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give it the appropriate outline level. The button with the arrow
pointing left promotes the list entry by one level (for example
from Outline 3 to Outline 2), the right arrow button demotes the
list entry by one level, the up and down arrow buttons move the
list entry.
5) Apply manual formatting as required to sections of the text (to
change font attributes, tabs, and so on).
If you are pasting text in a text box, you can still use styles to quickly
format the text. Note that one and only one graphic style can be
applied to the copied text. To do that:
1) Paste the text in the desired position.
2) Select the text you have just pasted (see “Selecting text” on page
62 for details).
3) Select the desired graphic style.
4) Apply manual formatting as required to sections of the text.
Tip
Presentation styles are very different from Writer styles and
are applied in quite a different way. Refer to “Using styles
to format text” on page 60 for details.
Inserting special characters
To insert special characters, such as copyright, math, geometric, or
monetary symbols, or characters from another language:
1) Click in the place in the text where you want to insert the
character.
2) Choose Insert > Special Character. The Special Characters
dialog box appears. See Figure 32. Alternatively if the icon is
visible, you can click this to bring up the Special Characters
dialog box.
Tip
To show toolbar buttons that are not visible, click on the small
down-arrow on the right end of the tool bar, move the cursor
over Visible Buttons and then click on the icon you wish to
make visible.
3) Choose the font and character subset from the Font and Subset
drop-down menus.
4) Click the character you want to insert. You may have to scroll to
find the one you want.
5) Click OK.
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