There is no difference between the parameters that characterize a style and the attributes given manually to portions of text: in fact the same dialogs are used in both cases. The Presentation Style dialog shares five pages with the Graphics Style dialog these are the ones that determine the formatting of the text. The dialog for making modifications to a graphics style is shown below. If you have selected a presentation style, this dialog is shown:

Right-click on the style to be modified and select Modify from the pop-up menu.

Select the style category by clicking on either the Presentation Styles icon or the Graphic Styles icon at the top of the Style and Formatting window (see ).Open the Styles and Formatting window by pressing F11 or selecting Format > Styles and Formatting from the menu bar.It is possible to create new graphics styles, but not the presentation styles which are fixed and can only be modified. When inserting text in an AutoLayout area, the presentation styles become available, while when inserting text in a text box or a graphic object it is possible to apply the graphic styles. In Impress there are two categories of styles: presentation styles and graphics styles. Chapter 2 describes how to use styles efficiently and the difference between the presentation and graphic styles available in Impress. The good news is that all the information given here can be immediately reused for applying styles. This chapter describes ways to apply manual formatting, but you are encouraged to use styles to really get the best out of Impress. On these occasions, select the manually formatted text, and then select Format > Default formatting from the menu bar. Sometimes, as seen also in the Pasting text section, it is very useful to re-apply the baseline style to a selection of text, thus eliminating any manual formatting applied to it (particularly if you made a mistake and you do not know how to undo it). Generally this style is the outline level of the point where the text was entered for AutoLayout text boxes or the Default Graphic style for text boxes. Whenever you enter text, either in an AutoLayout text box or in a normal text box, it already comes with an underlying style.

The appropriate use of formatting can even enhance the audience's understanding of your message by holding their interest. Formatting text can give a presentation a consistent look and a dynamic feel.

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