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CHAPTER 6 Digital Documentation (Advanced)

SESSION 1: CREATE AND APPLY STYLES IN THE DOCUMENT

Objective Type Questions

Q1. A __________ is a combination of font effects, colours and background such that it can be
saved and applied whenever needed into the writer document.
Style
Template
Image
Graphics
Answer: a. Style

Q2. What are the advantages of using styles?

improve consistency in the documents.
make major formatting changes easy.
Both (a) and (b)
None of these
Answer: b. Both (a) and (b)

Q3. We can quickly change the appearance of documents by applying styles.(T/F)

False
True
Answer: b. True

Q4. What is the deck known as from the sidebar where the styles can be selected?
Styles
Properties
Page
None of these
Answer: a. Styles

Q5. Where is the style deck available on the writer interface?

Status Bar
Menu Bar
Sidebar
Title bar
Answer: c. Sidebar

Q6. Styles and Formatting Window is available in ________ menu from menu bar.
Insert
Tools
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Styles
Answer: d. Styles

Q7. What is the shortcut for opening styles and formatting window?
F12
F8
F11
F10
Answer: c. F11

Q8. How many style categories are there in LibreOffice Digital Documentation?
4
5
6
7
Answer: c. 6

Q9. Which of the following style is not available in Styles and Formatting window for Writer?
Character
Paragraph
List
Presentation
Answer: d. Presentation

Q10. Which of the following styles is not offered by [Link]?

Page Style
Frame Style
Table Style
Video Style
Answer: d. Video Style

Q11. Which of the following is not a button of styles window of LibreOffice Writer?
Frame Style
Paragraph Style
Border Style
Character style
Answer: c. Border Style

Q12. _______________ are the building blocks of a document.

Character
Paragraph
Page
Frame
Answer: b. Paragraph

Q13. _________________ styles are the most used styles in Writer.

Character
Paragraph
Page
Frame
Answer: b. Paragraph
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Q14. Which of the style include header and footers, border, margins?
Character Style
Page Style
Frame Style
Paragraph Style
Answer: b. Page Style

Q15. Which style affect the selected text such as font size, bold and italics format?
Character Style
Page Style
Frame Style
Paragraph Style
Answer: a. Character Style

Q16. Which style control text alignment, tab stops, line spacing and border?
Character Style
Page Style
Frame Style
Paragraph Style
Answer: d. Paragraph Style

Q17. Which of the following is used to apply a style to many areas quickly without having to go
back to the style deck and double click each time? OR
Which method is useful for formatting scattered paragraphs, words or other items with the
same style? OR
Which of the following is used to apply styles at multiple places quickly?
Paragraph Styles
Character Style
Frame Styles
Fill Format mode
Answer: d. Fill Format mode

Q18. Fill Format mode help to apply styles to many different areas quickly.(T/F)
True
False
Answer: a. True

Q19. When Fill Format mode is active, _____ click undo last Fill Format action.
right and left
left click anywhere
right click anywhere
None of the above
Answer: c. right click anywhere

Q20. The __________ button allows you to use style on contents of document.
Fill Content
Fill Format
Fill Document
Fill Style
Answer: b. Fill Format

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Q21. To quit Fill Format mode press the ______ key.
Enter
Ctrl
Shift
Esc
Answer: d. Esc

Q22. The Ctrl + 0 shortcut by default applies the ___________

Text body style
Heading 1 style
Heading 2 style
Heading 3 style
Answer: a. Text body style

Q23. The Ctrl + 1 shortcut by default applies the ____________

Text body style
Heading 1 style
Heading 2 style
Heading 3 style
Answer: b. Heading 1 style

Q24. The Ctrl + 2 shortcut by default applies the __________

Text body style
Heading 1 style
Heading 2 style
Heading 3 style
Answer: c. Heading 2 style

Q25. Style are part of the _________ properties.

Window
Document
Format
Template
Answer: b. Document

Q26. New Styles you create or formatting changes you make to an existing style are available
____________
Whole OpenOffice Program
Any another document even
Only the document they belong to
None of these
Answer: c. Only the document they belong to.

Q27. How many options are available in ‘New Style from Selection’ icon?
2
3
4
5
Answer: b. 3

Q28. What are the options available in ‘New Style from Selection’ icon?
Update Style
New Style
Load Styles
None of these
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Answer: d. All of these

Q29. How many ways are there to create New Styles?

2
3
4
5
Answer: a. 2

Q30. What are the ways to create New Styles?

Update Style from a selection and Drag-and-drop a Selection
Creating a “New style from Selection” and Drag-and-drop a selection
Creating a “New style from Selection” and Load Styles from a Template or Document
Load Styles from a Template or Document selection and Drag-and-drop a Selection
Answer: b. Creating a “New style from Selection” and Drag and drop a selection

Q31. One cannot use the drag-and-drop method to create a new _________ style
Page
Table
Option (a) or (b)
None of these
Answer: c. Option (a) or (b)

Q32. A_____________ contains a list of different styles in style and formatting window in
Libreoffice Writer.
Style Type
Style Category
Style Area
Style List
Answer: b. Style Category

Q33. To add your own styles in LibreOffice Writer style category use create __________ option.
Update Style
New Style
Load Styles
None of these
Answer: b. New Style

Q34. Use ________ to create a new style from the formatting of an item in the current document.
Update Style
New Style
Load Styles
None of these
Answer: b. New Style

Q35. On giving the document a style and dragging and dropping the changes to style deck,
which dialog box opens up on the Writer screen?
New Style
Update Style
Create Style
None of these
Answer: c. Create Style

Q36. _____________ option allows to apply different kinds of formatting to newly created styles.

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 Alter
Update
Modify
None of these
Answer: c. Modify

Q37. Which of the following option allow you to add styles from another document?
New from selection
Update style
Load Style
Fill Format
Answer: c. Load Style

Q38. Click on the _______ button if the styles you want are contained in a text document rather
than a template.
From Text
From Template
From Document
From File
Answer: d. From File

Q39. Click on the ‘From File’ button opens up a _______________ dialog to select the desired
document.
Formatting file selection
Standard file selection
Tools file selection
Regular file selection
Answer: b. Standard file selection

Q40. What types of styles to be copied?

Text (Paragraph and character styles)
Frame, Pages
Numbering (List styles)
All of these
Answer: d. All of these

Q41. In _____________ , the styles being copied will replace any styles of the same names in the
target document.
Insert
Overwrite
Restore
Substitute
Answer: b. Overwrite

Q42. Open ______________ options from an Openwriter document to assign keyboard shortcuts
for the styles.
View  Customize
Style  Customize
Format  Customize
Tools  Customize
Answer: d. Tools  Customize

Q43. The ______________ dialog box appears, when you click Tools Customize option.
Category
Style
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Customize
Answer: d. Customize

Q44. Select the required function from the ________________ and _________ lists.
Format, Style
Shortcut, Style
Category, Function
Customize, Function
Answer: c. Category, Function

Q45. The selection appears in the ‘keys’ list on the __________________

Lower left
Lower right
Lower center
None of these
Answer: b. Lower right

Q46. Which of the following is not an option of paragraph formatting?

Alignment
Dropcap
Margins
Indents
Answer: d. Indents

Q47. Which of the following is an option of formatting?

Save
Margins
Mail Merge
Export file
Answer: b. Margin

Q48. To create a new style is to drag-and-drop a text selection into the ____________
Fill Format Mode
Style Category
Style Deck
None of these

Answer: c. Style Deck

Q49. To update style, select the style in the styles deck to update through____________
Single click
Double click
Right click
None of these

Answer: a. single click

Q50. The text types of styles can be used for ______________ style and numbering for _______style
Character and Sentence, Page
Paragraph and Character, List
Paragraph and Page, Icon
Page and Frame, Record

Answer: b. Paragraph and Character, List

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 Subjective Type Questions
Q1. What are styles?
Styles in a word processor is a combination of font effects, colors and
background such that it can be saved and applied whenever needed into the
Writer document.
OR
A style is a set of formats that you can apply to selected pages, text, frames, and
other elements in your document to quickly change their appearance

Q2. What are the advantages of using styles?

Advantages of using styles are :
1. Styles help improve consistency in the documents.
2. Styles also make major formatting changes easy.

Q3. What are the multiple ways to access the styles that are available?
Click on Styles from the sidebar
OR
Click on Styles menu from menu bar of writer. A large set of styles and options
are available.
OR
User can activate styles gallery through FormatStyles and Formatting or by
pressing F11 key.

Q4. Write the name of six styles categories supported by LibreOffice

1. Paragraph Styles
2. Character Styles
3. Page Styles
4. Frame Styles
5. List Styles
6. Table Styles

Q5. Define the following styles in reference to Writer.

a. Paragraph style
b. Character style
Paragraph Style: control all aspects of a paragraph’s appearance, such as text
alignment, tab stops, line spacing, and borders.
Character Style: affect selected text with in a paragraph, such as the font and size
of text, or bold and italic formats.

Q6. What is the fill format mode?

Fill format mode is used to apply a style to many areas quickly without having to
go back to the style deck and double click each time.
This method is useful for formatting scattered paragraphs, words or other items
with the same styles.

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Q7. What are the steps to apply fill format mode?
Step 1: open the Styles deck and select a style
Step 2: Click on the Fill Format Mode icon.
Step 3: To apply a paragraph, page or frame style, hover the mouse over the
paragraph, page or frame and click.
To apply a character style, hold down the mouse button while selecting the
characters. Clicking on a word applies the character style to that word.
Step 4: Repeat step3 until you have made all the changes for that style.
Step 5: To quit fill Format Mode, click on the Fill format icon again or press
the Esc key.

Q8. Write two ways of creating new styles.

Two ways of creating new styles are :

1. Creating a new style from a selection.
2. Dragging And Dropping To Create A Style.

Q9. How to create a new style from a selection in LibreOffice Documentation?

Step 1: Change the formatting of the object (paragraph, frame and so on).
Step 2: From the icons at the top of the window, choose the category of style
to create (Paragraph style and so on)
Step 3: In the document, select the item to save as a style
Step 4: Go back to the Styles deck and click on the New style from Selection
icon. Select New style from the menu. The Create Style dialog open.
Step 5: Type a name for the new style. The list shows the names of existing
custom styles of the selected type, if any. Click on OK to save the new style
This new style applies only to this document; it will not be saved in the
template.

Q10. Write steps to update style from a Selection using paragraph styles
Step 1: Create a new paragraph or select an existing paragraph and edit all the
properties (indentation, alignment, font properties and others) you want to alter
in the style
Step 2: Select the paragraph by clicking anywhere in the paragraph.
Step 3: In the Styles deck, select the style you want to update and then click on
the New Style from selection icon and select Update Style.

Q11. Write steps to update style from a Selection using character, page or frame
styles
Select the item, modify it, select the style you want to update and choose
Update Style.

Q12. Write steps to load Style from an existing document.

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 Load Styles under the New Style from selection icon is used to copy styles into
the current document by loading them from a template or another document.
Step 1: Open the document to copy styles into.
Step 2: In the Styles deck, click on the New Style from selection icon and then
on Load Styles.
Step 3: in the Load Styles dialog, find and select the template or document to
copy styles from. Click on the From File button if the styles you want are
contained in a text document rather than a template. In this case, a standard
file selection dialog opens up, where you can select the desired document.
Step 4: Select the options for the types of styles to be copied: Text (Paragraph
and character styles), Frame, Pages, Numbering (List styles). If you select
overwrite, the styles being copied will replace any styles of the same names in
the target document.
Step 5: Click on OK to copy the styles.

Q13. How to create a style using drag and drop?

Step 1: Open the styles deck.
Step 2: select the style category (for eg a character style) using one of the icons near
the top of the deck.
Step 3: Select the object on which you want to base the style and drag it to the Styles
deck. The cursor changes to indicate whether the operation is possible.
Step 4: In the Create Style dialog, type a name for the new style and click on OK to
save the style.

Q14. How can you apply style in Writer?

It is possible to assign keyboard shortcuts for the styles. By selecting the text and
hitting the keys will paint the style on the text.
Step 1: Open the Tools Customize option from an OpenWriter document. The
Customize dialog box appears.
Step 2: Choose whether to have the shortcut key assignment available to all the
components of LibreOffice or only in Writer
Step 3: Select the desired shortcut key in the Shortcut Keys list at the top of the page.
Step 4: Select the required function from the Category and Function lists.
Step 5: Click the Modify button. The selection now appears in the Keys list on the
lower right.
Step 6: Click on OK to accept the change.
Repeat as required.

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