Documentation/CheatSheets

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

Graphics and Image formats supported with Insert - Picture
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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".

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

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

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.