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DIGITAL DOCUMENTATION(ADVANCED) SESSION1 STYLE IN DOCUMENT (1)

The document provides an overview of Styles in digital documentation, highlighting their importance in speeding up formatting, ensuring uniformity, and enhancing professional presentation. It details six style categories available in Writer, methods for accessing and applying styles, and instructions for creating and updating styles. Additionally, it explains the 'Load Styles' option for copying styles from existing templates or documents.

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DIGITAL DOCUMENTATION(ADVANCED) SESSION1 STYLE IN DOCUMENT (1)

The document provides an overview of Styles in digital documentation, highlighting their importance in speeding up formatting, ensuring uniformity, and enhancing professional presentation. It details six style categories available in Writer, methods for accessing and applying styles, and instructions for creating and updating styles. Additionally, it explains the 'Load Styles' option for copying styles from existing templates or documents.

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DIGITAL DOCUMENTATION (ADVANCED)

Session 1: Introduction to Styles


1. What are Styles?

A style is a collection of all formatting information that can be saved and applied to a
document.

2. Why are Styles important?

 They speed up the formatting process.

 They allow focus on content rather than appearance.

 They ensure uniform formatting throughout the document.

 They enhance the professional presentation with consistent formatting.

3. What are the different Style Categories in Writer?

Writer provides six style categories:

1. Page Style - Used for formatting pages, defining layout elements such as page size,
margins, headers, footers, footnotes, borders, and backgrounds.

2. Paragraph Style - Used for formatting paragraphs, including tab stops, text
alignment, line spacing, and borders.

3. Character Style - Applied to specific words or letters, allowing changes in text color,
size, highlighting, and emphasis.

4. Frame Style - Formats frames that contain text, graphics, or lists, specifying size,
position, borders, and text wrapping.

5. List Style - Styles lists by applying different numbering or bullet formats.

6. Table Style - Organizes large amounts of information effectively by applying borders,


colors, text alignment, and patterns.

4. How can you access Styles and Formatting in Writer?

Predefined styles in Writer can be accessed using:

 The Style option from the Menu Bar.

 The Style Drop-Down List Box.

 The Sidebar Menu.

 The Keyboard shortcut (F11 function key).


5. How do you apply Styles to a document?

1. Select the text to be formatted (characters, words, lines, paragraphs, pages, frames,
or tables).

2. Choose the appropriate style category from the Styles bar.

3. Double-click the desired style to apply it.

6. What is Fill Format, and how is it used?

Fill Format is useful for applying the same style at multiple locations within the document.

1. Open the document and the Styles window.

2. Select the desired style category and style from the drop-down list.

3. Click the Fill Format button.

4. Click at the desired locations to apply the selected style.

5. Exit Fill Format by clicking the button again or pressing the Esc key.

7. How do you create a new Style?

From Selection

1. Select and format the portion of the document.

2. Choose the style category from the Style menu.

3. Click the Style Action button and select "New Style from Selection."

4. Enter the name of the new style in the dialog window and click OK.

Using Drag and Drop

1. Select and format the portion of the document.

2. Choose the style category from the Style menu.

3. Drag the selected text into the Style Menu.

4. Enter the new style name in the dialog box and click OK. Note: Drag and Drop cannot
be used to create a Page Style.

8. How can you update an existing Style?

1. Select and format the portion of the document.

2. Open the Style menu and click the update button.

3. Use the Style Action button and select "Update Selected Style."

9. What is the purpose of the "Load Styles" option?


The "Load Styles" option allows copying styles from an existing template or document.

1. Open the Styles Menu and click "Load Styles."

2. In the dialog box, choose the category of the document.

3. Select the desired template to copy styles from.

4. Choose the types of styles to be copied.

5. Click OK to apply the copied styles.

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