[Scribus] Applying styles

[Wayne Maeda]

On Tuesday 15 June 2004 02:09 pm, Craig Bradney wrote:

> On Wed, 2004-06-16 at 02:00, Wayne Maeda wrote:
> > On Tuesday 15 June 2004 01:30 pm, Craig Bradney wrote:
> > > On Wed, 2004-06-16 at 01:25, Wayne Maeda wrote:
> > > > On Tuesday 15 June 2004 12:02 pm, Craig Bradney wrote:
> > > > > On Tue, 2004-06-15 at 23:54, Wayne Maeda wrote:
> > > > > > How does one apply a different paragragh style to a whole
> > > > > > document without having to change it one paragraph at a time? I
> > > > > > tried the story editor without success. The "Select All" command
> > > > > > in the EDIT menu selects the whole document but only applies
> > > > > > style to one paragraph at a time. Am I missing something?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I know I can apply a style to the whole document by creating and
> > > > > > applying a style first, then importing the text into that style.
> > > > > > If I already have my text imported, how does one apply a
> > > > > > different style to the whole document at one time?
> > > > >
> > > > > Select the text frame, and choose the paragraph style on the
> > > > > properties palette.
> > > > >
> > > > > Craig
> > > >
> > > > It doesn't change the style for all of the linked frames, just for
> > > > the one frame selected.
> > >
> > > Correct
> >
> > So there is no way to apply a change of style to the whole document in
> > one shot unless the whole document is contained in one text frame?
>
> "Whole document" --> implies a WP methodology, rather than DTP. You
> should think more of text frames, rather than the document.
>
> > Just checking.
>
> My best suggestion is to break the link from the first to the second
> frame and then set the paragraph style to what you want for the whole
> text frame chain and then relink the first to second frames.
>
> Craig

As long as I know what can or can't be done then I can work around it instead 
of looking for a command that doesn't exist. No problem.

Thanks,
Wayne