Formatting Bar
The Formatting bar contains several text formatting functions.
Styles and Formatting
Specifies whether to show or hide the Styles and Formatting window, which is where you can assign and organize Styles.
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Styles and Formatting |
Apply Style
Assigns a style to the current paragraph, selected paragraphs, or to a selected object.
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Apply Style |
Font Name
Allows you to select a font name from the list or enter a font name directly.
You can enter several fonts, separated by semicolons. OpenOffice.org uses each named font in succession if the previous fonts are not available.
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Font Name |
Font Size
Allows you to choose between different font sizes from the list, or to enter a size manually.
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Font Size |
Bold
Makes the selected text bold. If the cursor is in a word, the entire word is made bold. If the selection or word is already bold, the formatting is removed.
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Bold |
Italic
Makes the selected text italic. If the cursor is in a word, the entire word is made italic. If the selection or word is already italic, the formatting is removed.
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Italic |
Underline
Underlines or removes underlining from the selected text.
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Underline |
Left
Aligns the selected paragraph(s) to the left page margin.
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Align Left |
Center
Centers the selected paragraph(s) on the page.
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Centered |
Right
Aligns the selected paragraph(s) to the right page margin.
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Align Right |
Justify
Aligns the selected paragraph(s) to the left and the right page margins. If you want, you can also specify the alignment options for the last line of a paragraph by choosing Format - Paragraph - Alignment.
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Justified |
Numbering On/Off
Adds or removes numbering from the selected paragraphs. To define the numbering format, choose Format - Bullets and Numbering. To display the Bullets and Numbering Bar, choose View - Toolbars - Bullets and Numbering.
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Numbering On/Off |
Bullets On/Off
Assigns bullet points to the selected paragraphs, or removes them from bulleted paragraphs.
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Bullets On/Off |
Decrease Indent
Click the Decrease Indent icon to reduce the left indent of the current paragraph or cell content and set it to the previous tab position.
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Decrease Indent |
Increase Indent
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Increase Indent |
Font Color
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Font Color |
Highlighting
Applies the current highlight color to the background of a text selection. If no text is selected, click the Highlighting icon, select the text that you want to highlight, and then click the Highlighting icon again. To change the highlight color, click the arrow next to the Highlighting icon, and then click the color that you want.
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Highlighting |
Paragraph background
Click to open a toolbar where you can click a background color for a paragraph. The color is applied to the background of the current paragraph or the selected paragraphs.
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Paragraph Background |
Additional icons
If CTL support is enabled, two additional icons are visible.
Left-To-Right
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The text is entered from left to right. |
Right-To-Left
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The text formatted in a complex text layout language is entered from right to left. |
Index
fonts, specifying several
alternative fonts
characters, alternative fonts
text, bold
bold, text
characters, bold
text, italics
italic text
characters, italics
characters,underlining
underlining,characters
paragraphs, increasing indents of
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