Using Formatting And Styles In Calc; Using Templates In Calc - Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE DESKTOP 10 SP1 - GNOME 23-05-2007 Manual

3.3.1 Using Formatting and Styles in Calc

Calc comes with a few built-in cell and page styles to improve the appearance of your spreadsheets
and reports. Although these built-in styles are adequate for many uses, you will probably find it
useful to create styles for your own frequently used formatting preferences.
Creating a Style
1 Click Format > Styles and Formatting.
2 In the Formatting and Styles window, click either the Cell Styles or the Page Styles icon.
3 Right-click in the Formatting and Styles window, then click New.
4 Specify a name for your style and use the various tabs to set the desired formatting options.
5 Click OK.
Modifying a Style
1 Click Format > Styles and Formatting.
2 In the Formatting and Styles window, click either the Cell Styles or the Page Styles icon.
3 Right-click the name of the style you want to change, then click Modify.
4 Change the desired formatting options.
5 Click OK.

3.3.2 Using Templates in Calc

If you use different styles for different types of spreadsheets, you can use templates to save your
styles for each spreadsheet type. Then, when you create a particular type of spreadsheet, open the
applicable template and the styles you need for that template are available in the Formatting and
Styles window.
A detailed explanation of templates is beyond the scope of this section. However, more information
is found in the help system and detailed how-tos are found at the
page (http://documentation.openoffice.org/HOW_TO/index.html).
Creating a Template
A Calc template is a spreadsheet that contains styles and content that you want to appear in every
spreadsheet created with that template, such as headings or other cell styles. When a spreadsheet is
created or opened with the template, the styles are automatically applied to that spreadsheet.
To create a template:
1 Click File > New > Spreadsheet.
2 Create the styles and content that you want to use in any spreadsheet that uses this template.
3 Click File > Templates > Save.
4 Specify a name for the template.
5 In the Categories box, click the category you want to place the template in.
The category is the folder where the template is stored.
6 Click OK.
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