Difference between revisions of "Formatting paragraphs"

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'''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]].
 
'''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]]
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[[Image:FormatToolbarPara.png|thumb|none|500px|Formatting toolbar.]]
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||1  Open Styles and Formatting window  ||8  Line Spacing: 1.5||
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||1  Open Styles and Formatting window||8  Line Spacing: 1.5
 
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||2  Apply Style||9  Line Spacing: 2||
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||2  Apply Style||9  Line Spacing: 2
 
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||3  Align Left||10  Numbering On/Off
 
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||4  Centered||11  Bullets On/Off
 
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The Formatting toolbar, showing buttons for paragraph formatting.
 
  
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The Formatting toolbar, showing buttons for paragraph formatting.
  
 
Below are examples of the different alignment options for text.
 
Below are examples of the different alignment options for text.
  
[[Image:Text-align.png|Text alignment options]]<br>Text alignment options.
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[[Image:Text-align.png|thumb|none|500px|Text alignment options.]]

Revision as of 06:12, 9 November 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.

Formatting toolbar.
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.
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