2. LibreOffice 3.4

3. • What is Writer?
• Creating a new document.
• Entering Text.
• Printing and emailing.
• Saving a document.

5.  Text entry, editing, and formatting.
 Page-layout methods, including frames, columns, and
tables .
 Export to PDF, including bookmarks .
 Templates and styles.
 Embedding or linking of graphics, spreadsheets, and other
objects.
 Built-in drawing tools.
 Tables of data.
 Mail merge.
 Tables of contents, indexes, and bibliographies.
 Master documents, to group a collection of shorter
documents into a single long document.
 Fields and forms.
 Database integration, including a bibliography database.

8. From the Quickstarter,
which is found in
Windows, some Linux
distributions, and (in a
slightly different form) in
Mac OS X. The
Quickstarter is an icon
that is placed in the
system tray or the dock
during system startup. It
indicates that LibreOffice
has been loaded and is
ready to use.

10. Starting a new document from an
opened document

11. The blinking
insertion
point shows
where the
next
character
you type will
appear.
When the insertion point reaches the right margin, the
word you are typing moves on to the next line.

13. In writer you can select text that is not consecutive. To do this…..
1. Select the first piece of text.
2. Hold down the Ctrl key and use the mouse to select the next
piece of text.
Now you can work with the selected text (copy it, delete it,
change the style, or whatever).

14. To move
(cut and
paste)
selected
text using
the mouse,
drag it to
the new
location and
release it.
To copy
selected text,
hold down the
Ctrl key while
dragging. The
text retains the
formatting it had
before
dragging.
When you paste
text, the result
depends on the
source of the
text and how
you paste it. If
you click on the
Paste icon, any
formatting the
text has.

15. Finding and replacing text and formatting
• Find and replace words and phrases
• Use wildcards and regular expressions to fine-
tune a search
• Find and replace specific formatting
• Find and replace paragraph styles

16. To use the Find & Replace
dialog:
• Type the text you want to find
in the Search for box.
• To replace the text with
different text, type the new
text in the Replace with box.
• You can select various
options such as matching the
case, matching whole words
only, or doing a search for
similar words.
• When you have set up your
search, click Find. To replace
the found text, click Replace.

17. When a document is open, you can undo the most recent
change by pressing Ctrl+Z, or clicking the Undo icon on the
Standard toolbar, or choosing Edit > Undo from the menu
bar.
The Edit menu shows the latest changes that can be
undone.

18. • AutoSpellcheck checks each word as it is typed and displays
a wavy red line under any misspelled words. When the word is
corrected, the line disappears.
• To perform a separate spelling check on the document (or a
text selection) click the Spelling and Grammar button. This
checks the document or selection and opens the Spelling and
Grammar dialog if any misspelled words are found.

19. To print a document the easiest way to print is by hitting the
PRINT icon on the top left corner of the page.
In addition to that,
you can also
control the printing
of your
documents. Here
you can select
how many pages
to print or only
certain pages to
print.

22. Navigation
toolbar
Located on the
bottom of the page.
After selecting the
navigation icon you will
see the “navigator”

23. To save a new document in Writer, do one of the following:
• Choose File > Save.
• Click the Save button on the main toolbar.
• Press Ctrl+S.
Saving a document automatically
You can choose to have Writer save your document automatically in a
temporary file at regular intervals. Automatic saving, like manual
saving, overwrites the last saved state of the target file. To set up
automatic file saving:
• Select Tools > Options > Load/Save > General.
• Click on Save AutoRecovery information every and set the time
interval. The default value is 15 minutes. Enter the value you want
by typing it or by pressing the up or down arrow keys.

24. Document format File extension
ODF Text *.odt
ODF Text Template *.ott
ODF Master Document *.odm
HTML Document *.html
HTML Document Template *.oth
ODF Spreadsheet *.ods
ODF Spreadsheet Template *.ots
ODF Drawing *.odg
ODF Drawing Template *.otg
ODF Presentation *.odp
ODF Presentation Template *.otp
ODF Formula *.odf
ODF Database *.odb
LibreOffice Extension *.oxt

26. • Use File > Save As when saving the document
• On the Save As dialog box, select the Save with password option,
and then click Save.
• The Set Password dialog box opens.

27. Click OK to save the
file. If either pair of
passwords do not
match, you receive an
error message. Close
the message box to
return to the Set
Password dialog box
and enter the password
again.

29. Help system
LibreOffice comes with an extensive Help system. This is your first line of
support for using LibreOffice.
To display the full Help system, press F1 or select LibreOffice Help from the
Help menu. In addition, you can choose whether to activate Tips, Extended
tips, and the Help Agent (using Tools > Options > LibreOffice > General).
Free online support
The LibreOffice community not only develops software, but
provides free, volunteer-based support. See Table 1 and this web
page: http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/
Users can get comprehensive online support from the community
through mailing lists. Other websites run by users also offer free
tips and tutorials. This forum provides community support for
LibreOffice and other programs:
http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/