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Re: Re: Help with StyleSheets

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  • Subject: [mg91248] Re: [mg91228] Re: Help with StyleSheets
  • From: John Fultz <jfultz at wolfram.com>
  • Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 06:07:23 -0400 (EDT)
  • Reply-to: jfultz at wolfram.com

On Sun, 10 Aug 2008 01:53:19 -0400 (EDT), David Bailey wrote:
> Stephen wrote:
>
>> I'm working with Mathematica 6, and I'm having trouble working with
>> StyleSheets.  What I'm looking to do is to change the formatting of the
>> "Input" style.
>>
>>
>> Here's what I did:
>>
>>
>> 1.  Open a new Notebook.
>>
>> 2.  Format > Edit StyleSheet
>>
>> 3.  Choose a Style to Modify > Input
>>
>> 4.  Make sure the Input cell is selected and go to:  Format > Font
>>
>> 5.  Make the appropriate changes.
>>
>>
>> After I did that, the appropriate sections in the Untitled-1 notebook
>> changed to reflect the size and bold/normal status, but that's it.  The
>> font
>> itself didn't change.
>>
>> What did I miss?
>>
>>
>> Stephen
>>
>>
> One peculiar point is that you have to save the modified style sheet
> explicitly using Save As (not just Save) - maybe this caught you out.
>
> David Bailey
> http://www.dbaileyconsultancy.co.uk

Actually, the principle point here is that the font is being overridden by the 
StandardForm style.  So, make the changes to the StandardForm style instead.

Sincerely,
 
John Fultz
jfultz at wolfram.com
User Interface Group
Wolfram Research, Inc.




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