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# Text Formatting Bar

To display the Text Formatting Bar, place the cursor inside a text object.

## 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. LibreOffice 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

## Font Colour

Click to apply the current font color to the selected characters. You can also click here, and then drag a selection to change the text color. Click the arrow next to the icon to open the Font color toolbar.

Font Colour

## Highlighting

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

Character Highlighting Color icon

## 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 HorizontallyCentered

## 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

## Increase Paragraph Spacing

Increases the paragraph spacing above the selected paragraph.

Increase Paragraph Spacing

## Decrease Paragraph Spacing

Decreases the paragraph spacing above the selected paragraph.

Decrease Paragraph Spacing

## Line Spacing: 1

Applies single line spacing to the current paragraph. This is the default setting.

Line spacing: 1

## Line Spacing: 1.5

Sets the line spacing of the current paragraph to one and half lines.

Line spacing: 1.5

## Line Spacing: 2

Sets the line spacing of the current paragraph to two lines.

Line spacing: 2

## Unordered List

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

Toggle Unordered List

## Promote Outline Level

Moves a numbered heading where the cursor is located, or selected headings, up one outline level. Moves a list paragraph where the cursor is located, or selected list paragraphs, up one list level.

Promote Outline LevelPromote

## Demote Outline Level

Moves a numbered heading where the cursor is located, or selected headings, down one outline level. Moves a list paragraph where the cursor is located, or selected list paragraphs, down one list level.

Demote Outline LevelDemote

## Move Item UpMove Up

Moves the paragraph where the cursor is located, or selected paragraphs, to before the previous paragraph.

Move Item UpMove Up

## Move Item DownMove Down

Moves the paragraph where the cursor is located, or selected paragraphs, to after the next paragraph.

Move Item DownMove Down

## Character

Changes the font and the font formatting for the selected characters.

Character

## Paragraph

Modifies the format of the current paragraph, such as indents and alignment.

Paragraph

## Numbering Symbols

Adds numbering or bullets to the current paragraph or to selected paragraphs, and lets you edit format of the numbering or bullets.

Bullets and Numbering

Long click and select Customize.

### Asian Language Support

These commands can only be accessed after you enable support for Asian languages in LibreOffice - PreferencesTools - Options - Languages and Locales - General.

## Text running from left to right

Specifies the horizontal direction of the text.

Text direction from left to right

## Text running from top to bottom

Specifies the vertical direction of the text.

Text direction from top to bottom

## Increase Size

Increases the font size of the selected text.

Increase Size

## Decrease Size

Reduces the font size of the selected text.

Decrease Size