Class 10 : Digital Documentation
Chapter 1
Introduction to Style
A style is a collection of formats which is used to change the appearance of
specific text, pages, frames and other elements in document.
Definition: A style is a set of formats which you want to apply to the
document in the term of formatting. Style helps to improve consistency in the
document
Advantages of Style in Digital Document
Provides consistency throughout the document
Saves time and increases efficiency
Allows for easy modifications
Increase accessibility for readers.
Open Office Writer provides six different types of Style
1. Page Style – The page style contains the following elements:
background, borders, header and footer placement, page size, and margin.
2. Paragraph Style – The paragraph style contains: line spacing, tab stops,
borders and text alignment.
3. Character Style – This style used to work on blocks of letters instead of
complete paragraphs. Character Style include text color, text size,
highlighting text, or bold and italic formats.
4. Frame Style – Frames are like containers which help to hold text,
graphics and lists in a document. Frame Style includes formatting of the
frame like size of the picture, position of the text around the picture,
border of the text, page background, text background, watermark etc.
5. List Style – List style uses numbered and bullets.
6. Table Style – Table styles allow formatting options for tables, such as
borders, text inside the table, border color, and table format.
How to apply Styles and Formatting window
Writer provides many different options to open style and formatting windows
in LibreOffice-
Step 1: Press F11 function key to open the style and formatting windows or
Click on Format > Styles and Formatting
Step 2: The style window will be open
Step 3: Select text area where you want to apply style
Step 4: Double click on the style which you want to apply.
Apply Style using Fill Format mode
Fill Format useful tools to apply style quickly in the document which helps
format window easy without going back to Style and Formatting windows
every time.
Definition: Fill Format is a feature of LibreOffice Writer which helps to copy
the formatting from one text to the another text.
Step 1: Open the Style and Formatting window
Step 2: Select the text from where you want to copy the format.
Step 3: Click on Fill Format window
Step 4: Click on the location where you want to apply the Style and
Formatting, the style will applied automatically.
Creating New Style in Documents (Custom Style)
LibreOffice provide two different method to creating new custom style –
Creating New Style from a selection
Step 1: Open Style and Formatting window
Step 2: Click on Style which you want to create
Step 3: Click on the text where you want to save the style
Step 4: Click on New Style from the selection icon in the Style and Formatting
window.
Step 5: Give the name of the style and click on save.
Create New Style using drag and drop
A new style can be created by simply dragging and dropping a text selection
into the style and formatting window. First open the formatting and style
window. Select some text and drag and drop to the style and formatting
window, after that give the name of new style.
Updating a Custom Style
It will be better for you to use an updating style option to update the style
rather than creating a New style. To modify the existing style then follow the
blow steps –
Step 1: Select page/ paragraph to be modified
Step 2: Format the selected portion
Step 3: Click on Style menu and click on update
Load Styles (from a template or document)
You can copy style from the existing template or document. Once copied the
style from the other document will be listed in the Style and Formatting
window. Follow the steps to Load the Style –
Step 1: In the style menu click on Load Style.
Step 2: Select the document which you want to Load on the document
Step 3: Click OK to copy the style
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