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# Formatting Bar

The Formatting bar contains several text formatting functions.

## Styles

Specifies whether to show or hide the Styles window, which is where you can assign and organize styles.

Styles

## Set Paragraph Style

Assigns a style to the current paragraph, selected paragraphs, or to a selected object.

Set Paragraph Style

## Font Name

Allows you to select a font name from the list or enter a font name directly.

You can enter several fonts, separated by semicolons. LibreOfficeDev uses each named font in succession if the previous fonts are not available.

Font Name

## Font Size

Allows you to choose between different font sizes from the list, or to enter a size manually.

Font Size

Font Size

## Bold

Makes the selected text bold. If the cursor is in a word, the entire word is made bold. If the selection or word is already bold, the formatting is removed.

Bold

## Italic

Makes the selected text italic. If the cursor is in a word, the entire word is made italic. If the selection or word is already italic, the formatting is removed.

If the cursor is not inside a word, and no text is selected, then the font style is applied to the text that you type.

Italic

## Underline

Underlines or removes underlining from the selected text.

Underline

## Left

Aligns the selected paragraph(s) to the container left margin.

Align Left

## Centered

Centers the selected paragraph(s) on the surrounding container.

Align Center Horizontally Centered

## Right

Aligns the selected paragraph(s) to the container right margin.

Align Right

## Justified

Aligns the selected paragraph(s) to the left and the right container margins. If you want, you can also specify the alignment options for the last line of a paragraph by choosing Format - Paragraph - Alignment.

Justified

## Ordered List

Adds or removes numbering from the selected paragraphs.

Toggle Ordered List

## Unordered List

Assigns bullet points to the selected paragraphs, or removes them from bulleted paragraphs.

Toggle Unordered List

## No List

Removes numbering or bullets and list indenting for the current paragraph or selected paragraphs.

No List

## Decrease Indent

Reduces the left indent of the current paragraph or cell content and sets it to the previous default tab position.

Decrease Indent

## Increase Indent

Increases the left indent of the current paragraph or cell content and sets it to the next default tab position.

Increase Indent

### Font Color

Sets the current cell or cells selection font color.

Sets the color for the selected text. Click to apply the current font color to the selected characters or to the word where the cursor is placed.

If you select Automatic, the text color is set to black for light backgrounds and to white for dark backgrounds.

Font Color

## Character Highlighting

Applies current highlighting color to the character style or text selection.

Character Highlighting Color icon

## Background Color

Click to open a toolbar where you can click a background color for a paragraph. The color is applied to the background of the current paragraph or the selected paragraphs.

Background Color

## Additional icons

## Increase Font

Increases the font size of the selected text.

## Reduce Font

Reduces the font size of the selected text.

If CTL support is enabled, two additional icons are visible.

## Left to Right

The text is entered from left to right.

Left to Right

## Right to Left

The text formatted in a complex text layout language is entered from right to left.

Right to Left