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User:Lorinda/In-Progress
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Page styles are one of OpenOffice.org and NeoOffice's resources. They allow you to create page models like those created by desktop programming software. You can configure and use a variety of page types in a document, independent of its content. The following page style elements are customizable:
- Format
- Orientation
- Margins
- Background color
- Header
- Footer
- Border
- Columns
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How to Create a Page Style
First of all, make sure to keep the Styles and Formatting window open. Ctrl-F11. Then you have two options:
The first consists of individually setting the format of the page elements and then clicking on the Page Styles icon. (The fourth from the left). Once the style list appears, click on the icon that looks like a page with a small green cross, and click on New style from selection. Give the style a suitable name in the window which appears and click OK.
The second method consists of creating the page style directly in the Styles and Formatting window. Click on the list of page styles and right click or Ctrl-clic. Choose New from the contextual menu. In the window that appears, specify the settings you want in the various tabs of the page format window. Don't forget to give the style a name in the Organizer tab. Then click OK.
Keep in mind that these page styles only apply to the document that you have created. If you wish to use these styles for other documents, you must create a template.
How to Modify Page Styles
Once a page style has been created, you can always modifier its elements as you like. In the Styles and Formatting window, right click or Ctrl-click on the style name you want to modify. When the contextual menu appears, choose Modify... and then make the changes in the subsequent window. Then click on OK and the modifications will take effect.
The changes that you make will be immediately applied to the pages of your document which use that style.
How to Apply a Style to a page
How to Import a Page Style Page
You can import a page style created in an older document into the current document you are formatting.
- Open the window Styles and Formatting, select the type of style you want to import (First page, right page, etc.), then click on the last icon on the right (the one which shows a page with a small green cross) and chose Load Styles...
- In the dialog box that opens, check the Page box and click on From File...
- Choose the document from which you want to import the style and click on Open.
The imported style can be found in the Custom Styles category. You can now apply the style to your page as explained above.
