Applying a style on a part of a paragraph in OpenOffice Writer

Question

I'm trying to define a custom style which should apply only to a couple of words in a paragraph. When I try to apply it to them, it applies to the whole paragraph instead.

The custom style definition is:

How can I create and apply a custom style definition so that it only takes effect on a part of a paragraph?

Answer 1

The dialog your showing is for a Paragraph Style. What you want is a Character Style.

Here's a link to the OO.org wiki on how to use character styles and a screencast tutorial.