Help about %PRODUCTNAME Writer

Overview
The %PRODUCTNAME Writer Functions
Shortcut Keys for Text Documents
Navigating and Selecting With the Keyboard
General Shortcut Keys in %PRODUCTNAME
Charts in %PRODUCTNAME

General Instructions for %PRODUCTNAME

Overview

Opening and Saving Documents and Templates

First Steps
Turning off URL Recognition by AutoCorrect
Changing the Title of a Document
Saving Documents Automatically
Opening Documents
Changing Your Work Directory
Saving Documents
Saving documents in other formats (e.g. Microsoft)
Relative and Absolute Links
Protected Contents in %PRODUCTNAME
%PRODUCTNAME Quickstarter under Windows
File Name Expansion (AutoComplete)
Quick Opening of Files Without Dialogs
Creating and Printing Labels and Business Cards
Printing Labels With Serial Numbers
Printing Address Labels

Using Windows, Menus and Icons

Turning Extended Tips on and off
Turning off URL Recognition by AutoCorrect
Showing, Hiding and Docking Windows
Changing Toolbars
Using Floating Toolbars
Navigation to Quickly Reach Objects
Navigator for Overview of Documents

Copying Data via Drag & Drop or Menu

Dragging and Dropping Within a %PRODUCTNAME Document
Drag and Drop With the Data Source View
Inserting Objects From the Gallery
Copying Graphics From the Gallery
Inserting Graphics From a Document in the Gallery
Copying Graphics Between Documents
Copying Draw Objects into Other Documents
Copying Sheet Areas to Text Documents
Inserting Data From Spreadsheets
Inserting Data From Text Documents
Inserting Special Characters

Data Sources

Overview
Registering an Address Book
Importing and Exporting Data in Text Format
Executing an SQL Command Directly
Loading Data from Data Sources in %PRODUCTNAME Calc
Searching in Tables and Form Documents
Searching With a Form Filter
Table Design
Inserting and Editing Buttons

Recording Changes (Revision Marking)

Recording and Displaying Changes
Accepting or Rejecting Changes
Comparing Versions of a Document
Merging Versions
Recording Changes
Protecting Records
Version Management

Configuring and Modifying %PRODUCTNAME

Configuring the Keyboard
Configuring Menus
Configuring %PRODUCTNAME
Customize
Saving Configuration With Document
Changing Toolbars
Sending Faxes and Configuring %PRODUCTNAME for Faxing
Changing Icon Views
Inserting, Moving and Deleting Icons on Toolbars
Selecting Measurement Units
Changing Default Templates
Moving, Deleting or Copying Icons
Switching Object Bars With the Context Menu
Inserting and Editing Tab Stops
Changing the Color of Text
Switching Between Insert Mode and Overwrite Mode

Charts

Inserting Charts
Editing Chart Titles
Editing Chart Axes
Adding Texture to Chart Bars
Editing Chart Legends

Miscellaneous

Inserting, Editing, Saving Bitmaps
Showing Navigation Pane of the Help
Turning Extended Tips on and off
Modifying an Existing Installation
Repairing a damaged installation
Saving documents in other formats (e.g. Microsoft)
OpenOpening documents from other formats (e.g. Microsoft)
Sending Documents as E-Mail
Protected Contents in %PRODUCTNAME
Defining Background Colors or Background Graphics
Defining Borders
Editing Hyperlinks
Inserting Hyperlinks
Searching With the Hyperlink Bar
Drawing Graphics With the Draw Functions
Selecting the Document Language
Turning off Numbering/Bullets for Individual Paragraphs
Selecting Maximum Possible Page Formats
Printing in Black and White
Printing in Another Order
Creating Round Corners
Sending Form Faxes
Inserting Protected Spaces, Hyphens and Conditional Separators
Versions and Build Numbers, Employee Lists
Merging and Splitting Cells

Instructions for Using %PRODUCTNAME Writer

Overview

Entering and Formatting Text

Entering New Text
Inserting Text
Switching Between Insert Mode and Overwrite Mode
Entering Text Anywhere on a Page
Selecting and Deleting Text
Navigating and Selecting With the Keyboard
Inserting Special Characters
Inserting Protected Spaces, Hyphens and Conditional Separators
Formatting Text While Typing Using Shortcut Keys
Emphasizing Text
Changing the Color of Text
Rotating Text
Centering Text Vertically on the Page
Defining Borders
Making Text Superscript and Subscript
Writing in Uppercase or Lowercase
Moving Text Sections in Documents
Resetting Font Attributes While Typing
Outline Numbering
Chapters in Navigator
Quick Formatting Using the Adjacent Paragraph Format
Positioning Cursor at Bookmarks
>Using Sections
Inserting Sections
Editing Sections
Templates and Styles
Creating New Styles From Selections
Transferring Formats With Fill Format Mode
Updating Styles From Selections
Copying Styles into Documents
Creating Document Templates
Defining Default Templates
Recording and Displaying Changes

Automatically Entering and Formatting Text

Turning Off AutoCorrect Function
Automatic Numbering/Bullets
Automatic Spellcheck
Using AutoText
AutoText With AutoComplete
Exceptions in AutoCorrect
Alternating Page Styles on Odd and Even Pages
Turning off Numbering/Bullets for Individual Paragraphs

Using Styles, Numbering Pages, Using Fields

Using Fields
Entering Input Fields in Text
Querying User Data in Conditions
Converting Fields into Text
Inserting a Fixed or Variable Date
Inserting Lines Under Headers
Inserting Hyperlinks
Switching Hyperlinks on and off
Transferring Formats With Fill Format Mode
Creating New Styles From Selections
Updating Styles From Selections
Defining Number Ranges
Inserting and Deleting Page Breaks
Page Styles and Page Numbers
Creating Landscape Page Formats
Changing Portrait/Landscape Page Formats
Quick Formatting Using the Adjacent Paragraph Format

Editing Tables in Text

Inserting Tables
Deleting Tables
Calculating in Text Documents
Calculating in Text
Calculating With Formulas Located in Text
Performing Calculations With Tables in Text Documents
Calculating Across Multiple Tables
Calculating Cell Totals in Tables
Inserting Paragraphs Before Tables at Start of Page
Merging and Splitting Cells
Inserting or Deleting Rows/Columns Using the Keyboard
Repeating Several Heading Rows in Tables
Enlarging and Reducing Cells in Text Tables
Adapting Table Widths
Copying Sheet Areas to Text Documents

Images, Drawings, ClipArt, FontWork

Positioning Objects
Captions and Number Ranges
Numbering Illustrations by Chapters
Editing Text With FontWork
Inserting Graphics
Inserting, Editing, Saving Bitmaps
Inserting Graphics via Dialog
Inserting Graphics From %PRODUCTNAME Draw or Impress
Inserting Graphics via Drag and Drop From the Gallery
Inserting Graphics With a Scanner
Inserting a Chart From %PRODUCTNAME Calc
Inserting Decorative Horizontal Lines
Defining Borders
Aligning Text With Lines
Using Text Animation
Rotating Text
Defining Background Colors or Background Graphics

Table of Contents, Index

Using Master Documents and Subdocuments
Defining Index/Table of Contents Entries
Updating, Editing and Deleting Indexes and Tables of Contents
Editing or Deleting Index and Table Entries
Editing the Format of an Index/Table of Contents
Creating a Table of Contents
Creating Alphabetical Indexes
Creating Bibliographies
Creating User-Defined Indexes
Indexes Covering Multiple Documents
Navigator for Text Documents

Headings, Types of Numbering

Numbering and Numbering Styles
Turning Bullets On and Off
Turning Numbering On and Off
Outline Numbering
Automatic Numbering/Bullets
Captions and Number Ranges
Numbering Illustrations by Chapters
Defining Number Ranges
Using Master Documents and Subdocuments
Importing Lists From Other Text Programs
Changing Numbering via the Keyboard
Combining Two Separate Numbered Lists
Interrupting and Continuing Numbering
Turning off Bullets or Numbering
Numbering Lines

Headers, Footers, Footnotes

Remarks Concerning Headers and Footers
Inserting Page Numbers in Footers
Inserting Chapter Information in Headers
Defining Different Headers
Inserting Page Numbers of Continuation Pages
Inserting Lines Under Headers
Footnotes and Endnotes
Inserting and Editing Footnotes
Spacing Between Footnotes

Editing Other Objects in Text

Positioning Objects
Automatic Numbering/Bullets
Captions and Number Ranges
Numbering Illustrations by Chapters
Drawing Lines in Text
Defining Line Ends
Defining Line Styles
Applying Line Styles
Switching Hyperlinks on and off
Inserting, Editing and Linking Text Frames

Spelling, Dictionaries, Hyphenation

Controlling the Spellcheck via Dialog
Automatic Spellcheck
Exceptions in AutoCorrect
Removing Words From User-Defined Dictionaries
Hyphenation
Thesaurus

Form Letters, Lables and Business Cards

Creating Form Letters
Creating and Printing Labels and Business Cards
Printing Labels With Serial Numbers
Printing Address Labels
Conditional Text
Conditional Text for Page Counts

Working with Documents

Using Master Documents and Subdocuments
Printing HTML Documents Without Headers
Displaying Print Previews
Reduced Printing of Documents
Selecting printer paper trays
Publishing Text Documents in HTML
Inserting External Text Documents
Merging Text Documents
Saving documents in other formats (e.g. Microsoft)
OpenOpening documents from other formats (e.g. Microsoft)
Sending Documents as E-Mail
Changing Your Work Directory

Miscellaneous

AutoText With AutoComplete
Using AutoText
Sending Faxes and Configuring %PRODUCTNAME for Faxing
Page Styles From Selection
Conditional Text
Conditional Text for Page Counts
Moving Text Sections in Documents
Hidden Text
Inserting Hyperlinks in Text Documents From Navigator
Inserting Decorative Horizontal Lines
Navigator for Text Documents
Docking, Enlarging and Reducing Windows
Turning off Number Recognition in Tables
Printing HTML Documents Without Headers
Displaying Print Previews
Reduced Printing of Documents
Selecting printer paper trays
Setting References
Searching for Text With Wildcards
language recognition
Publishing Text Documents in HTML
Formatting Text While Typing Using Shortcut Keys
Entering Text Anywhere on a Page
Inserting, Editing and Linking Text Frames
Inserting External Text Documents
Merging Text Documents
Counting Words in Text
TextWrap Around Objects

Menus

Overview

File

Overview
New
Open
AutoPilot
Close
Save document
Saving As
Save All
Reloading
Versions
Send
Properties of
Templates
Page Previews / Print Page / page previews
Print
Printer Setup
Form Letter
Exit

Edit

Overview
Undo
Restoring
Repeat
Cutting
Copying
Paste
pasting contents / pasting contents
Select All
Changes
Paste (compare document)
Finding & Replacing
Navigator
AutoText
Exchange Database
Edit Fields
Edit Footnotes
Edit Index Entry
Editing Bibliography Entries
Hyperlink Dialogs
Edit Links
Plug-In
ImageMap editor
Object

View

Overview
scale
Data Sources
Toolbars
Ruler
Status Bar
Text Boundaries
Field Shadings
Fields
Nonprinting Characters
Hidden Paragraphs
Online Layout
Print Layout
HTML Source Code
Full Screen

Insert

Overview
Insert Manual Break
Fields
Special Character
Insert Section
Hyperlink Dialogs
Headers
Footers
Insert Footnote
Caption
Insert Bookmark
References
inserting notes
Insert Script
Indexes and Tables
Envelope
Frame
Insert Table
Insert Horizontal Line
Graphic
Object
Insert Floating Frame
Insert (File)

Format

Overview
Defaults
Character
Paragraph
Page Style
Edit Sections
Columns
Case/Characters
Ruby
Numbering/Bullets
Styles
Stylist
AutoFormat
Frame
Graphics
Aligning (Objects)
Alignment (Text Objects)
Font
Size
Style
Line Spacing
Object
Table Format
Split Table
Merge Table
numbers / format
Cell
Row
Column
AutoFormat for Tables
Line
Area
Text
Positions and Sizes
Control Properties
Form Properties
Flip
Arrangements
Anchoring
Editing Points
Wrap
FontWork
Group

Tools

Overview
Spellcheck
Thesaurus
Hyphenation
AutoCorrect
Outline Numbering
Line Numbering
Footnote options
Gallery
Bibliography Database
Data Source Administration
Convert Text to Table
Sort
Calculate
Update
macros
Customize
Options

Window

Overview
New Window
Document List

Toolbars

Overview
Customize toolbars

Function Bar

Overview
Load URL
Stopping the loading process
Edit File
New
Open
Save document
Print File Directly
Cutting
Copying
Paste
Undo
Restoring
Navigator
Stylist
Hyperlink Dialogs
Gallery

Main Toolbar

Overview
Insert
Insert Fields (HTML Document)
Fields
Insert Objects / Insert Object
Draw Functions
Form Functions
AutoText
Direct Cursor On/Off
Spellcheck
AutoSpellcheck
Finding & Replacing
Data Sources
Nonprinting Characters
Graphics
Online Layout

Main Toolbar/Web

Overview
Insert
Insert Fields
Fields
Insert Header
Insert Footer
Text animation
Form Functions
AutoText
Spellcheck
AutoSpellcheck
Finding & Replacing
Nonprinting Characters
Graphics
Print Layout
HTML Source Code

Text Object Bar

Overview
Apply Style
Font Name
Font Size
Bold
Italic
Underline
Left
Center
Right
Justify
Numbering on/off
Numbering/Bullets
Numbering Object Bar
Bullets On/Off
Decrease Indent
Increase Indent
Character / Font
Highlighting
Background color / Paragraph background
Toggle Object Bar

Graphics Object Bar

Overview
Filters
Graphics Mode
Red
Green
Blue
Brightness
Contrast
Gamma
Transparency
Graphics

Frame Object Bar

Overview
Apply Style
Wrap
Left
Center
Right
Top
Middle
Bottom
Border
Line Style
Border Color
Background color / Paragraph background
Frame
Bring to Front
Send to Back
Change Anchor
Link
Unlink Frames

Object Bar

Overview
Apply Style
Wrap
Left
Center
Right
Top
Middle
Bottom
Border
Line Style
Border Color
Object
Bring to Front
Send to Back
Change Anchor

Table Object Bar

Overview
Apply Style
Font Name
Font Size
Sum
Table: Fixed
Table: Fixed, Proportional
Table: Variable
Merge
Split Cells
Optimize
Insert Rows
Insert Column
Border
Line Style
Background color / Paragraph background
Toggle Object Bar

Draw Object Bar

Overview
Editing Points
Line
Arrow Styles
Line Styles
Line
Area
Object rotation mode
Change Anchor
To Foreground
To Background
Bring to Front
Send to Back
Align object / Align object / Alignment
Arrangements
Aligning (Objects)

Numbering Object Bar

Overview
Apply Style
Font Name
Font Size
Numbering Off
Up one level / Promote
One level down / Demote
Shift up with Subpoints
Shift down with Subpoints
Insert entry without numbering
Move Up / Above
Move Down / Down
Move Up with Subpoints
Move Down with Subpoints
Restart Numbering
Numbering/Bullets
Toggle Object Bar

Object Bar with Text in Draw Object

Overview
Font Name
Font Size
Bold
Italic
Underline
font positions / Positions
Left
Center
Right
Justify
Select All
Character
Paragraph
Text running from left to right

Object Toolbar when Creating Forms

Overview
Change Anchor
Positions and Sizes
Control Properties
Form Properties
Form Navigator
Tab Order
Field selection
Design Mode
Bring to Front
Send to Back
Group
Ungroup
Enter Group
Exit Group
Show Grid
Snap to Grid
Guides when moving objects
Align object / Align object / Alignment

Status Bar

Overview
Page Number
Current Page Style
Scale
Insert Mode
Selection Mode
Edit or Activate Hyperlinks
Document Modification
Combined Display

Status Bar in %PRODUCTNAME Basic Documents

Overview
Document Information
Document Modification
Position in Document
Insert Mode

Hyperlink Bar

Overview
URL Name
Internet URLs
Target Frame
Hyperlink
Find
Hyperlink Dialogs

Page Preview

Overview
Previous Page
Next Page
To start of document / First Page
To end of document / Last Page
Page preview: Two pages
Page preview: Four pages
Zoom
Print page view
Print Options
Page Preview

Database Toolbar

Overview
Explorer On/Off
Insert Database Columns
Browsing for Records
Sort Ascending
Sort Descending
AutoFilter
Default Filter
Sort
Remove Filter/Sorting
Apply Filter
Refresh
Edit Data
Save current record
Undo
Cutting
Copying
Paste
Insert Database Columns
Update Fields
Form Letter
Data Source of Current Document
Data Source Administration

SQL Query Toolbar

Overview
Run
Delete query
Turning design view on and off
Add Tables
Functions
Table name
Alias name
Distinct Values
Native SQL
Query Design

Rulers

Overview
Set tabs
Set indents, margins, and columns

Formula Bar

Overview
Cell Reference
Formula
Cancel
Accept
Form Area

Bézier Object Bar

Overview
Editing Points
Grid

Overview

Overview
Registering an Address Book
Drag and Drop With the Data Source View

Database Toolbar

Overview
Explorer On/Off
Browsing for Records
Sort Ascending
Sort Descending
AutoFilter
Default Filter
Filter
Sort
Remove Filter/Sorting
Apply Filter
Refresh
Edit Data
Save current record
Undo
Cutting
Copying
Paste
Data Source of Current Document

Data Source Administration

Overview
General
Adabas D
Adabas D Statistics
User settings
JDBC
ODBC
dBase
ADO
Text
LDAP
Filemaker
Tables
Queries
Links

Table design

Overview
Index design
Field format
Table Design

Relations

Overview
Add Tables
Relations
Join Properties
Query Design
Data
Native SQL

Working with Database Tables

Overview
Edit File
Query Design
Data Sources
Edit File
Table format
Row Height
Field format
Column width
Overview
Database Toolbar
Delete Rows
Hide Field
Show All Fields

Queries

Overview
Insert Database Columns
Queries
Database Toolbar
Query Design
SQL Query Toolbar

Form Design

Overview
Form Functions
Object Toolbar when Creating Forms
Form Functions
Control Properties
Form Properties
Data
Form Navigator
Open in Design Mode

The %PRODUCTNAME Help Window

Overview
Contents - The Main Help Topics
Index - Keyword Search in the Help
Find - The Full-Text Search
Managing bookmarks
Help Agent, Tips and Extended Tips