How to edit a paragraph style in LibreOffice (and why you should)

As someone who writes words for a living, I have to make sure the tools I use work exactly how I need them to. Sometimes a tool works fine out of the box, while other times it might take a bit of tweaking to get it right.

LibreOffice, for example, allows you to edit the default styles, so they are exactly what you need. You might need to change the font of a style, the size of a font, the alignment, etc. 

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Here's one very simple example. For my fiction writing, the Heading 2 style needs to be centered, as that's what I use for chapter headings. Sure, I can use the default Heading 2, but every time I would have to then go back and not only center it but remove the indent. 

When you're cranking out a full-length novel, that's a bit too much extra work.

Therefore, I edit the style to make my workflow a bit easier. Let me show you how it's done.

How to edit a LibreOffice style

What you'll need: The only thing you'll need for this is LibreOffice installed. It doesn't matter which operating system you're using it on, as the process is the same regardless.

And that's all there is to edit a style in LibreOffice. By doing this, you can help make your work a bit more efficient. 

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As someone who writes words for a living, I can vouch that this feature has helped my workflow, saving me time when I want to focus on the writing and not so much on the formatting.