Styles and Formatting Not Working

Many, many years ago, I read somewhere that "when a misfortune
comes, it does not come alone; it is accompanied by its companions" or
to that effect.

Today, I had another problem. It could be called the #4 problem.

The Styles and Formatting (F11) under Format did not work. As I am writing
a book, and the deadline for submission of the manuscript is the end of
February, you can imagine how much I am frustrated.

I used LibreOffice 4.3.5.2; Since February 19, 2015, I have used
LibreOffce 4.4.0.3.

Taang Zomi

Hi :slight_smile:
I think best advice is to reinstall the 4.3.x to get back to familiar
territory!

Err, a new version has just been released in that branch so if you don't
have your old installer then maybe download the newest release in the
"Still" branch.

It is possible to install it in parallel with your current version of
LibreOfrfice but personally i would probably go for a normal proper
install.
Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

Dear Tom,

Thank you very much for your advice. I will install the former version.

Taang Zomi

Hi :slight_smile:
Thanks :slight_smile: It is worth keeping the installer for the newer branch for later
on, after the deadline! Also because it is quite handy to have 2 different
versions to choose from.
Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

The Styles and Formatting (F11) under Format did not work.

Er, do you mean that the Styles and Formatting window does not appear? Or does it appear but then not function in some sense? Can you successfully select the type of style using the buttons at the top of the Styles and Formatting window?

o What happens if you go to Format | Styles and Formatting?
o Or press F11?
o Or click the Styles and Formatting button in the Formatting toolbar?
o Or press Alt+O, Y?
o Or click the Styles and Formatting button in the LibreOffice sidebar?

Have you restarted LibreOffice?

Have you restarted your computer?

Have you merely lost the window off the screen? Are you using Windows?
o When you press F11 (or whatever), does the LibreOffice title bar become dimmed - indicating that another window (the one you have lost) has taken focus?
o With the main title bar still dimmed, press Alt+Space and then M.
o Press any of the keyboard arrow keys once.
o Now move the mouse until the outline of the missing window is somewhere central.
o Click the mouse.

I will install the former version.

Isn't it a bit unlikely to be a bug in the later version? Wouldn't millions of users then be asking the same question?

I trust this helps.

Brian Barker

Hi :slight_smile:
If the document's title-bar is dimming, indicating that the styles
menu-pop-up is off-screen then trying to either;
* set the screen display to a much higher resolution temporarily so that
you can drag the errant pop-up back into the normally visible area - or -
* rename your "User Profile" to "get back to factory defaults"
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/UserProfile

I'm not sure how to force an off-screen window or pop-up to come back onto
the screen tbh. Those are just things that i would try.
Regard from
Tom :slight_smile:

Yes, the Styles and Formatting window does not appear.

As you suggested, I uninstalled the 4.4.0.3 and then installed the 4.3.6.2.
The Styles and Formatting window appears now.
But the SAVE tool is still not dimmed after I saved anything.

The same thing happened after I uninstalled the 4.3.6.2 and then installed
the 4.3.5.2. That means, Styles and Formatting window appears, but the
SAVE tool is still not dimmed after I saved anything.

Sincerely,

Taang Zomi

Just a suggestion with the Save button appearing not to dim after saving.
Do you have
"Allow to save document even when the document is not modified"
selected under the LibreOffice > General Options?

This sometimes means that the save button does not dim as you can still save again.

Just a thought

Tony Bray
tonybsa@mac.com
MacBook Pro 15 inch Mid 2009
2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB RAM,
Mac OS X 10.9.5.
LibreOffice 4.2.6.3

Ubuntu 14.04, LibreOffice 4.3.? Acer 15 inch laptop, 4 GB RAM

Aha: well done; I'd missed that! (Surely this *always* means that the Save icon will not be greyed out?) I'm sure you are right that this is the questioner's problem (and solution).

For the benefit of the questioner (who appears to be using Windows), this option is at Tools | Options... | LibreOffice | General | Document status | Allow to save document even when the document is not modified.

Brian Barker

Right. You've still not answered most of the questions - including what operating system you are using. But you appears to be using Windows. So what happened, please, when you tried the various ideas suggested to retrieve the window?

Brian Barker