File Management in OpenOffice

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Jean Hollis Weber

Linda Worthington

Gary Schnabl

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Publication date and software version.....................................................................................................i

Starting a new file........................................................................................................................................1

Opening an existing file...............................................................................................................................2

Saving files..................................................................................................................................................3

Password protection...............................................................................................................................4

Saving a document automatically...........................................................................................................4

Exporting files.............................................................................................................................................4

Export to XHTML, BibTeX, LaTeX, MediaWiki, Flash........................................................................4

Export to PDF.........................................................................................................................................5

E-mailing files...........................................................................................................................................10

Renaming and deleting files......................................................................................................................11

Renaming a file....................................................................................................................................11

Deleting a file.......................................................................................................................................11

Using the Open and Save As dialogs.........................................................................................................11

File associations........................................................................................................................................13

Digital signing of documents.....................................................................................................................15

File formats...............................................................................................................................................15

Default file formats..............................................................................................................................16

Opening text documents.......................................................................................................................17

Opening spreadsheets...........................................................................................................................17

Opening presentations..........................................................................................................................18

Opening graphic files...........................................................................................................................18

Opening formula files...........................................................................................................................18

Saving text documents..........................................................................................................................18

Saving spreadsheets..............................................................................................................................19

Saving presentations.............................................................................................................................19

Saving drawings...................................................................................................................................19

Writer/Web can save in these formats..................................................................................................20

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Starting a new file

Starting a new file

You can create a new, blank document in OOo in several ways. If you already have a

document open, the new document appears in a new window.

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Use File > New and choose the type of document.

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Use the arrow next to the New button on the main toolbar. A menu of choices (Figure

1) drops down; select the type of document to be created.

Figure 1. The New menu from the toolbar

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Use a ¡°Quick start¡± program. For example, the Microsoft Windows version of

has a Quickstart icon

in the system tray. See Chapter 2 (Starting

) for more information about the Quickstart icon.

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Press Control+N on the keyboard.

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Use File > Wizards for some types of documents. (See Figure 2.)

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