Q1. In how many ways we can create an attractive digital document in Writer?

Ans: There are two ways of creating an attractive digital document in Writer:
1. Manual formatting a document:
In manual formatting we select a part of a document, such as page,
paragraph or words and then applied formatting effects using the
formatting toolbar. To format different portion(s) in the document, having
same style, steps were repeated for all part(s) of the document. So, to
change any aspect(s) of formatting, the entire process was repeated for the
document. Manual formatting is popular, as it is easy to use and requires
less knowledge. Manual formatting is popular, as it is easy to use and
requires less knowledge.
2. Formatting by applying styles:
To avoid inconsistency in formatting and reduce time and effort in
formatting a document, we use Styles in writer.
Q2. Explain Style.
Ans: A style is a collection of all formatting information, which you want to save
and then apply on the document.
For example, following details of Font can be stored as a style with the name ‘Title
style’. Size – 12 Name – Bookman Old Style Weight –Bold Alignment – Left
Now you can use and consistently apply Title style to all titles of the document. To
change the style of Title in a document, you just need to update the Title style and
apply it to the document.
Q3. Explain different types of style categories in Libre office Writer
Ans: LibreOffice Writer provides six Style categories, which are as follows:
1. Page Style:
It includes basic page layout like page size, its margin, placement of header
and footer, footnote, borders and background.
2. Paragraph Style:
Paragraph formatting includes tab stops, text alignment, line spacing and
borders.
 3. Character Style: Character styles allow changing the text colour, text size,
highlighting text and emphasising it.
4. Frame Style: Frames are like containers, which can hold text, graphics and
lists. Therefore, applying Frame Styles allows to format a frame by
specifying its size, position, border and how the text is placed around the
picture.
5. List Style: It can be used to style lists by putting numbering or bullets of a
different kind or specify numeric format.
6. Table Style: Table Style category allows to format a table by adding borders,
using different text or border colour(s), aligning text inside the table, having
different patterns or text colour.
Q4. What are the various options available in Writer to style or format a
document?
Ans: Writer provides many options and tools to style or format a document. Styles
in writer can be accessed in one of the following methods.
1. Click Style option from Menu Bar and click Manage Style
2. Using Style Drop Down list box, If the Toolbar is not visible then, click on
View>Toolbars, and enable Formatting/“Formatting (Styles)”.
3. Using Sidebar Menu. On the Sidebar, clicking on Styles icon,
4. Using keyboard shortcut — F11 function key.
Q5. Write the steps to apply style in a document
Ans: 1. Select the text to be formatted.
2. Choose appropriate style by clicking the button from the top of the style
bar.
3. A list of styles for that category appears. Double click on the desired style to
apply to the selected text.
Q6. Write the steps to apply Style using Fill Format mode.
Ans: To apply a style on words present at different locations in the document, we
can use Fill Format mode. It is the second icon from right on the style menu. Steps
to apply style using fill format is as follows:
1. Open the document to be styled
 2. Open the styles windows and select the desired style category and desired
style.
3. Select Fill Format button.
4. To apply the selected style, take the mouse pointer to the desired location
and click.
Note: To quit Fill format option, Click the fill Format button again or press the esc
key.
Q7. What are the elements of Style Windows?

1. First six icons allow to select the category of Style, such as Paragraph style,
Character Style, Frame Style, Page Style, List Style and Table Style to work
on.
 2. From the bottom of the window selecting Show Preview option displays its
style along with the name in the list.
3. At the bottom of Style window, there is a Drop Down list, to select the filter
for the style list to be displayed above. By default this filter is set to
Hierarchical.
Q8. How do you create a New (Custom) Style?
Ans: There are two ways to create a custom style.
A. From Selection
B. Using Drag and Drop.
From Selection: Steps are given below:
1. Select the portion of document, such as page, paragraph, character and
change its appearance (do formatting as required).
2. Choose the category (Paragraph, Character, page etc.) from style menu for
which a new style is to be created.
3. Select Style action button and then click on new style from selection.
4. In create style dialog window, type the name of new style, say,’MyStyle’.
5. Click OK to save the name of new style.
Using Drag and Drop: Steps to create a new style using Drag and Drop method are
given below.
1. Select the text from the document and change its formatting as desired.
2. Choose the desired style from style window under which, new style is to be
created.
3. Now drag the selected portion of text to the Style Menu.
4. Create Style dialog windows appears.
5. Type name of new style and press OK button to save.
Note:
 Drag and Drop method cannot be used a create a Page style
 While dragging the text cursor shape changes.
Q9. How do we Update(modify) a new(Custom) or pre-defined styles?
Ans: Instead of creating a new style for a small changes in predefined style, an
existing Style can be modified. Follow the steps given below to modify an existing
user defined style of page, frame or paragraph style.
1. Select the page/ paragraph to be modified.
2. Format the selected portion as per the requirement.
3. Go to style menu, and click on the button to update selected style.
4. Using Style Action button, click on update selected style.
Note: Ensure that the aspect modified remains same throughout the selection.
For example, in paragraph, if you are changing font face or size then, throughout
the paragraph it should remain same.
Q10. How do you load styles from a template or document?
Ans: It is used to copy styles from an existing template or document. Once copied,
in the list of styles, you can create a new document having same appearance as
old one with no extra efforts. Steps to copy style from template or document are:
1. Click on the load styles from the style menu.
2. Load style dialog box open and choose the category of your document.
3. Find and select the desired template to copy styles from.
4. Also select the options for the types of styles to be copied such as
paragraph and character styles, frame, page or list.
5. Click OK button.
Note: If you want to copy the style from file then instead of template option, click
on the from file button. A file selection dialog box is displayed and select the
desired document.
By selecting Overwrite option from the load style dialog box, the styles being
copied will replace any existing styles with the same name.