Documentation/UserGuide/Writer/Intro/Sidebar

Writer's Sidebar

We already introduced the Sidebar on a previous section. Writer offers four decks, represented by the four icons on the right of the sidebar:

• Properties: with this deck it is possible to access to several options that performs direct formatting on the document. There are panel contents for:
  • Text: Quickly modify the font, it size, its properties (bold, italic, underline, color, background, spacing, superscript, subscript...)
  • Paragraph: Alignment, quick numbered lists or bullets, paragraph background, indent, spacing...
  • Page: Page orientation, size, number of columns, margins.

• Styles and Formatting: also available as stand alone panel, this deck offers the possibility to manage the styles used on the document, applying existing styles, creating new ones or modifying them. We will come back to the styles and formatting tool here: Styles on Apache OpenOffice Writer.
• Gallery: also available as stand alone panel, this deck offers the possibility to add to the document images and diagrams included on the Apache OpenOffice library. The Gallery is separated on two part, the first one used to classify the images (Arrows, Background, Diagrams...) and the second one displaying the images on the selected category. With the  New Theme  button it is possible to create new categories. To insert an image on a document (or add a new image to the gallery) just drag and drop the selected image.
• Navigator: also available as stand alone panel, this deck offers the possibility to "browse" the document and reorganize its content by selecting different content categories, like headings, tables, frames, graphics, etcetera. You can find more information about the Navigator here: The Navigator