Applications

 

Table of Contents

• What is OpenOffice.org
• Getting Started

What is OpenOffice.org?

• Introducing OpenOffice.org
• History
• Applications
• • Writer - word processor
  • Calc - calculation spreadsheet
  • Draw - vector based graphics
  • Impress - presentation (slide shows)
  • Base - databases
• Open Document Format(ODF)

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Getting Started

• Installing OpenOffice.org
• Start an OpenOffice.org application for the first time
• Open files and documents
• Exporting documents
  • Export document as a PDF A-1 Archival file
  • Select image compression settings when exporting documents to PDF
  • Select the page range for export as a PDF file
  • Export document as a PDF file tagged for accessibility
  • Export document as a PDF file with notes
• Using the Quickstarter
  • Enable the quickstarter
  • Enable the loading of the quickstarter on startup
  • Disable the quickstarter
  • Disable the loading of the quickstarter on startup
  • Exit the quickstarter
  • Open an OpenOffice application using the quickstarter
  • Create a new document from a template using the quickstarter
  • Open a saved document using the quickstarter
• Using Menus
• Using Toolbars
  • Detach toolbar window
  • Dock toolbar window on any border
  • Dock toolbar window at recent position
  • Resize toolbar window
  • Access the excess buttons in the toolbar
  • Hide a toolbar button
  • Hide a toolbar button using the customize dialog window
  • View hidden toolbar buttons
  • View hidden toolbar buttons using the customize dialog window
  • Change a button's position in the toolbar
  • View toolbar buttons as icons only
  • View toolbar buttons as text only
  • View toolbar buttons as text and icons
  • Reset toolbar buttons to default values
  • Access the extra buttons in the toolbar (with bug report)
  • Save toolbar changes to a document or template (with bug report)
• Using Styles
  • Open the styles and formatting window
  • Open the styles and formatting window using the toolbar
  • Close the styles and formatting window
  • Assign a character style
  • Assign a list style
  • Assign a list style to a list item
  • Assign a paragraph style
  • Use the fill format mode to assign a style
  • Filter the different styles in the styles and formatting window
  • Filter or select the character styles in the styles and formatting window
  • Filter or select the frame styles in the styles and formatting window
  • Filter or select the list styles in the styles and formatting window
  • Filter or select the page styles in the styles and formatting window
  • Filter or select the paragraph styles in the styles and formatting window
  • Modify a style's font and font size
  • Modify a style's font color
  • Modify a style's line spacing
  • Modify a style's paragraph spacing
  • Modify a style's paragraph indentations
  • Modify a paragraph style's alignment
  • Add or Modify a paragraph style's border
  • Add or Modify a paragraph style's shadow
  • Modify a paragraph style's shadow to merge with next paragraphs
  • Modify the line options for a graphic style
  • Overview of character style options
  • Overview of frame style options
  • Overview of graphic style options
  • Overview of list style options
  • Overview of page style options
  • Overview of paragraph style options
  • Overview of presentation style options
  • Create a new style using selected text
  • Create a new style using the drag and drop method
  • Link styles using the style organizer
  • Set the next style using the style organizer
  • Update the formatting of a style and apply it
• Using Keyboard shortcuts
• How to find Help
• View "About OpenOffice.org" window
• View the version release number of OpenOffice.org
• Save As…
• Print
• Page Previews
  • Preview a page in full screen
  • Go to the first or last page while at the page preview
  • Go to the next or previous pages while at the page preview
  • Zoom-in at the page preview
  • Zoom-out at the page preview
• Close/Exit

Tweaking Options

• Enable the first character capitalization auto correct feature
• Disable the first character capitalization auto correct feature
• Enable the auto correction feature for two initial capital characters
• Disable the auto correction feature for two initial capital characters
• Set memory options to improve application performance and responsiveness
• Enable and choose a Java Runtime Environment for OpenOffice.org
• Disable Java Runtime Environment for OpenOffice.org
• Edit the author field value
• Disable the warning when not saving in the default file format
• Disable the warning when not saving in the default file format using the dialog window
• Enable the warning when not saving in the default file format
• Set the Auto Save/Recovery time interval
• Display the gallery
• Display the media player

Installing OpenOffice.org

• Download OpenOffice.org for Windows
• Installing OpenOffice.org on Windows
• Upgrade OpenOffice.org to release version 2.2 on Windows
• Upgrade OpenOffice.org to release version 2.3 on Windows
• Install or Upgrade OpenOffice.org to release version 2.4 on Windows
• Check for OpenOffice.org updates and download them
• Next, Getting Started

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