Video Tutorials

Table of Contents - Writer

OpenOffice Writer - 64 lessons (26 free lessons)

    Customizing program window appearance (View menu options)

  1. Showing and hiding toolbars
  2. Moving toolbars to another location on the screen
  3. Maximizing editor space using Full Screen mode
  4. Editing icon bars - showing and hiding icons
  5. Hiding or showing the Ruler and the Status Bar

    Basic functions

  1. Selecting text
  2. Deleting characters using [Backspace] or [Del]
  3. Inserting characters into existing text in insert or overwrite mode
  4. Inserting special characters
  5. Superscript and subscript
  6. Showing nonprinting characters
  7. Character formatting
  8. Paragraph formatting
  9. Removing text formatting
  10. Copying text from the Web
  11. Undoing and redoing actions
  12. Non-breaking space
  13. Line breaks
  14. Inserting frames in the text

    Text editing: copying, cutting, moving

  1. Copying text
  2. Cutting text
  3. Moving text

    Text formatting using tabs

  1. Inserting tabs
  2. Tab types
  3. Moving and deleting tabs
  4. Inserting preceding fill characters
  5. Advantages of formatting using tabs

    Bullets and numbering

  1. Creating a numbered or bulleted list
  2. Multiple level list
  3. Moving list items up or down a level
  4. Changing numbering style

    Inserting graphics into the document

  1. Inserting images
  2. Adjusting image size and position
  3. Image anchoring
  4. Image wrapping in the text
  5. Padding between the image and text

    Paragraphs, indents and spacing

  1. Paragraph formatting and indent setting using the ruler
  2. Entering exact settings using the Indents & Spacing tab
  3. Setting paragraph line spacing
  4. Setting paragraph spacing

    Setting page margins

  1. Setting margins using the ruler
  2. Setting exact margins in the Page dialog

    Headers, footers and page numbering

  1. Inserting
  2. Editing header and footer text
  3. Inserting page numbering

    Checking spelling and dictionaries

  1. Checking spelling
  2. Adding words to the dictionary
  3. Creating custom dictionaries

    Indexes

  1. Inserting an index
  2. Assigning styles to section and subsection titles
  3. Updating index contents

    Tables

  1. Inserting a quick table into the document
  2. Insert table dialog
  3. Entering text and navigating text fields
  4. Automatic number recognition
  5. Number formatting in tables
  6. Calculating column sums
  7. Changing column width and row height
  8. Formatting text in cells
  9. Adding table rows and columns
  10. Splitting and merging cells
  11. Text position in cells
  12. Converting between text and table content
  13. Table AutoFormat