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# 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 the menu bar:

Choose Styles - Manage Styles.

Choose View - Styles.

#### From the menu bar:

Choose View - Styles.

Choose Format - Styles - Manage Styles.

#### From the menu bar:

Choose View - Styles.

Choose Format - Styles - Manage Styles.

#### From the menu bar:

Choose View - Styles.

Choose Styles - Manage Styles.

#### From toolbars:

Styles

#### From the keyboard:

Command + T F11

#### From the sidebar:

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

### Cell Styles

Displays a list of available Cell Styles.

### Paragraph Styles

Displays formatting styles for paragraphs. Use paragraph styles to apply the same formatting, such as font, numbering, and layout to the paragraphs in your document.

Paragraph Styles

### Character Styles

Displays formatting styles for characters. Use character styles to apply font styles to selected text in a paragraph.

Character Styles

### Drawing Styles

Show styles for formatting graphical elements, including text objects.

Drawing Styles

### Frame Styles

Displays formatting styles for frames. Use frame styles to format frame layouts and position.

Frame Styles

### Page Styles

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

Page Styles

### List Styles

Displays formatting styles for numbered and bulleted lists. Use list styles to format number and bullet characters and to specify indents.

List Styles

### Table Styles

Displays formatting styles for tables. Use table styles to apply borders, backgrounds, fonts, alignment, and number formats to tables.

Table Styles

### Presentation Styles

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

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.

Fill Format Mode

## Style actions menu

Opens a submenu with more commands.

Style actions menu

### New Style from Selection

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

New Style from selection

### Update Selected Style

## 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.

Update Style

## Load Master Slide Load Master Page Load Styles from Template

Load additional slide designs for your presentation.

Load additional page designs for your drawing.

Imports formatting styles from another document or template into the current document.

## 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.

## Spotlight

Displays a color and a unique number code for each applied paragraph or character style in the document.

Styles spotlighting is only available for paragraph and character styles.

## Filter Styles

Select a filter from the combo box.

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

Name | Meaning
--- | ---
Automatic | Displays styles appropriate to the current context.
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.
Text Styles | Displays formatting styles for text.
Document Structure | Displays formatting styles for structuring documents.
List Styles | Displays formatting styles for ordered or unordered lists.
Index Styles | Displays formatting styles for indexes.
Special Styles | Displays formatting styles for headers, footers, footnotes, endnotes, tables, and captions.
HTML Styles | Displays a list of styles for HTML documents.
Conditional Styles | Displays the user-defined conditional styles.
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.

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.

Related Topics

Showing, Docking and Hiding Windows

Creating and Applying Page Styles

Creating New Styles From Selections

Updating Styles From Selections

Load Styles from Template

Styles in Writer

Styles Spotlighting

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