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    Writer - Quick Reference Guide and Cheat-sheet.

    Writer User Interface

       Show a graphic with the User Interface and pointers to all of the 
       parts with explanations on what each part if for.
    
       List all of the optional toolbars that are available
       Display graphics of the "commonly used" toolbars and what each icon is for.
    



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    Supported Document file formats

       List all of the file formats that can be 
       Opened, Saved, Exported
    


    Writer Document File Formats
    Open Save Export Name of the Format
    .odt .odt - - - - - ODF Text Document's
    .ott .ott - - - - - ODF Text Document Template
    .pdb .pdb - - - - - AportisDoc (Palm)
    .xml .xml - - - - - DocBook
    ? - - - - - - - - - - Hangul WP 97
    .html .html - - - - - HTML Document (OpenOffice.org Writer)
    ? - - - - - - - - - - Lotus WordPro Document
    .docx .docx - - - - - Microsoft Word 2007/2010 XML
    .dotx - - - - - - - - - - Microsoft Word 2007/2010 XML Template
    .xml .xml - - - - - Microsoft Word 2003 XML
    .doc .doc - - - - - Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP/2003
    .dot - - - - - - - - - - Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP/2003 Template
    .doc - - - - - - - - - - Microsoft Word 6.0 / 95
    - - - - - .doc - - - - - Microsoft Word 6.0
    - - - - - .doc - - - - - Microsoft Word 95
    ? - - - - - - - - - - Microsoft Word 95 Template
    ? - - - - - - - - - - Microsoft WinWord 5
    ? - - - - - - - - - - Microsoft Works Document
    .docx .docx - - - - - Office Open XML Text
    ? - - - - - - - - - - Office Open XML Text Template
    .sxw .sxw - - - - - OpenOffice.org 1.0 Text Document
    .stw .stw - - - - - OpenOffice.org 1.0 Text Document Template
    .fodt .fodt - - - - - OpenDocument Text(Flat XML)
    .pdf - - - - - .pdf PDF - Portable Document Format (Writer)
    .psw .psw - - - - - Pocket Word
    .rtf .rtf - - - - - Rich Text Format
    ? - - - - - - - - - - StarWriter 1.0
    ? - - - - - - - - - - StarWriter 2.0
    ? - - - - - - - - - - StarWriter DOS
    ? - - - - - - - - - - StarWriter 3.0 - 5.0
    ? - - - - - - - - - - StarWriter 3.0 - 5.0 Templates
    ? - - - - - - - - - - T602 Document
    .txt .txt - - - - - Text
    .txt .txt - - - - - Text Encoded
    .uot .uot - - - - - Unified Office Formatted text
    ? - - - - - - - - - - WordPerfect Document
    - - - - - - - - - - .xml Writer Layout XML
    - - - - - - - - - - .html XHTML
    - - - - - - - - - - .xhtml XHTML



    Graphics and Image formats supported with Insert - Picture
    .bmp Windows Bitmap
    .dxf AutoCAD Interchange Format
    .emf Enhanced Metafile
    .eps Encapsulated PostScript
    .gif Graphic Interchange Format
    .jpg JPEG - Joint Photographic Exports Group
    .met OS/2 Metafile
    .pbm Portable Bitmap
    .pcd Kodak Photo CD (768x512)
    .pcd Kodak Photo CD (384x256)
    .pcd Kodak Photo CD (192x128)
    .pct Mac Pict
    .pcx Zsoft Paintbrush
    .pgm Portable Graymap
    .png Portable Network Graphic
    .ppm Portable Pixelmap
    .psd Adobe Photoshop
    .ras Sun Raster Image
    .sgf StarWriter Graphics Format
    .sgv StarDraw 2.0
    .svg Scalable Vector Graphics
    .svm StarView Metafile
    .tga Truevision Targa
    .tif TIFF - Tagged Image File Format
    .wmf Windows Metafile
    .xbm X Bitmap
    .xpm X PixMap



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    Formatting the Page

       List and describe the options in Format>Page option
    

    Formatting the Text

        List and describe all of the Character, Text, and Paragraph formatting options
    

    Advanced Document Formatting.

       describe some of the advanced document formatting options, like "frames".
    

    Adding / Formatting - Images and other files or objects in a document

         describe how to insert images and other files and objects into a document
         describe the formatting options for images and objects once it is in the document
    

    Using Templates

        List all of the standard Templates that are a part of the standard install of LibreOffice.
        Describe how to use these templates.
    


    Using the Extension Manager

        Describe how to use the Extension Manager
        How to add, remove, enable/disable the extensions
        Describe what some extensions are "locked".
    


    Working with the Tools - Options Menus.




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    LibreOffice

    User Data

    This is the area where the user "can" enter their personal information.

    • Company
    • First/Last name/Iniitials
    • Street
    • City/State/Zip
    • Country/Region
    • Title/Position
    • Tel. (Home/Work)
    • Fax / E-mail


    General

    Help

    □ Tips
    □ Help Agent
    □ Extended Tips

    Open/Save dialoge

    □ Use LibreOffice dialogs

    Print dialogs

    □ Use LibreOffice dialogs

    Document status

    □ Print sets "document modified" status
    □ Allow to save document even when the document is not modified

    Year (two digits)

    Interpret as years between 1930 and 2029
    □ Enable experimental (unstable) features
    Memory
    Heading text
    View
    Print
    Paths
    Colors
    Fonts
    Security
    Appearance
    Accessibility
    Java
    Online Update

    Load Save

    • General
    • VBA Properties
    • Microsoft Office
    • HTML Compatibility


    Language Settings

    • Languages
    • Writing Aids


    LibreOffice Writer

    • General
    • View
    • Formatting Aids
    • Grid
    • Basic Fonts (Western)
    • Print
    • Table
    • Changes
    • Compatibility
    • AutoCaption
    • Mail Merge E-mail


    LibreOffice Writer/Web

    • View
    • Formatting Aids
    • Grid
    • Print
    • Table
    • Background


    LibreOffice Base

    Charts

    Internet

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    Keyboard Shortcuts

        List all the useful keyboard shortcuts.
    


    Controlling dialogs

    Enter

    Activates selected button. In most cases where no button is
    selected, Enter is equivalent to clicking OK.
    

    Esc

    Closes dialog without saving any changes made while it was open.
     
    

    Spacebar

    Checks an empty checkbox. Clears a checked checkbox.
    

    Up, down arrow keys

    Moves focus up and down a list. Increases or decreases value of a
    variable.
    

    Right, left arrow keys

    Moves focus horizontally within a section of a dialog.
    

    Tab

    Advances focus to the next section or element of a dialog.
    

    Shift+Tab

    Returns focus to the previous section or element in a dialog.
    

    Alt+Down Arrow

    Shows items in a drop-down list.
    

    Stopping macros

    Shift+Ctrl+Q Stops a running macro.
    


    Function keys for Writer Shortcut keys

    F1

    Opens Writer Help at the Home page. Pressing F1 again, opens the
    home page of the active tab.
    

    Shift+F1

    Enables the extended help tips under the mouse pointer until the next
    click.
    

    F2

    Opens or closes the Formula Bar.
    

    Ctrl+F2

    Opens the Fields dialog.
    

    Shift+F2

    Enables tips for the currently selected command, icon or control
    

    F3

    Inserts the AutoText entry corresponding to the typed shortcut.
    

    Ctrl+F3

    Opens the AutoText dialog, where you can edit an AutoText entry or
    create a new entry from the selected text.
    

    F4

    Opens or closes the View Data Sources window.
    

    Shift+F4

    Selects the next frame.
    

    F5

    Opens or closes the Navigator.
    

    Ctrl+Shift+F5

    Opens the Navigator with cursor in page number field.
    

    F7

    Starts the spelling and grammar checker.
    

    Ctrl+F7

    Opens the Thesaurus.
    

    F8

    Turns Extension Selection mode on or off.
    

    Ctrl+F8

    Turns field shadings on or off.
    

    Shift+F8

    Turns Multiple Selection mode on or off.
    

    Ctrl+Shift+F8

    Turns Block Selection mode on or off.
    

    F9

    Updates fields.
    

    Ctrl+F9

    Shows or hides field names.
    

    Shift+F9

    Calculates Table.
    

    Ctrl+Shift+F9

    Opens a dialog for editing input fields and lists.
    

    F10

    See “Opening menus and menu items“ 
    

    Ctrl+F10

    Displays or hides nonprinting characters.
    

    F11

    Opens or closes the Styles and Formatting window.
    

    Shift+F11

    Creates a new style from a selection.
    

    Ctrl+Shift+F11

    Updates a style.
    


    Shortcut keys Effect

    F12

    Turns paragraph numbering on or off.
    


    Ctrl+F12

    Inserts or edits a table.
    

    Shift+F12

    Turns bullets on or off.
    

    Ctrl+Shift+F12

    Turns numbering/bullets off.
    


    Ctrl+A

    Selects all content in a document, unless the cursor is in a table (see
    “Shortcut keys for tables in Writer” on page 9).
    

    Ctrl+D

    Double underlines selected text or text typed afterwards. Press again
     to turn off.
    

    Ctrl+E

    Centers the paragraph.
    

    Ctrl+F

    Opens the Find dialog.
    

    Ctrl+Alt+F

    Opens the Find and Replace dialog.
    

    Ctrl+J

    Justifies the paragraph.
    

    Ctrl+L

    Aligns the paragraph to the left.
    

    Ctrl+R

    Align the paragraph to the right.
    

    Ctrl+M

    Applies default formatting to the selection.
    

    Ctrl+Shift+B

    Subscripts selected text or text typed afterwards. Press again to turn
    off.
    

    Ctrl+Shift+P

    Superscripts selected text or text typed afterwards. Press again to turn
    off.
    

    Ctrl+Y

    Redoes last action.
    

    Ctrl+5

    Applies 1.5 line spacing to paragraph.
    

    Ctrl+Plus Key(+)

    Calculates the selected text and copies the result to the clipboard.
    

    Ctrl+Hyphen(-)

    Inserts a conditional hyphen.
    

    Ctrl+Shift+Hyphen (-)

    Inserts a non-breaking hyphen (not used for hyphenation).
    

    Ctrl+Shift+X

    Removes direct character formats from selected text.
    

    Ctrl+/ (slash)

    Inserts a no-width optional line break.
    

    Ctrl+multiplication sign (*)

    Runs macro field.
    (only on number pad) 
    
    Shortcut keys for Writer

    Ctrl+Shift+Space

    Inserts a non-breaking space (not used for hyphenation and not
    expanded if text is justified).
    

    Shift+Enter

    Inserts a line break without paragraph change.
    

    Ctrl+Enter

    Inserts a page break.
    

    Ctrl+Shift+Enter

    Inserts a column break in multi-column texts.
    

    Alt+Enter

    Inserts a new paragraph without numbering.
    

    Alt+Enter

    Inserts a new paragraph directly before or after a section or a table.
    

    Arrow Left

    Moves cursor to left.
    

    Shift+Arrow Left

    Moves cursor with selection to the left.
    

    Ctrl+Arrow Left

    Goes to beginning of word.
    

    Ctrl+Shift+Arrow Left

    Selects to the left word by word.
    

    Arrow Right

    Moves cursor to right.
    

    Shift+Arrow Right

    Moves cursor with selection to the right.
    

    Ctrl+Arrow Right

    Goes to start of next word.
    

    Ctrl+Shift+Arrow Right

    Selects to the right word by word.
    

    Arrow Up

    Moves up one line.
    

    Shift+Arrow Up

    Selects lines in an upwards direction.
    

    Arrow Down

    Moves cursor down one line.
    

    Shift+Arrow Down

    Selects lines in a downward direction.
    


    Home

    Goes to beginning of line.
    

    Shift+Home

    Goes and selects to the beginning of a line.
    

    End

    Goes to end of line.
    

    Shift+End

    Goes and selects to end of line.
    

    Ctrl+Home

    Goes to start of document.
    

    Ctrl+Shift+Home

    Goes and selects text to start of document.
    

    Ctrl+End

    Goes to end of document.
    

    Ctrl+Shift+End

    Goes and selects text to end of document.
    

    Ctrl+PageUp

    Switches cursor between text and header.
    

    Ctrl+PageDown

    Switches cursor between text and footer.
    

    Insert

    Turns Insert mode on or off.
    


    Shortcut Keys Effect

    PageUp

    Moves up one screen page.
    

    Shift+PageUp

    Moves up one screen page with selection.
    

    PageDown

    Moves down one screen page.
    

    Shift+PageDown

    Moves down one screen page with selection.
    

    Ctrl+Del

    Deletes text to end of word.
    

    Ctrl+Backspace

    Deletes text to beginning of word.
    

    Ctrl+Shift+Del

    Deletes text to end of sentence.
    

    Ctrl+Shift+Backspace

    Deletes text to beginning of sentence.
    

    Ctrl+Tab

    Uses next suggestion with automatic word completion.
    

    Ctrl+Shift+Tab

    Use previous suggestion with automatic word completion.
    

    Alt+W

    In the spelling checker dialog: Calls back the original unknown word
    into the text box.
    

    Ctrl+double-click

    Docks or un-docks the Navigator, Styles and Formatting window
    

    Ctrl+Shift+F10

    other windows.
    
    Shortcut keys for tables in Writer Shortcut Keys Effect

    Ctrl+A

    If the active cell is empty, Ctrl+A selects the whole table; otherwise, it
    selects the contents of the active cell. Press Ctrl+A a second time to
    select the entire table.
    

    Ctrl+Home

    If the active cell is empty, Ctrl+Home moves the cursor to the
    beginning of the table. Press Ctrl+Home again to move the cursor to
    the beginning of document.
    If the active cell is not empty, Ctrl+Home moves the cursor to the
    beginning of the active cell. A second press of Ctrl+Home moves the
    cursor to the beginning of the current table. A third press moves the
    cursor to the beginning of the document.
    

    Ctrl+End

    If the active cell is empty, Ctrl+End moves the cursor to the end of the
    table. Press Ctrl+End again to move the cursor to the end of
    document.
    If the active cell is not empty, Ctrl+End moves the cursor to the end of
    the active cell. A second press of Ctrl+End moves the cursor to the
    end of the current table. A third press moves the cursor to the end of
    the document.
    

    Ctrl+Tab

    Inserts a tab stop (only in tables). Depending on the Window Manager
    in use, Alt+Tab may be used instead.
    

    Ctrl+Shift+Arrow

    Up Jumps to start of table.
    

    Ctrl+Shift+Arrow

    Down Jumps to end of table.
    

    Alt+Arrow Keys

    Increases or decreases the size of the column or row on the right or
    bottom cell edge.
    

    Alt+Shift+Arrow Keys

     Increases or decreases the size of the column or row on the left or top
     cell edge.
    

    Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Arrow Keys Like Alt, but modifies only the active cell.

    Alt+Insert

    Provides 3 seconds in Insert mode, during which time pressing an
    arrow key inserts a row or column, or Ctrl+Arrow Key inserts a cell.
    

    Alt+Del

    Provides 3 seconds in Delete mode, during which time pressing an
    arrow key deletes a row or column, or Ctrl+Arrow Key merges the
    active cell with the neighboring cell.
    

    Ctrl+Shift+T

    Removes cell protection from all selected tables. If no table is
    selected, then cell protection is removed from all of the tables in the
    document.
    

    Ctrl+Shift+Del

    If nothing is selected, the contents of the next cell are deleted. If cells
    are selected, the whole row(s) of the selection are deleted. If all rows
    are selected completely or partially, the entire table is deleted.
    
    Shortcut keys for paragraphs and heading levels Shortcut Keys Effect

    Ctrl+0 (zero)

    Applies Text Body paragraph style.
    

    Ctrl+1

    Applies Heading 1 paragraph style.
    

    Ctrl+2

    Applies Heading 2 paragraph style.
    

    Ctrl+3

    Applies Heading 3 paragraph style.
    

    Ctrl+4

    Applies Heading 4 paragraph style.
    

    Ctrl+5

    Applies Heading 5 paragraph style.
    

    Ctrl+Alt+Up Arrow

    Moves the active paragraph or selected paragraphs up one
    or Ctrl+Up Arrow paragraph.
    

    Ctrl+Alt+Down Arrow

    Moves the active paragraph or selected paragraphs down one
    Ctrl+Down Arrow paragraph.
    
    

    Tab

    When the cursor is at the beginning of the heading text, moves a heading in format 
    Heading X (X = 1–9) down one level in the outline.
    Does not affect the applied paragraph style.
    

    Shift+Tab

    When the cursor is at the beginning of the heading text, moves a
    heading in format Heading X (X = 2–10) up one level in the outline.
    Does not affect the applied paragraph style.
     
    

    Ctrl+Tab

    At the start of a heading: Inserts a tab stop. Depending on the Window
    Manager in use, Alt+Tab may be used instead.
    Shortcut keys for moving and resizing frames, graphics and
    objects
    


    Esc

    Cursor is inside a text frame and no text is selected: 
    Esc selects the  text frame. Text frame is selected: 
    Esc clears the cursor from the text frame.
    

    F2 or Enter

    If a text frame is selected: positions the cursor to the end of the text in  
    or any key that produces a the text frame. If you press any key that produces 
    a character on character on screen screen, and the document is in edit mode, 
    the character is appended to the text.
    

    Alt+Arrow Keys

    Moves the selected object.
    

    Alt+Ctrl+Arrow Keys

    Resizes an object by moving the lower right corner.
    

    Alt+Ctrl+Shift+

    Resizes an object by moving the top left corner.
    

    Ctrl+Tab

    Selects the anchor of an object (in Edit Points mode).
    

    How to install LibreOffice for Windows using the Custom Install

         Describe a Windows Install of LibreOffice - do we still need to have a JRE installed first?
         Show the options in a Windows Install.
         Show all of the Custom Install options like languages and dictionaries.
    

    Describe how to install LibreOffice in the other supported OSs.

         Linux DEBs
         Linux RPM
         macOS Intel and PPC
    

    LibreOffice Web Sites

        List the useful web sites
        Main site
        Wiki sites
        Document Sites
        The download site and how to use it
        Where to get Help
        etc.
    


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