setting default on line spacing

[mwenz]

I do what Egg describes with the exception I leave the text block on the page.
Save the template, making it my default.
Close the page and begin a new page with that saved template.
Delete the text block, then resave the template.
Exit and when I restart XP&GD (which is what I am using. XDP worked the same for me) the default has the line spacing, font, etc., that I had used in the process.

Mike

[Egg Bramhill]

No it's not Jono, it retains the style if you set it to one of the default styles i.e. Normal Text

I attach a xar file that I have temporarily saved as my 960px webpage template.

It is set to Georgia, 16px, 400% Line Spacing.

Does this work for you?

[Acorn]

Does this work for you?

Egg, it is exactly as you first described and as far back in saving templates that I can remember.

Acorn

[Jonopen]

No it's not Jono, it retains the style if you set it to one of the default styles i.e. Normal Text

I attach a xar file that I have temporarily saved as my 960px webpage template.

It is set to Georgia, 16px, 400% Line Spacing.

Does this work for you?

Yes it does, thank you Egg. In my haste I managed to miss the FIVE times you mentioned 'Normal Text'.

[Egg Bramhill]

Understandable Jono, I find 'Normal Text' odd at times. It often shows a plus (+) symbol after Normal Text although nothing has changed

[behzad]

Egg, I love you I will have 4 eggs this week

[Egg Bramhill]

Don't bind yourself up Behzad

[Egg Bramhill]

I've just tried saving as a template, but when I deleted the styled text and saved, it also removed the style. Maybe because the program thinks it hasn't been used, a bit like removing unused named colours.

Leaving some of the styled text somewhere on the pasteboard or page does keep the style.

Just to confirm Jon's comments, that appears to be the case. Not retaining a copy of a style e.g. 'Eggs text' within the template removes that style. So to retain the Line spacing required stick to the default styles, Heading 1, 2 & 3 and Normal text.

[mwenz]

Two screen shots after Restarting XP&GD.





It is a right pita the way it works.

But text styles are a pita altogether in Xara products. There should be a text gallery with all the options one sees in the context toolbar. One should be able to set default text properties (all properties for everything) the way some other applications do, which is to set them without a document open, exit and restart.

Failing that, setting or creating such things, removing them and saving as a a template ought to just work.

I used the Egg-modified process I mentioned.

Oh, Even so, when one creates a text block there will be a plus symbol until typing begins.

I've attached my letter-size with bleed template. While it works fine here, I have no idea if it will be right on y'alls computers...

Mike

[behzad]

I like pita with egg