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Subject: To copy the format of selected text and apply it to some other text

                               To copy the format of selected text and apply it to some other text, do the following:
                               Step 1:  Select the text to copy the format (Font style, size, colour, etc.).
                               Step 2:   Click on Clone Formatting tool    present on the Standard Toolbar. The mouse pointer
                                      will change to the paint bucket.
                               Step 3:  Select the text where you want to apply the formatting. The format of the text previously
                               selected will be copied to the presently selected text.





                         FORMATTING A PARAGRAPH

                 Collection of relevant sentences written together will make a paragraph. A paragraph can be easily formatted using
                 Format menu → Paragraph option → Choose the relevant option from the Paragraph dialog box.

                 Indenting a Paragraph
                 Indentation means spaces before or after a line. To indent a line or a paragraph, follow the given steps:
                 Step 1:  Place the text cursor anywhere in the paragraph.

                 Step 2:  Click on the Increase Indent    or Decrease Indent    tool present on the formatting toolbar.
                 Step 3:   Each time when you click on the Increase Indent tool, the current paragraph’s indent will increase. Click on
                         Decrease indent tool to remove or decrease the indent.
                 Another way to indent a line or a paragraph is click on the Format menu → Paragraph option → Indent & Spacing tab.
                 Chose the indentation options from Indent section. You can create paragraph or line spacing also using this tab.
                 You can also use ruler to indent a line or a paragraph.














                 The given document is indented using horizontal ruler with:
                 •  First line indentation

                 •  Left indentation
                 •  Right indentation
                 Aligning a Paragraph

                 Alignment refers to the placement of text/paragraph with respect to the margins of the page.
                 The alignment with respect to the left and right margins of a page is called horizontal alignment. There are four types
                 of horizontal alignment:
                 •  Align Left   : Text is aligned on the left margin with irregular alignment on the right side. This is default alignment
                   in LibreOffice Writer document.

                 •  Align Right   : Text is aligned on the right margin with irregular alignment on the left side.


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