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# Formatting Bar

The Formatting bar contains basic commands for applying manually formatting.

## Styles

Specifies whether to show or hide the Styles window, which is where you can assign and organize styles.

Styles

## Font Name

Allows you to select a font name from the list or enter a font name directly.

You can enter several fonts, separated by semicolons. LibreOffice uses each named font in succession if the previous fonts are not available.

Font Name

## Font Size

Allows you to choose between different font sizes from the list, or to enter a size manually.

Font Size

Font Size

## Bold

Makes the selected text bold. If the cursor is in a word, the entire word is made bold. If the selection or word is already bold, the formatting is removed.

Bold

## Italic

Makes the selected text italic. If the cursor is in a word, the entire word is made italic. If the selection or word is already italic, the formatting is removed.

Italic

## Underline

Underlines or removes underlining from the selected text.

Underline

## Font Color

Click to apply the current font color to the selected characters. You can also click here, and then drag a selection to change the text color. Click the arrow next to the icon to open the Font color toolbar.

Font Color

## Align Left

Aligns the contents of the cell to the left.

Align Left

## Align Center Horizontally

Horizontally centers the contents of the cell.

Align Center HorizontallyCentered

## Align Right

Aligns the contents of the cell to the right.

Align Right

## Justify

Aligns the contents of the cell to the left and to the right cell borders.

Justified

## Number format: Currency

Applies the default currency format to the selected cells.

Number Format: Currency

## Number format: Percent

Applies the percentage format to the selected cells.

Number Format: Percent

## Number format: Default

Applies the default number format to the selected cells.

Number Format: Standard

## Number Format: Add Decimal Place

Adds one decimal place to the numbers in the selected cells.

Number Format: Add Decimal Place

## Number Format: Delete Decimal Place

Removes one decimal place from the numbers in the selected cells.

Number Format: Delete Decimal Place

## Decrease Indent

Click the Decrease Indent icon to reduce the left indent of the current paragraph or cell content and set it to the previous default tab position.

Decrease Indent

## Increase Indent

Click the Increase Indent icon to increase the left indent of the current paragraph or cell content and set it to the next default tab position.

Increase Indent

## Borders

Click the Borders icon to open the Borders toolbar, where you can modify the border of a sheet area or an object.

Borders

## Background Color

Click to open a toolbar where you can click a background color for a paragraph. The color is applied to the background of the current paragraph or the selected paragraphs.

Background Color

## Align Top

Aligns the contents of the cell to the upper edge of the cell.

Align Top

## Align Center Vertically

Vertically centers the contents of the cell.

Align Center Vertically

## Align Bottom

Aligns the contents of the cell to the lower edge of the cell.

Align Bottom

## Number Format : Date

Applies the date format to the selected cells.

## Number Format: Exponential

Applies the exponential format to the selected cells.

## Additional icons

If CTL support is enabled, two additional icons are visible.

## Left-To-Right

The text is entered from left to right.

## Right-To-Left

The text formatted in a complex text layout language is entered from right to left.