Operation Manual

Tip
At the bottom of the Styles and Formatting window is a drop-down list. In Figure 44 the
window shows Applied Styles, meaning the list includes only the styles used in the
document. You can choose to show all styles or other groups of styles, for example
only custom styles.
Figure 44: The Styles and Formatting window for Writer, showing paragraph styles
Using Fill Format Mode
Use Fill Format to apply a style to many different areas quickly without having to go back to the
Styles and Formatting window and double-click every time. This method is quite useful when you
need to format many scattered paragraphs, cells, or other items with the same style:
1) Open the Styles and Formatting window and select the style you want to apply.
2) Select the Fill Format Mode button.
3) To apply a paragraph, page, or frame style, hover the mouse over the paragraph, page, or
frame and click. To apply a character style, hold down the mouse button while selecting the
characters. Clicking a word applies the character style for that word.
4) Repeat step 3 until you have made all the changes for that style.
5) To quit Fill Format mode, click the Fill Format Mode button again or press the Esc key.
Caution
When this mode is active, a right-click anywhere in the document undoes the last Fill
Format action. Be careful not to accidentally right-click and undo actions you want to keep.
Using the Apply Style list
After you have used a paragraph style at least once in a document, the style name appears on the
Apply Style list near the left-hand end of the Formatting toolbar.
You can open this list and click the style you want, or you can use the up and down arrow keys to
move through the list and then press Enter to apply the highlighted style.
Tip
Select More at the bottom of the Apply Style list to open the Styles and Formatting
window.
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