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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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