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# Formatting Bar

The Formatting bar contains basic commands for applying manually formatting.

## Styles

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

Font Name

## Font Size

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

Font Size

Font Size

## 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.

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.

If the cursor is not inside a word, and no text is selected, then the font style is applied to the text that you type.

Italic

## Underline

Underlines or removes underlining from the selected text.

Underline

### Font Colour

Sets the current cell or cells selection font colour.

Sets the colour for the selected text. Click to apply the current font colour to the selected characters or to the word where the cursor is placed.

If you select Automatic, the text colour is set to black for light backgrounds and to white for dark backgrounds.

Font Colour

## Align Left

Aligns the contents of the cell to the left.

Align Start

## Align Centre Horizontally

Horizontally centres the contents of the cell.

Align Centre Horizontally Centred

## Align Right

Aligns the contents of the cell to the right.

Align End

## Justify

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

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 panel of the Properties deck.

#### From toolbars:

Number Format: Currency

#### From the keyboard:

Command Ctrl + 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 panel of the Properties deck.

#### From toolbars:

Number Format: Percent

#### From the keyboard:

Command Ctrl + 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 panel of the Properties deck.

#### From toolbars:

Number Format: General

#### From the keyboard:

Command Ctrl + Shift + 6

### Number Format: Add Decimal Place

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

Number Format: Add Decimal Place

### Number Format: Delete Decimal Place

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

Number Format: Delete Decimal Place

## Decrease Indent

Reduces the left indent of the current paragraph or cell content and sets it to the previous default tab position.

Decrease Indent

## Increase Indent

Increases the left indent of the current paragraph or cell content and sets it to the next default tab position.

Increase Indent

## Borders

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

Borders

## Background Colour

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

Background Colour

## Align Top

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

Align Top

## Align Centre Vertically

Vertically centres the contents of the cell.

Align Centre Vertically

## Align Bottom

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

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 panel of the Properties deck.

#### From toolbars:

Number Format : Date

#### From the keyboard:

Command Ctrl + 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 panel of the Properties deck.

#### From toolbars:

Number Format: Scientific

#### From the keyboard:

Command Ctrl + Shift + 2

## Additional icons

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

## Left to Right

The text is entered from left to right.

Left to Right

## Right to Left

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

Right to Left

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