Applying frame styles

OpenOffice.org 3 Writer Guide

Chapter 6: Introduction to Styles

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• The Styles and Formatting Window
• Applying paragraph styles
• Applying character styles
• Applying frame styles
• Applying page styles
• Applying list styles
• Modifying styles
• Creating custom paragraph styles
• Copying and moving styles
• Deleting styles
• Defining a hierarchy of headings

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Whenever you insert an object into a document, it will automatically have a frame around it. Some designers like to add frame styles to introduce variety. For example, you could have two different frame styles for graphics: one that is centered for small graphics and another that is left-aligned for graphics that take up the entire width of the main frame. In such a case, you need to add at least one frame style.

To apply a style to a frame:

1. Select the frame.
2. Bring up the Styles and Formatting window (for example, by pressing F11).
3. Click the Frame Styles icon (the third one from the left).
4. Double-click the frame style you want.

Most of a frame’s design can be set in a style. However, the following options must be set manually:

• Anchoring: how the frame is positioned in relation to the rest of the page’s contents (Format > Anchor).
• Arrangement: the frame’s position in a stack of objects (Format > Arrange).
• Adding a hyperlink: so that a click on the frame opens a Web page or another document in an HTML file (Insert > Hyperlink).

The right-click menu also has items for anchoring and arrangement, as well as for wrap and alignment.

A frame’s right-click menu has positioning options.