Formatting characters

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You can apply many formats to characters using the buttons on the Formatting toolbar. The Formatting toolbar is shown below as a floating toolbar, customized to show only the icons for character formatting.

Image:Tip.pngIt is highly recommended that you use character styles rather than manually formatting characters. For information on the advantages of styles and how to use them, see Chapter 6 (Introduction to Styles) in the Writer Guide.
The Formating toolbar.
The Formating toolbar.
1 Styles and Formatting window  9 Subscript
2 Apply Style10 Increase Font
3 Font Name11 Reduce Font
4 Font Size12 Font Color
5 Bold13 Highlighting
6 Italic14 Background Color
7 Underline15 Character Format dialog
8 Superscript

The Formatting toolbar, showing icons for character formatting.

Image:Tip.pngTo remove manual formatting, select the text and click Format > Default Formatting or right-click and select Default Formatting from the pop-up menu.
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