Re: Changing Style Sheets in 8.0
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- Subject: [mg121457] Re: Changing Style Sheets in 8.0
- From: Dan <dflatin at rcn.com>
- Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 05:45:59 -0400 (EDT)
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On Sep 14, 5:17 am, Sergio Miguel Terrazas Porras <sterr... at uacj.mx>
wrote:
> Hello guys!
>
> I have been reading several messages discussing how to edit an existing Style Sheet and saving it with another name in version 8.
>
> Some years ago, I needed to do just that, and some one in the group posted a brute force method that I also used in version 8.
>
> Here it is: A style sheet is just a notebook. Open the style sheet you need to edit, and save it (Save as) on your desktop.
>
> Then open the hard drive: C: Program Files->Wolfram Research->Mathematica->8.0->System Files->Front End->Style Sheets and just drag it there.
>
> It might seem awkward, but it works and it has worked no matter what version we are talking about.
For what it is worth, all the kool kids will use
SystemOpen@FileNameJoin[{$UserBaseDirectory,"SystemFiles","FrontEnd","StyleSheets"}]
to open the directory containing the user style sheets. While I have
yet to take advantage of the full spectrum of style sheet
capabilities, smoothly switching from working mode to printing to
presentation, I have made some working mode style sheets that I like.
I used the style sheet included with David Park's excellent
Presentations package as a guide. I learned a lot from that example.
-- Dan