Chapter 1 – Introduction to Styles using LibreOffice Writer
EXERCISE
A. Multiple choice questions
1. Which of the following features in LibreOffice Writer is/are used to create the given
document?
(a) Page borders (b) Envelope
(c) Picture from File (d) Indexes and Tables
2. Styles menu (from sidebar) in Writer provide options to work on
(a) Paragraph Styles (b) Frame Styles
(c) Page Styles (d) All of the above
3. What is style template in LibreOffice Writer?
(a) Pre-determined form and mode of document file (b) One kind of model style
(c) One type of document (d) Cluster of documents in Writer
4. Which of the following gives the status of your document like page numbers, number of
pages?
(a) Status bar (b) Standard toolbar
(c) Formatting (d) Title bar
5. Which of the following can be used to access a style menu?
(a) F11 function key (b) Sidebar Menu
(c) Formatting toolbar (d) All of these
B. Fill in the blanks
1. A _____________________ is a collection of different formats
2. Styles are especially handy in ___________________________.
3. Proper use of styles improves _____________________ in a document
4. The first five buttons at the top of the Styles window select the category
of ________________________.
5. Using predefined ____________________ creates Bookmark in the document.
6. On opening a new file ____________________ Style is used for formatting the document.
7. In page layout documents, you can arrange ____________________ like text boxes and
graphics.
8. Character styles are often integrated in ____________________________ Style.
9. ______________________ allows to apply style at different places in the document.
10. Predefined Style ___________________ be updated by Drag and Drop method.
C. Short answer questions
Q1. What do you understand by styles in LibreOffice writer document?
Q2. Write advantages of using Style over manual formatting, for designing a document.
Q3. What are the different categories of style in LibreOffice writer document?
Q4. Write down the steps to update a style.
Q5. What do you understand by custom styles in LibreOffice writer?
Q7. Give two examples, where instead of Style, using manual formatting will be beneficial.
Q8. Give one situation, in which you will prefer to use Fill Format for styling your document.
Solutions
a. Multiple Choice Questions
1. (b) Envelope 4. (a) Status bar
2. (d) All of the above 5. (d) All of these
3. (b) One kind of model style
b. Fill in the Blanks
1. A _Style_ is a collection of different formats
2. Styles are especially handy in LibreOffice.
3. Proper use of styles improves consistency in a document
4. The first five buttons at the top of the Styles window select the category of Styles_.
5. Using predefined Heading Styles creates Bookmark in the document.
6. On opening a new file Default Style is used for formatting the document.
7. In page layout documents, you can arrange objects like text boxes and graphics.
8. Character styles are often integrated in Paragraph Style.
9. Fill Format allows to apply style at different places in the document.
10. Predefined Style Cannot be updated by Drag and Drop method.
c. Short Question answers
Q1. What do you understand by styles in LibreOffice writer document?
Ans. A style is a set of formats that you can apply to selected pages, text in your document to quickly change their
appearance.
Q2. Write advantages of using Style over manual formatting, for designing a document.
Ans. Advantages of using Style are :
1. Styles help us to apply consistent formatting to the documents.
2. Style make the major formatting changes simple.
3. Using styles we can easily change the existing format.
Q3. What are the different categories of style in LibreOffice writer document?
Ans. Different categories of style in LibreOffice writer document are:
Page Character List
Paragraph Frame Table
Q4. Write down the steps to update a style.
Ans. Steps to update a style are
a. Select the page/paragraph to be modified.
b. Format the selected portion as per the requirement.
c. Go to Style menu, and click on the button to update.
d. Using Style Action button, click on Updated Selected Style.
Q5. What do you understand by custom styles in LibreOffice writer?
Ans. Custom Style means user defined style. When existing styles specified by Writer do not match our requirement, then
a user can create Custom Style. There are two ways to create a custom style
From Selection
Using drag and drop
Q7. Give two examples, where instead of Style, using manual formatting will be beneficial.
Ans. Manual formatting is also called direct formatting. It is beneficial when
Only a small part of document needs to be formatted.
We are using character styles which allow us to change the appearance of a part of a paragraph without affecting the other part.
Q8. Give one situation, in which you will prefer to use Fill Format for styling your document.
Ans. Fill Format is useful when a same style is to be applied at many places scattered in the document. Fill Format can be
used to style scattered – pages, frames, tables, lists etc.
Q9. Write steps to load style(s) from a template
Ans. Steps to load style(s) from a template are:
a. Click on the Load Styles from the Style menu.
b. Load Styles dialog box open and choose the category of your document.
c. Find and select the desired template to copy styles from.
d. Also select the options for the types of styles to be copied, such as Paragraph and Character styles, Frame, Page or List.
e. Click OK button
