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Merge, split cells in a table. To merge cells in a table, first of all select the cells which need to be merged. After this, click on ‘Table’ from the main menu bar and from the resulting drop-down menu, click on ‘Merge Cells’. The selected cells will get merged into one. To split cells in…

Apply a table auto format/table style. To apply a table auto format/table style to a table in LibreOffice Writer, first of all click once anywhere inside the table to which the auto formatting needs to be applied. After this, click on ‘Table’ from the main menu bar and from the resulting menu, click on ‘AutoFormat’.…

Insert, delete a column break. To insert a column break, first of all place the mouse pointer at the point where you want to insert the column break. Now click on ‘Insert’ from the main menu bar and from the resulting menu, click on ‘Manual Break’. This will open the ‘Insert Break’ dialog box. In…

Apply multiple column layouts. Change number of columns in a column layout. To apply multiple column layouts, click on ‘Format’ from the main menu bar and from the resulting drop-down menu, click on ‘Columns’. This will open the ‘Columns’ dialog box. In this dialog box, under the ‘Settings’ area, we have an option, ‘Columns’. Under…

Create, modify, and update a paragraph style. A paragraph style is a template which is used to define the styling for a paragraph in LibreOffice Writer. A paragraph style can be applied to a paragraph and the paragraph will take up the styling properties defined by that paragraph style. To create, modify or update a…

Create, modify, and update a character style. A character style is a template which is used to define the styling for a character in LibreOffice Writer. A character style can be applied to a character and the character will take up the styling properties defined by that character style. To create, modify and update a…

Apply, modify outline numbering in multi-level lists. To apply outline numbering in multi-level lists, click on ‘Format’ from the main menu bar, and from the resulting drop-down menu, click on ‘Bullets and Numbering’. This will open the ‘Bullets and Numbering’ dialog box. In this dialog box, under the ‘Options’ tab, we have different options for…

Apply line spacing within paragraphs: at least, exactly/ fixed, multiple/proportional. Line spacing defines the distance or gap between individual lines in a paragraph. To apply line spacing within paragraphs, right-click once anywhere on the paragraph for which line spacing needs to be changed and from the resulting menu, click on ‘Paragraph’. This will open the…

Use paste special options: formatted text, unformatted text. To use the paste special option of Writer, first of all copy some text. To copy text, select the text which needs to be copied and then right-click on that selected text and from the resulting menu click on ‘Copy’. After this, go to the location where…

Use find and replace options like: font formats, paragraph formats, paragraph marks, page breaks. Find and replace options in Writer help us to find a particular block of data in the document and then replace this block with some other data which is defined using this method. To use the find and replace options in…