You can apply many formats to paragraphs using the buttons on the Formatting toolbar. See Chapter 3 (Using Templates and Styles) in this book and Chapters 6 and 7 in the Writer Guide. Writer defines several types of styles, for different types of elements: characters, paragraphs, pages, frames, and lists. A style is a named set of formatting options. Styles enable you to easily format your document consistently, and to change the format with minimal effort. 5.1 Using the Bullets and Numbering toolbar.