Code is working, but ugly.

src/main/java/writer2latex/office/OfficeReader.java

@@ -432,6 +432,9 @@ public class OfficeReader {
     public StyleWithProperties getParStyle(String sName) {
         return (StyleWithProperties) par.getStyle(sName);
     }
+    public String cloneParStyle(String sName) {
+    	return par.cloneStyle(sName);
+    }
     public StyleWithProperties getDefaultParStyle() {
         return (StyleWithProperties) par.getDefaultStyle();
     }

src/main/java/writer2latex/office/OfficeStyle.java

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import org.w3c.dom.Node;
 import writer2latex.util.Misc;
 
 /** <p> Abstract class representing a style in OOo </p> */
-public abstract class OfficeStyle {
+public abstract class OfficeStyle implements Cloneable {
     // These attributes are defined by OfficeStyleFamily upon collection of styles
     protected String sName;
     protected OfficeStyleFamily family;
@@ -53,6 +53,18 @@ public abstract class OfficeStyle {
     public OfficeStyle getParentStyle() {
     	return family.getStyle(sParentName);
     }
+    
+    public OfficeStyle Clone() { return null; }
+    
+    public void loadFromStyle(OfficeStyle original) {
+    	sDisplayName = original.getDisplayName() + "-clone";
+      sName = original.getName() + "-clone";
+      family = original.family;
+      bAutomatic = original.isAutomatic();
+      sParentName = original.getParentName();
+      sListStyleName = original.getListStyleName();
+      sMasterPageName = original.getMasterPageName();
+    }
 	
     public String getListStyleName() { return sListStyleName; }
 

src/main/java/writer2latex/office/OfficeStyleFamily.java

@@ -71,6 +71,14 @@ public class OfficeStyleFamily {
         if (sName==null) { return null; }
         else { return styles.get(sName); }
     }
+    public String cloneStyle(String sName) {
+    		OfficeStyle origStyle = styles.get(sName);
+    		OfficeStyle newStyle = origStyle.Clone();
+    		String newName = sName+"-clone";
+    		styles.put(sName+"-clone", newStyle);
+    		displayNames.put(newStyle.getDisplayName(), newStyle.getName());
+    		return newName;
+    }
 	
     /** Get a style by display name. Automatic styles does not have a display
      *  name, so only common styles can be retrieved with this method

src/main/java/writer2latex/office/PropertySet.java

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import java.util.Hashtable;
 /** <p> Class representing a set of style properties in OOo (actually this
     is simply the set of attributes of an element). </p> 
   */
-public class PropertySet {
+public class PropertySet implements Cloneable {
     private Hashtable<String, String> properties = new Hashtable<String, String>();
     private String sName;
 
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ public class PropertySet {
         properties = new Hashtable<String, String>();
         sName="";
     }
+    public PropertySet(String name, Hashtable<String,String> properties ) {
+      this.properties = (Hashtable<String, String>) properties.clone();
+      sName = new String(name);
+    }
 	
     public String getProperty(String sPropName) {
         if (sPropName!=null) {
@@ -57,6 +61,10 @@ public class PropertySet {
             return null;
         }
     }
+    
+    public PropertySet Clone() {
+    	return new PropertySet(sName, properties);
+    }
 	
     public String getName() { return sName; }
 
@@ -70,6 +78,7 @@ public class PropertySet {
                 for (int i=0; i<nLen; i++){
                     Node attr = attrNodes.item(i);
                     properties.put(attr.getNodeName(),attr.getNodeValue());
+                //    System.out.println(attr.getNodeName()+"  " + attr.getNodeValue());
                 }
             }
         }

src/main/java/writer2latex/office/StyleWithProperties.java

@@ -64,7 +64,23 @@ public class StyleWithProperties extends OfficeStyle {
             properties[i] = new PropertySet();
         }
     }
-
+    public StyleWithProperties(PropertySet[] props) {
+        for (int i=0; i < props.length; i++) {
+            properties[i] = props[i].Clone();
+        }
+    }
+    public OfficeStyle Clone() {
+    	StyleWithProperties clone = new StyleWithProperties(properties);
+    	clone.loadFromStyle(this);
+    	return clone;
+    }
+    public void setPropertiesFromStyle(StyleWithProperties baseStyle)
+    {        
+    	for (int i=0; i<COUNT; i++) {
+    		properties[i] = new PropertySet();
+    	}
+    	
+    }
     public void loadStyleFromDOM(Node node) {
         super.loadStyleFromDOM(node);
         // read the properties of the style, if any
@@ -150,6 +166,11 @@ public class StyleWithProperties extends OfficeStyle {
         return null; // no value
     }
 	
+    protected void setProperty(int nIndex, String sName, String sValue) {
+    	int nRealIndex = bIsOldProps ? OLDPROPS : nIndex;
+			properties[nRealIndex].setProperty(sName, sValue);	
+		}
+    
     public String getTextProperty(String sName, boolean bInherit) {
         return getProperty(TEXT,sName,bInherit);
     }
@@ -157,8 +178,12 @@ public class StyleWithProperties extends OfficeStyle {
     public String getParProperty(String sName, boolean bInherit) {
         return getProperty(PAR,sName,bInherit);
     }
+    public void setParProperty(String sName, String sValue) {
+    		setProperty(PAR,sName, sValue);
+    }
 
-    public String getSectionProperty(String sName, boolean bInherit) {
+    
+		public String getSectionProperty(String sName, boolean bInherit) {
         return getProperty(SECTION,sName,bInherit);
     }