Formatting and Editing Tools of OpenOffice Writer
1. Formatting Text : Changing the appearance or
layout of a document is called formatting.
Example : Bold, Italic, Underline, font color, alignment,
line spacing etc.
1. Bold : This Bold option makes the text thicker as
compared to the test of the text. Ctrl + B
2. Italic : The Italic option is used to slant the text to
the right. Ctrl + I
3. Underline : The Underline option is used to place a
line under the text. Ctrl + U
2. Aligning Text :
It describes how text is placed on the screen with
respect to the margins.
Example :
Left Alignment, Center Alignment, Right Alignment and
Justified Alignment.
1. Left Alignment : It places the text in line with the
left margin. Ctrl + L
2. Centre Alignment : It places the text in the center
of the left and right margins. Example : Titles,
headings and songs. Ctrl + E
3. Right Alignnment : It places the text in line with the
right margin. Ctrl + R
4. Justified Alignment : It places the text evenly
between the left and right margins by adding extra
spaces between words. Ctrl + J
Example : Text book, newspapers.
3. Line Spacing :
Line spacing refers to the amount of blank space
between the lines of text in document.
Example :
Single line spacing Ctrl + 1
Double line spacing Ctrl + 2
1.5 Line spacing Ctlr + 5
4. Indentation : It refers to the distance of the text or
paragraph from either the right or the left margin.
1. Increase Indentation :
This option shifts the text towards the right margin of
the document by half inch.
2. Decrease Indentation :
This option shifts the text towards the left margin of the
document by about half inch.
5. Bullets and numbering :
1. Bullets :
A bullets is a dot or a symbol that appears at the
beginning of each point. Unordered List.
Example :
2. Numbering :
We use numbers for ordered lists, in which the sequence
of the items is important.
Example : 1, 2, 3 A, B, C I, ii, iii
6. Editing : Making corrections in text is called editing.
Example :
Spelling Mistake, Find and replace, Grammar mistake.
1. Find and Replace : We can find and replace a word in
a specific location or throughout the document.
Ctrl + F
2. Synonyms : Word that have the same meaning is
called synonyms.
3. Thesaurus : It provides us a list of synonyms that
helps us choose the right words and improve the
vocabulary we use in our document.
4. Steps to correct the spelling errors :
1. Right click on the word with a red wave line.
Ashortcut menu will open showing suitable words with
the correct spelling.
2. Click the word you require from the suggestion list.
The incorrect word in the document will be replaced with
the suitable word.
5. Format Paint Brush :
It is a tool that copies the formatting of selected text and
applies the same to other text.
