Applications

 

Help Sections:

General

Writer

Impress

Math

Draw

Calc

Base

Basic

Tools

Contains spelling tools, a gallery of object art that you can add to your document, as well as tools for configuring menus, and setting program preferences.

Spellcheck

Checks spelling manually.

Language

Opens a submenu where you can choose language specific commands.

Word Count

Counts the words and characters in the current selection and in the whole document.

AutoCorrect

Sets the options for automatically replacing text as you type.

Outline Numbering

Specifies the number format and the hierarchy for chapter numbering in the current document.

Line Numbering

Adds or removes and formats line numbers in the current document. To exclude a paragraph from line numbering, click in the paragraph, choose Format - Paragraph, click the Numbering tab, and then clear the Include this paragraph in line numbering check box.

Footnotes

Specifies the display settings for footnotes and endnotes.

Gallery

Opens the Gallery, where you can select graphics and sounds to insert into your document.

Bibliography Database

Insert, delete, edit, and organize records in the bibliography database.

Mail Merge Wizard

Starts the Mail Merge Wizard to create form letters or send e-mail messages to many recipients.

Sort

Sorts the selected paragraphs or table rows alphabetically or numerically. You can define up to three sort keys as well as combine alphanumeric and numeric sort keys.

Calculate

Calculates the selected formula and copies the result to the clipboard.

Update

Updates items in the current document that have dynamic contents, so as fields and indexes.

Media Player

Opens the Media Player window where you can preview movie and sound files as well as insert these files into the current document.

Macros

Lets you record or organize and edit macros.

Package Manager

The Package Manager adds, removes, disables, enables, and exports OpenOffice.org extensions (packages).

XML Filter Settings

Opens the XML Filter Settings dialog, where you can create, edit, delete, and test filters to import and to export XML files.

Customize

Customizes OpenOffice.org menus, shortcut keys, toolbars, and macro assignments to events.

Options

This command opens a dialog for a customized program configuration.

Index

sounds, UNIX

audio, UNIX

updating, text documents

Media Player window

UNO components, package manager

extensions,packages

package manager

filters, XML filter settings

XML filters, settings

XSLT based filters, settings

options, tools

defaults, options for customized program configuration

settings, customized program configuration

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