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.
2. • Using Templates.
• Quickly formatting the text.
• Changing a documents Theme.
• Inserting and Modifying pictures.
• Adding WordArt Text.
3. 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.
4. From the menu bar, choose File > New > Templates and Documents.
5. 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.
6. You can use wizards to create Writer templates for letters, faxes,
and agendas.
From the menu bar, choose File > Wizards
7. 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.
8. The appearance of the icons may vary with your
operating system and the selection of icon size
and style in Tools > Options > LibreOffice >
View.
9. 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
10. 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
11. 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.
12. 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.
13.
14. Select Tools > AutoCorrect Options to open the AutoCorrect dialog
box.
15. To turn on Word Completion, select Tools > AutoCorrect Options >
Word Completion and select Enable word completion.
16. 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.
17. 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.
18. 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.
19.
20. 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
21. 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.
22. 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
LibreOffice’s drawing tools
3.Charts created using
LibreOffice’s Chart component
23. 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.
24. Choose Insert - Picture - From File
Open the Insert toolbar, click
25.
26.
27. 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.
28. 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.
Notes de l'éditeur
All documents in LibreOffice are based on templates. If you do not specify a template when you start a new Writer document, then the document is based on the default template for text documents. If you have not specified a default template, Writer uses the blank template for text documents that is installed with LibreOffice.
Here is where you can start a document from an existing document.
This is most commonly used for resumes.
To use a template to create a document:
From the menu bar, choose File > New > Templates and Documents to open the Templates and Documents dialog box.
In the box on the left, click the Templates icon if it is not already selected. A list of template folders appears in the center box.
Double-click the folder that contains the template that you want to use. A list of all the templates contained in that folder appears in the center box.
Select the template that you want to use. You can either preview the selected template or view its properties:
Click Open. The Templates and Documents dialog box closes and a new document based on the selected template opens in Writer. You can then edit and save the new document just as you would any other document.
To create a template from a document:
Open a new or existing document that you want to make into a template.
Add the content and styles that you want.
From the menu bar, choose File > Templates > Save to open the Templates dialog box.
In the New template field, type a name for the new template.
In the Categories list, select the category to which you want to assign the template. The category is simply the template folder in which you want to save the template. Choosing an appropriate category makes it easier to find the template when you want to use it. For example, to save the template in the My Templates folder, click the My Templates category. If you have a lot of templates, you might want to set up separate folders for different projects or purposes.
To learn more about template folders, see “Organizing templates” on page 297.
Click OK to save the new template.
From the menu bar, choose File > Wizards > [type of template required].
Follow the instructions on the pages of the wizard. This process is slightly different for each type of template, but the format is similar for all of them.
In the last section of the wizard, you can specify the name and location for saving the template. The default location is your user templates directory, but you can choose a different location if you prefer.
Finally, you have the option of creating a new document from your template immediately, or manually changing the template. For future documents, you can re-use the template created by the wizard, just as you would use any other template.
Installing individual templates
To install individual templates:
Download the template and save it anywhere on your computer.
Import the template into a template folder.
You can apply many formats to paragraphs using the buttons on the Formatting toolbar. If you have Asian or Complex Text Layout language support enabled, two additional buttons are available: Left-to-Right and Right-to-Left.
You can apply many formats to paragraphs using the buttons on the Formatting toolbar. This figure shows the Formatting toolbar as a floating toolbar, customized to show only the icons for paragraph formatting. The appearance of the icons may vary with your operating system and the selection of icon size and style in Tools > Options > LibreOffice > View.
For example, when given the word house, the thesaurus offers several meanings, including dwelling, legislature, sign of the zodiac, and others. If you click on dwelling, you will see dwelling, home, domicile, abode, and other alternatives.
This will find words that mean the same.
Writer’s AutoCorrect function has a long list of common misspellings and typing errors, which it corrects automatically. For example, “hte” will be changed to “the”.
AutoCorrect is turned on when Writer is installed. To turn it off, uncheck Format > AutoCorrect > While Typing.
If Word Completion is enabled, Writer tries to guess which word you are typing and offers to complete the word for you. To accept the suggestion, press Enter. Otherwise, continue typing
Select Tools > Options > LibreOffice > User Data to configure the name you want to appear in the Author field of the comment, or to change it.
If more than one person edits the document, each author is automatically allocated a different background color.
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.
These options are controlled in the Alignment page of the Paragraph dialog box, reached by choosing Format > Paragraph from the menu bar.
You can apply many formats to characters using the buttons on the Formatting toolbar. This figure shows the Formatting toolbar, customized to include only the icon for character formatting.
The appearance of the icons may vary with your operating system and the selection of icon size and style in Tools > Options > LibreOffice > View.
You can create nested lists (where one or more list items has a sub-list under it, as in an outline) by using the buttons on the Bullets and Numbering toolbar You can move items up or down the list, or create sub-points, and even change the style of bullets. Use View > Toolbars > Bullets and Numbering to see the toolbar.
The appearance of the icons may vary with your operating system and the selection of icon size and style in Tools > Options > LibreOffice > View.
When you create a text document using LibreOffice (LibreOffice) Writer, you may want to include some illustrations. Illustrations (graphics) are added to documents for a wide variety of reasons: from supporting the description provided in the text—as used in this Guide—to providing an immediate visual representation of the contents, as is often found in a newspaper.
Some things to consider when choosing or creating pictures include image quality and whether the picture will be printed in color or black and white (grayscale).
To edit photos and other bitmap images, use a bitmap editor. To edit line drawings, use a vector drawing program. You do not need to buy expensive programs. Open-source (and usually no cost) tools such as Gimp (bitmap editor) and Inkscape (vector drawing program) are excellent. For many graphics, LibreOffice Draw is sufficient. These and many other programs work on Windows, Macintosh OS X, and Linux.
Inserts a picture into the current document.
This section explains the basics of inserting a Gallery image into a Writer document.
To open the Gallery, click on the Gallery icon (located in the right side of the Standard toolbar and in the Drawing toolbar) or choose Tools > Gallery from the menu bar.
Navigate through the Gallery to find the desired picture.
To insert the picture, click and drag it from the Gallery into the Writer document. You can also right-click on the picture and choose Insert > Copy.
Be aware that re-sizing a bit-mapped (raster) image will adversely affect the resolution, causing some degree of blurring. It is better to externally size your picture correctly before insertion into your presentation, if possible.
Here are three examples of an image inserted into a document and resized.
To delete a picture just select it and hit delete.
To begin using the drawing tools, display the Drawing toolbar, by clicking View > Toolbars > Drawing.
To use a drawing tool:
Click in the document where you want the drawing to be anchored. You can change the anchor later, if necessary.
Select the tool from the Drawing toolbar. The mouse pointer changes to a drawing-functions pointer .
Move the cross-hair pointer to the place in the document where you want the graphic to appear and then click-and-drag to create the drawing object. Release the mouse button. The selected drawing function remains active, so you can draw another object of the same type.
To cancel the selected drawing function, press the Esc key or click on the Select icon (the arrow) on the Drawing toolbar.
You can now change the properties (fill color, line type and weight, anchoring, and others) of the drawing object using either the Drawing Object Properties toolbar or the choices and dialog boxes reached by right-clicking on the drawing object.
When you insert a graphic, if automatic captioning is enabled, the graphic is placed in a frame along with a caption containing the default sequence name for graphics―Illustration. Position the cursor in the caption area and type the text for the caption. You can change the sequence name by selecting one from the drop-down Category list.