Operation Manual

• Cell styles include fonts, alignment, borders, background, number formats (for example,
currency, date, number), and cell protection.
• Graphics styles in drawings and presentations include line, area, shadowing, transparency,
font, connectors, dimensioning, and other attributes.
• Presentation styles include attributes for font, indents, spacing, alignment, and tabs.
Different styles are available in the various components of LibreOffice, as listed in Table 3.
LibreOffice comes with many predefined styles. You can use the styles as provided, modify them,
or create new styles, as described in this chapter.
Table 3. Styles available in LibreOffice components
Style Type Writer Calc Draw Impress
Page X X
Paragraph X
Character X
Frame X
Numbering X
Cell X
Presentation X X
Graphics (included in
Frame styles)
X X
Applying styles
LibreOffice provides several ways for you to select styles to apply:
• Styles and Formatting window (floating, or in Sidebar)
• Fill Format Mode
• Apply Style List
• Keyboard shortcuts
Using the Styles and Formatting window
The Styles and Formatting window includes the most complete set of tools for styles. To use it for
applying styles:
1) Select Format > Styles and Formatting from the Menu bar, or press F11 (⌘+T on a Mac),
or click the Styles and Formatting tab in the Sidebar (View > Sidebar to open it).
The Styles and Formatting window shows previews of the styles available. Figure 44 shows
the window for Writer, with Paragraph Styles visible.
You can move this window to a convenient position on the screen or dock it to the right
edge (see Chapter 1 for more information).
2) Select one of the buttons at the top left of the Styles and Formatting window to display a list
of styles in that category.
3) To apply an existing style, position the insertion point in the paragraph, frame, page, or
word, and then double-click the name of the style in one of these lists. To apply a character
style to more than one word, select the characters first.
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