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# Format

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

## Text

Opens a submenu where you can choose text formatting commands.

## Clear Direct Formatting

Removes direct formatting and formatting by character styles 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.

## Bullets and Numbering

Adds numbering or bullets to the current paragraph, 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.

## 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 - PreferencesTools - Options - Language Settings - Languages.

## Columns

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

## 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.

## AutoCorrect

Automatically formats the file according to the options that you set under Tools - AutoCorrect - AutoCorrect Options.

## 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.

## Alignment (Objects)

Aligns selected objects with respect to one another.

## Alignment (Text Objects)

Set the alignment options for the current selection.

## Arrange

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

## Flip

Flips the selected object horizontally, or vertically.

## Group

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

## Object

Opens a submenu to edit the properties of the selected object.

## Frame

Inserts a frame that you can use to create a layout of one or more columns of text and objects.

## Image

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