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Formatting Documents
Page elements, including background color, margins, header/footer, and footnotes can be edited by clicking on PAGE in the FORMAT menu. A window will pop up allowing you to choose tabs to edit certain elements within the page (figure 3).
Figure 3
The font size, type and color can be changed by using the drop down menus located within the tool bar, or they can be changed by clicking on FONT in the FORMAT menu. To edit paragraph features, including spacing, alignment, text flow, tabs and borders, choose PARAGRAPH from the FORMAT menu (figure 4).
Figure 4
The format paintbrush (left) allows you to copy the format of existing text and apply it to another section. Highlight the formatted text you want to copy with the cursor, click on the paintbrush icon in the tool bar, and click on the text you want to format. This feature can be used for headings, paragraphs, words and objects.
Troubleshooting tip: The default font setting for Writer documents is Times New Roman. If you experience problems while using the format paintbrush, where it reverts some text to Times New Roman instead of the font you have chosen, make sure to change the font setting by going to FORMAT and then FONT in the menu bar instead of changing it in the drop down box in the tool bar. Using the drop down box only applies the font setting to sections of the document, while changing it from the menu applies it to the entire document.
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