Introduction

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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Introduction

Chapter 6 (Introduction to Styles) described the basics of using, applying, and managing styles. This chapter gives a more detailed description of creating or modifying styles, using the many options available on the various tabs of the Style dialogue. You will learn how these options affect the appearance of the style, and how to use them efficiently. Examples and hints are also provided.

The Style dialogues share many of the same pages as the manual formatting dialogues, so you can also use this chapter to help you apply manual formatting, though that may not be needed if you use styles.