Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 27206
Font reverts to default when it shouldn't
Last modified: 2004-04-07 16:24:52 UTC
While editing documents I noticed that the font kept switching back to the default Times New Roman at 12pt when I hadn't set it to do so. I found this strongly undesireable and couldn't find a bug report, so here it is. This bug was also present in 1.1.0 (I can't verify in earlier builds as I'm on dialup) 1. Create a new text document in Writer 2. Click the Font dropdown list and select any font aside from the one you have set as default. You may also select a new font size and/or style 3. Type a line of text 4. Press enter 5. Type another line of text 6. Use your arrow keys to position the prompt at the very end of your first line of text 7. Press the Right arrow key 8. Font changes back to default font, size and style I was also able to produce this bug in the OpenOffice HTML so please forgive me if I've submitted this to the wrong category.
*** Issue 27206 has been confirmed by votes. ***
This is, I believe, an artifact of the style usage. You are likely using Default paragraph styles. When you go to the end of the paragraph, strangely enough you are "out" of the region where the new font was set. Now you will get the font set in the Default paragraph style. A workaround is to call up the Stylist (Tools > Stylist) or F11, and set the Font to what you want inside the Default / Modify dialog (right-click on "Default" under Paragraph styles). This changes the default font as well. Another (far from obvious) workaround is to always end a paragraph with a "Return" so that the next paragraph also has the font and only then go back to change errors in the paragraph. IMO, a correct behavior would be for the "move to end of last line" to continue to use the same font. I would think the assumption (in the program) would be to continue with the font to the very end and not allow the "move" to get past the (invisible) paragraph marker or whatever might be there.
Works as designed, not a bug! Please take a look to the online help "format; while typing" which I've paste it here: "Applying Text Formatting While You Type To apply bold formatting: 1.Select the text that you want to format. 2.Press Ctrl+B. You can also press Ctrl+B, type the text that you want to format in bold, and then press Ctrl+B. If the word is at the end of a paragraph, you can also press the right arrow when you are finished."
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