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Styles window;applying styles styles;previews previews;styles mw deleted "applying;." Styles Use the Styles deck of the Sidebar to apply, create, edit, and remove formatting styles. Double-click an entry to apply the style. Choose Edit Paragraph Style in the context menu of a paragraph to edit the style of all paragraphs of the same style.

To dock the Styles window, drag its title bar to the left or to the right side of the workspace. To undock the window, double-click a free space on its toolbar. By default, the Styles deck displays a preview of the available styles. The previews can be disabled in the Expert configuration by setting the property /org.openoffice.Office.Common/StylesAndFormatting Preview to false. How to apply a style: Select the text. To apply a Character Style to one word, click the word. To apply a Paragraph Style, click the paragraph. Double-click the style in the Styles window. You can assign shortcut keys to Styles on the Tools - Customize - Keyboard tab page. The Styles toolbar contains icons for formatting your documents: Style Category Icon Paragraph Styles Displays formatting styles for paragraphs. Use paragraph styles to apply the same formatting, such as font, numbering, and layout to the paragraphs in your document. Icon Character Styles Displays formatting styles for characters. Use character styles to apply font styles to selected text in a paragraph. Icon Frame Styles Displays formatting styles for frames. Use frame styles to format frame layouts and position. Icon Page Styles Displays formatting styles for pages. Use page styles to determine page layouts, including the presence of headers and footers. Icon List Styles Displays formatting styles for numbered and bulleted lists. Use list styles to format number and bullet characters and to specify indents. Icon Fill Format Mode Applies the selected style to the object or text that you select in the document. Click this icon, and then drag a selection in the document to apply the style. To exit this mode, click the icon again, or press Esc. Icon New Style from Selection Opens a submenu with more commands. New style from selection Creates a new style based on the formatting of the current paragraph, page, or selection. Update style The manually formatted attributes of the text at the cursor position in the document will be added to the style that is selected in the Styles window. Load style Opens the Load Styles dialog to import styles from another document. More information about styles. Applied Styles