Difference between revisions of "Formatting paragraphs"
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You can apply many formats to paragraphs using the buttons on the Formatting toolbar. The Formatting toolbar is shown below as a floating toolbar, customized to show only the buttons for paragraph formatting. | You can apply many formats to paragraphs using the buttons on the Formatting toolbar. The Formatting toolbar is shown below as a floating toolbar, customized to show only the buttons for paragraph formatting. | ||
| − | '''Tip:''' It is highly recommended that you use ''paragraph styles'' rather than manually formatting paragraphs, especially for long or standardized documents. For information on the advantages of styles and how to use them, see [[Writer Guide/Introduction to Styles|Chapter 6]] (Introduction to Styles). | + | '''Tip:''' It is highly recommended that you use ''paragraph styles'' rather than manually formatting paragraphs, especially for long or standardized documents. For information on the advantages of styles and how to use them, see [[Writer Guide/Introduction to Styles|Chapter 6]] (Introduction to Styles) in the [[Writer Guide]]. |
[[Image:FormatToolbarPara.png|Formatting toolbar]] | [[Image:FormatToolbarPara.png|Formatting toolbar]] | ||
Revision as of 06:09, 15 July 2007
You can apply many formats to paragraphs using the buttons on the Formatting toolbar. The Formatting toolbar is shown below as a floating toolbar, customized to show only the buttons for paragraph formatting.
Tip: It is highly recommended that you use paragraph styles rather than manually formatting paragraphs, especially for long or standardized documents. For information on the advantages of styles and how to use them, see Chapter 6 (Introduction to Styles) in the Writer Guide.
| 1 Open Styles and Formatting window | 8 Line Spacing: 1.5 | |
| 2 Apply Style | 9 Line Spacing: 2 | |
| 3 Align Left | 10 Numbering On/Off | |
| 4 Centered | 11 Bullets On/Off | |
| 5 Align Right | 12 Decrease Indent | |
| 6 Justified | 13 Increase Indent | |
| 7 Line Spacing: 1 | 14 Paragraph format dialog |
The Formatting toolbar, showing buttons for paragraph formatting.
Below are examples of the different alignment options for text.
Text alignment options.
