- •Overview
- •Before You Begin
- •Protecting Your Data
- •Automatically Create a Backup Copy
- •Save AutoRecovery Information
- •Create Links to Objects
- •Save Often
- •Printing Your Document
- •Saving in PDF Format
- •Taking OpenOffice.org with You
- •Templates
- •Planning Your Document
- •Page Styles
- •Creating a New Page Style
- •Applying a Page Style
- •Modifying a Page Style
- •Page Orientation
- •Page Numbering
- •Numbering Formats
- •Resetting Page Numbers
- •Text Layout
- •Headers and Footers
- •Controlling Text Flow
- •Paragraph Styles
- •Creating a New Paragraph Style
- •Modifying a Paragraph Style
- •Numbered Headings
- •Setting Outline Numbering for Headings
- •Cloning a Heading
- •Indenting the First Line of a Paragraph
- •Starting Each Chapter on a New Page
- •Character Styles
- •Creating a New Character Style
- •Applying a Character Style
- •Master Document
- •Creating a Master Document
- •Working in a Master Document
- •Footnotes
- •Customizing the Footnote Area
- •Customizing Footnote Settings
- •Inserting a Footnote
- •Appendices
- •Chapter Numbering for Appendices
- •Listing Appendices in the Table of Contents
- •Cross-referencing
- •Inserting a cross-reference
- •Modifying a Cross-reference
- •Updating a Cross-reference
- •Graphics
- •Inserting Graphics
- •Creating a Link to Graphics
- •Relocating Linked Graphics
- •Breaking Links
- •Creating a Gallery
- •Anchoring Graphics
- •Captions
- •Adding Captions
- •Moving and Editing Captions
- •Formulas
- •Inserting Formula Calculations
- •Inserting Formulas in Symbolic Format
- •Charts
- •Creating a Chart
- •Changing the Chart Type
- •Changing Chart Colors
- •Changing Text Style
- •Customizing Your Charts
- •Tables
- •Creating a Table Format
- •Applying a Table Format
- •Marginalia
- •Indexes
- •Creating Index Entries
- •Editing and Deleting Index Entries
- •Generating an Index
- •Formatting Index Entries
- •Bibliographies
- •Creating a Table of Contents
- •Generating a Table of Contents
- •Editing a Table of Contents
- •Formatting Entries
- •Updating the Table of Contents
- •Deleting the Table of Contents
- •Resources
- •Support and Documentation
- •Extensions
- •Additional Resources
- •Public Documentation License, Version 1.0
Resources
There are many resources available to help you maximum your productivity and get the most from your OpenOffice.org suite.
Support and Documentation
•Writer Guide: http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/oooauthors2/0200WGWriterGuide.pdf
•Help: From the Help menu, choose OpenOffice.org Help (or press F1).
•Support: http://support.openoffice.org/
Extensions
To help make your life a little easier, there are many extensions (or plug-ins) available to extend the features of OpenOffice.org. You can view and download extensions from: http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/most_pop_ext
Additional Resources
LaTeX is a document preparation system for high-quality typesetting. It is most often used for medium-to-large technical or scientific documents but it can be used for almost any form of publishing. You can learn more about LaTeX at: http://www.latexproject.org/intro.html
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