Hi Phil,

You can probably use macros to do it. LibreOffice can record your 
actions and then you can replay them on other docs. Or you can write one 
in their version of Basic.

https://documentation.libreoffice.org/assets/Uploads/Documentation/en/GS5.1/HTML/GS5113-GettingStartedWithMacros.html

I'm not sure how to run it through multiple documents automatically though.

Kind Regards
Andrew

On 14/10/2018 20:05, Phil Thane wrote:

Hello Lugs,

Like a fool I volunteered to edit the Great Ouse Boating Association
magazine (GOBA News). Obviously I use LO on Linux so maybe someone can
help.

I get a lot texts sent in from members and others, mostly done on MS
Word, various versions, different defaults and different user
preferences in evidence. I change the lot as I edit them to my
preferred font and remove all the odd line spaces, paragraph indents,
justification and so on. It's a bit of a pain. Then I send them to
another member who proof reads them, using MS word, and puts all the
justification back.

Eventually I send the text files (as docx) plus photos etc to the
designer. I know from my past experiences with DTP the simpler the
input text the easier the designer's job so I'd like to help out by
stripping most of the formatting. I don't really want to go to .txt
because writers use italics and bold for emphasis and that would get
lost.

Does anyone know if it's possible to set up a set of rules in
LibreOffice then apply them to a batch of files (typically 20-30)?
Can't find anything helpful online.

--
Phil


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