LibreOffice 3.4

Using Templates. Quickly formatting the text. Changing a documents Theme. Inserting and Modifying pictures. Adding WordArt Text.

What is a template? A template is a model that you use to create other documents. Templates can contain anything that regular documents can contain, such as text, graphics, a set of styles, and user-specific setup information such as measurement units, language, the default printer, and toolbar and menu customization.

From the menu bar, choose File > New > Templates and Documents.

You can create your own templates from a document. From the menu bar, choose File > Templates > Save. From here you will see the Templates dialog box.

You can use wizards to create Writer templates for letters, faxes, and agendas. From the menu bar, choose File > Wizards

Adding templates obtained from other sources You can download templates for LibreOffice from many sources, including the official template repository at http://templates.libreoffice.org/, and install them on your computer. On other websites you may find collections of templates that have been packaged into extension (.OXT) files. These are installed a bit differently, as described below.

The appearance of the icons may vary with your operating system and the selection of icon size and style in Tools > Options > LibreOffice > View.

1 Open Styles and Formatting Window 5 Align Right 10 Numbering On/Off 6 Justified 11 Bullets On/Off 2 Apply Style 7 Line Spacing: 1 12 Decrease Indent 3 Align Left 8 Line Spacing: 1.5 13 Increase Indent 4 Centered 9 Line Spacing: 2 14 Paragraph format dialog

What is a synonym? Synonyms are words with identical or similar meanings. What is a thesaurus? A thesaurus is a reference work that lists words grouped together according to similarity of meaning. You can access a short list of synonyms from the context menu

1. Select a word or phrase, right-click, and point to Synonyms on the pop-up menu. A submenu of alternative words and phrases is displayed. 2. Click on a word or phrase to select it and replace the highlighted word or phrase in the document.

The thesaurus gives a more extensive list of alternative words and phrases. To use the thesaurus: Select a word or phrase, and then choose Tools > Language > Thesaurus, or press Ctrl+F7, or right-click and choose Thesaurus from the pop-up menu. In the dialog box, click on a meaning to show alternative words and phrases for that meaning of the word.

Select Tools > AutoCorrect Options to open the AutoCorrect dialog box.

To turn on Word Completion, select Tools > AutoCorrect Options > Word Completion and select Enable word completion.

Writer provides another type of comments (formerly called notes), which authors and reviewers often use to exchange ideas, ask for suggestions, or brainstorm during the review process. To insert a comment in the text, place the cursor in the place the comment refers to and select Insert > Comment or press Ctrl+Alt+C.

When using justified text, the last line is by default aligned to the left; however, if so desired, you can also align the last line to the center of the paragraph area or justify it so that spaces are inserted between the words in order to fill the whole line.

If you select the Expand single word option, then whenever the last line of a justified paragraph consists of a single word, this word is stretched by inserting spaces between characters so that it occupies the full length of the line.

1 Open Styles and Formatting Window 6 Italic 12 Font Color 7 Underline 13 Highlighting 2 Apply Style 8 Superscript 14 Background Color 3 Font Name 9 Subscript 15 Open Character Format Dialog4 Font Size 10 Increase Font 5 Bold 11 Reduce Font

1Bullets On/Off 6Promote One Level with Subpoints 10Move Down 2Numbering On/Off 11Move Up with Subpoints 3Numbering Off 7Demote One Level with Subpoints 12Move Down with Subpoints 4Promote One Level 8Insert Unnumbered Entry 13Restart Numbering 5Demote One Level 9Move Up 14Bullets and Numbering Use View > Toolbars > Bullets and Numbering to see the toolbar.

Working with graphics is simple and also fun, give creativity to your documents. Graphics in Writer are of three basic types: 1.Image files, including photos, drawings, scanned images, and others 2.Diagrams created using LibreOffices drawing tools 3.Charts created using LibreOffices Chart component

You might create images (also called pictures in LibreOffice) using a graphics program, scan them, or download them from the Internet (make sure you have permission to use them), or use photos taken with a digital camera.

Choose Insert - Picture - From File Open the Insert toolbar, click

1 Select 5 Freeform Line 9 Symbol Shapes 13 Stars 2 Line 6 Text 10 Block arrows 14 Points 3 Rectangl e 7 Callouts 11 Flowchar ts 15 Fontwork Gallery 4 Ellipse 8 Basic Shapes 12 Callouts 16 From File 17 Extrusio n On/Off To begin using the drawing tools, display the Drawing toolbar, by clicking View > Toolbars > Drawing.

You can add captions to graphics in three ways: automatically, by using the Caption dialog box, or manually. Adding captions automatically You can set up LibreOffice to add captions automatically whenever you insert a graphic, a table, or other objects into a document. You can choose which objects are captioned automatically, what the sequence name is for each caption (for example, Table or Illustration), and the position of the caption. To set up automatic captions: 1. Click Tools > Options. On the Options dialog box, click on the + sign next to LibreOffice Writer to show a list of options. 2. Select AutoCaption. Now you can see several choices at the right of the dialog box for adding captions automatically. 3. Choose which objects you want to be automatically captioned and specify the characteristics of the captions.