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Introduction

Chapter 6 (Introduction to Styles) described the basics of how to use, apply, and

manage styles. This chapter gives a more detailed description of how to create or

modify a style, using the many options available on the various pages of the Style

dialog box. You will learn how these options affect the appearance of the style and

how to use them efficiently. Examples and hints are also provided.

The Style dialog boxes share many of the same pages as the manual formatting dialog

boxes, so you can also use this chapter to help you apply manual formatting (though

you do not need that if you use styles).

Creating custom (new) styles

In addition to using the predefined styles provided by OOo, you can add new custom

(user-defined) styles. In Chapter 6, two methods were given for creating a new style:

the drag-and-drop approach and the New Style from Selection icon in the Styles

and Formatting window.

These methods are very convenient because it is possible to immediately check the

visual effects that the style produces before creating it. However, they may require

you to access several different menus, and you have a somewhat reduced amount of

control on style (particularly when it comes to organizing them). The method

described in this chapter, therefore, concerns only the use of the Style dialog box.

The Style dialog box

Open the Styles and Formatting window. Select first the category of style you want to

create by clicking on the appropriate icon in the top part of the Styles and Formatting

window. For example, select the third icon from the left if you want to create a new

frame style.

Right-click on the main window and select New from the pop-up menu. If you right-

click on an existing style, the new style will be linked to the style you clicked on. If

you right-click on an empty area, then the initial settings of the style are copied from

the Default style of the corresponding category.

The dialog box that is displayed depends on the type of style you selected. Many of the

pages are the same as those that are displayed when manual formatting is applied.

Therefore, if you are familiar with manual formatting, you will find that you already

know how to use most of the options. The dialog box used to create a new style and to

modify an existing one is exactly the same.

Tip

An exception to the above rule is conditional styles, which have a

different dialog box. See “Working with conditional paragraph styles”

on page 215.

The Organizer page

When creating a new style, the first page you need to set up is the Organizer, which

is shown in Figure 226. This page is common to all style categories. Therefore, it is

described only once.

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