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# Formatting Bar

The Formatting bar contains several text formatting functions.

## Styles Styles Styles

Specifies whether to show or hide the Styles window, which is where you can assign and organize styles.

Styles

## Set Paragraph Style

Assigns a style to the current paragraph, selected paragraphs, or to a selected object.

Set Paragraph Style

## Font Name

Allows you to select a font name from the list or enter a font name directly.

You can enter several fonts, separated by semicolons. LibreOffice uses each named font in succession if the previous fonts are not available.

Font Name

## Font Size

Allows you to choose between different font sizes from the list, or to enter a size manually.

Font Size

Font Size

## Bold

Makes the selected text bold. If the cursor is in a word, the entire word is made bold. If the selection or word is already bold, the formatting is removed.

Bold

## Italic

Makes the selected text italic. If the cursor is in a word, the entire word is made italic. If the selection or word is already italic, the formatting is removed.

Italic

## Underline

Underlines or removes underlining from the selected text.

Underline

## Left

Aligns the selected paragraph(s) to the left page margin.

Align Left

## Center

Centers the selected paragraph(s) on the page.

Align Center HorizontallyCentered

## Right

Aligns the selected paragraph(s) to the right page margin.

Align Right

## Justify

Aligns the selected paragraph(s) to the left and the right page margins. If you want, you can also specify the alignment options for the last line of a paragraph by choosing Format - Paragraph - Alignment.

Justified

## Numbering On/Off

Adds or removes numbering from the selected paragraphs. To define the numbering format, choose Format - Bullets and Numbering. To display the Bullets and Numbering Bar, choose View - Toolbars - Bullets and Numbering.

Numbering On/Off

## Bullets On/Off

Assigns bullet points to the selected paragraphs, or removes them from bulleted paragraphs.

Bullets On/Off

## Decrease Indent

Click the Decrease Indent icon to reduce the left indent of the current paragraph or cell content and set it to the previous default tab position.

Decrease Indent

## Increase Indent

Click the Increase Indent icon to increase the left indent of the current paragraph or cell content and set it to the next default tab position.

Increase Indent

## Font Colour

Click to apply the current font color to the selected characters. You can also click here, and then drag a selection to change the text color. Click the arrow next to the icon to open the Font color toolbar.

Font Colour

## Highlighting

Applies the current highlight colour to the background of a text selection. If no text is selected, click the Highlighting icon, select the text that you want to highlight, and then click the Highlighting icon again. To change the highlight colour, click the arrow next to the Highlighting icon, and then click the colour that you want.

Highlight Color

## Border Colour

Click to open a toolbar where you can click a background color for a paragraph. The color is applied to the background of the current paragraph or the selected paragraphs.

Background Colour

## Additional icons

## Increase Font

Increases the font size of the selected text.

## Reduce Font

Reduces the font size of the selected text.

If CTL support is enabled, two additional icons are visible.

## Left-To-Right

The text is entered from left to right.

## Right-To-Left

The text formatted in a complex text layout language is entered from right to left.