Styles

Use the Styles deck of the Sidebar to apply, create, edit, and remove formatting styles. Double-click an entry to apply the style.

To access this command...

From toolbars:

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Styles

From the keyboard:

F11

From the sidebar:

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Styles


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 by unchecking the Show Previews box below the list of styles.

Style Category

Drawing Styles

Show styles for formatting graphical elements, including text objects.

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Drawing Styles

Page Styles

Displays formatting styles for pages. Use page styles to determine page layouts, including the presence of headers and footers.

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Page Styles

Presentation Styles

Show styles used in LibreOffice Impress AutoLayouts. You can only modify Presentation Styles.

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Presentation Styles

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.

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Fill Format Mode

New Style from Selection

Creates a new style based on the formatting of the current paragraph, page, or selection.

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New Style from 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.

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Update Style

Show previews

Check this box to display style names as examples of their formatting.

Styles Window

The styles window displays a list of available styles. Double-click a style to apply it.

Context Menu

New

Create a new style. Opens the Style dialog.

Edit Style

Edits the currently selected style. Opens the Style dialog box of the current style.

Hide

Hides the selected style from view in the Style window.

Use the Hidden Styles filter to see a list of hidden styles.

Show

Makes a hidden style visible in Style window.

Delete

Delete the selected style.

Filter Styles

Select a filter from the combo box.

These are the style groups that you can display in the Styles window.

Name

Meaning

Hierarchical

Displays the styles in the selected category in a hierarchical list. To view the styles in a sublevel, click on the plus sign (+) next to the sublevel name.

All Styles

Displays all styles of the active style category.

Hidden Styles

Display styles that have been hidden in the Styles window.

Applied Styles

Displays the styles (of selected category) applied in the current document.

Custom Styles

Displays all user-defined styles in the selected style category.


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