How to set indents

1. Select the paragraph you'd like to modify.
2. Click Format > Indent.
   
3. Choose if you wish to increase or decrease the indent.
   

How to set left or right indent

1. Select the paragraph you'd like to modify.
2. Click Format > More paragraph options...
3. Enter the indentation amount in the left/right fields in the Indent section.

How to apply first line indentation/hanging indentation

How to adjust line spacing

• Click Format > Line & paragraph spacing
• Choose your desired line spacing option.

How to change paragraph spacing

1. Select the text you would like to modify.
   
2. Click Format > More format options...
   
3. Choose your desired before and after spacing options for a paragraph under Paragraph spacing.

How to set tab stops

1. Click the Compose button at the top-right side of the document. The ruler will appear.
   
2. Click on the ruler to add tab stops. You can add multiple tab stops by clicking at different spots on the ruler.
   
3. To add tab stops at specific positions on the ruler manually, right-click on the ruler and click Tabs. The Tabs Stop Positions window will appear.
4. Set the Distance, Alignment, and the Leader from the respective columns.
5. Click the top and down arrow key in the Default Tab Stops to adjust the distance between each tab.
6. Click Apply.
   

How to use default tab options

1. Click on the Tab icon on the top-left corner of the ruler.

How to create a drop cap

1. Place your cursor anywhere in the paragraph to which you want to add a Drop Cap.
2. Click Format > More format options...
   
3. Click Drop Cap under Paragraph.

How to set text or paragraph to LTR or RTL

1. Place your cursor on the text you wish to set.
   
2. Click Format > More format options...
   
3. Click Text Direction next to Pilcrow.

How to add borders and shading option

1. Open your desired document in Writer.
   
2. Click Format > Border and Shading Options.
   
3. Choose and apply your desired border and shading option.
   

How to set line and page break options

1. Open your desired document in Writer and select a paragraph.
   
2. Click Format > More paragraph options...
   
3. Choose your desired option under Line & page break
   
1. Enable Widow / Orphan control:  Adjusts the position of the paragraph to prevent a single line of text from being left at the top or bottom of a page.
   
2. Keep Lines Together: Keeps the entire paragraph as one unit on a single page. When this option is enabled, if the whole paragraph won’t fit at the bottom of one page, it is moved to the next page.
   
3. Page Break Before: Inserts a page break before the paragraph. You can turn on this setting by pressing Ctrl+Enter (Windows) or Cmd+Enter (Apple) and click Apply.
   
4. Keep with Next: Prevents breaks between paragraphs you want them to stay together. It binds the last line of a paragraph to the first line of the next. For example, you can set all heading set to “Keep with Next”, so there will not be a page break after a heading.