How to Create Headings 1 & Headings 2 With Open Office
OpenOffice Writer allows you to create and use headings in your documents. The headings are used to distinguish different sections in your document, label paragraphs, and create titles. They can also be used to create bold, easy-to-read outlines with a distinct hierarchical structure. Transforming a line of text into a heading is easy, and with OpenOffice Writer's Outline Numbering feature, you can create a heading hierarchy for your outlines.
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Instructions
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Formatting Text with Headings
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Highlight the line of text you want to become your heading.
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Select the heading style you want to apply from the "Formatting" drop down list next to the "Font" and "Font Size" drop down lists.
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Edit and customize your heading by changing the font, text size, highlighting, and color options of the heading.
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Deselect your heading once you have formatted the text to your liking. If OpenOffice Writer continues to use the heading when you resume typing, select "Default" from the "Formatting" drop down menu.
Creating a Heading
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Select "Styles and Formatting" from the "Format" menu to open the Styles and Formatting palette.
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Click the "Paragraph Styles" button.
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Click the "Add new" button in the "Styles and Formatting" palette. Give your new heading a name and customize its appearance. Click "Ok" to save your changes.
Formatting Outlines with Headings
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Select "Outline Numbering" from the "Tools" menu to open the Outline Numbering window.
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Highlight the outline level you want to change.
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Select the heading you want to use for that level of the outline from the "Paragraph Style" drop down list. Add numbering and character styles by changing the options in the "Numbering" and "Character style" drop down lists. Repeat steps 2 and 3 if you want to change more than one heading in the outline structure.
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Click "Ok" to save your changes.
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Tips & Warnings
After formatting a heading for the first time, you only need to highlight the text you want to make into a heading and select the heading style from the "Formatting" menu.
You can customize a heading from the Outline Numbering window by selecting the heading in the "Paragraph Style" drop down list and clicking on the "Format" button.
If you change the appearance of a heading, all headings of that type will automatically change appearance.
