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      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154017" role="paragraph">You can use styles to organize similar line and arrow types. $[officename] provides a few standard style files that you can load and use in your document. If you want, you can add or delete elements from a style file, or even create a custom style file.</paragraph>
      <h2 id="hd_id3154485">To load a line styles file:</h2>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3156382" role="listitem">Choose <emph>Format - Line</emph>, and then click the <emph>Line Styles</emph> tab.</paragraph>
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         <listitem>
            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154705" role="listitem">Click the <emph>Load Line Styles</emph> button.</paragraph>
         </listitem>
         <listitem>
            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3145588" role="listitem">Locate the file containing the line styles that you want to load, and then click <emph>OK</emph>. The file has the format [filename].sod.</paragraph>
         </listitem>
      </list>
      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3151240" role="paragraph">To save a line styles file, click the <emph>Save Line Styles</emph> button, enter a filename, and then click <emph>OK</emph>.</paragraph>
      <h2 id="hd_id3154765">To load an arrow styles file:</h2>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153070" role="listitem">Choose <emph>Format - Line</emph>, and then click the <emph>Arrow Styles</emph> tab.</paragraph>
         </listitem>
         <listitem>
            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149054" role="listitem">Click the <emph>Load Arrow Styles</emph> button.</paragraph>
         </listitem>
         <listitem>
            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150391" role="listitem">Locate the file containing the arrow styles that you want to load, and then click <emph>OK</emph>. The file has the format [filename].soe.</paragraph>
         </listitem>
      </list>
      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3166465" role="paragraph">To save an arrow styles file, click the <emph>Save Arrow Styles</emph> button, enter a filename, and then click <emph>OK</emph>.</paragraph>
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