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| Preface | |
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| Setting Up Writer to Work Your Way | |
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| Choosing Options That Affect All the OpenOffice.org Applications | |
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| General Options | |
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| Memory Options | |
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| View Options | |
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| Print Options | |
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| Paths | |
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| Font Options | |
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| Appearance Options | |
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| Accessibility Options | |
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| Choosing Options for Loading and Saving Documents | |
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| Choosing Options for Text Documents | |
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| General Options for Text Documents | |
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| View Options for Text Documents | |
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| Formatting Aids Options for Text Documents | |
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| Grid Options for Text Documents | |
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| Default Fonts for Text Documents | |
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| Print Options for Text Documents | |
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| Default Table Options for Text Documents | |
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| Track Changes Options for Text Documents | |
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| Preparing to Check Spelling | |
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| Install the Required Dictionaries | |
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| Choose the Dictionaries and Spelling Options | |
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| Change the Default Language for Documents | |
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| Create and Use a Custom Dictionary | |
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| Create and Use an Exception Dictionary | |
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| Correcting Your User Information | |
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| Controlling Writer's AutoCorrect Functions | |
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| Writing, Editing, and Reviewing Documents | |
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| Parts of the Main Window | |
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| Fly-Out Toolbars | |
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| Keyboard Shortcuts, Extended Tips, and Right-Click Menus | |
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| Special-Purpose Object Bars | |
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| The Navigator | |
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| Checking Spelling | |
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| Set the Version of English to Be Checked | |
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| Add Words to a Custom Dictionary While Checking Spelling | |
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| Ignore Some Text While Checking Spelling | |
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| Finding and Replacing Text and Formatting | |
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| Use Wildcards and Regular Expressions to Fine-Tune a Search | |
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| Find and Replace Specific Formatting | |
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| Find and Replace Paragraph Styles | |
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| Plan a Multiple-Pass Find and Replace | |
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| Marking and Tracking Changes | |
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| Prepare a Document for Editing or Review | |
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| Edit (Review) the Document | |
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| Insert Notes and Questions | |
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| Accepting or Rejecting Editorial Changes and Comments | |
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| Changing Document Properties | |
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| Useful Techniques | |
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| Undo Edits | |
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| Move Paragraphs Quickly | |
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| Paste Unformatted Text | |
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| Select Items That Are Not Next to Each Other | |
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| Count the Number of Words | |
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| Number the First Page of a Document Something Other Than 1 | |
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| Controlling Page Layout | |
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| Setting Up Page Styles for a Typical Document | |
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| Define a First Page Style | |
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| Define a Left Page Style | |
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| Define a Right Page Style | |
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| Define Other Page Styles | |
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| Using Tables for Page Layout | |
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| Create Sideheads Using Tables | |
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| Using Columns for Page Layout | |
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| Define the Number of Columns in a Page Style | |
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| Change from One- to Two- Column Layout on a Page | |
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| Using Frames for Page Layout | |
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| Create a Frame Containing Text | |
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| Move, Resize, or Change Other Attributes of a Frame | |
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| Anchor a Frame | |
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| Link Frames | |
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| Editing Headers and Footers | |
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| Putting Portrait Headers and Footers on Landscape Pages | |
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| Controlling Tabs | |
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| Some Tips for Working with Tables | |
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| Control Spacing Within Table Cells | |
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| Create a Heading Row in an Existing Table | |
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| Define a Default Table Style | |
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| Use AutoFormat for Consistent Table Formats | |
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| Use Auto Text for Consistent Table Formats | |
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| Repeat a Table Heading When the Table Continues on Another Page | |
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| Use the Table Object Bar | |
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| Insert Tabs, Rows, and Columns | |
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| Change Tabbed Text into a Table | |
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| Position Text in a Table Cell | |
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| Rotate Text in a Table Cell | |
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| Break Up Rows or Cells into Smaller Units | |
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| Merge Cells | |
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| Using Templates and Styles Effectively | |
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| Working with Templates | |
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| Create a New Template | |
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| Import a Template | |
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| Define a Default Printer for a Template | |
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| Specify Which Template Is the Default for Text Documents | |
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| Change the Information in an Existing Template | |
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| Copy Information Between Templates | |
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| Create a New Document from a Template | |
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| Determine Which Template is Associated with a Document | |
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| Apply a Different Template to a Document | |
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| Copy Styles from a Template into a Document | |
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| Find Where Your Templates Are Stored | |
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| Working with Styles | |
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| Apply a Style to Text | |
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| Change a Style Definition | |
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| Define a New Style | |
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| Use Numbering Styles | |
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| Use Outline-Numbering Styles | |
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| Use Frame Styles | |
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| Use Character Styles | |
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| Number Chapters and Appendixes Separately | |
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| Update a Style from a Selection | |
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| Create a New Style from a Selection | |
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| Remove Unwanted and Unused Styles from a Document | |
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| Remove Unwanted Character Styles from Selected Text | |
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| Getting the Most from Fields | |
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| Using Document Properties to Hold Information That Changes | |
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| Using Other Fields to Hold Information That Changes | |
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| Using Auto Text to Insert Often-Used Fields Quickly | |
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| Defining Your Own Numbering Sequences | |
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| Create a Number Range Variable | |
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| Use Auto Text to Insert a Number Range Field Into a Document | |
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| Using Automatic Cross-References | |
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| Prepare Items as Targets for Cross-Referencing | |
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| Insert Cross-References | |
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| Using Fields in Headers and Footers | |
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| Using Fields Instead of Outline Numbering for Chapter Numbers | |
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| Tricks for Working with Fields | |
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| Keyboard Shortcuts for Fields | |
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| Fixing the Contents of Fields | |
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| Converting Fields into Text | |
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| Developing Conditional Content | |
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| Choose the Types of Conditional Content to Use | |
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| Plan Your Conditional Content | |
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| Create the Variable | |
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| Apply the Condition to the Content | |
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| Change the Value of the Variable | |
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| Tables of Contents, Indexes, and Bibliographies | |
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| Creating a Table of Contents | |
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| Define the Format and Styles to Be Included in the Table of Contents | |
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| Modify What the Table of Contents Displays | |
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| Generate or Regenerate the Table of Contents | |
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| Creating an Alphabetic Index | |
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| Insert the Index Entries | |
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| Define the Format of the Index | |
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| Modify What the Index Displays | |
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| Generate or Regenerate the Index | |
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| View Index Entries | |
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| Edit an Index Entry | |
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| Creating Lists of Figures, Tables, Equations, and Other Items | |
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| Creating and Using Bibliographies | |
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| Create a Bibliographic Database | |
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| Create Entries in the Bibliographic Database | |
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| Change the Fields in the Bibliographic Database | |
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| Insert Bibliographic References (Citations) into Text | |
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| Define the Format of References and the Bibliography | |
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| Generate or Regenerate the Bibliography | |
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| Working with Large or Complex Documents | |
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| Strategies for Working with Large or Complex Documents | |
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| Inserting or Linking to Other Files | |
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| Using Footnotes and Endnotes | |
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| Define the Location of Footnotes on the Page | |
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| Define the Formatting of Footnotes | |
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| Insert Footnotes | |
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| Creating and Using Master Documents | |
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| Plan the Project | |
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| Create a Template | |
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| Create the Master Document and Subdocuments from the Same Template | |
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| Insert Subdocuments into the Master Document | |
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| Add a Table of Contents, Bibliography, or Index to the Book | |
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| Editing a Master Document | |
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| Change the Appearance of the Document | |
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| Edit Subdocuments | |
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| Cross-Reference Between Subdocuments in a Master Document | |
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| Working with Graphics in Writer | |
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| Creating Graphics and Screen Captures Using Other Programs | |
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| Using Writer's Drawing Tools to Create Graphics | |
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| Create Drawing Objects | |
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| Set or Change Properties for Drawing Objects | |
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| Group Drawing Objects | |
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| Organizing Graphics Using the Gallery | |
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| Add a New Theme to the Gallery | |
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| Add Graphics to an Existing Theme | |
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| Delete Individual Graphics Files from a Theme | |
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| Copy Graphics from a Document into a Theme | |
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| Inserting Graphics into a Text Document | |
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| Copy (Embed) or Link a Graphic File | |
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| Scan a Graphic and Embed It Directly | |
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| Copy or Link a Graphic from the Gallery | |
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| Copy a Graphic from OpenOffice.org Draw, Impress, or Calc | |
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| Placing Graphics Where You Want Them on the Page | |
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| Anchor Graphics | |
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| Arrange and Align Graphics and Wrap Text Around Graphics | |
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| Use Frames to Place Graphics on the Page | |
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| Use Watermarks | |
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| Use Background Colors and Images | |
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| Editing and Formatting Graphics | |
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| Adding Captions to Graphics | |
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| Add Captions Using the Caption Dialog | |
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| Add Captions Manually | |
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| Define a Style for a Graphic Frame | |
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| Line Up a Frame Precisely | |
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| Miscellaneous Tips and Tricks | |
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| Converting Documents to PDF | |
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| Saving Documents in DocBook XML Format | |
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| Using and Configuring the Status Bar | |
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| Configuring the Status Bar | |
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| Working with Hyperlinks | |
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| Undo Automatic URL Recognition for a Selected Hyperlink | |
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| Turn off Automatic URL Recognition | |
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| Insert a Hyperlink | |
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| Change Formatting of Hyperlinks in a Document | |
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| Create a Hyperlink to Another Document | |
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| Edit the Address or Displayed Text of a Hyperlink | |
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| Changing the Default Bullet Character | |
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| Moving from Microsoft Word | |
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| Sharing Files with Users of Word | |
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| Comparison of Word and Writer Ways to Do Things | |
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| Terminology | |
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| Set Up the Program to Work Your Way | |
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| Write, Edit, and Review Documents | |
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| Control Page Setup and Layout | |
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| Use Templates and Styles | |
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| Use Fields | |
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| Work with Large or Complex Documents | |
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| Work with Graphics | |
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| Index | |