the answer
2. Before beginning to type the answer change font to Segoe Print by:
a. selecting "Format | Character..." from the menu, finding Segoe Print in
the list of Families on the Font tab and clicking ok
b. or from the tool bar, open the Font Name list and selecting Segoe Print
from the list
3. begin typing

- or -

1. Create a new paragraph style, call it Answers. In the style set the font
to Segoe Print.
2. Place the cursor at the place you wish to begin typing the answer
3. Change the style to Answers and begin typing the answer or type the
answer and set the style to Answers before pressing enter

#4

The document with the questions is not made by me.

What I am trying to do is that regardless of the original source of the
document, whenever I type in *any* document (or all documents), the font
will always be Segio Print.

Basically I am trying to make it such that an extra step is eliminated -
changing the font every time I type to Segio Print.

#5

I don't think you can do this: text inserted by typing always assumes the characteristics of surrounding text. If it didn't, editing any document would be a nightmare!

My best recommendation would be to create a character style with the properties you need. If you then keep the Styles and Formatting window open, you can:
o position the cursor where you wish to type,
o double-click the style name in the Styles and Formatting window, and
o type.

I trust this helps.

Brian Barker