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UNIT Digital Documentation
1 (Advanced) using
LibreOffice Writer
Topics Covered 95%
Styles Insert and Use Images
Using Drawing Toolbar Positioning of a Graphic
Create and Customise Table of Contents Create and Use Templates
Track Changes
In class IX, you learned how to create, format, and edit documents in LibreOffice Writer. In today's world, a professionally
styled document is highly valued. There are two ways to create an attractive digital document in Writer: manual
formatting or applying styles.
You learned manual formatting by selecting parts of a document, such as pages, paragraphs, or words, and then
applying formatting effects using the Text Formatting toolbar. To ensure consistency in formatting different sections
with the same style, you had to repeat the steps for each part of the document. Thus, any changes to formatting
required repeating the entire process throughout the document.
Manual formatting is popular because it is easy to use and requires less expertise. However, creating a large report
with consistent formatting becomes difficult with manual formatting. To avoid inconsistencies and reduce the time and
effort spent on formatting a document, we use Styles in Writer.
In this chapter, you will learn how to style a document by using style formats, creating new styles, updating styles,
applying styles, and using templates to format the current document.
STYLES
A style is a collection of different formatting saved by a specific name and then applied to different sections of the
documents containing text, tables, lists, etc. It saves your time of selecting different sets of formats when working on
a long document.
Let us assume that the science teacher has given you a project called “Say No To Single Use Plastic” to be made in
LibreOffice Writer. You need to use Font-Algerian, Size-20, Colour-Dark Blue, Underline, Bold for the main title. Then
for the normal content you want to keep Font-Arial, Size-14, Colour-Black. For the subheadings you want to keep
Font-Times New Roman, Size-16, Colour-Grey. With so many variations, such formatting in a project is time-consuming
and requires a lot of patience.
Styles allow you to save a set of formats under a specific name. Whenever you need to apply that set of formats in a
document, using the designated style name helps you achieve consistency and efficiency.
LibreOffice Writer supports different types of styles as given below:
• Paragraph Styles: They are used for formatting the paragraphs such as text alignment, tab stops, line spacing, and
borders, and can include character formatting. Once the page format is decided, the next step is to organise the
document content into paragraphs. A paragraph begins and ends by pressing the Enter key.
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