LibreOffice

What is LibreOffice?
LibreOffice is a freely available,
fully-featured office productivity
suite. Its native file format is Open
Document Format (ODF), an open
standard format that is being
adopted
by
governments
worldwide as a required file format
for publishing and accepting
documents. LibreOffice can also
open and save documents in many

Advantages of LibreOffice
No licensing fees. LibreOffice is free for anyone
to use and distribute at no cost. Many features
that are available as extra cost add-ins in other
office suites (like PDF export) are free with
LibreOffice. There are no hidden charges now or in
the future.
Open source. You can distribute, copy, and
modify the software as much as you wish, in
accordance with either of the LibreOffice Open
Source licenses.
Cross-platform. LibreOffice runs on several
hardware architectures and under multiple
operating systems, such as Microsoft Windows,
Mac OS X and Linux.

 Extensive language support. The

LibreOffice user interface is available in
over 40 languages and the LibreOffice
project provides spelling, hyphenation,
and thesaurus dictionaries in over 70
languages and dialects. LibreOffice also
provides support for both Complex Text
Layout (CTL) and Right to Left (RTL)
layout languages (such as Urdu,
Hebrew, and Arabic).
Consistent user interface. All the
components have a similar look and
feel, making them easy to use and

 Integration.
The
components
of
LibreOffice are well integrated with one
another.
All the components share a common
spelling checker and other tools, which are
used consistently across the suite. For
example, the drawing tools available in
Writer are also found in Calc, with similar
but enhanced versions in Impress and
Draw.
You do not need to know which application
was used to create a particular file. For
example, you can open a Draw file from
Writer.

 Granularity. Usually, if you change an

option, it affects all components. However,
LibreOffice options can be set at a
component level or even at document level.
File compatibility. In addition to its native
OpenDocument formats, LibreOffice
includes PDF and Flash export capabilities,
as well as support for opening and saving
files in many common formats including
Microsoft Office, HTML, XML, WordPerfect,
and Lotus 1-2-3 formats. An extension
(included) provides the ability to import and
edit some PDF files.

 No vendor lock-in. LibreOffice uses

OpenDocument,
an
XML
(eXtensible
Markup Language) file format developed as
an
industry
standard
by
OASIS
(Organization for the Advancement of
Structured Information Standards). These
files can easily be unzipped and read by
any text editor, and their framework is
open and published.
You have a voice. Enhancements,
software fixes, and release dates are
community-driven. You can join the
community and affect the course of the
product you use.

LIBRE WRITER

Writer (word processor)

Writer is a feature-rich tool for
creating letters, books, reports,
newsletters, brochures, and other
documents.
You
can
insert
graphics and objects from other
components
into
Writer
documents. Writer can export files
to HTML, XHTML, XML, Adobe
Portable Document Format (PDF),
and several versions of Microsoft

Writer (word processor)

Writer is the word processor
component
of
LibreOffice.
In
addition to the usual features of a
word processor (spelling check,
thesaurus,
hyphenation,
autocorrect, find and replace,
automatic generation of tables of
contents and indexes, mail merge,
and others),

Parts of the main Writer

window

Title bar
The Title bar is located at the top of
the Writer window, and shows the file
name of the current document. When
the document is newly created, the
document name will appear as
Untitled X, where X is a number.

Back to Writer window

Menus

The Menu bar is located just below the Title

bar. When you choose one of the menus
listed below, a submenu drops down to show
commands.
File contains commands that apply to the
entire document such as Open, Save, Print,
and Export as PDF.
Edit contains commands for editing the
document such as Undo: xxx (where xxx is
the action to undo) and Find & Replace. It
also contains commands to Cut, Copy, and
Paste selected parts of your document.
View contains commands for controlling the
display of the document such as Zoom and

 Format contains commands, such as Styles and

Formatting, Paragraph, and Bullets and
Numbering, for formatting the layout of your
document
Table shows all commands to insert and edit a table
in a text document.
Tools contains functions such as Spelling and
Grammar, Customize, and Options.
Window contains commands for the display window.
Help contains links to the LibreOffice Help file,
Whats This?, and information about the program.
See the Preface to this book for more information.

Back to Writer window

Standard toolbar
The top docked toolbar, just under
the Menu bar, is called the Standard
toolbar. It is consistent across all the
LibreOffice applications (Writer, Calc,
Draw, Impress).

Back to Writer window

Formatting bar
The second toolbar at the top is the
Formatting bar. It is contextsensitive; that is, it shows the tools
relevant to the cursors current
position or selection. For example,
when the cursor is on a graphic, the
Formatting bar provides tools for
formatting graphics; when the cursor
is in text, the tools are for formatting
text.

Back to Writer window

Status bar
The Writer status bar is located at
the bottom of the workspace. It
provides information about the
document and convenient ways to
quickly change some document
features.

Displaying or hiding toolbars

To display or hide toolbars, choose
View > Toolbars, then click on
the name of a toolbar in the list.
An active toolbar shows a check
mark beside its name. Tear-off
toolbars are not listed in the View
menu.

Submenus and tear-off toolbars

Toolbar icons with a small triangle to
the right will display submenus, tearoff toolbars, and other ways of
selecting things, depending on the
tool.
Tear-off toolbars can be floating or
docked along an edge of the screen
or in one of the existing toolbar
areas. To move a floating tear-off
toolbar, drag it by the title bar,

Moving toolbars
To move a docked toolbar, place the
mouse pointer over the toolbar
handle (the small vertical bar to the
left of the toolbar), hold down the left
mouse button, drag the toolbar to the
new location, and then release the
mouse button.

To move a floating toolbar, click on

its title bar and drag it to a new
location.

Floating toolbars
Writer includes several additional
context-sensitive toolbars, whose
defaults appear as floating toolbars
in response to the cursors current
position or selection. For example,
when the cursor is in a table, a
floating Table toolbar appears, and
when the cursor is in a numbered or
bullet list, the Bullets and Numbering
toolbar appears. You can dock these
toolbars to the top, bottom, or side of

Docking/floating windows and

toolbars
To undock a window, hold down the Control
key and double-click on the frame (or a vacant
area near the icons at the top) of the docked
window.
Toolbars and some windows, such as the
Navigator and the Styles and Formatting
window, are dockable. You can move, resize,
or dock them to an edge.
To dock a window or toolbar, hold down the
Control key and double-click on the frame of
the floating window (or in a vacant area near
the icons at the top of the floating window) to
dock it in its last position.

Rulers
Rulers are enabled by default. To show or hide the
rulers, choose View > Ruler. To disable the rulers,
choose Tools > Options > LibreOffice Writer >
View and deselect either or both rulers.

Status bar
The Writer status bar is located at the bottom
of the workspace. It provides information about
the document and convenient ways to quickly
change some document features.

Page number
Shows the current page number, the sequence
number of the current page (if different), and
the total number of pages in the document.
Word count
The word count is shown in the status bar, and
is kept up to date as you edit. Any text selected
in the document will be counted and displayed
alongside the total count.
Page style
Shows the style of the current page. To change
the page style, right-click on this field. A list of
page styles pops up; choose a different style by
clicking on it.
Language

Insert mode
This area is blank when in Insert mode. Doubleclick to change to Overwrite mode; single-click
to return to Insert mode. In Insert mode, any
text after the cursor position moves forward to
make room for the text you type; in Overwrite
mode, text after the cursor position is replaced
by the text you type. This feature is disabled
when in Edit > Changes > Record mode.
Selection mode
Click to choose different selection modes. The
icon does not change, but when you hover the
mouse pointer over this field, a tooltip
indicates which mode is active.
When you click in the field, a context menu

Mode

Effect

Standard selection

Click in the text where you want to

position the cursor; click in a cell to
make it the active cell. Any other
selection is then deselected.

Extending selection (F8)

Clicking in the text extends or crops the

current selection.

Adding selection
(Shift+F8)

A new selection is added to an existing

selection. The result is a multiple
selection.

Block selection
(Ctrl+Shift+F8)

A block of text can be selected.

 Document changes status

The icon that is displayed here changes from
this one if the document has no unsaved
changes, to this one if it has been edited and
the changes have not been saved.
Digital signature
If the document has been digitally signed, this
icon is displayed here; otherwise, it is blank.
To view the certificate, double-click the icon.
Section or object information
When the cursor is in a section, heading, or
list item, or when an object (such as a picture
or table) is selected, information about that
item appears in this field. Double-clicking in

View layout
Click an icon to change between
single page, side-by-side, and book
layout views. You can edit the
document in any view. Zoom settings
(see below and next page) interact
with the selected view layout and the
window width to determine how
many pages are visible in the
document window.

View layouts: single, side-by-side,

book

Zoom
To change the view magnification,
drag the Zoom slider, or click on the
+ and signs, or right-click on the
zoom level percent to pop up a list of
magnification values from which to
choose.

Changing document views

Writer has three ways to view a document: Print
Layout, Web Layout, and Full Screen. To change the
view, go to the View menu and click on the required
view.
Print Layout is the default view in Writer. In this view,
you can use the Zoom slider and the View Layout
icons on the Status bar to change the magnification.
You can also choose View > Zoom from the menu bar
to display the Zoom & View Layout dialog box, where
you can set the same options as on the Status bar.

In Web Layout view, you can use only the

Zoom slider; the View Layout buttons on the
Status bar are disabled, and most of the
choices on the Zoom & View Layout dialog
box are not available.
In Full Screen view, the document is displayed
using the zoom and layout settings previously
selected. To exit Full Screen view and return
to either Print or Web Layout view, press the
Esc key or click the Full Screen icon in the
top left-hand corner. You can also use

LABORATORY ACTIVITY

 Open the Libre Office Writer

Type your information below.
Follow the following formats:
Your information should be underlined
Font size -14
Font style- Comic Sans MC
Font color- Blue

Name: Maam Sheng Date: May 28,2014

Section : Instructor Score:_________
If you are DONE, save that file as
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Then save as seatwork 2 in Pictures.

Date
inch top,

Instructions: Use the ARIAL,12,Black Set the margin 1

bottom and right,1.5 inch left. The body of the
should be Justified. Your name should be bold.
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