org: Applying custom styles
12.9.4 Applying custom styles
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The ODT exporter ships with a set of OpenDocument styles (
Working
with OpenDocument style files) that ensure a well-formatted output.
These factory styles, however, may not cater to your specific tastes.
To customize the output, you can either modify the above styles files
directly, or generate the required styles using an application like
LibreOffice. The latter method is suitable for expert and non-expert
users alike, and is described here.
12.9.4.1 Applying custom styles: the easy way
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1. Create a sample ‘example.org’ file with the below settings and
export it to ODT format.
#+OPTIONS: H:10 num:t
2. Open the above ‘example.odt’ using LibreOffice. Use the ‘Stylist’
to locate the target styles—these typically have the ‘Org’
prefix—and modify those to your taste. Save the modified file
either as an OpenDocument Text (‘.odt’) or OpenDocument Template
(‘.ott’) file.
3. Customize the variable ‘org-odt-styles-file’ and point it to the
newly created file. For additional configuration options
Overriding factory styles x-overriding-factory-styles.
If you would like to choose a style on a per-file basis, you can
use the ‘#+ODT_STYLES_FILE’ option. A typical setting will look
like
#+ODT_STYLES_FILE: "/path/to/example.ott"
or
#+ODT_STYLES_FILE: ("/path/to/file.ott" ("styles.xml" "image/hdr.png"))
12.9.4.2 Using third-party styles and templates
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You can use third-party styles and templates for customizing your
output. This will produce the desired output only if the template
provides all style names that the ‘ODT’ exporter relies on. Unless this
condition is met, the output is going to be less than satisfactory. So
it is highly recommended that you only work with templates that are
directly derived from the factory settings.
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