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You can apply many formats to characters using the buttons on the Formatting toolbar. The Formatting toolbar is shown below as a floating toolbar, customized to show only the icons for character formatting. | You can apply many formats to characters using the buttons on the Formatting toolbar. The Formatting toolbar is shown below as a floating toolbar, customized to show only the icons for character formatting. | ||
− | + | {{Tip|It is highly recommended that you use ''character styles'' rather than manually formatting characters. For information on the advantages of styles and how to use them, see [[Documentation/OOoAuthors User Manual/Writer Guide/Introduction to Styles|Chapter 6]] (Introduction to Styles) in the [[Documentation/OOoAuthors User Manual/Writer Guide|Writer Guide]].}} | |
− | [[Image:FormatToolbarChar.png| | + | [[Image:FormatToolbarChar.png|thumb|none|500px|The Formating toolbar.]] |
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+ | ||1 Styles and Formatting window ||9 Subscript | ||
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− | ||2 Apply Style||10 Increase Font | + | ||2 Apply Style||10 Increase Font |
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− | ||3 Font Name||11 Reduce Font | + | ||3 Font Name||11 Reduce Font |
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− | ||4 Font Size||12 Font Color | + | ||4 Font Size||12 Font Color |
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− | ||5 Bold||13 Highlighting | + | ||5 Bold||13 Highlighting |
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− | ||6 Italic||14 Background Color | + | ||6 Italic||14 Background Color |
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− | ||7 Underline||15 | + | ||7 Underline||15 Character Format dialog |
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− | ||8 Superscript | + | ||8 Superscript|| |
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The Formatting toolbar, showing icons for character formatting. | The 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.}} | |
− | + | <noinclude>[[Category:Documentation]]</noinclude> |
Latest revision as of 17:08, 14 July 2018
You can apply many formats to characters using the buttons on the Formatting toolbar. The Formatting toolbar is shown below as a floating toolbar, customized to show only the icons for character formatting.
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It is highly recommended that you use character styles rather than manually formatting characters. For information on the advantages of styles and how to use them, see Chapter 6 (Introduction to Styles) in the Writer Guide. |
1 Styles and Formatting window | 9 Subscript |
2 Apply Style | 10 Increase Font |
3 Font Name | 11 Reduce Font |
4 Font Size | 12 Font Color |
5 Bold | 13 Highlighting |
6 Italic | 14 Background Color |
7 Underline | 15 Character Format dialog |
8 Superscript |
The Formatting toolbar, showing icons for character formatting.