Writer Guide

To change the indentation of one or more selected paragraphs, use the
Indents & Spacing page of the Paragraph dialog box. To reach this
page, you can either:
• Double-click on a part of the ruler that is not between the left and
right indent icons, or
• Right-click on the paragraph, choose Paragraph from the pop-up
menu, and choose the Indents & Spacing page.
Similarly, you can change the indentation defined in the paragraph
style. Right-click on the paragraph, choose Edit Paragraph Style from
the pop-up menu, and choose the Indents & Spacing page. See Chapter
7 (Working with Styles) for more information.
Formatting characters
You can apply many formats to characters using the buttons on the
Formatting toolbar. Figure 65 shows the Formatting toolbar as a
floating toolbar, customized to show only the buttons for character
formatting.
Tip
It is highly recommended that you use character styles rather
than manually formatting characters. For information on styles
and how to use them, see Chapters 6 and 7.
1 Open Styles and
Formatting Window
6 Italic 12 Font Color
7 Underline 13 Highlighting
2 Apply Style 8 Superscript 14 Background Color
3 Font Name 9 Subscript 15 Open Character Format
Dialog
4 Font Size 10 Increase Font
5 Bold 11 Reduce Font
Figure 65: Formatting toolbar, showing icons for character formatting
Tip
To remove manual formatting, select the text and click Format
> Default Formatting or right-click and select Default
Formatting from the pop-up menu.
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