Warning: this procedure does not work. I documented it because I wasted an hour trying it and don’t want to go down this path again.
My Open Office document listed an odd Character Style as being in use. Figure out where it was used wasn’t easy/obvious, so I’m writing it up. Searching for paragraph styles is easy. You do a search and choose “move options” > “search for styles.” Character styles not so easy.
How to view character styles in use
- Format > Formatting and Styles
- Click the second button which is a picture of an A and says “Character Styles” as you mouse over.
- Choose “Applied Styles” in the pulldown
Download a PDF print driver
On Windows, PrimoPDF is good. On Mac, the functionality is built in. You can download PDFWriter if you really need an external one. Both are free, at least for personal use.
Configure the PDF print driver (if needed – it wasn’t for me)
- File > Print
- Under printer pulldown, select “Add Printer”
- Click PDFWriter
- Click Add
- Mac configures the driver
- Cancel
“Print” the styles
complements of this thread
- File > Templates > Organize
- Double click document in the right list. This expands it to show Styles.
- Right click styles > Print
- Click PDF pull down in the bottom left corner
- Open PDF in preview
This gave me a 37 page PDF (for my 100 page document.) It listed the modified styles but not where they were used. I wound up deleting the bad style by right clicking it in applied styles since it wasn’t one I intended to use in the document.