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    <title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Styles</title>
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<section id="styles_and_formatting">
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  <bookmark_value>Styles window;applying styles</bookmark_value>
  <bookmark_value>styles;previews</bookmark_value>
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<paragraph id="hd_id3154505" role="heading" level="1" xml-lang="en-US"><link href="text/swriter/01/05140000.xhp" name="Styles">Styles</link></paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3148391" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"><ahelp hid=".">Use the Styles deck of the Sidebar to apply, create, edit, and remove formatting styles. Double-click an entry to apply the style.</ahelp></paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_id0122200903183687" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"><ahelp hid="." visibility="hidden">Choose Edit Paragraph Style in the context menu of a paragraph to edit the style of all paragraphs of the same style.</ahelp></paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_idN106EF" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">To <link href="text/shared/00/00000005.xhp#andocken" name="dock">dock</link> 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.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id270120161717298895" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">By default, the Styles deck displays a preview of the available styles. The previews can be disabled by unchecking the <emph>Show Previews</emph> box below the list of styles.</paragraph>

<paragraph id="hd_id3147167" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">How to apply a style:</paragraph>

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    <paragraph id="par_id3151264" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">Select the text. To apply a Character Style to one word, click the word. To apply a Paragraph Style, click the paragraph.</paragraph>
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    <paragraph id="par_id3150756" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">Double-click the style in the Styles window.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_idN1071D" role="tip" xml-lang="en-US">You can assign shortcut keys to Styles on the <item type="menuitem">Tools - Customize - Keyboard</item> tab page.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3154643" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">The Styles toolbar contains icons for formatting your documents:</paragraph>

<paragraph id="hd_id3153146" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Style Category</paragraph>
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      <paragraph id="par_id3154106" role="tablehead" xml-lang="en-US">Paragraph Styles</paragraph>
      <paragraph id="par_id3149800" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"><ahelp hid=".">Displays formatting styles for paragraphs.</ahelp> Use paragraph styles to apply the same <link href="text/shared/00/00000005.xhp#formatierung" name="formatting">formatting</link>, such as font, numbering, and layout to the paragraphs in your document.</paragraph>
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      <paragraph id="par_id3150351" role="tablehead" xml-lang="en-US">Character Styles</paragraph>
      <paragraph id="par_id3154570" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"><ahelp hid=".">Displays formatting styles for characters.</ahelp> Use character styles to apply font styles to selected text in a paragraph.</paragraph>
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      <paragraph id="par_id3151332" role="tablehead" xml-lang="en-US">Frame Styles</paragraph>
      <paragraph id="par_id3143282" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"><ahelp hid=".">Displays formatting styles for frames.</ahelp> Use frame styles to format frame layouts and position.</paragraph>
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      <paragraph id="par_id3148976" role="tablehead" xml-lang="en-US">Page Styles</paragraph>
      <paragraph id="par_id3147220" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"><ahelp hid=".">Displays formatting styles for pages.</ahelp> Use page styles to determine page layouts, including the presence of headers and footers.</paragraph>
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      <paragraph id="par_id3154390" role="tablehead" xml-lang="en-US">List Styles</paragraph>
      <paragraph id="par_id3153361" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"><ahelp hid=".">Displays formatting styles for numbered and bulleted lists.</ahelp> Use list styles to format number and bullet characters and to specify indents.</paragraph>
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      <paragraph id="par_id3150576" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"> <image id="img_id3150590" src="cmd/sc_fillstyle.png"><alt xml-lang="en-US" id="alt_id3150590">Icon</alt></image></paragraph>
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      <paragraph id="par_id3145786" role="tablehead" xml-lang="en-US">Fill Format Mode</paragraph>
      <paragraph id="par_id3156379" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"><ahelp hid="SFX2_HID_TEMPLDLG_WATERCAN">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.</ahelp> To exit this mode, click the icon again, or press Esc.</paragraph>
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      <paragraph id="par_id3147490" role="tablehead" xml-lang="en-US">New Style from Selection</paragraph>
      <paragraph id="par_idN109BB" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"><ahelp hid=".">Opens a submenu with more commands.</ahelp></paragraph>
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      <paragraph id="par_idN109DA" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">New style from selection</paragraph>
      <paragraph id="par_id3149552" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"><ahelp hid=".">Creates a new style based on the formatting of the current paragraph, page, or selection.</ahelp></paragraph>
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      <paragraph id="par_idN10A04" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">Update style</paragraph>
      <paragraph id="par_id3146333" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"><ahelp hid=".">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.</ahelp></paragraph>
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      <paragraph id="par_idN10A31" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">Load style</paragraph>
      <paragraph id="par_idN10A36" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"><ahelp hid=".">Opens the Load Styles dialog to import styles from another document.</ahelp></paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_id3148860" role="tip" xml-lang="en-US">More information about <link href="text/swriter/01/05130000.xhp" name="styles">styles</link>.</paragraph>

<paragraph id="hd_id3155576" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Applied Styles</paragraph>
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