LibreOffice allows you to use page styles so you can orient them the way you want. But it is not the only thing it does, it also allows you to modify the header or footer or the margins or also eliminate line and paragraph breaks. You can change the style of your documents and apply them the way you like.
In order to change the page orientation in libreOffice Writer, you must adjust the page style. Normally a text document has a default style for all pages equally. So, if you get a document with a different orientation, it is likely that page styles have been applied to it.
Something that is important to always remember is that the changes you make to the page style will only be visible on the ones you apply it to. In this article we will show you step by step what you need to do to adjust the style of your pages.
How to change the orientation of all pages or only some?
If you have configured your text document with the same style for all pages, you only have to change its properties directly.
Doing it is very simple, you just have to select the Format- Page section and then click on the Page option. In the Paper format section, you must select the type of orientation you want your text document to have, Horizontal or Vertical. Finally, you must click OK and that’s it.
Now if what you want is to change the page style only to some specific ones then follow the steps that we will give you below.
The page styles do not have a specific one, you can modify them in the way you want. To specifically change the orientation of pages that share the same style, follow these simple steps:
The first thing you should do is choose the Format section and then Styles and Format. Then you must click on the Page Styles section.
The next thing is to right-click on a page style and choose New. Doing so will get all the features of this new style you’ve selected.
Now in the Organizer option you must add a name to the page style in the Name box. Then where it says Next style you must select the page style that you like the most and that you want to apply.
It only remains to follow the same procedure as above, go to Page and then select Paper Format. Remember that this is where you will choose whether your page style will be Horizontal or Vertical and all you have to do is click OK.
And that’s it, you will have already adjusted the page style of your preference and with the name you have chosen. To be able to apply this new created style, you must click on the page style that you named in the Styles and formats section.
You will notice that the pages were adjusted according to your parameters. If you selected the next style to be different, then only the first page of the current scope will see the changes reflected.
What are the LibreOffice styles?
There are multiple styles in LibreOffice that you can have that will produce big changes in your documents and they are classified in different ways, they can go from putting a watermark to changing the orientation of the pages as we are talking about in this article. You can apply your self-defined single page or page range styles manually using the following settings.
Single page styles will only cover the main page of the document and is set as another style in the section called “next style”. This style will only be applied on the first page and if you want to write on another page you will continue only with text.
Page range styles are not configured in the same way, but must be configured in the “page break with style” section. Having this configuration will allow you not only to have a style for each page.
Use this setting to enrich the visual value of your work and give it a better finish. If for some reason you find it difficult to configure these options, you can always count on other word processors. For example, you can install Microsoft Office, which has a wide range of text and image programs to suit your needs.
