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Contents
Preface............................................................................................................................................ 9
Who is this book for?................................................................................................................... 9
What's in this book?..................................................................................................................... 9
Where to get more help............................................................................................................... 9
What’s new in Apache OpenOffice 3.4?..................................................................................... 10
What are the advantages of Apache OpenOffice?..................................................................... 11
What you see may be different................................................................................................... 11
Using Apache OpenOffice on a Mac.......................................................................................... 12
Frequently asked questions....................................................................................................... 12
What are all these things called?............................................................................................... 13
Acknowledgements.................................................................................................................... 14
Chapter 1
Introducing Apache OpenOffice.................................................................................................. 15
What is Apache OpenOffice?..................................................................................................... 15
Minimum requirements.............................................................................................................. 16
How to get and install the software............................................................................................ 16
Extensions and add-ons............................................................................................................ 16
Starting Apache OpenOffice....................................................................................................... 17
Parts of the main window........................................................................................................... 18
Starting a new document........................................................................................................... 23
Opening an existing document...................................................................................................23
Saving a document.................................................................................................................... 24
Closing a document................................................................................................................... 25
Closing Apache OpenOffice....................................................................................................... 26
Using the Open and Save As dialogs......................................................................................... 26
Using the Navigator................................................................................................................... 27
Undoing and redoing changes................................................................................................... 28
Chapter 2
Using Styles and Templates........................................................................................................ 31
What is a template?................................................................................................................... 31
What are styles?........................................................................................................................ 31
Applying styles........................................................................................................................... 32
Modifying styles......................................................................................................................... 34
Creating new (custom) styles..................................................................................................... 36
Copying and moving styles........................................................................................................ 37
Deleting styles........................................................................................................................... 39
Using a template to create a document..................................................................................... 39
Creating a template................................................................................................................... 40
Editing a template...................................................................................................................... 42
Adding templates using the Extension Manager........................................................................ 43
Setting a default template.......................................................................................................... 44
Associating a document with a different template...................................................................... 44
Organizing templates................................................................................................................. 45
Taming Apache OpenOffice 3.4: Getting Started
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