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Introduction to Styles:Paragraph, Page, and Character StylesTitle: Introduction to Styles: Paragraph, Page, and Character StylesVersion: 1.0First edit

Using paragraph stylesUsing the Apply Style menuThe Apply Style menu lists the paragraph styles that are currently in use in the document. One

Using paragraph stylesFigure 4 Headings 1-3 with default styles.Suppose you decide to make some changes to these styles:• Heading 1 should be

Using paragraph stylesFigure 6 Center Heading 1Now everything marked as Heading 1 will be centered. If you make another Heading 1, it will be

Using paragraph stylesThe result should resemble Figure 9.Figure 9 Text with the Heading 3 style is indented.Linked stylesSome OpenOffice.org

Using paragraph stylesFigure 11 Select Heading style.Open the paragraph styles window for the Heading style (right-click > Modify) and sele

Using paragraph stylesFigure 13 All Heading styles now have the Corsiva type font.Creating custom stylesYou have seen that the Stylist provide

Creating custom stylesFigure 14 Create a new style.This brings up the Paragraph Styles window, with the Organizer tab selected. To create a cu

Creating custom stylesThe next step is to configure the alignment and font properties of this style.• Under the Alignment tab, select centered

Creating custom stylesSample poemIt is a good idea to test out your new styles and see if you are happy with them. Your poem should look simi

Creating custom stylesChanging the formatting of your stylesOne of the main advantages of styles is that they allow the document formatting to

Creating custom stylesFigure 18 Indentation and spacing for the PoemAuthor style.This is how the Indents & Spacing tab should look at this

Creating custom stylesFigure 19 Final result, using three custom styles.Tips and tricksYou can make the Stylist display only custom styles. C

Using page styles and page numberingUsing page styles and page numberingPage styles are to pages what paragraph styles are to paragraphs. Jus

Using page styles and page numberingFigure 23 Page properties.Page numberingMany people first encounter page styles when they want to number p

Using page styles and page numberingFigure 24 Turn on page header.At this point you should see the header on the current page, as in Figure 25

Using page styles and page numberingMore complex variationsThere are a lot of interesting variations that you can apply without further knowle

Using page styles and page numberingNote: The margins are set this way to make binding easier after the book is printed double sided.This can

Using page styles and page numberingFigure 30 Set the page margins on the Page tab.In a similar way, set up the page properties for Left Page.

Using page styles and page numberingThis works as illustrated in the following flowchart (Figure 32).Figure 32 Flow of page styles.Manual page

Using page styles and page numberingAt some point you will want to start a new chapter. Follow these steps:1) Put the cursor at the end of th

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Using page styles and page numberingFigure 36 Inserting a page with special formatting.Example: Restart page numbering – a prefaceSome times y

Using page styles and page numberingFigure 37 Set page number format to Roman numerals.After the preface is written, we are ready to restart p

Using character stylesUsing character stylesCharacter styles are a complement to paragraph styles. Like paragraph styles, they define text pr

Using character stylesUsing character stylesOpen the stylist (press F11) and click on the second button at the top bar . This displays the l

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OverviewOverviewStyles are one of OpenOffice.org Writer's most powerful features. They are necessary to use OOo Writer to its full potential. T

IntroductionIntroductionWhat are styles?Most users are used to writing documents according to physical attributes. For example, one would spec

IntroductionTypes of stylesOpenOffice.org Writer has five types of styles:• Paragraph styles affect a an entire paragraph.• Character styles a

Using paragraph stylesUsing paragraph stylesFirst stepsOpenOffice.org uses a tool called the Stylist to manage styles. The concepts of styles