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<a class="indexterm" name="BIdNEW-office-writer-section-it2"></a>
<span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="images/ooo-writer2.0.png"></span> Choose
<span class="guimenu">Office</span>+<span class="guimenu">Wordprocessors</span> → <span class="guimenuitem">OpenOffice.org Writer</span> from the main menu to launch
<span class="application">OpenOffice.org Writer</span>.
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<h3 class="title"><a name="office-writer-interface"></a>1.1. Word
Processor Interface
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<div class="figure"><a name="d5e2014"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 3.1. OpenOffice.org
Writer's Main Window</b></p>
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<div class="mediaobject"><img src="images/ooo-writer-interface.png" alt="OpenOffice.org Writer's Main Window"></div>
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<p><b>Format
Bar. </b>
This
is the standard format bar for all
<span class="application">OpenOffice.org</span> applications
which you can use to change fonts, colors, alignment, etc.
of the application's data.
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<p><b>Rulers. </b>
Define the horizontal location of the text and format
elements. Rulers are very useful when you want to establish
tabulation and paragraph indentation.
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<p><b>Work
Area. </b>
Where you enter
the content of your document: words, numbers, images,
tables, hyperlinks, etc.
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<p><b>Insertion
Point. </b>
All
characters typed on your keyboard will be placed at the
left of this point. Also called the cursor.
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<p><b>Page
Style. </b>
Many
elements define style: page size, margins,
text-orientation, etc. Page style can be changed by
choosing
<span class="guimenu">Format</span> → <span class="guimenuitem">Page</span> from the menu. You may use the predefined
styles, or define your own.
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<h3 class="title"><a name="office-writer-styles"></a>1.2. Styles
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<p><a name="BId-office-writer-section-pa16"></a>Word
processor users often waste a lot of time formatting their
documents: changing paragraph alignment, font family, weight
and size, etc. Instead, they should concentrate on document
structure and content writing.
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<span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="images/oowriter-stylist-icon.png"></span> Styles provide a
structure-centric approach to writing documents with a word
processor, while normalizing document formatting and layout,
and easily automating the generation and maintenance of
tables of contents (
<acronym class="acronym">TOC</acronym>), indexes, references, etc. In
<span class="application">OpenOffice.org Writer</span>, styles
are handled using the
<span class="application">Stylist</span>. Click on its icon in the
Format Bar to open or close it.
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<div class="table"><a name="office-writer-suggested-styles"></a><p class="title"><b>Table 3.1.
Suggested Text Styles</b></p>
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 Suggested Text Styles" border="1">
<colgroup>
<col>
<col>
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<th><a name="BId-office-writer-section-en1"></a>When you
have a...
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<th><a name="BId-office-writer-section-en2"></a>Then apply
the ... style
</th>
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<td valign="middle"><a name="BId-office-writer-section-en3"></a>Chapter
Title
</td>
<td valign="middle"><a name="BId-office-writer-section-en4"></a>Heading
1
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<td valign="middle"><a name="BId-office-writer-section-en5"></a>Section
Title
</td>
<td valign="middle"><a name="BId-office-writer-section-en6"></a>Heading
2
</td>
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<tr>
<td valign="middle"><a name="BId-office-writer-section-en7"></a>Sub-Section
Title
</td>
<td valign="middle"><a name="BId-office-writer-section-en8"></a>Heading
3
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<td valign="middle"><a name="BId-office-writer-section-en9"></a>
Sub-Subsection Title
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<td valign="middle"><a name="BId-office-writer-section-en10"></a>Heading
4
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<td valign="middle"><a name="BId-office-writer-section-en11"></a>
Paragraph
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<td valign="middle"><a name="BId-office-writer-section-en12"></a>Text Body, First Line Indent
</td>
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<td valign="middle"><a name="BId-office-writer-section-en13"></a>List
Item
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<td valign="middle"><a name="BId-office-writer-section-en14"></a>List
</td>
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<p><a name="BId-office-writer-section-pa20"></a>Use the styles
listed in
<a class="xref" href="office-writer.html#office-writer-suggested-styles" title="Table 3.1. Suggested Text Styles">Table 3.1, “
Suggested Text Styles”</a>as a guide.
Select the region of the document to apply the style to, and
in the
<span class="application">Stylist</span> window, double-click on the
style you want to apply to that region.
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<h3 class="title"><a name="office-writer-lists"></a>1.3. Lists
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<p><a name="BId-office-writer-section-pa31"></a>Use
lists to enumerate the properties of an object (
“<span class="quote">unordered</span>” or
“<span class="quote">bullet</span>” list), or the steps to be performed to
do a task (an
“<span class="quote">ordered</span>” or
“<span class="quote">numbered</span>” list).
</p>
<p><a name="BId-office-writer-section-pa32"></a>
<span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="images/oowriter-bulletlist-icon.png"></span> Click on
this button to format the selected text into an unordered
list. Select the list items and choose
<span class="guimenu">Format</span> → <span class="guimenuitem">Bullets and Numbering</span> from the menu to select the bullet type from a
predefined set.
</p>
<p><a name="BId-office-writer-section-pa33"></a>
<span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="images/oowriter-numberedlist-icon.png"></span> Clicking on
this button formats the selected text into an ordered list.
The same rules as for unordered lists apply to the numbering
format.
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<h3 class="title"><a name="office-writer-headfoot"></a>1.4. Page Headers and
Footers
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<p><a name="BId-office-writer-section-pa47"></a>By
default page headers and footers are common to
<span class="emphasis"><em>all</em></span> pages of a document. Use them to
describe aspects of a document's content, for example: page
number, total number of pages, chapter, section, document
title, etc.
</p>
<p><a name="BId-office-writer-section-pa48"></a>Choose
<span class="guimenu">Insert</span>+<span class="guimenu">Header</span> → <span class="guimenuitem">Default</span> from the menu to add a page header to your
document, and choose
<span class="guimenu">Insert</span>+<span class="guimenu">Footer</span> → <span class="guimenuitem">Default</span> to add a page footer to your document. Just type
the header or footer text or use one or more of the
<span class="guimenu">Insert</span> → <span class="guimenuitem">Fields</span> menu items to compose your headers and
footers.
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