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Unit 1: Digital Documentation

Using LibreOffice Writer

CHAPTER 1: Introduction to Styles

1. A style is a collection of all ________ information.

Answer: Formatting

2. To change the style of a document, you just need to ________ the style and apply it to the document.

Answer: Update

3. Using Style allows you to shift your focus from the ________ of the document to the content of the
document.

Answer: Appearance

4.Writer provides ________ Style categories.

Answer: six

5. Page Style is used for formatting ________.

Answer: pages

6. If a page style is not specified, Writer uses its built-in ________ page style.

Answer; Default

7. A paragraph begins and ends by pressing the ________ key.

Answer: Enter

8. Character styling is used to work on block of ________, i.e. word(s) in the paragraph instead of the whole
paragraph.

Answer: letters

9. Frames are like ________, which can hold text, graphics and lists.

Answer: Containers

10.To style lists in a document, the Writer provides a ________ category.

Answer: separate

11. One way the Table Style category allows us to format a table is by adding ________.

Answer: borders
12. All formatting options which can be applied using ________ toolbar, can also be applied using the Style
menu.

Answer: Formatting toolbar

13. The ____________list box from the Toolbar can be used to access the predefined Styles in Writer.

Answer: Style Drop Down

14. The keyboard shortcut for accessing Styles is the ________ function key.

Answer: F11

15. If the Toolbar is not visible, we can go to View>Toolbars and then enable _________________.

Answer: Formatting OR “Formatting (Styles)”

16. Using predefined _________ Style, allow you to use them as a BookMark for browsing the document.

Answer: Heading

17. To apply a style on words, present at different locations in the document you can use the ________ option.

Answer: Fill Format

18. The _______ button is used to create a new style or modify an existing style.

Answer: Styles action

19. Making small changes in a predefined style is called ________ a Style.

Answer: Updating

20. The Create Style window displays the list of _______ styles.

Answer: custom

21. The last option, in the ‘Style Action’ button of ‘Style Menu’ is __________.

Answer: Load Styles

22. _________in Writer will help to avoid inconsistency in formatting and reduce time and effort in formatting a
document.

Answer: Styles

23. _______ is the last option in Style Action button of Style Menu.

Answer: Load Styles.

Book Solution

I. Fill in the blanks

1. A __________ is a collection of different formats

2. Styles are especially handy in __________.


3. Proper use of styles improves __________ in a document

4. The first five buttons at the top of the Styles window select the category of __________.

5. Using predefined __________ creates Bookmark in the document.

6. On opening a new file _________ Style is used for formatting the document.

7. In page layout documents, you can arrange __________ like text boxes and graphics.

8. Character styles are often integrated in __________ Style.

9. __________ allows to apply style at different places in the document.

10. Predefined Style __________ be updated by Drag and Drop method.

Answers

1. style
2. LibreOffice
3. consistency
4. styles
5. Heading Style
6. Default
7. objects
8. Paragraph
9. Fill format
10. cannot

II. Short answer questions

1. Define what is a Style in LibreOffice writer document.


Ans. A style is a set of formats that you can apply to selected pages, text in your document to quickly change
their appearance

2. What are the advantages of using Style instead of manual formatting, for designing a document?
Ans. Advantages of using Style are:
• Styles help us to apply consistent formatting to the documents.
• Style makes the major formatting changes simple.
• Using styles, we can easily change the existing format.

3. What are the different categories of style in LibreOffice writer document?


Ans. Different categories of style in LibreOffice writer document are:
• Page
• Paragraph
• Character
• Frame
• List
• Table

4. Write down the steps to update a style.


Ans. Steps to update a style are
• Select the page/paragraph to be modified.
• Format the selected portion as per the requirement.
• Go to Style menu and click on the button to update.
5. What do you understand by custom styles in LibreOffice writer? Write any two ways to create a custom
style.
Ans. Custom Style means user defined style. When existing styles specified by the Writer do not match our
requirement, then a user can create Custom Style.
There are two ways to create a custom style

• From Selection
• Using drag and drop

6. “Sometimes it is better to use Manual Formatting instead of Style”. Give two examples.
Ans. Manual formatting is also called direct formatting. It is beneficial when

• Only a small part of the document needs to be formatted.


• We are using character styles which allow us to change the appearance of a part of a paragraph
without affecting the other part.

7. Mention one situation in which you would prefer to use Fill Format for styling your document.
Ans. Fill Format is useful when the same style is to be applied to many places scattered in the document. Fill
Format can be used to style scattered - pages, frames, tables, lists etc.

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


Ans. Steps to load style(s) from a template are:
1. Click on the Load Styles from the Style menu.
2. Load Styles dialog box open and choose the category of your document.
3. Find and select the desired template to copy styles from.
4. Also select the options for the types of styles to be copied, such as Paragraph and Character
styles, Frame, Page or List.
5. Click OK button

9. Which are the two ways of creating an attractive digital document in Writer?
There are two ways of creating an attractive digital document in Writer:
• Manually formatting a document
• by applying styles.

10. Define the different style categories available in Writer.


Page Style: It defines basic page layout like page size, its margin, placement of header and footer,
footnote, borders and background.
Paragraph Style: Paragraph formatting includes tab stops, text alignment, line spacing and borders.
Character styles: It allows to change the appearance of a part of a paragraph without affecting the other
part. It allows changing the text colour, text size, highlighting text and emphasizing it.
Frame Styles: it allows to format a frame by specifying its size, position, border and how the text is placed
around the picture.
List: It can be used to style lists by putting numbering or bullets of a different kind or specify numeric format.
Table Style: It allows to format a table by adding borders, using different text or border colour(s), text
Colour or pattern and aligning text inside the table.

11. How can you access the predefined Styles in Writer?


♦ Using Style option from Menu Bar
♦ Using Style Drop Down list box
♦ Using Sidebar Menu.
♦ Using F11 function key.

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