How to make a white-on-black word using Libre Office Writer where the black background includes a substantial margin?

Question

I'm using LO 6.3.2.2 and specifically LO Writer.

In a document which is otherwise black on white, I want to highlight the occasional word by having it in white text on a black background. When I do this simply by changing the highlight colour and the font colour, the black box created is only slightly larger than the white text. Is there a setting I can use to adjust the size of the black box, for example to give it an extra 1mm margin on each side?

Answer 1

No sooner do I post the question, but I find the answer. It's as follows.

You can do this by

• choosing white as the font colour,

• using Format | Character | Borders to set a border with margins of a width you define, e.g. 1mm, and in a colour you define, here black, and

• choose the background colour, here black, using Format | Character | Highlighting and it will fill the whole of the box you just created.