Formatting Bar

The Formatting bar contains basic commands for applying manually formatting.

Specifies whether to show or hide the Styles window, which is where you can assign and organize styles.

Icon Styles

Styles

Font Name

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.

Icon

Font Name

Font Size

Allows you to choose between different font sizes from the list, or to enter a size manually.

Bold

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.

Icon Bold

Bold

Italic

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.

Icon Italic

Italic

Underline

Underlines or removes underlining from the selected text.

Icon Underline

Underline

Font Colour

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.

Icon Font Color

Font Colour

Align Left

Aligns the contents of the cell to the left.

Icon Align Left

Align Left

Align Center Horizontally

Horizontally centres the contents of the cell.

Icon Centered

Align Right

Aligns the contents of the cell to the right.

Icon Align Right

Align Right

Justify

Aligns the contents of the cell to the left and to the right cell borders.

Icon Justified

Justified

Number format: Currency

Applies the default currency format to the selected cells.

From the menu bar:

Choose Format - Number Format - Currency.

From the tabbed interface:

Choose Home.

From the sidebar:

Access the Number Format deck of the Properties Panel.

From toolbars:

Currency Number Format Icon

Number Format: Currency

From the keyboard:

+ Shift + 4

Number format: Percent

Applies the percentage format to the selected cells.

From the menu bar:

Choose Format - Number Format - Percent.

From the tabbed interface:

Choose Home.

From the sidebar:

Access the Number Format deck of the Properties Panel.

From toolbars:

Icon Number Format: Percent

Number Format: Percent

From the keyboard:

+ Shift + 5

Number format: General

Applies the default number format to the selected cells.

From the menu bar:

Choose Format - Number Format - General.

From the tabbed interface:

Choose Home.

From the sidebar:

Access the Number Format deck of the Properties Panel.

From toolbars:

Icon General Number Format

Number Format: General

From the keyboard:

+ Shift + 6

Number Format: Add Decimal Place

Adds one decimal place to the numbers in the selected cells.

Icon Add Decimal Place

Number Format: Add Decimal Place

Number Format: Delete Decimal Place

Removes one decimal place from the numbers in the selected cells.

Icon Delete Decimal Place

Number Format: Delete Decimal Place

Decrease Indent

Click the Decrease Indent icon to reduce the left indent of the current paragraph or cell content and set it to the previous default tab position.

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Decrease Indent

Increase Indent

Click the Increase Indent icon to increase the left indent of the current paragraph or cell content and set it to the next default tab position.

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Increase Indent

Borders

Click the Borders icon to open the Borders toolbar, where you can modify the border of a sheet area or an object.

Icon Borders

Borders

Border Colour

Click to open a toolbar where you can click a background color for a paragraph. The color is applied to the background of the current paragraph or the selected paragraphs.

Icon Background color

Background Colour

Align Top

Aligns the contents of the cell to the upper edge of the cell.

Icon Align Top

Align Top

Align Center Vertically

Vertically centres the contents of the cell.

Icon Align Center Vertically

Align Centre Vertically

Align Bottom

Aligns the contents of the cell to the lower edge of the cell.

Icon Align Bottom

Align Bottom

Number Format : Date

Applies the default date format to the selected cells.

From the menu bar:

Choose Format - Number Format - Date.

From the tabbed interface:

Choose Home.

From the sidebar:

Access the Number Format deck of the Properties Panel.

From toolbars:

Icon Number Format : Date

Number Format : Date

From the keyboard:

+ Shift + 3

Number Format: Scientific

Applies the default scientific format to the selected cells.

From the menu bar:

Choose Format - Number Format - Scientific.

From the tabbed interface:

Choose Home.

From the sidebar:

Access the Number Format deck of the Properties Panel.

From toolbars:

Icon Number Format: Scientific

Number Format: Scientific

From the keyboard:

+ Shift + 2

Additional icons

If CTL support is enabled, two additional icons are visible.

Left-To-Right

left to right icon

The text is entered from left to right.

Right-To-Left

right to left icon

The text formatted in a complex text layout language is entered from right to left.

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