Operation Manual

Figure 91: Calc status bar
Sidebar
The Calc Sidebar (View > Sidebar) is located on the right side of the window. It is a mixture of
toolbar and dialog and consists of five decks: Properties, Styles and Formatting, Gallery,
Navigator, and Functions. Each deck has a corresponding icon on the Tab panel to the right of the
sidebar, allowing you to switch between them.
Figure 92: Calc Sidebar with Properties open
The decks are described below.
• Properties: This deck includes four content panels.
– Character: Provides controls for formatting the text, such as font family, size, and color.
Some controls, such as superscript, only become active when the text cursor is active in
the Input line of the Formula bar or the cell.
– Alignment: Provides controls to align the text in various ways, including horizontal and
vertical alignment, wrapping, indenting, merging, text orientation, and vertical stacking.
– Cell Appearance: Provides controls to set the appearance options, including cell
background color, cell border formats including line color and style, and grid lines.
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