![]() ![]() Making a list with toolbar buttons or F12 does not make a formatting note in the direct formatting layer but modifies the current paragraph style (paragraph layer), which explains why Ctrl+ M does not remove numbering.Ĭharacter style is removed by applying Default Style character style: all formatting is reverted to the one defined by the paragraph style very rarely, highly specialised flags causing overrides of character style (e.g.internet link flag)Ĭonflicting attributes set by the layers are resolved in favour of shallower layer.ĭirect formatting is defined as any formatting action applied outside styles: toolbar buttons, keyboard shortcuts, menu item actions, …įrom this description, which tool to use to remove formatting becomes obvious:ĭirect formatting is removed with Format> Clear direct formatting or Ctrl+ M.general styling settings in Tools> Options (used to preconfigure some “basic” paragraph styles).This is an answer to it complements know how to clear formatting, you must first understand the layer model inside LO Writer. ![]() In MSWord there’s a clear formatting tab shaped like an eraser which removes ALL formatting, and I am hoping to find a similar function in LOWriter. I’ve tried everything intuitive and searched for anwers online and hit the Clear Direct Formatting tab repeatedly, but so far nothing works and it drives me NUTS because this doesn’t seem like something that should be so hard to figure out. I’ve taken to manually retyping the whole document in a new doc, but this is terribly time consuming when all I want to do is answer the questions. Even cutting out the questions and pasting them into a document has the same issue, because the formatting follows the text. It just doesn’t seem possible to remove the formatting. So if I want to type something at the top of the document it’s always going to be in the header format that the instructor chose, and when I go to answer the questions, my answers either get assigned numbers, because I hit enter at the end of the question before I start writing the answer, or the answers get indented because LO thinks I’m trying to enter another list item. However even if I select all then Clear Direct Formatting, the number formatting, the paragraph formatting and the header formatting remain. Hi, I open my class assignments in LO Writer, and to answer questions I typically delete extranea and answer the questions on the document sent to me by my instructor. ![]()
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