Chapter 1: Applying Styles in a Document CBSE IT computer 10th

Digital Documentation - Applying Styles | IT Code 402

Chapter 1: Applying Styles in a Document

Style in Document

🎨 What are Styles?

➥ A style is a predefined combination of formatting characteristics like font, size, color, and alignment that you can apply to text or paragraphs in your document.

➭ Styles help in maintaining consistency throughout the document.

➭ They can be reused and updated easily.

➭ Makes editing faster and more professional-looking.

📚 Style Categories

➥ In Writer, styles are divided into five main categories:

Paragraph Styles: Control the appearance of paragraphs (alignment, spacing, etc.).

Character Styles: Format selected text within a paragraph (font, bold, italic).

Frame Styles: Apply styles to graphic objects and text frames.

Page Styles: Control page formatting like size, margins, header/footer.

List Styles: Manage bullet and number list appearance.

🖱️ Applying a Style

➥ Styles can be applied by selecting the content and choosing a style from the Styles toolbar or pane.

➭ It saves time and ensures that all similar elements look the same.

➭ You can use shortcut F11 to access the Styles window quickly.

📋 Using the Styles Pane

➥ The Styles Pane (F11) lists all styles grouped under categories.

➭ You can right-click to modify, update, or create new styles.

➭ It gives a central control to manage document styling effectively.

🎨 Using Fill Format Mode

➥ This allows you to apply a style to multiple elements by clicking on them one by one.

➭ Activate it by selecting a style, then clicking the 'Fill Format Mode' icon (paint bucket).

➭ Click on each text where you want the style to apply.

➭ Click again to exit Fill Format Mode.

🆕 Creating a New Style

➥ You can create a custom style by clicking 'New Style' in the Styles pane.

➭ Assign a name to your style and define its formatting.

➭ Once saved, you can apply it like any default style.

🧲 Creating Style from Selection

➥ Format some text manually, then select it.

➥ Click 'New Style from Selection' in the Styles pane.

➭ Enter a name and save it for reuse.

➭ This saves time by capturing your manual formatting into a reusable style.

🖱️ Creating Style by Drag and Drop

➥ You can drag formatted text into the Styles pane.

➭ It will create a new style based on the formatting of that text.

➭ You will be prompted to name the style.

🔧 Modifying a Style

➥ Right-click on an existing style and choose 'Modify'.

➭ You can change any attribute like font, size, color, spacing etc.

➭ All content using that style gets updated automatically.

♻️ Updating Style from Selection

➥ Format a paragraph or text manually.

➥ Right-click on the target style and choose 'Update Style from Selection'.

➭ This updates the style based on the current formatting of the selected text.

📂 Load Style from Template or Another Document

➥ Click on 'Load Styles' in the Styles window.

➭ You can load styles from another ODT file or a template.

➭ Select the style categories you want to import (like paragraph or page styles).

➭ Click OK to apply them to your current document.





Important Shortcut Keys

Function Shortcut Key
New DocumentCtrl + N
Open DocumentCtrl + O
Save DocumentCtrl + S
PrintCtrl + P
CutCtrl + X
CopyCtrl + C
PasteCtrl + V
UndoCtrl + Z
RedoCtrl + Y
BoldCtrl + B
ItalicCtrl + I
UnderlineCtrl + U
FindCtrl + F
ReplaceCtrl + H


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