No matter what template I load, there are always styles associated with it that have the • in front of the name (see http://www.mediafire.com/file/p7nqs7ad9 ... Styles.png).
Yet, when I try to edit the template, and select one of those styles, the delete button is grayed out, meaning I can't delete it. I have tried several templates, same situation.
Any help in deleting those items?
Unable to delete styles
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Unable to delete styles
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Re: Unable to delete styles
I was also curious about this. On p. 138 of the manual there is the following explanation:
"If the style is not part of the current style set and is only available in the current document (these styles are referred to as Document Styles), it is marked by a black diamond."
My understanding is that these will disappear if all the text in the document follows the defined styles. I think that this can be achieved either going through the document manually to identify the areas where the formatting is inconsistent and applying a style to them, or globally by using the File ==> Replace Styles tool (see p. 142 of manual).
"If the style is not part of the current style set and is only available in the current document (these styles are referred to as Document Styles), it is marked by a black diamond."
My understanding is that these will disappear if all the text in the document follows the defined styles. I think that this can be achieved either going through the document manually to identify the areas where the formatting is inconsistent and applying a style to them, or globally by using the File ==> Replace Styles tool (see p. 142 of manual).
Re: Unable to delete styles
Thanks. Have tried it both ways. While I used File > Replace Styles, and assigned each paragraph with the correct style. The • marked styles are still in the palette.
Unfortunately that does not resolve the template file either, which is cluttered with 10-15 styles marked this way (for character and for paragraph styles): • Regular
Frustrating since I have used Mellel for about 15 years and have never had this problem.
Unfortunately that does not resolve the template file either, which is cluttered with 10-15 styles marked this way (for character and for paragraph styles): • Regular
Frustrating since I have used Mellel for about 15 years and have never had this problem.
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Re: Unable to delete styles
I just noticed the same problem! I did not have this issue before the last update. So, I am guessing it is a bug. We should perhaps write to Ori or Abner. There should be an easy fix to the bug.
Re: Unable to delete styles
I already wrote about this a while ago in the thread "How do I make Document Styles global?", albeit from a slightly different perspective.
[1] If your custom templates contain styles with diamonds now, then I would clean them up and save them again under the same name.
[2] If you open a template (regardless whether a default or a custom template) and *paste* text from another application into it, it will invariably accumulate a number of new diamond styles.
[3] Like Joseph Anton already said, the easiest way to get rid of them is to assign the pasted text another style that doesn't have a diamond, for example your Body style, or use Replace Styles from the File menu.
You must be talking about your custom templates, because the default templates that come with Mellel are pristine and they don't have any styles with a black diamond. These templates cannot be changed. However, one can save them as custom templates, and then they can be changed.shades wrote: ↑No matter what template I load, there are always styles associated with it that have the ◆ in front of the name
[1] If your custom templates contain styles with diamonds now, then I would clean them up and save them again under the same name.
[2] If you open a template (regardless whether a default or a custom template) and *paste* text from another application into it, it will invariably accumulate a number of new diamond styles.
[3] Like Joseph Anton already said, the easiest way to get rid of them is to assign the pasted text another style that doesn't have a diamond, for example your Body style, or use Replace Styles from the File menu.
The logic is this: since a part of the document has one of those styles (be it as tiny part as a space, a Return, one character, or whatever), you can't simply *delete* the style. However, you can *replace* it with another style that doesn't have a diamond.when I try to edit the template, and select one of those styles, the delete button is grayed out, meaning I can't delete it.
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Re: Unable to delete styles
Hi,
Please see here for some clarifications of this issue: viewtopic.php?f=1&t=3475#p18839
Please see here for some clarifications of this issue: viewtopic.php?f=1&t=3475#p18839
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Re: Unable to delete styles
I read the associated posting, but I think what I see is a little different. I highly suspect I'm overlooking something really elementary.
When I opened the default document on Mellel startup, I created a new style set. My plan is to make style sets for a couple of different critique groups I've joined, plus a style set for what I'd like to see while composing.
Anyway, I made a new style set called "Novel." Now, any default template I open shows the Novel style set. It appears directly below "style sets" in the Styles pulldown menu. It does not have a diamond beside it.
If I go into the "edit style sets" feature, I can't delete Novel.
Am I seeing something along the order of recently defined styles, or did I add Novel to the Mellel system?
Also, where are style sets stored? My guess is there can be a copy somewhere in Mellel in the case of a global style set, and otherwise all style sets are stored in each document.
Based on that assumption, I'm guessing the way to get a style set to another computer is to copy a document containing the style set to the new system - but I'm not sure of the details.
How does one carry a style set from one machine to another?
If a style set is no longer needed, what's the process to delete it?
When I opened the default document on Mellel startup, I created a new style set. My plan is to make style sets for a couple of different critique groups I've joined, plus a style set for what I'd like to see while composing.
Anyway, I made a new style set called "Novel." Now, any default template I open shows the Novel style set. It appears directly below "style sets" in the Styles pulldown menu. It does not have a diamond beside it.
If I go into the "edit style sets" feature, I can't delete Novel.
Am I seeing something along the order of recently defined styles, or did I add Novel to the Mellel system?
Also, where are style sets stored? My guess is there can be a copy somewhere in Mellel in the case of a global style set, and otherwise all style sets are stored in each document.
Based on that assumption, I'm guessing the way to get a style set to another computer is to copy a document containing the style set to the new system - but I'm not sure of the details.
How does one carry a style set from one machine to another?
If a style set is no longer needed, what's the process to delete it?
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Re: Unable to delete styles
A little more info - if I add one style set, I can't delete it.
If I add a second style set, I can delete either one, but not both.
Still looking for a solution for how to port a style set from one computer to another.
If I add a second style set, I can delete either one, but not both.
Still looking for a solution for how to port a style set from one computer to another.