
Chapter 3: Managing Text Documents With Writer
The Style Concept in OpenOffice.org
Styles for characters, paragraphs, frames, numbered lists and pages (or cells in tables ) are
always saved with the document. If wanted, one can copy the Styles of one document to
another document and choose whether ore not to overwrite (replace) Styles of the same
name.
One nice feature of OpenOffice.org is that one can turn any document, including the
Character, Paragraph, Frame, Numbering and Page Styles it contains, into a template . When
a new document based on this template is opened, all those Styles are available to the user.
OpenOffice.org come with predefined Styles for all document types. Thus, when a new text
document is opened using File > New > Text Document, a new, blank document is opened
with these fixed settings. One may add or modify the styles used with a document as work
progresses and, if desired, this document can be turned into a default template “by saving it
via File “> Templates > Save. Any Styles that are custom defined and are contained in the
default template will then apply to all new documents created with this template.
The Styles in the Styles and Formatting Window
Open the Styles and Formatting window by selecting Format > Styles and Formatting or
by pressing F11 or by clicking the Styles and Formatting icon on the Formatting toolbar.
All the Styles and Formatting window functions are explained in OpenOffice.org Help.
At the top of the Styles and Formatting window are icons for selecting the Style type to
display. These are, from left to right: Paragraph, Character, Frame, Page, Numbering Styles,
Fill Format Mode, New Style from Selection and Update Style.
The scrolling frame of the Styles and Formatting window lists those available styles in the
active Style category that is specified in the list box at the bottom of the Styles and
Formatting window.
For example, in the graphic below, the word “Automatic” is selected in the list box. Writer
offers the Styles that make sense in that context. To see all the Styles of a Style type, select
“All St yles” from the list box.
Paragraph Styles
Select Paragraph Styles, if it is not already selected, by clicking the Paragraph Styles icon in
the Styles and Formatting window. The list of Paragraph Styles appears.
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