Working With Styles

Apache OpenOffice 4.1 Writer Guide

Chapter 7: Working with Styles

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• Introduction
• Creating Custom (New) Styles
  • The Style Dialog
  • The Organizer Tab
  • Understanding Linked Styles
    • Creating a Linked Style
    • Example: Changing a Property of a Parent Style
• Working with Paragraph Styles
  • Settings on the Indents & Spacing Tab
  • Settings on the Alignment Tab
  • Text Flow Options for Paragraph Styles
  • Font Options for the Paragraph Style
    • Specifying a Relative Font Size
    • Selecting a Language for a Paragraph Style
  • Options for Positioning Text
    • Example: Rotating the Text in a Paragraph Style
    • Spacing Options
  • Controlling Tab Stops
  • Using the Outline & Numbering Tab
  • Setting Up a Drop Cap
  • Setting Up Paragraph Background and Borders
• Working with Conditional Paragraph Styles
• Working with Character Styles
  • Why Use Character Styles?
  • Creating a New Character Style
  • Migrating to Character Styles
• Working With Frame Styles
  • How Frame Styles Work
  • Planning the Styles
  • Creating New Frame Styles
• Working With Page Styles
  • Creating a New Page Style
  • The Next Style Property
    • Setting Up a Title Page
  • General Settings for the Page Style
  • Background and Border Tabs
  • Header and Footer Tabs
  • Columns Tab
  • Footnote Tab
  • Example: A Book Chapter Sequence of Pages
• Working with List Styles
  • Defining the Appearance of a Nested List
  • Creating a New List Style
    • Bullets, Numbering Styles, and Graphics Tabs
    • Outline Tab
    • Position Tab
      • Position Tab for Earlier Versions of AOO
    • Options Tab
  • Combining List and Paragraph Styles
  • Example: Creating a Simple List Style
    • Creating the Tracks Numbered List
    • Applying the List Style

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This is Chapter 7 of the Apache OpenOffice 4.1 Writer Guide.

A PDF of this chapter is available from this wiki page.