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# Text Formatting Bar

To display the Text Formatting Bar, place the cursor inside a text object.

## 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.

Italic

## Underline

Underlines or removes underlining from the selected text.

Underline

## Font Colour

Click to apply the current font colour to the selected characters. You can also click here, and then drag a selection to change the text colour. Click the arrow next to the icon to open the Font colour toolbar.

Font Colour

## Left

Aligns the selected paragraph(s) to the left page margin.

Align Left

## Centre

Centres the selected paragraph(s) on the page.

Align Centre Horizontally Centred

## Right

Aligns the selected paragraph(s) to the right page margin.

Align Right

## Justify

Aligns the selected paragraph(s) to the left and the right page margins. If you want, you can also specify the alignment options for the last line of a paragraph by choosing Format - Paragraph - Alignment.

Justified

## Increase Spacing

Click the Increase Spacing icon to increase the paragraph spacing above the selected paragraph.

Increase Spacing

## Decrease Spacing

Click the Decrease Spacing icon to decrease the paragraph spacing above the selected paragraph.

Decrease Spacing

## Single Line

Applies single line spacing to the current paragraph. This is the default setting.

Line spacing: 1

## 1.5 Lines

Sets the line spacing of the current paragraph to one and half lines.

Line spacing: 1.5

## Double (Line)

Sets the line spacing of the current paragraph to two lines.

Line spacing: 2

## Toggle Unordered List

Assigns bullet points to the selected paragraphs, or removes them from bulleted paragraphs.

Toggle Unordered List

## Promote One Level Promote

Moves the selected paragraph up one level in the numbering or bullets hierarchy.

Promote One Level Promote

## Demote One Level Demote

Moves the selected paragraph down one level in a numbering or bullets hierarchy.

Demote One Level Demote

## Move Up

Positions the selected paragraph before the one above it.

Move Up

## Move Down

Positions the selected paragraph after the one below it.

Move Down

## Character

Changes the font and the font formatting for the selected characters.

Character

## Paragraph

Modifies the format of the current paragraph, such as indents and alignment.

Paragraph

## Numbering Symbols

Adds numbering or bullets to the current paragraph or to selected paragraphs, and lets you edit format of the numbering or bullets.

Bullets and Numbering

## Asian Language Support

These commands can only be accessed after you enable support for Asian languages in LibreOffice - Preferences Tools - Options - Language Settings - Languages.

## Text running from left to right

Specifies the horizontal direction of the text.

Text direction from left to right

## Text running from top to bottom

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.