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30<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Defining Line Styles</title>
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38<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153825" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="9"><variable id="linestyle_define"><link href="text/shared/guide/linestyle_define.xhp" name="Defining Line Styles">Defining Line Styles</link>
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42<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3153880" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="10">Select a line drawing object in a document.</paragraph>
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45<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3155419" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="14">Choose <emph>Format - </emph><switchinline select="appl"><caseinline select="WRITER"><emph>Drawing Object</emph> -
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49<emph>Line</emph> and click the <emph>Line Styles</emph> tab.</paragraph>
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52<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3155449" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="15">Specify the line options that you want.</paragraph>
53<paragraph role="note" id="par_id3150791" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="16">To specify the length of the line as a percentage of the line width, select <emph>Fit to line width</emph>.</paragraph>
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56<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3152920" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="12">Click <emph>Add</emph>.</paragraph>
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59<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3145606" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="17">Enter a name for the line style and click <emph>OK</emph>.</paragraph>
60<paragraph role="note" id="par_id3149202" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">To save the line style in a custom line style list, click the <emph>Save Line Styles</emph> icon.</paragraph>
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63<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_idN10671" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Click <emph>Close</emph> to close the dialog.</paragraph>
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