Operation Manual

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.
Figure 48: The Apply Style list on the Formatting toolbar
Using keyboard shortcuts
Some keyboard shortcuts for applying styles are predefined. For example, in Writer Ctrl+0 applies
the Text body style, Ctrl+1 applies the Heading 1 style, and Ctrl+2 applies the Heading 2 style. You
can modify these shortcuts and create your own; see Chapter 14, Customizing LibreOffice, for
instructions.
Caution
Manual formatting (also called direct formatting) overrides styles, and you cannot get
rid of the manual formatting by applying a style to it.
To remove manual formatting, select the text, right-click, and choose Clear Direct
Formatting from the context menu, or select the text and press Ctrl+M.
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