LibreOffice Writer 4.1
Start → All Programs → LibreOffice Writer (This could be different depending on the operating system.) Figure 6.8 shows the graphical user interface of LibreOffice Writer software.
1.Title Bar (Figure 6.9) - This is top most bar of Libre Office Writer window. This shows the name of the opened document. A new document is shown as Untitled X and ‘X’ is the document number.
2.Menu Bar - This is positioned below the Title Bar. The features available here are respectively File, Edit, View, Insert, Format, Tables, Tools, Window, and Help. When one function is selected, the relevant submenu for that will be opened and the available features of the submenu can be selected as per your wish.
- If ‘File’ menu is selected, the submenu will show options such as opening a newdocument, opening or saving a document, closing a document, etc.
- By opening ‘…’ of the submenu, dialogue boxes can be selected. Figure 6.11
- By using right hand side arrows of the submenu, another submenu can beopened. Figure 6.11
Tool bars - The bars positioned below Menu Bar of LibreOffice Writer window are tool bars. The Standard Tool Bar and Formatting Tool Bar will appear when the Writer window is opened and the opening or closing of the other tool bars can be done as per user requirements. For this, open ‘View’ menu, and then ‘Toolbars’ of submenu. The user can close the toolbars appear on the submenu.
3. Standard Tool Bar (Figure 6.12) – This contains commands in the form of Icons.
- New
- Save
- Page Preview
- Copy
- Redo
- Table
- Help
- Gallery
- Undo
- Paste
- Cut
- Spelling and grammar
- Open
4. Formatting Tool Bar (Figure 6.13) - This contains a several letter formatting methods which can be used in documents. The commands appear in the form of Icons.
- Apply style
- Font
- Font size
- Bold
- Underline
- Alignment
- Numbering
- Indentation
- Background color
- Font color
- Bullets
- Italics
5. Status Bar - This is positioned at the left bottom of the Writer window and displayed the number of pages, words, the language used, zooming, etc.
6. Scroll Button and Scroll Bar - used to go up and down of the document.
7. Zoom - This allows to change the scale of the pictures that is displayed on the screen. Zoom does not affect the physical document and the scales can be adjusted by the user. Zooming is also used in editing to check the finishing quality of the document.
To learn the tools which are not explained here,
position the mouse pointer on the tool see the Tool Tip.
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