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<helpdocument version="1.0">
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<topic id="textswriterguidestylist_fromselectxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Creating New Styles From Selections</title>
<filename>/text/swriter/guide/stylist_fromselect.xhp</filename>
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<history>
<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
<lastedited date="2007-03-02T14:49:05">UFI: spec "Changed behaviour of drag and drop of selections to the Styl_ist"
YJ:checked</lastedited>
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<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3155911"><bookmark_value>styles; creating from selections</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>drag and drop;creating new styles</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>copying;styles, from selections</bookmark_value>
</bookmark><comment>mw deleted "creating;" and added "copying;"</comment>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3155911" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="34"><variable id="stylist_fromselect"><link href="text/swriter/guide/stylist_fromselect.xhp" name="Creating New Styles From Selections">Creating New Styles From Selections</link>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149829" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="35">You can quickly create a new style from an existing style that you have applied manual formatting to.</paragraph>
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<listitem>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3156097" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="36">Choose <emph>Format - Styles and Formatting</emph>.</paragraph>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3153402" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="42">Click the icon of the style category that you want to create.</paragraph>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3153119" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="37">Click in the document where you want to copy the style from, for example, in a paragraph that you applied manual formatting to.</paragraph>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3153138" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="38">Click the arrow next to the <emph>New Style from Selection</emph> icon and choose <emph>New Style from Selection </emph>from the submenu</paragraph>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3156260" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="43">Type a name in the <emph>Style Name </emph>box.</paragraph>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3154411" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="44">Click <emph>OK</emph>.</paragraph>
</listitem>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153373" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="20">To create a new style by drag-and-drop:</paragraph>
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<listitem>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3154233" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="31">Choose <emph>Format - Styles and Formatting</emph>.</paragraph>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3154258" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="45">Click the icon of the style category that you want to create.</paragraph>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3154851" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="32">Select at least one character, or object, in the style that you want to copy. For page and frame styles, select at least one character or object in the page or frame.</paragraph>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3154871" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="33">Drag the character or object to the Styles and Formatting window and release.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_idN107B2" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">For Paragraph and Character Styles, you can drag-and-drop onto the respective icon in the Styles and Formatting window. You do not need to open that style category in advance.</paragraph>
</listitem>
</list>
<paragraph role="note" id="par_idN107B5" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">You can also drag-and-drop a frame into the Styles and Formatting window to create a new frame style: Click the frame, wait a moment with the mouse button pressed down, but without moving the mouse, then drag to the Styles and Formatting window and drop the frame onto the Frame Styles icon.</paragraph>
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<embed href="text/swriter/guide/templates_styles.xhp#templates_styles"/>
<embed href="text/swriter/guide/stylist_fillformat.xhp#stylist_fillformat"/>
<embed href="text/swriter/guide/stylist_update.xhp#stylist_update"/>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149988" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="40"><link href="text/swriter/01/05140000.xhp" name="Styles and Formatting">Styles and Formatting</link></paragraph>
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