Text Formatting Bar
To display the Text Formatting Bar, place the cursor inside a text object.
Allows you to select a font name from the list or enter a font name directly.
You can enter several fonts, separated by semicolons. LibreOffice uses each named font in succession if the previous fonts are not available.
Allows you to choose between different font sizes from the list, or to enter a size manually.
Makes the selected text bold. If the cursor is in a word, the entire word is made bold. If the selection or word is already bold, the formatting is removed.
Makes the selected text italic. If the cursor is in a word, the entire word is made italic. If the selection or word is already italic, the formatting is removed.
Underlines or removes underlining from the selected text.
Click to apply the current font color to the selected characters. You can also click here, and then drag a selection to change the text color. Click the arrow next to the icon to open the Font color toolbar.
Aligns the selected paragraph(s) to the container left margin.
Centers the selected paragraph(s) on the surrounding container.
Align Center HorizontallyCentered
Aligns the selected paragraph(s) to the container right margin.
Aligns the selected paragraph(s) to the left and the right container margins. If you want, you can also specify the alignment options for the last line of a paragraph by choosing .
Click the Increase Spacing icon to increase the paragraph spacing above the selected paragraph.
Click the Decrease Spacing icon to decrease the paragraph spacing above the selected paragraph.
Applies single line spacing to the current paragraph. This is the default setting.
Sets the line spacing of the current paragraph to one and half lines.
Sets the line spacing of the current paragraph to two lines.
Assigns bullet points to the selected paragraphs, or removes them from bulleted paragraphs.
Moves a numbered heading where the cursor is located, or selected headings, up one outline level. Moves a list paragraph where the cursor is located, or selected list paragraphs, up one list level.
Promote Outline LevelPromote
Moves a numbered heading where the cursor is located, or selected headings, down one outline level. Moves a list paragraph where the cursor is located, or selected list paragraphs, down one list level.
Demote Outline LevelDemote
Moves the paragraph where the cursor is located, or selected paragraphs, to before the previous paragraph.
Moves the paragraph where the cursor is located, or selected paragraphs, to after the next paragraph.
Changes the font and the font formatting for the selected characters.
Modifies the format of the current paragraph, such as indents and alignment.
Adds numbering or bullets to the current paragraph or to selected paragraphs, and lets you edit format of the numbering or bullets.
Asian Language Support
These commands can only be accessed after you enable support for Asian languages in LibreOffice - PreferencesTools - Options - Languages and Locales - General.
Specifies the horizontal direction of the text.
Text direction from left to right
Specifies the vertical direction of the text.
Text direction from top to bottom
Increase Font Size
Increases the font size of the selected text.
Decrease Font Size
Reduces the font size of the selected text.
