Page Style

Specify the formatting styles and the layout for the current page style, including page margins, headers and footers, and the page background.

To access this command...

From the menu bar:

Choose Format - Page Style.

From the context menu:

Choose Page Style.

From the tabbed interface:

On the Layout tab, choose Page Margins or Page Size or Page Columns and click on More Options.

On the Layout menu of the Layout tab, choose Page Style.

From toolbars:

Page Style

From the keyboard:

+ Shift + P

From the status bar:

Click on the Page Style area.

From the sidebar:

Choose View - Styles () - choose Page Styles - open context menu for selected style - New/Edit Style.

Organizer

Set the options for the selected style.

Allows you to define page layouts for single and multiple-page documents, as well as a numbering and paper formats.

Area (Background, Highlighting)

Set the fill options for the selected drawing object or document element.

Transparency

Set the transparency options for the fill that you apply to the selected object.

Header

Adds a header to the current page style. A header is an area in the top page margin, where you can add text or graphics.

Footer

Adds a footer to the current page style. A footer is an area in the bottom page margin, where you can add text or graphics.

Borders

Sets the border options for the selected objects in Writer or Calc.

Columns

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

Footnote

Specifies the layout options for footnotes, including the line that separates the footnote from the main body of document.

Asian Language Support

These commands can only be accessed after you enable support for Asian languages in - Languages and Locales - General.

Text Grid

Adds a text grid to the current page style. This option is only available if Asian language support is enabled under Languages and Locales - General in the Options dialog box.

Reset

Resets modified values on the current tab back to the values when the dialog was opened. If Apply is used before closing the dialog, then values are reset to those after the last use of Apply.

Apply

Applies modifications on all tabs without closing dialog. Cannot be reverted with Reset.

OK

Saves all changes and closes dialog.

Cancel

Closes dialog and discards changes on all tabs. If Apply was used, then changes after the last use of Apply are discarded.