Archive for July 2015

Recognize good practice in paragraph spacing: apply spacing between paragraphs rather than use the Return key. When creating new paragraphs, it is always advisable to apply appropriate spacing between paragraphs instead of using the return key. This is because when we use the return key more than once to provide spacing between paragraphs, we create…

Recognize good practice in aligning text: use align, indent, and tab tools rather than inserting spaces. While aligning text in a document, it is always advisable to use the different alignment and indentation tools instead of inserting spaces into the document. This is because when we insert spaces into a document, we actually create a…

Create, merge paragraph(s). Paragraphs are very important for the formatting of any document. Paragraphs create proper divisions among the different parts of text and make it look more presentable. In order to create a paragraph, simply insert a line break in the text at the point where you want to divide the text into two…

Change text formatting: font sizes, font types. To change the font size and the font type of the text in a document, right-click anywhere on the document text area and from the resulting menu, click on ‘Edit Paragraph Style’. This will open the ‘Paragraph Style’ dialog box. In this dialog box, under the ‘Font’ tab,…

Edit content by entering, removing characters, words within existing text, by over-typing to replace existing text. To edit content by entering or removing characters or words within existing text, select the text which you want to remove and replace. After this type the new text values. The new text will automatically take place of the…

Enter Text Switch between page-view modes. Writer has three ways to view a document: Print Layout, Web Layout, and Full Screen. To change the view, go to ‘View’ from the main menu bar and click on the required view from the resulting drop-down menu. Print Layout is the default view in Writer. Enter text into…

Set basic options/preferences in the application: user name, default folder to open, save documents. To set the basic options in the Writer application, click on ‘Tools’ from the main menu bar. From the resulting drop-down, click on ‘Options’. This will open the ‘Options’ dialog box. In the ‘Options’ dialog box, under ‘LibreOffice’, in ‘User Data’…

Open, close a word processing application. Open, close documents. To start Writer, click on the ‘Start’ button on your Windows machine. Click on ‘All Programs’ and then go to the ‘LibreOffice’ folder in the list of all programs which gets displayed. Click on the ‘LibreOffice’ folder and then click on ‘LibreOffice Writer’. This will start…