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# Format

Contains commands for formatting the layout and the contents of your document.

## Text

Opens a sub-menu where you can choose text formatting commands.

## Spacing

Opens a submenu where you can choose text spacing commands.

## Align Text

Opens a submenu where you can align text and objects.

## Clone Formatting

First select some text or an object, then click this icon. Then click on or drag across other text or click an object to apply the same formatting.

## Clear Direct Formatting

Removes direct formatting from the selection.

## Character

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

## Paragraph

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

## Lists

Opens a submenu where you can modify the formatting of list paragraphs.

## Bullets and Numbering

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

## Page Style

Specify the formatting styles and the layout for the current page style, including page margins, headers and footers, and the page background.

## Title Page

Opens a dialog where you can design a title page.

## Comments

When comments are present, the character dialog is presented. Changes to font and font formatting are applied to all comments.

## Asian Phonetic Guide

Allows you to add comments next to Asian characters to serve as a pronunciation guide.

These commands can only be accessed after you enable support for Asian languages in LibreOffice - Preferences Tools - Options - Language Settings - Languages.

## Columns

Specifies the number of columns and the column layout for a page style, frame, or section.

## Watermark

Insert a watermark text in the current page style background.

## Sections

Changes the properties of sections defined in your document. To insert a section, select text or click in your document, and then choose Insert - Section.

## Image

Formats the size, position, and other properties of the selected image.

## Text Box and Shape

Opens a submenu to edit the properties of the selected textbox or shape.

## Frame and Object

Opens a submenu to link and unlink frames, and edit properties of a selected frame.

## Name

Assigns a name to the selected object, so that you can quickly find the object in the Navigator.

## Description

Assigns a title and a description to the selected object. These are accessible for accessibility tools and as alternative tags when you export the document.

## Anchor

Sets the anchoring options for the selected object.

## Wrap

Specify the way you want text to wrap around an object. You can also specify the spacing between the text and the object.

## Arrange

Changes the stacking order of the selected object(s).

## Rotate or Flip

Opens a submenu where you can rotate or and flip a selected shape or image. Text boxes can only be rotated.

## Group

Groups keep together selected objects, so that they can be moved or formatted as a single object.