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So, if you use OpenOffice.org in an environment where you frequently share documents
with Word users, you should have little or no trouble exchanging document files. Just
open the files, edit them, and save them as Word files.
3.2.3 Formatting with Styles
OpenOffice.org uses styles for applying consistent formatting to various elements in a
document. The following types of styles are available:
Table 3.4
About the Types of Styles
Type of
What it Does
Style
Paragraph
Applies standardized formatting to the various types of paragraphs in
your document. For example, apply a paragraph style to a first-level
heading to set the font and font size, spacing above and below the
heading, location of the heading, and other formatting specifications.
Character
Applies standardized formatting for types of text. For example, if you
want emphasized text to appear in italics, you can create an emphasis
style that italicizes selected text when you apply the style to it.
Frame
Applies standardized formatting to frames. For example, if your doc-
ument uses sidebars, you can create frames with specified graphics,
borders, location, and other formatting so that all of your sidebars have
a consistent appearance.
Page
Applies standardized formatting to a specified type of page. For exam-
ple, if every page of your document contains a header and footer except
for the first page, you can use a first page style that disables headers
and footers. You can also use different page styles for left and right
pages so that you have bigger margins on the insides of pages and
your page numbers appear on an outside corner.
List
Applies standardized formatting to specified list types. For example,
you can define a checklist with with square check boxes and a bullet
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