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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|thumb|none|500px|The Formating toolbar.]] | [[Image:FormatToolbarChar.png|thumb|none|500px|The Formating toolbar.]] | ||
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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.}} |
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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.
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To remove manual formatting, select the text and click Format > Default Formatting or right-click and select Default Formatting from the pop-up menu. |
