OpenOffice.org 3 Writer Guide

[Pages:683] 3 Writer Guide

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Authors

Magnus Adielsson Bruce Byfield Dick Detwiler Martin Fox Tara Hess Lou Iorio Stefan A. Keel Sigrid Kronenberger Ian Laurenson Paul Miller Scott Rhoades Iain Roberts Robert Scott Barbara M. Tobias Catherine Waterman Linda Worthington

Agnes Belzunce Daniel Carrera Laurent Duperval Katharina Greif Peter Hillier-Brook John Kane Michael Kotsarinis Peter Kupfer Alan Madden Vincenzo Ponzi Carol Roberts Gary Schnabl Janet M. Swisher Jean Hollis Weber Bob Wickham Michele Zarri

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Published 27 December 2008. Based on 3.0.

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Contents

Chapter 1 Introducing Writer.....................................................................9 What is Writer?.................................................................................10 Starting Writer..................................................................................10 The Writer interface..........................................................................14 Changing document views................................................................21 Using the Navigator..........................................................................22 Starting a new document..................................................................27 Opening an existing document..........................................................28 Saving a document............................................................................29 Getting help......................................................................................31 Closing a document..........................................................................31 Closing Writer...................................................................................32

Chapter 2 Setting up Writer......................................................................33 Choosing options that affect all of OOo............................................34 Choosing options for loading and saving documents........................46 Choosing options for Writer..............................................................51 Choosing options for HTML documents............................................61 Choosing language settings..............................................................62 Controlling Writer's AutoCorrect functions......................................65

Chapter 3 Working with Text.....................................................................66 Introduction......................................................................................67 Selecting text....................................................................................67 Cutting, copying, and pasting text....................................................69 Moving paragraphs quickly...............................................................70 Finding and replacing text................................................................71 Inserting special characters..............................................................75 Formatting paragraphs.....................................................................77 Formatting characters......................................................................81 Autoformatting..................................................................................82 Creating numbered or bulleted lists.................................................83 Using footnotes and endnotes...........................................................87

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Checking spelling..............................................................................89 Using language tools........................................................................90 Using the thesaurus..........................................................................92 Hyphenating words...........................................................................92 Using AutoCorrect............................................................................94 Using word completion.....................................................................95 Using AutoText..................................................................................96 Line numbering.................................................................................96 Undoing and redoing changes..........................................................97 Tracking changes to a document......................................................98 Inserting notes................................................................................102 Linking to another part of a document...........................................104 Working with hyperlinks.................................................................105 Switching between insert and overwrite mode...............................108 Counting the words in a selection...................................................108

Chapter 4 Formatting Pages...................................................................109 Introduction....................................................................................110 Choosing a layout method...............................................................110 Setting up basic page layout using styles.......................................112 Changing page margins..................................................................117 Using columns to define the page layout........................................118 Using frames for page layout..........................................................122 Using tables for page layout...........................................................129 Using sections for page layout........................................................132 Creating headers and footers..........................................................142 Numbering pages............................................................................147

Chapter 5 Printing, Exporting, Faxing, and E-Mailing...........................159 Introduction....................................................................................160 Quick printing.................................................................................160 Controlling printing........................................................................160 Printing a brochure.........................................................................164 Printing envelopes..........................................................................165 Printing labels.................................................................................167 Sending a fax..................................................................................169

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Exporting to PDF............................................................................172 Exporting to other formats.............................................................179 E-mailing Writer documents...........................................................179 Digital signing of documents..........................................................182

Chapter 6 Introduction to Styles.............................................................184 What are styles?..............................................................................185 The Styles and Formatting window.................................................186 Applying styles................................................................................191 Modifying styles..............................................................................200 Creating custom paragraph styles: examples.................................205 Copying and moving styles.............................................................209 Deleting styles................................................................................211 Assigning styles to shortcut keys....................................................212 Defining a hierarchy of headings....................................................212

Chapter 7 Working with Styles................................................................220 Introduction....................................................................................221 Creating custom (new) styles..........................................................221 Working with paragraph styles.......................................................225 Working with conditional paragraph styles.....................................237 Working with character styles........................................................239 Working with frame styles..............................................................242 Working with page styles................................................................245 Working with list styles...................................................................254

Chapter 8 Working with Graphics............................................................263

Graphics in Writer...........................................................................264 Adding images to a document.........................................................264 Modifying an image........................................................................269 Using Writer's drawing tools..........................................................276 Positioning graphics within the text................................................279 Adding captions to graphics............................................................290 Adding an image to the Gallery.......................................................293 Graphic file types supported...........................................................295

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Chapter 9 Working with Tables...............................................................297 Introduction....................................................................................298 Creating a table..............................................................................298 Formatting the table layout............................................................302 Formatting the table text................................................................312 Data entry and manipulation in tables............................................315 Additional table operations.............................................................318 The Table menu and toolbar...........................................................325

Chapter 10 Working with Templates.........................................................328 Introduction....................................................................................329 Using a template to create a document..........................................329 Creating a template........................................................................330 Editing a template...........................................................................332 Adding templates with Extension Manager....................................334 Setting a default template..............................................................335 Associating a document with a different template..........................335 Organizing templates......................................................................337

Chapter 11 Using Mail Merge...................................................................340 What is mail merge?.......................................................................341 Creating the data source................................................................341 Registering a data source...............................................................342 Creating a form letter.....................................................................345 Printing mailing labels....................................................................350 Printing envelopes..........................................................................355 Using the Mail Merge Wizard to create a form letter.....................360

Chapter 12 Tables of Contents, Indexes, and Bibliographies...................373 Introduction....................................................................................374 Tables of contents...........................................................................374 Alphabetic indexes..........................................................................389 Other types of indexes....................................................................398 Bibliographies.................................................................................399 Tools for working with bibliographies.............................................411

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Chapter 13 Working with Master Documents...........................................412 Why use a master document?.........................................................413 Styles and master documents.........................................................413 Using the Navigator........................................................................414 Creating a master document...........................................................415 Recommended method for creating master documents..................417 Editing a master document.............................................................426 Cross-referencing between subdocuments.....................................426 Creating one file from a master document and its subdocuments. .431 Problem solving..............................................................................432

Chapter 14 Working with Fields................................................................437 Introduction to fields......................................................................438 Quick and easy field entry..............................................................438 Using document properties to hold information that changes........439 Using other fields to hold information that changes.......................440 Using AutoText to insert often-used fields......................................442 Defining your own numbering sequences.......................................443 Using automatic cross-references...................................................445 Using fields in headers and footers.................................................449 Using fields instead of outline numbering for appendix numbering ........................................................................................................451 Tricks for working with fields.........................................................452 Developing conditional content.......................................................453 Using placeholder fields.................................................................461 Using input fields and input lists....................................................462

Chapter 15 Using Forms in Writer............................................................466 Introduction....................................................................................467 When to use forms..........................................................................467 Creating a simple form...................................................................468 Example: a simple form..................................................................476 Accessing data sources...................................................................479 Advanced form customization.........................................................486 XForms............................................................................................489

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Chapter 16 Math Objects..........................................................................490 What is Math?.................................................................................491 Entering a formula..........................................................................492 Customizations................................................................................497 Formula layout................................................................................500 Common problem areas..................................................................501 Math commands - Reference..........................................................504

Chapter 17 Customizing Writer................................................................515 Introduction....................................................................................516 Customizing menu content.............................................................516 Customizing toolbars......................................................................520 Assigning shortcut keys..................................................................524 Assigning macros to events.............................................................529 Adding functionality with extensions..............................................529

Appendix A Keyboard Shortcuts................................................................533 Introduction....................................................................................534 Function keys for Writer.................................................................535 Shortcut keys for Writer.................................................................535 Shortcut keys for tables in Writer...................................................538 Shortcut keys for paragraphs and heading levels...........................539 Shortcut keys for moving and resizing frames, graphics and objects ........................................................................................................540

Index.........................................................................................541

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