Chapter 1 introduction to styles

C. Short answer questions

1. What do you understand by styles in LibreOffice writer document?
Answer: A style is a collection of all formatting information, which you want to save
and then apply on the document.
To avoid inconsistency in formatting and reduce time and effort in formatting a
document, we use Styles in Writer.
2. Write advantages of using Style over manual formatting, for designing a
document.
Answer: Advantages of using Style over manual formatting are
1. Styles help us to apply consistent formatting to the documents.
2. Using styles we can easily change the existing format.
3. Styles make major formatting changes simple.
3. What are the different categories of style in LibreOffice writer document?
Answer: Writer provides six Style categories, which are as follows:
(a) Page Style: Page Style is used to defines basic page layout like page size, its margin,
placement of header and footer, footnote, borders and background.
(b) Paragraph Style: Paragraph styles include tab stops, text alignment, line spacing and
borders, and can include character formatting. It controls all aspects of a paragraph's
appearance.
(c) Character Style: Character styles allow changing the text colour,
text size, highlighting text and emphasising it. this styling is used to work on block of
letters ,i.e. words) in the paragraph.
(d) Frame Style: Frame Styles is used to format a frame by specifying its size, position,
(e) List Style: List style is used to style lists by putting numbering or bullets of a
different kind or specify numeric format.
(f) Table Style: Table Style category allows to format a table by adding borders, using
different text or border colour(s), aligning text inside the table, having different
patterns or text colour.
4. Write down the steps to update a style.
Answer: An existing Style can be modified on desired aspect.
To update an existing style follow these steps:-
• Step 1. Select the page/paragraph to be modified.
• Step 2. Format the selected portion as per the requirement

. • Step 3. Go to Style menu, and click on the button to update

. • Step 4. Using Style Action button, click on Updated Selected Style

5. What do you understand by custom styles in LibreOffice writer?

Answer: Custom style means creating a new style as per the user requirement. There
are two ways to create a custom style: • From Selection and • By using drag
and drop

6. In a document Introduction paragraph is to be designed extensively

by setting its font (face, size, weight, colour), space above it and giving
number to heading. Write the steps to perform the desired task.

Answer: Given below are the steps used to do the given task •

0) Select the Introduction (paragraph) •

(ii) Open Font list from Toolbar •

(iii) Select the font •

(iv) Open Font size from Toolbar •

(v) Select the desired font size •

(vi) Select Font weight (Bold) from the toolbar •

(vii) Open Font color from Toolbar •

(vili) Select desired color

(ix) Using Format menu option, select Spacing > Paragraph > Indent and
Spacing • (x) Edit space above paragraph •
(xi) Add number by Selecting Numbered list from Toolbar.

7. Give two examples, where instead of Style, using manual

formatting will be beneficial.

Answer: Manual formatting will be beneficial in following case:

• In case you are using different formatting style for different paragraph.

• In case you are not aware about using of style properly.

8. Give one situation, in which you will prefer to use Fill Format for
styling your document.

Answer: Fill Format method is useful when a same style is to be applied at

many places scattered in the document. Fill Format can be used to style
scattered - pages, frames, tables, lists, paragraphs or characters. Fill Format
is used to change appearance of paragraphs at different places in the
document using paragraph formatting

. 9. Write steps to load style(s) from a template.

Answer: Load Style is used to copy styles from an existing template or

document. Follow the given steps to copy style from template or document:
• Step 1. In the Styles Menu, click on the Load Styles. • Step 2. It will open
the Load Styles dialog box. In the Load Styles dialog box, choose the
category of your document. • Step 3. Find and select the desired template
to copy styles from.

Chapter 2 Working with Images

A. Multiple Choice Questions

1. The text or image which appears faintly in the background of a page is

called

(a) Watermark (b) Trademark (c) Copyright (d) Embossing Answer: (a)
Water mark

2. JPG or JPEG in image format stands for

(a) Joint Photographic Experts Group (b) Joint Picture Experts Group (c) Joint
Photographic Experts Graph (d) Joint Photographic Experts General

Answer: (a) Joint Photographic Experts Group

3. In the Drawing Object Properties toolbar, the Grouping options provided

are (a) Exit Group (b) Ungroup (c) Enter Group (d) All of these

Answer: (d) All of these

4. Which of the following is not the correct file extension for an image file?

(a) GIF (b) JPEG (c) Odt| (d) PNG Answer: (c) Odt

5. Image toolbar does not provide a tool for _

(a) filtering (b) cropping (c) copying (d) flipping Answer: (c) copying

B. Fill in the blanks

1. - _tool cuts off non-desirable part of the image. Answer: Crop

2. To change both brightness and contrast of the image _ Answer: gamma

correction

3. To simulate the effect of time on picture _ _ tool is used. Answer: ageing

4.__ place image at the bottom of all objects. Answer: Send Back

5. An image can be deleted by _ _it and pressing DELETE key. Answer:

selecting

6. In drawing tools, basic shapes list provide shapes. Answer: 25

7. Anchor act as _ point for a drawing. Answer: reference

8. There are _ _ options for aligning an image horizontally. Answer: three

9. The ------handles of image are used for rotating it. Answer: corner _ tool
can be used.
10. Changing properties of an object session.
_ creation, retain them throughout the
Answer: before its

C. Short answer questions

1. What is a digital image? How can you create one?
Answer: A picture is a digital image, which is a representation of image in finite set of
digital values 0 or 1, known as pixels. In a digital document, a graphic or image is called
digital image.
These are stored in various types of graphics files with the file extension, such as GIF,
JPG, JPEG, PNG, BMP, etc.
Digital Image can be created by using
• photo editing 9 software such as paint, photoshop, corel draw,
• by clicking photo by using digital camera, smart phone camera, etc.
• by taking screen shot, etc.

2. Write steps to insert an image from the gallery using the Drag and Drop method.
Answer: The standard procedure is just drag the image from its source and drop it at
desired position in the document.
A general procedure to insert an image using drag and drop option, are -
• Open the document to insert an image in LibreOffice Writer.
• Open a file browser window (Win+E) and select the image file to be inserted.
• Drag the image into the document
• Drop it, where you want it to appear in the document

3. How is resizing an image different from cropping it?

Answer: Resizing is the process of reducing or enlarging the size of the image. Resizing
the image is required when we want to fit an image at the desired place in a
document.
Cropping is the process of removing the unwanted parts from the image.
Resizing the image its size gets changed, but while cropping the image cuts it.
4. What are the a tools available in the drawing toolbar? Describe any five a tools.
Answer: The drawing toolbar contains the following tools:
Select, Lines & Arrows, Curve, Polygon, Rectangle, Square, Oval, Circle, Isosceles
triangle, Right angle triangle, Basic Shapes, Symbol, Arrow, Star, Flowchart, Callouts,
Text box,Fontwork, Points, Toggle Extrusion
• Select Tool: Select a tool is used to select the drawing objects.
• Lines & Arrows: Lines and Arrow & tool is used to draw a line or arrows of different
types.
• Curve: Curve tool is used to draw a curve line of different types.
• Polygon: Polygon is used to draw a polygon.

5. How is the linking of an image different from an embedding? Give a situation in

which you would prefer to link an image.
Answer: Linking of an image means stores its reference instead of the image itself,
there by
reduces the size of the document, because actual image is saved only once as a
separate
file along with the document.
Embedding of an image means inserting (adding) the image in to the writer document,
in
this case the size of file increased by the size of image file.
Linking is useful when it is required to insert multiple copies of the same image in a
document. It is beneficial to save the link of image instead of inserting the image.
6. Write steps to change properties for drawing objects.
Answer: Steps to change the properties for drawing objects are
• Select the object whose properties are to be modified. A Drawing Object Properties
Toolbar is displayed.
• From Drawing Object Properties Toolbar, click on the icon of property to be modified.
• Change the value of parameter.
• It will change the Drawing object as per the properties value.
It will change the Drawing object as per the properties value.
7. What are the benefits and drawbacks of grouping drawing objects?
Answer: The benefits of grouping drawing objects are:
• Grouping combine all different shapes to behave as a single entity without affecting
its size and position.
• Grouping helps in moving and resizing all object in all together.
• Once grouped, all shapes belonging to that group become its member and a change
applied on one member works on all.
Drawbacks of grouping drawing objects are -
• After grouping it is not easy to delete any one drawing
object.
• It is not easy to change the size and position of any one
drawing object.
8. Describe any two 9 tools from the Drawing Object
Properties toolbar.
Answer: Drawing Object Properties toolbar is having several a
tools. These are-
• Area Style/Filling: use to change the area filling style i.e.
color, gradient, pattern, hatching, bitmap, etc.
• Rotate: helps in rotating object as per the requirement.
• Fill Color: helps in changing the filled color of any shape.
• Line color: to change the color of line of a drawing object.
• Caption: to the caption with the drawing object.
9. Write steps to insert an image in a basic drawing shape.
Answer: Steps to insert an image in a basic drawing shape:
• Select the basic drawing shape.
• Right click and select the Area option
• Under the Area dialog box, Click on Image tab.
• Select the image under the Image option.
• Click on Ok.
10. Write factors controlling the positioning of an image in a document.
Answer: Positioning of an image is controlled by four settings:-
• (1) Arrangement
• (ii) Anchoring
• (iii) Alignment|
• (iv) Text Wrapping
These settings can be accessed using three ways -
• by using Format menu,
• by using context menu after right clicking on the object.
• by using Drawing Object Properties Toolbar for changing the properties of the
drawings.

Chapter 3. Advanced Features or writer (templates,

Table of Contents and Track Changes)
A. Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which of the following is NOT true about Table of Contents, Index or Bibliography
dialog box?
(a) It has four tabs
(b) On the Type tab, by default, the checkbox for Protected against Manual Changes
option will
be selected.
(c) The Styles tab contains options to change the background colour.
(d) None of the above
Answer: (a) It has four tabs
2. Which of the following tabs is by default active when the Table of Contents, Entries
or
Bibliography dialog box is opened?
(a) Entries
(b) Background
(c) Styles
(d) Type
Answer: (d) Type
3. Which of the following tabs contains options to set styles for various entries in the
ToC?
(a) Entries
(b) Background
(c) Styles
(d) Type
Answer: (c) Styles
4. Which of the following can be added in the background of Table of Contents in a
LibreOffice Writer?
(a) Color
(b) Graphic
(c) Both a and b
(d) Neither a nor b
Answer: (c) Both a and b
4. Which of the following is NOT true about templates?
(a) The styles and formatting features can be reused.
(b) a LibreOffice provides online templates
(c) We cannot create our own templates.
(d) None of the above.
Answer: (c) We cannot create our own templates.
5. Which of the following is the shortcut key to open the Templates dialog box?
(a) Ctrl+Alt+N
(b) Shift+CtrI+N
(c) CtrI+Alt+T
(d) Shift+Alt+T
Answer: (c) CtrI+Alt+T
6. Which of the following buttons, in the Templates dialog box, will be clicked to save a
template displayed in the list of templates?
(a) Export
(b) Import
(c) Move
(d) None of the above
Answer: (b) Import
8. Which of the following is the shortcut key to select he entire document?
(a) CtrI+S
(b) CtrI+A
(c) Ctri+D
(d) CtrI+B
Answer: (b) CtrI+A
9. Which of the following is the correct sequence of options to open the Templates
dialog box?
(a) File > Manage Templates > Templates
(b) File > Templates > Manage Templates
(c) Insert > Templates >Manage Templates
(d) Insert > Manage Templates > Templates
Answer: (b) File > Templates > Manage Templates
10. Which of the following is true about Track Changes feature of Writer?
(a) You cannot record a change made in the document.
(b) A comment of a particular author only can be deleted
(c) Any change made to the document is permanent.
(d) None of the above
Answer: (d) None of the above
11. Which of the following menus contains the Track Changes option?
(a) File
(b) Edit
(c) View
(d) Insert
Answer: (b) Edit|
12. Which of the following is the shortcut key to start recording the changes being
made in the document?
(a) CtrI+Shift+C
(b) Alt+Shift+C
(c) Ctri+Alt+C|
(d) Shift+C+F2
Answer: (a) Ctrl+Shift+C
B. Fill in the blanks
1. To navigate to the topic from the ToC, press that [Link] while clicking the mouse
button on
Answer: Ctri
2. To remove the applied paragraph styling in the ToC, select the outline level in the
Levels list box, and then click the button. box, and then click the button.
Answer: Default
3. If the checkbox for change.
Answer: Protected Against Manual Changes
4. To update the ToC manually, right click and select
Answer: Update Index
_ option is selected, the ToC is protected from any accidental
option from the pop up menu.
5. The _
in our ToC.
_tab contains options to set the number of columns that we want to have
Answer: Columns
6. А_ is a preset layout that helps us to create professional and formal documents
easily.
Answer: Template
7. The default template in Writer is _
Answer: Blank Document template
8. To find the template that is being used in the current document, select
the File menu.
option from
Answer: Properties
9. The _
Answer: Browse Online Templates
_button is clicked in Templates dialog box to view online templates.
10. The _
changes made in the original document.
feature of Writer offers us an alternative method to keep a record of all the
Answer: Track Changes
11. The shortcut key to start recording the changes is _
Answer: Track Changes
12. After the Track Changes feature is ON, the added characters are shown as _
Answer: coloured
C. State whether the given statements are True or False.
1. The topics in the Table of Contents are hyperlinked.
Answer: True
2. The Table of Contents in 9, LibreOffice Writer can be updated automatically.
Answer: False
3. TABLE of Contents can be inserted even if the section headings are not styled.
Answer: False
4. Once a ToC is created, it cannot be edited
Answer: False
5. We cannot add a graphic as a background of ToC.
Answer: False
6. A single template can be used for multiple documents.
Answer: True
7. A template cannot contain graphics.
Answer: False
8. All documents in Writer are based up on templates.
Answer: True
9. The online templates cannot be added to the list of templates in the templates
dialog bo›
Answer: False
10. A template once created can be edited again and again.
Answer: True
11. The changes recorded have to be accepted by the original author.
Answer: False
12. We can delete the comments added in a document by the user.
Answer: True

D. Answer the following questions

1. What is the need of table of contents?
Answer: The table of contents provides the listing of the document's contents. It helps
in locating content and finding the page number of that content.
A table of contents is a snapshot of the entire document at any given point in time.
2. What will happen if the 'Protected Against Manual Changes' option is not selected
in the Type tab of Table of Contents, Index or Bibliography dialog box?
Answer: Protected against Manual Changes protects the ToC from any accidental
change. If
this box is unchecked, then the contents of ToC can be changed directly on the
document page
just like any other text on the document.
3. Name the five tabs present in the Table of Contents, Index or Bibliography dialog
box.
Answer: The table of Contents, Index or Bibliography dialog box has five tabs. These
are -
1. Type
2. Entries
3. Styles
4. Columns
5. Background
4. What do you mean by customization of ToC?
Answer: Customization of ToC means changing or editing it as per requirements. To do
so,Right-click anywhere on the ToC and select
Edit Index option from the popup menu.
During the Customization of ToC, you can change the Title text, Entries, Styles, Number
of Columns, and Background of the Table of Contents.
5. How are headings and sub-headings of a document differentiated in ToC?
Answer: Heading styles play a vital role in the creation of a table of contents. The
correct ToC will be generated only if proper paragraph styling for headings is applied to
the document.
The headings and sub-headings of a document is differentiated with the help of the
Headings level. Heading 1 means main heading, Heading 2 is the sub-heading of
Heading 1, Heading 3 is the sub-heading of Heading 2, and so on.
6. Define a template.
Answer: A template is a preset layout that helps to create professional and/or formal
documents easily. A template can contain all the features or objects that a regular
document can contain -text, graphics, styles and can even use any language.

7. Give any one advantage of using a template for your document.

Answer: The advantages of using a template are
• Formatting the object in all documents is easy.
• Adding of content such as logo, heading, image, etc. is easy.
• It makes uniformity in style.
• Creating project report, resume, etc. becomes easy.

8. What is the difference between importing and exporting a template?

Answer: Importing template means copying the downloaded template to a LibreOffice
Writer so that it is visible in the list of templates in the Templates dialog box.
Exporting a template means storing the template file in the desired folder on our
computer.
Exporting template feature is used for sharing the templates with multiple users.

10. When is exporting templates useful? Give any one reason.

Answer: Exporting of template is useful when we want to save the template on my
local
computer and share it with multiple users.

11. What is the difference between the Accept Track Change and Accept All Tracked
Changes buttons?
Answer: Accept Track Change allows one to accept a selected change, while the Accept
All Tracked Changes button is used to accept all changes in one go.
12. How do we prepare a document for review?
Answer: To prepare a document for review:
Select Edit > Track Changes > Record option.
OR, Select the Record button from the Track Changes toolbar.
To make sure that no user can disable the track changes option, we can protect the
document with a password.
Select Edit > Track Changes > Protect option.
OR
Click on Protect Track Changes button located on the Track Changes Toolbar.

9. Name any two categories of templates.

Answer: Categories of Templates in 9 LibreOffice Writer are-
My Templates
Business Correspondence
Drawings
Localization
Media Wiki
Other Business Documents
ie Personal Correspondence and Documents
Presentations
Styles