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OpenOffice.org User Guide for Version 2.x [OpenOffice.org User Guide for 2.x] [0.2] First edition: [2005­04­11] First English edition: [2005­04­11] Copyright and trademark information The contents of this Documentation are subject to the Public Documentation License, Version  1.0 (the "License"); you may only use this Documentation if you comply with the terms of  this License. A copy of the License is available at:  http://www.openoffice.org/licenses/PDL.rtf. The Original Documentation is “OpenOffice.org User Guide for Version 2.x”.  Contributor(s): G. Roderick Singleton.  Portions created by G. Roderick Singleton are Copyright © 2005, 2006. All Rights Reserved.  All trademarks within this guide belong to legitimate owners. [Note: a copy of the PDL is included in this template and is also available at:  http://www.openoffice.org/licenses/PDL.rtf.] Feedback Please direct any comments or suggestions about this document to:  [email protected] Acknowledgements I wish to recognize the Technical Writers of Sun Microsystems for the fine model they have  provided for organizing this document. I also wish to thank Erwin Tenhumberg for his blog,  Mary Ellen Dawley for her indexing effort, Ross Johnson for his editing/correctionsand  manitoban for the docking text in chapter 2. Modifications and updates Version Date Description of Change [0.9] [2005­11­11] [grs: 9th draft issued for comment – switched to master doc,  stewart's amendments and added a chapter on XML usage  (flat file)] [0.10] [2005­11­11] [grs: 10th draft issued for comment – fix page numbering [0.11] [2006­01­31] [grs:11th draft issued for comment – updated index [0.12a] [2006­02­20] [rj: 12th draft issued for comment – corrections for 2.0 to  replace 1.1.x references [0.13] [2006­02­21] [grs 13th draft issued for comment – integrated Ross Johnson's  changes and edited for consistent grammar. [0.14] [2006­03­02] [grs:14th draft issued for comment – document layout to be  more bookish [0.15] [2006­04­10] [grs:15th draft issued for comment – Added POSTNET section [0.16] [2006­06­19] [grs:16th draft issued for comment – Added file recovery info  to Troubleshooting chapter [0.17] [2006­06­27] [grs:17th draft issued for comment – Corrected Overview [0.18a] [2006­07­19] [grs:18ath draft issued for comment – updated concordance  file section and added JMF section to Chapter 14 and wps  how­to. [0.19] [2006­07­31] [grs:19th draft issued for comment – Added new export PDF  feature [0.20] [2006­08­16] [grs:20th draft issued for comment – Fixed many legacy terms  and added language/writing aids and comment on style  painter [0.21] [2006­10­18] [grs:21st draft issued for comment – Integrated ztyx and  walteram updates to chapters 3, 4 and 10 [0.22] 2007­03­06 [grs:22nd draft issued for comment — added more info on  keyboard shortcuts to Chapter 5 – Impress  and minor  changes. [0.23] [2007­04­09] [grs:23rd draft issued for comment — Fixed pagnination errors Contents Overview................................................................................................... ........................1 Using the Guide...........................................................................................................................1 Important Features with 2.x.......................................................................... ..................3 Open Standards XML File Format (OASIS OpenDocument)....................................................3 New Multi­pane View.................................................................................................................3  New CustomShapes (compatible with Microsoft   AutoShapes) ..................................................3 More Slide Transitions and Animation Effects...........................................................................3 Enhanced PDF Export.................................................................................................................3 New enhanced Database Features...............................................................................................5 Mail Merge Wizard.....................................................................................................................5  Enhanced   Word Count   Feature ...................................................................................................5 Support for Nested Tables...........................................................................................................5  Digital Signatures   Support ..........................................................................................................5 XForms Support..........................................................................................................................5 WordPerfect® Filters..................................................................................................................6 Calc now has 65,536 Rows.........................................................................................................6 Enhanced DataPilot Support.......................................................................................................6 Native Installers..........................................................................................................................6 Native Desktop Integration.........................................................................................................6 Floating Toolbars........................................................................................................................6 Style Paint Brush.........................................................................................................................6 Quickstarter for *NIX Operating Systems..................................................................................7  Multiple   Language Support .........................................................................................................7 New Charting Module.................................................................................................................7 Chapter 1: Using OpenOffice.org Help..........................................................................9 OpenOffice.org Step­by­Step Help.............................................................................................9 Tips............................................................................................................................................10 Turning tips on and off.........................................................................................................10 Extended Tips.......................................................................................................................10 Turning extended tips on and off.....................................................................................10 OpenOffice.org User Guide for 2.x i Help Agent................................................................................................................................10 Turning the Help Agent on and off......................................................................................11 Chapter 2: Working With OpenOffice.org............................................................... ....13 The User Interface................................................................................................................13 Starting OpenOffice.org.......................................................................................................13 The OpenOffice.org Writer Window...................................................................................14 Toolbars in the OpenOffice.org Window.............................................................................14 The Title Bar....................................................................................................................14 The Menu Bar..................................................................................................................15 The Toolbars....................................................................................................................15 Examples of Floating Toolbars........................................................................................16 Using Floating Toolbars..................................................................................................17 The document window....................................................................................................17 Docking toolbars..............................................................................................................17 Docking windows............................................................................................................18 Changing the Visibility of Buttons on Toolbars..............................................................18  Opening and   Saving Documents ...............................................................................................19 Opening Documents.............................................................................................................19 Saving Documents....................................................................................................................22 Changing the Work Directory..............................................................................................23 Saving Documents Automatically........................................................................................23 Backup a File Automatically...........................................................................................23 Saving Recovery Information Automatically Every 'n' Minutes.....................................23 OpenOffice.org File Formats....................................................................................................24 XML file format names........................................................................................................24 OpenOffice.org XML file structure......................................................................................25 Definition of the XML formats............................................................................................26 Setting Tabstops...................................................................................................................26  Sending   Documents as E­Mail ..................................................................................................27 Single Messages...................................................................................................................27 MailMerge............................................................................................................................27 Printing Documents...................................................................................................................28 OpenOffice.org User Guide for 2.x ii Displaying Print Previews....................................................................................................29 Reduced Printing of Documents...........................................................................................30 To print two pages beside one another on one sheet of paper.........................................30  Printing in   Black and White .................................................................................................30  Printing text and graphics in   black and white ..................................................................30  Printing all Draw and Impress documents in   black and white ........................................30  Printing only text in   black and white ...............................................................................31  Printing all Writer documents with   black and white text ............................................31  Printing the current Writer document with   black and white text ................................31 Printing Brochures................................................................................................................31 Spellcheck.................................................................................................................................32  Automatic   Spellcheck ...........................................................................................................32 Checking Multilingual Texts................................................................................................33  Starting   Spellcheck ...............................................................................................................34  Excluding Text From the   Spellcheck ..............................................................................35 Adding Writing Aids for Other Languages...............................................................................35 Getting New Writing Aids....................................................................................................35 Using Automatic Functions.......................................................................................................40  Using   AutoCorrect and AutoFormat .........................................................................................40  Turning off   URL Recognition by   AutoCorrect ....................................................................42  Undo   URL recognition ....................................................................................................42  Turn off   URL recognition ................................................................................................42  Other   AutoCorrect functions ................................................................................................42 Creating a Letter Template With the Wizard............................................................................44 Find & Replace.........................................................................................................................45 Finding a Word in Text........................................................................................................45 Searching for Whole Words Only........................................................................................46 Match Case......................................................................................................................46 Searching for Text With Wildcards.................................................................................46 Searching Backward........................................................................................................47 Current Selection Only....................................................................................................47 Searching for Styles.........................................................................................................47 OpenOffice.org User Guide for 2.x iii Searching for Text Attributes..........................................................................................47 Searching for Special Formats ........................................................................................48 Similarity Search.............................................................................................................48 List of Regular Expressions..................................................................................................48  Digital Signatures   and Printing or Exporting Documents .........................................................51 Only “open password”, no restriction..................................................................................53 “open password”, restricted..................................................................................................53 Permission restricted only....................................................................................................53 PDF without restriction (Default behaviour)........................................................................53 Permissions available................................................................................................................53 Printing.................................................................................................................................53 Changes................................................................................................................................53 Enable copy..........................................................................................................................54 Enable accessibility..............................................................................................................54 Programming PDF Security in Macros ...............................................................................54 Chapter 3: Managing Text Documents With Writer ..................................................57 The OpenOffice.org Writer Functions......................................................................................57 Writing..................................................................................................................................57 Designing and Structuring....................................................................................................57 Desktop Publishing with OpenOffice.org Writer.................................................................58 Calculations..........................................................................................................................58 Creating Drawings................................................................................................................58 Inserting Graphics................................................................................................................58 Customizable Program Interface..........................................................................................58 Drag&Drop...........................................................................................................................58 Extensive Help Functions.....................................................................................................58 The OpenOffice.org Writer Window........................................................................................59 Windows® of OpenOffice.org Writer..................................................................................59  Entering and   Formatting Text ...................................................................................................60 Entering New Text...............................................................................................................60 To enter new text:............................................................................................................60 Line breaks.......................................................................................................................60 OpenOffice.org User Guide for 2.x iv

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