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2.4 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 2.1
Type of Style
Paragraph
Character
Frame
Page
List
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About the Types of Styles
What it Does
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.
Applies standardized formatting for types of text. For exam-
ple, 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.
Applies standardized formatting to frames. For example, if
your document uses sidebars, you can create frames with
specified graphics, borders, location, and other formatting
so that all of your sidebars have a consistent appearance.
Applies standardized formatting to a specified type of page.
For example, 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.
Applies standardized formatting to specified list types. For
example, you can define a checklist with square check boxes
and a bullet list with round bullets, then easily apply the
correct style when creating your lists.