# Loading Line and Arrow Styles

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Loading Line and Arrow Styles
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.
To load a line styles file:
- Choose Format - Line, and then click the Line Styles tab.
- Click the Load Line Styles button.
- Locate the file containing the line styles that you want to load, and then click OK. The file has the format [filename].sod.
To save a line styles file, click the Save Line Styles button, enter a filename, and then click OK.
To load an arrow styles file:
- Choose Format - Line, and then click the Arrow Styles tab.
- Click the Load Arrow Styles button.
- Locate the file containing the arrow styles that you want to load, and then click OK. The file has the format [filename].soe.
To save an arrow styles file, click the Save Arrow Styles button, enter a filename, and then click OK.
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