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# Paragraph

The Paragraph panel provides access to settings that change line spacing, indentation, and space between paragraphs in the selected text.

To access this command...

#### From the sidebar:

Open Select a text container, then open the Properties sidebar deck and expand the Character panel.

Properties

## Left

Aligns the paragraph to the left page margin.

Align Left

## Right

Aligns the paragraph to the right page margin.

Align Right

## Centered

Centres the contents of the paragraph on the page.

Align Centre Horizontally Centred

## Justify

Aligns the paragraph to the left and to the right page margins.

Justified

## Left-to-Right

Sets the text to flow from left-to-right.

Left-to-Right

## Right-to-Left

Sets the text to flow from right-to-left.

Right-to-Left

## Ordered List

Adds or removes numbering from the selected paragraphs.

Toggle Ordered List

## Unordered List

Assigns bullet points to the selected paragraphs, or removes them from bulleted paragraphs.

Toggle Unordered List

## Select Outline Format

Displays the different formats that you can apply to a hierarchical list. LibreOffice supports up to nine outline levels in a list hierarchy.

Select Outline Style

## Background Colour

Click to open a toolbar where you can click a background colour for a paragraph. The colour is applied to the background of the current paragraph or the selected paragraphs.

## Align Top

Vertically aligns the selected text to the top of the container.

Align Top

## Center Vertically

Vertically centers the selected text in the container.

Center Vertically

## Align Bottom

Vertically aligns the selected text to the bottom of the container.

Align Bottom

## Spacing

### Increase Paragraph Spacing

Increases the paragraph spacing above the selected paragraph.

Increase Paragraph Spacing

### Decrease Paragraph Spacing

Decreases the paragraph spacing above the selected paragraph.

Decrease Paragraph Spacing

### Above paragraph

Enter the amount of space that you want to leave above the selected paragraph(s).

Above Paragraph Spacing

### Below paragraph

Enter the amount of space that you want to leave below the selected paragraph(s).

Below Paragraph Spacing

### Line spacing

Specify the amount of space to leave between lines of text in a paragraph.

Set Line Spacing

## Indent

### Decrease Indent

Reduces the left indent of the current paragraph or cell content and sets it to the previous default tab position.

Decrease Indent

### Increase Indent

Increases the left indent of the current paragraph or cell content and sets it to the next default tab position.

Increase Indent

### Before Text Indent

Enter the amount of space that you want to indent the paragraph from the page margin. If you want the paragraph to extend into the page margin, enter a negative number. In Left-to-Right languages, the left edge of the paragraph is indented with respect to the left page margin. In Right-to-Left languages, the right edge of the paragraph is indented with respect to the right page margin.

Before Text Indent

### After Text Indent

Enter the amount of space that you want to indent the paragraph from the page margin. If you want the paragraph to extend into the page margin, enter a negative number. In Left-to-Right languages, the right edge of the paragraph is indented with respect to the right page margin. In Right-to-Left languages, the left edge of the paragraph is indented with respect to the left page margin.

After Text Indent

### First Line Indent

Indents the first line of a paragraph by the amount that you enter. To create a hanging indent enter a positive value for "Before text" and a negative value for "First line". To indent the first line of a paragraph that uses numbering or bullets, choose "Format - Bullets and Numbering - Position".

First Line Indent

## Hyphenation

Sets the automatic hyphenation options for individual paragraphs.

Hyphenation

Related Topics

Indents and Spacing

Alignment