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<sect1 id="styles">
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<sect1info>
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<authorgroup>
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<author>
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<firstname>Mike</firstname>
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<surname>McBride</surname>
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</author>
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<!-- TRANS:ROLES_OF_TRANSLATORS -->
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</authorgroup>
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</sect1info>
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<title>Text styles</title>
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<indexterm><primary>text styles</primary><secondary>introduction</secondary></indexterm>
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<sect2 id="style-intro"><title>Introduction to text styles</title>
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<para>When you build documents that are more complex than a business
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letter, such as a book, newsletter, or resume, the document is often
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broken down into sections. Each of these sections may have a similar
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appearance. </para>
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<para>You can use text styles to easily keep a consistent look throughout
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your document.</para>
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<tip>
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<para>If you are familiar with Styles in &Microsoft;
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<application>Word</application>, &kword; text styles perform similar functions in &kword;.
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You can <link linkend="style-select">skip to the next section</link>.</para>
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</tip>
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<para>Lets look at a section of a document and try to identify appropriate text styles:</para>
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<screenshot>
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<mediaobject>
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<imageobject>
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<imagedata fileref="textstyex.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
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</mediaobject>
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</screenshot>
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<para>In this example, you can see several different text styles at work:</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para>The title is centered, underlined and in bold text</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>The section title (Income) is boldfaced.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>The caption for figure 1-1 is smaller than normal text and boldface.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>The rest of the document is in a standard font.</para></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<para>We do not need to know exactly how we want the text and paragraphs
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of these sections to look yet. All we need to do is identify these
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sections of text as <quote>Section Titles</quote>, <quote>Normal
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Text</quote>, etc.</para>
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<para>Once we have finished the document, you can change the look of all
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the text labeled <quote>Section Title</quote> all at once. </para>
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<para>This will ensure that all section titles appear consistent
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throughout your document.</para>
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<para>&kword; has 8 predefined text styles.</para>
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<note><para>Text styles should not be confused with <link linkend="tablestyle">table styles</link> or
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<link linkend="framestyles">frame styles</link>.</para>
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<para>Text styles determine how the characters and paragraphs appear. Framestyles, control the borders and background color for the
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frame. Tablestyles determine how tables appear in the finished document.</para></note>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="style-select">
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<title>Changing the text style of text</title>
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<indexterm><primary>text styles</primary><secondary>changing text style of selected text</secondary></indexterm>
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<para>To change the text style of text, first, <link linkend="select">select
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the text</link> you want the changes to apply to.</para>
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<para>You can now change the text style in one of two ways:</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>Select <menuchoice>
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<guimenu>Format</guimenu><guisubmenu>Style</guisubmenu></menuchoice>
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from the menubar. This will show the list of available text styles, select
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the text style from the list.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>You can select the text style using the combo box on the <link linkend="paragraph-toolbar">Paragraph toolbar</link>.
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This combo box looks like this: <inlinemediaobject><imageobject><imagedata
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fileref="chstylebut.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject></inlinemediaobject>.</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<para>Simply select the new text style from the list provided.</para>
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<tip><para>You can change the text style of an entire paragraph. Simply place the cursor in a paragraph (making sure that
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no characters are selected) and select a new style. Every character in the paragraph will be converted to the new text style.</para></tip>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="style-add">
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<title>Creating a text style</title>
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<indexterm><primary>text styles</primary><secondary>creating</secondary></indexterm>
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<para>If you plan on using text styles extensively in a large document, you
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will probably want to create new text styles specific for your needs.
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</para>
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<para>There are two ways to create a new text style:</para>
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<orderedlist>
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<listitem><para><link linkend="style-add-dialog">Create a text style based on another text style using a dialog</link>.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para><link linkend="style-add-text">Format a block of text to the desired format,
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then create a text style based on that text</link>.</para></listitem>
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</orderedlist>
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<sect3 id="style-add-dialog">
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<title>Creating a new text style based on a current text style</title>
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<para>To create a new text style select <menuchoice>
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<guimenu>Format</guimenu><guimenuitem>Style Manager...</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
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from the menubar.</para><para>This will bring up a dialog box.</para>
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<screenshot>
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<mediaobject>
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<imageobject>
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<imagedata fileref="styldlg1.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
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</mediaobject>
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</screenshot>
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<para>In the list box on the left, is a list of all the currently defined text styles. Select the current style that most closely resembles the new
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text style. Click on that text style once with the &LMB;.</para>
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<para>Click the <guibutton>New</guibutton> button.</para>
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<para>&kword; will create a new text style based on the selected text style. It will assign it a temporary name [New Style Template (8)].</para>
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<para>Type a descriptive name in the box labeled
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<guilabel>Name</guilabel>. This will be the name of the text style.</para>
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<para>The rest of the dialog is used to make the alterations needed to create the new
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text style.</para>
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<para>The preview box will show you what your new text style will look
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like.</para>
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<para>Use the tabs labeled <link linkend="style-font">Font</link>,
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<link
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linkend="style-space">Indent & Spacing</link>, <link
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linkend="style-align">General Layout</link>, <link
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linkend="style-borders">Decorations</link>, <link
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linkend="style-numbering">Bullets/Numbers</link>, and <link
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linkend="style-tabulators">Tabulators</link>, to format the text style.</para>
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<para>Click <guibutton>OK</guibutton> to create your new text style.</para>
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<para>Click <guibutton>Cancel</guibutton> to abort the creation of the
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text style.</para>
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<sect4 id="style-font">
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<title>Changing the Font Size, Type etc.</title>
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<para>The tab labeled <guilabel>Font</guilabel> is used to set the font type, font style, formatting, etc.</para>
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<para>This tab functions identically to the <link linkend="change-font-dialog">change font dialog</link> used to edit general text.
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Changes to this tab affect to
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all text formated with this text style.</para>
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</sect4>
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<sect4 id="style-space">
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<title>Changing Paragraph Spacing and Indents</title>
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<para>The tab labeled <guilabel>Indents & Spacing</guilabel> is used to adjust
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spacing between lines, and paragraph indentation.</para>
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<para>This tab functions identically to the same tab in the <link linkend="indents-and-spaces">Format Paragraph</link> dialog.
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Changes to this tab affect to
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all text formated with this text style.</para>
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</sect4>
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<sect4 id="style-align">
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<title>Changing Paragraph Alignment</title>
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<para>The tab labeled <guilabel>General Layout</guilabel> determines how the text is placed <emphasis>within
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the line</emphasis>. With other applications, you may have referred to
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this as <emphasis>Alignment</emphasis>, or
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<emphasis>Justification</emphasis>.</para>
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<para>This tab functions identically to the same tab in the <link linkend="para-aligns">Format Paragraph</link> dialog.
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Changes to this tab affect to
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all text formated with this text style.</para>
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</sect4>
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<sect4 id="style-borders">
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<title>Changing Paragraph Borders</title>
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<para>The tab labeled <guilabel>Decorations</guilabel> is used to define and configure graphical borders
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around your paragraphs.</para>
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<para>This tab functions identically to the same tab in the <link linkend="para-borders">Format Paragraph</link> dialog.
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Changes to this tab affect to
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all text formated with this text style.</para>
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</sect4>
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<sect4 id="style-numbering">
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<title>Changing Paragraph Numbering/Bullets</title>
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<para>The tab labeled <guilabel>Bullets/Numbers</guilabel> is used to make all text formatted with this text style into a list.</para>
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<para>This tab functions identically to the same tab in the <link linkend="para-bullets-and-numbers">Format Paragraph</link> dialog.
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For more information see the section entitled <link linkend="lists">Lists</link>.</para>
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</sect4>
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<sect4 id="style-tabulators">
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<title>Changing Tab-stops.</title>
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<para>Using the tab labeled <guilabel>Tabulators</guilabel> it is possible to define tab stops for the new text style.</para>
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<para>This tab functions identically to the same tab in the <link linkend="tab-stop-setting-dialog">Format Paragraph</link> dialog.
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For more information see the section entitled <link linkend="tab-stops">Using Tab Stops</link>.</para>
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</sect4>
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</sect3>
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<sect3 id="style-add-text">
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<title>Creating a text style based on formatted text</title>
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<para>If you have text that is already formatted correctly for a new text style:</para>
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<orderedlist>
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<listitem><para>Select the text and select
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<menuchoice>
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<guimenu>Format</guimenu><guimenuitem>Create Style From Selection...</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
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from the menubar.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>&kword; will prompt you for a name for your text style. Enter the name in the text box.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Click the
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<guibutton>OK</guibutton> button.</para></listitem>
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</orderedlist>
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<para> A new text style is created with the font, paragraph spacing, paragraph alignment, borders and shadows of the
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currently selected text.</para>
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<note><para>Future formatting changes to this selected text will not automatically change the text style you just created. If you want the changes
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to become part of the text style, you must <link linkend="style-edit">edit the text style</link>.</para></note>
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</sect3>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="style-deleting">
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<title>Deleting a text style</title>
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<indexterm><primary>text styles</primary><secondary>deleting</secondary></indexterm>
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<para>Deleting an unneeded text style is easy.</para>
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<para>Select <menuchoice>
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<guimenu>Format</guimenu><guimenuitem>Style Manager...</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
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from the menubar.</para><para>This will bring up a dialog box.</para>
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<screenshot>
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<mediaobject>
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<imageobject>
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<imagedata fileref="styldlg1.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
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</mediaobject>
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</screenshot>
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<para>From the list of available text styles, select the style you want to
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delete by clicking once with the &LMB;.</para>
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<warning>
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<para>Be sure you have selected the correct text style before you click
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<guibutton>Delete</guibutton>. &kword; will not ask for confirmation,
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so you will not be given an opportunity to back out.</para>
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</warning>
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<para>Click <guibutton>Delete</guibutton>.</para>
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<para>The text style is now deleted.</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="style-edit">
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<title>Editing a text style</title>
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<indexterm><primary>text styles</primary><secondary>editing</secondary></indexterm>
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<para>The true power of text styles, is the ability to edit the formatting
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options of that text style <emphasis>after</emphasis> the text style is defined.
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By changing the formatting of the text style, &kword; will immediately change
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every paragraph with that text style, and maintain a consistent look to
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the document.</para>
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<para>&kword; uses the same interfaces to edit the formatting options of a
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text style, that it used to create the text style in the first
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place.</para>
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<para>To edit a current text style:</para>
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<para>Select <menuchoice>
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<guimenu>Format</guimenu><guimenuitem>Style Manager...</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
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from the menubar.</para><para>This will bring up a dialog box.</para>
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<screenshot>
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<mediaobject>
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<imageobject><imagedata fileref="styldlg1.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
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</mediaobject>
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</screenshot>
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<para>Select the text style you want to edit from the list on the left by clicking once with the &LMB;.
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Now you can make the changes you want to this text style.</para>
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<para>The preview box will show you what your new text style will look
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like.</para>
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<warning>
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<para>Do not change the name of your text style.</para>
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<para>Doing so will delete your current text style from the list (and create
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a new one with the new name).</para>
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<para>Any paragraphs which were originally formatted with this text style,
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will revert to <quote>Standard</quote>.</para>
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</warning>
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<para>Use the tabs labeled <link linkend="style-font">Font</link>,
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<link
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linkend="style-space">Indent & Spacing</link>, <link
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linkend="style-align">General Layout</link>, <link
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linkend="style-borders">Decorations</link>, <link
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linkend="style-numbering">Bullets/Numbers</link>, and <link
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linkend="style-tabulators">Tabulators</link> to alter the look of the text style.</para>
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<para>Click <guibutton>OK</guibutton> to commit your changes.</para>
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<para>Click <guibutton>Cancel</guibutton> to abort all changes to this
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text style.</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="style-import">
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<title>Import a text style</title>
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<indexterm><primary>text styles</primary><secondary>importing</secondary></indexterm>
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<para>&kword; has the ability to import a text style from one &kword; document and include it in the
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list of text text styles in another &kword; document.</para>
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<para>To import a text style, select <menuchoice><guimenu>Format</guimenu><guimenuitem>Import Style...</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
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from the menubar.</para><para>This will bring up an empty dialog box.</para>
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<para>Click on the <guibutton>Load</guibutton> button. This will bring up a
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<link linkend="file-dialog">file selection dialog</link>. Choose the &kword; file you want to import the text style from and click
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<guibutton>OK</guibutton>.</para>
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<para>The dialog box will now fill with all available text text styles available for import.</para>
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<tip><para>If &kword; encounters a duplicate text style name in the selected file, it will append a number to the end of the
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text style name to identify the imported style.</para>
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<para>As an example, if you import the <emphasis>Standard</emphasis> text style from another &kword; file, &kword; will change
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the text style name to <emphasis>Standard-1</emphasis>.</para></tip>
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<para>Select <emphasis>all</emphasis> the text style you want to import. Then click
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<guibutton>OK</guibutton>.</para>
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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