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Help Sections:
General
Writer
Impress
Math
Draw
Calc
Base
Basic

Standard Bar

The Standard bar is available in every OpenOffice.org application.

New

Creates a new OpenOffice.org document.

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New


Open File

Opens or imports a file.

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Open File


Save

Saves the current document.

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Save


Save As

Saves the current document in a different location, or with a different file name or file type.

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Save As


Document as E-mail

Sends the current document as an e-mail attachment with your default e-mail program.

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Document as E-mail


Edit File

Use the Edit File icon to activate or deactivate the edit mode.

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Edit File


Export as PDF

Saves the current file to Portable Document Format (PDF). A PDF file can be viewed and printed on any platform with the original formatting intact, provided that supporting software is installed.

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Export Directly as PDF


Print File Directly

Click the Print File Directly icon to print the active document with the current default print settings. These can be found in the Printer Setup dialog, which you can call with the Printer Settings menu command.

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Print File Directly


Spellcheck

Checks the document or the current selection for spelling errors.

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Spellcheck


AutoSpellcheck On/Off

D'oh! You found a bug (text/shared/optionen/01010400.xhp#automatisch not found).

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AutoSpellcheck On/Off


Cut

Removes and copies the selection to the clipboard.

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Cut


Copy

Copies the selection to the clipboard.

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Copy


Paste

Inserts the contents of the clipboard at the location of the cursor, and replaces any selected text or objects. Click the arrow next to the icon to select the format.

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Paste


Format Paintbrush

Copies the formatting of the selected text or object and applies the formatting to another text selection or object.

Click the Format Paintbrush icon Icon on the Standard toolbar.

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Format Paintbrush


Undo

Reverses the last command or the last entry you typed. To select the command that you want to reverse, click the arrow next to the Undo icon on the Standard bar.

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Undo


Redo

Reverses the action of the last Undo command. To select the Undo step that you want to reverse, click the arrow next to the Redo icon on the Standard bar.

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Redo


Hyperlink

Opens a dialog that enables you to create and edit hyperlinks.

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Hyperlink Dialog


Navigator

Click the Navigator On/Off icon to hide or show the Navigator.

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Navigator On/Off


Zoom

Reduces or enlarges the screen display of OpenOffice.org. The current zoom factor is displayed as a percentage value on the Status bar.

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Zoom


OpenOffice.org Help

Opens the main page of the OpenOffice.org Help for the current application. You can scroll through the Help pages and you can search for index terms or any text.

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OpenOffice.org Help


What's this

Enables extended help tips under the mouse pointer till the next click.

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What's this


Load URL

Loads a document specified by an entered URL. You can type a new URL or select one that is already registered. OpenOffice.org automatically converts file paths into URL notation.

Enable this icon by Visible Buttons command (click the arrow at the toolbar end).

Index

write protection on/off

protected documents

documents, read-only

read-only documents, editing

cursor,in read-only text

read-only documents,cursor

PDF export

portable document format

exporting,to PDF

printing, directly

cutting

clipboard, cutting

clipboard, Unix

copying, in Unix

pasting, from clipboard

clipboard, pasting

cell ranges,pasting

cells,pasting

pasting,cell ranges

undoing,editing

editing,undoing

restoring,editing

redo command

HTML documents,source text

sounds, UNIX

audio, UNIX

sounds, UNIX

audio, UNIX

scaling, views

zooming, views

views, scaling

screen, scaling

pages, scaling

This help text is published from the OpenOffice-Help files under the Public Documentation License 1.0.

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