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<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Defining Line Styles</title>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3153880" xml-lang="en-US">Select a line drawing object in a document.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3155419" xml-lang="en-US">Choose <emph>Format - </emph><switchinline select="appl"><caseinline select="WRITER"><emph>Drawing Object - </emph></caseinline><caseinline select="CALC"><emph>Graphic - </emph></caseinline></switchinline><emph>Line</emph> and click the <emph>Line Styles</emph> tab.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3155449" xml-lang="en-US">Specify the line options that you want.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="note" id="par_id3150791" xml-lang="en-US">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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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3152920" xml-lang="en-US">Click <emph>Add</emph>.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3145606" xml-lang="en-US">Enter a name for the line style and click <emph>OK</emph>.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="note" id="par_id3149202" xml-lang="en-US">To save the line style in a custom line style list, click the <emph>Save Line Styles</emph> icon.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_idN10671" xml-lang="en-US">Click <emph>Close</emph> to close the dialog.</paragraph>
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