Writer is the word processor component of LibreOffice. In addition to the usual features of a word processor (spelling check, thesaurus, hyphenation, autocorrect, find and replace, automatic generation of tables of contents and indexes, mail merge, and others), Writer provides these important features:

• Templates and styles (see Chapters 6 and 7)

• Page-layout methods, including frames, columns, and tables (Chapter 4)

• Embedding or linking of graphics, spreadsheets, and other objects (Chapter 8)

• Built-in drawing tools (Chapter 8)

• Master documents, to group a collection of shorter documents into a single long document (Chapter 13)

• Change tracking during revisions (Chapter 3)

• Database integration, including a bibliography database (Chapters 11, 12, 15)

• Export to PDF, including bookmarks (Chapter 5)

• And many more

Contents

Copyright 2

Contributors 2

Feedback 2

Acknowledgments 2

Publication date and software version 2

Note for Mac users 2

What is Writer? 5

Parts of the main Writer window 5

Title bar 5

Menus 6

Toolbars 6

Displaying or hiding toolbars 6

Submenus and tear-off toolbars 6

Moving toolbars 7

Floating toolbars 7

Docking/floating windows and toolbars 7

Docking (AutoHide) 8

Customizing toolbars 8

Right-click (context) menus 9

Rulers 9

Status bar 10

Sidebar 12

Changing document views 15

Starting a new document 16

From the Start Center 16

From the Quickstarter 16

From the operating system menu 17

From the menu bar, toolbar, or keyboard 17

From a template 17

Opening an existing document 18

Saving a document 19

Saving a document automatically 19

Saving as a Microsoft Word document 19

Password protection 20

Changing the password for a document 21

Closing a document 22

Closing LibreOffice 22

Using the Navigator 22

Moving quickly through a document 24

Using the Navigation toolbar 24

Rearranging chapters using the Navigator 25

Setting reminders 26

Choosing drag mode 26

Undoing and redoing changes 26