Contents
Copyright..................................................................................................................................... 2
Preface.................................................................................................................................. 9
Who is this book for?................................................................................................................. 10
What's in this book?................................................................................................................... 10
Where to get more help............................................................................................................. 10
What you see may be different................................................................................................... 11
Using LibreOffice on a Mac........................................................................................................ 12
What are all these things called?............................................................................................... 12
Who wrote this book?................................................................................................................ 13
Acknowledgements.................................................................................................................... 13
Frequently asked questions....................................................................................................... 14
New features in LibreOffice 4..................................................................................................... 15
Chapter 1
Introducing LibreOffice..................................................................................................... 17
What is LibreOffice?................................................................................................................... 18
Advantages of LibreOffice.......................................................................................................... 19
Minimum requirements.............................................................................................................. 20
How to get the software............................................................................................................. 20
How to install the software......................................................................................................... 20
Extensions and add-ons............................................................................................................ 20
Starting LibreOffice.................................................................................................................... 20
Parts of the main window........................................................................................................... 22
Starting new documents............................................................................................................ 27
Opening existing documents...................................................................................................... 27
Saving documents..................................................................................................................... 28
Renaming and deleting files....................................................................................................... 31
Open and Save As dialogs......................................................................................................... 31
Using the Navigator................................................................................................................... 31
Undoing and redoing changes................................................................................................... 32
Closing a document................................................................................................................... 33
Closing LibreOffice.....................................................................................................................33
Chapter 2
Setting up LibreOffice........................................................................................................35
Choosing options for all of LibreOffice....................................................................................... 36
Choosing Load/Save options..................................................................................................... 50
Choosing language settings....................................................................................................... 55
Choosing Internet options.......................................................................................................... 57
Controlling LibreOffice’s AutoCorrect functions.......................................................................... 58
Chapter 3
Using Styles and Templates............................................................................................. 59
What is a template?................................................................................................................... 60
What are styles?........................................................................................................................ 60
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