OpenOffice Styles: What, Why, and How to Use Them

March 2006: I've had some trouble getting some of my posts to show up, so I'm reposting a couple of the ones I think are most important.

Styles are like wearing your seatbelt, eating your broccoli, and apologizing to your honey even when you think you're right. They might be a bit of a pain to make yourself do, but they will so save your butt in the long run.

This is just the lead-in to  a big multi-blog post, grouped into a few different ones.

• What are styles?
• Why should everyone absolutely use styles?
• How do you create and modify styles?

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