Operation Manual

Figure 214: Sidebar Paragraph subsection
Note
Selecting Format > Text on the main menu bar, or right-clicking on selected text and
then selecting Text from the context menu, opens the Text dialog. The Text dialog is
used to format a text box or an object that contains text and any text animation
applied to text within a text box or object.
Paragraph formatting options
The formatting options in the tabbed pages of the Paragraph dialog are used as follows:
• Indents and Spacing – determines the indents and spacing used in a paragraph.
– Indent – modifies the indentation of the text (before and after) as well as the
indentation of the first line.
– Spacing – defines the space before and after each paragraph formatted with the style.
– Line spacing – determines the spacing between two lines formatted with the style.
Note that selecting Proportional spacing requires specifying the percentage of a line to
be used as spacing; 100% single line, 200% double line, 50% half a line. If Leading is
selected, specify the amount of line spacing in your default unit of measurement.
Tip
Setting line spacing to less than 100% is a good method to cram a lot of text into a
text box, however care must be taken as too small a value will make the text hard to
read.
Tip
You can change the default unit of measurement by going to Tools > Options >
LibreOffice Draw > General.
• Alignment – determines the paragraph alignment: Left, Right, Center, or Justified. A
preview shows the effects of the changes. The same alignment options can be accessed
using the paragraph alignment icons on the Text Formatting toolbar.
Note
If you have Complex Text Layout enabled in Tools > Options > Language Settings
> Languages, an extra selection — Text Direction — appears at the bottom of the
dialog; you can choose Left-to-right or Right-to-left.
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