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StarOffice Writer New User

Getting started with StarOffice Writer

Starting StarOffice, Writer Exploring the Writer Screen, Customising the Workspace, View, Entering text into a document, Saving a document, Getting Help, Closing a document, Exiting StarOffice Writer 

 Working with Documents

Opening a document, Moving around in a document, Inserting new text, Correcting text, Printing a document, Preparing and printing, envelopes, Preparing and printing labels

Editing documents

Selecting text, Copying and moving text, Using the UNDO feature, Checking a document for Spelling errors, Using the Thesaurus, Checking a document for hyphenation

Formatting text

Applying bold, italics and underlining, Inserting special characters, Default options, Changing font and font sizes, Changing font colour and highlighting, Applying outline and shadow effects, Applying strikethrough and underline effects, Changing font capitalisation and character positioning

Formatting Paragraphs

Changing text alignment, Changing line spacing, Changing paragraph spacing, Indenting text, Adding paragraph borders, Inserting Tabs, Adding paragraph borders, Adding paragraph backgrounds

Formatting Pages

Changing margins, Altering page orientation, Adding page borders, Adding page backgrounds

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StarOffice Writer Intermediate

Formatting paragraphs

Inserting line breaks, Altering paragraph text flow, Setting paragraph hyphenation, Inserting line numbering, Applying drop caps 

Formatting Pages

Page Numbering, Inserting page breaks, Designating columns before entering text, Assigning columns to previously typed text, Resizing existing columns, Inserting column breaks, Working with sections 

Bullets And Numbering

Bulleted Lists, Numbered Lists,

Working with Frames, Graphics and Objects

Inserting frames, Inserting a horizontal line, Inserting graphics and OLE objects, Inserting a plug-in, Inserting sounds and videos, Inserting an applet, Inserting a formula, Inserting a chart, Formatting frames, graphics and objects, Inserting captions

Tables

Creating a table, Modifying tables, Importing existing tables, Aligning cell text and data, Selecting Cells/Columns, Inserting Cells, Rows and Columns, Deleting Cells, Rows And Columns, Moving and Copying Cells, Rows and Columns, Adjusting Column Widths, Changing the Row Height, Calculating values in a table, Formatting numbers in a table, Sorting rows or columns, Altering the table format, Applying a table Autoformat, Adding a table caption, Converting text to tables, Converting tables to text, Protecting table contents 

Mail Merge

Creating personalised form letters, Merge Labels, Merge envelopes, Merge invitations, Creating the Main Document, Constructing the Data File, Entering Data, Inserting Merge Fields

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StarOffice Writer Advanced

Paragraph Styles

What is a style?, Apply an existing style, Create a new style, Delete a style, Modifying styles, Copying styles, Transferring a style to the current document

 Creating & Using Document Templates

Locating templates, Using existing templates, Modifying document templates, Create a new document template, Changing the standard template

 Using document automation

Working with AutoText entries, Using auto-correct features, Applying auto-format functions, Using outline numbering, Inserting scripts, Working with Macros, Performing calculations in Text, Using the Microsoft Import AutoPilot 

Reviewing, collaborating and merging documents

Finding and replacing text, Finding and replacing styles, Inserting notes in a document, Including document properties information, Merging multiple documents, Comparing documents, Recording changes to a document, Sending a document as an email

Working with Long Documents

Navigating long documents, Using bookmarks, Using cross referencing, Working with outlines and abstracts, Inserting notes, footnotes and endnotes, Indexes and table of contents, Using custom number sequences, Inserting captions, Creating a bibliography, Master documents 

Creating Web Pages and other online documents

Working with Hyperlinks and Image Maps, Choosing a background colour of graphic, Adding graphics, charts and rulers, Inserting a floating frame and text frames, Inserting a scrolling text marquee, Adding sound and video, Creating interactive forms, Inserting headers, footers and fields, Printing an HTML document, Preparing your work for the web, Saving and publishing your page 

Customising the Writer Environment

General options, Text document options, Configuring menus, Configuring the keyboard, Configuring the Status Bar, Configuring Toolbars, Configuring Events

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StarCalc New User

Starting and Closing StarCalc

Creating a new spreadsheet, Closing a spreadsheet 

The StarCalc Window

Title Bar, Menu Bar, Function Bar, Spreadsheet Object Bar, Main Toolbar, Formula bar, Show or Hide Toolbars, Status Bar, Scroll Bars, Spreadsheet tabs, Change a spreadsheet's name, Inserting  sheets 

Help

Help Agent, Tips, Help - Contents 

Creating, Opening & Saving Spreadsheets

Create a new Spreadsheet, Open an existing Spreadsheet, Save a spreadsheet as a new file, Save changes to a spreadsheet 

Inserting, Moving and Copying Cells and Data

Inserting rows and columns, Copy or Cut and Paste

Working with Numbers, Text, Dates and Times

Text, Numbers, Date and Time, Correcting mistakes, Selecting text and numbers, Aligning characters, Formatting numbers, Drag & Fill, AutoFill, AutoComplete, Formatting characters 

Worksheet Calculations

Everyday Arithmetic, Mixed calculations, Circular references, Totals, Functions, Make decisions with the IF() function 

Formatting Worksheets

Change column width, Change row height, Centre a heading across several columns, Apply Borders & Shading to cells, AutoFormat, Coloured text & background 

Preparing to Print

Print Preview, Print What?, Page Setup 

Printing

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StarCalc Intermediate

Cell Referencing

Using a Name, Naming a Cell or a Range, Navigation using range names, Absolute and Relative cell references, Absolute references, Making a cell reference absolute 

IF() - Functions that make Decisions

IF(), Nested IF(), Nested AND, Using the AutoPilot, Function List 

Editing Large Spreadsheets

Freeze Panes, View two parts of a sheet at the same time 

Managing Data in Excel Lists

Creating a list, Adding records directly into a worksheet, Creating a calculated field, Sorting Data, Data Filtering, Criteria Operators, Grouping Data & Calculating Subtotals, Database statistical functions, Using SUMIF

Lookup Tables

Lookup Tables, VLOOKUP( ) 

Creating Charts

Introduction to charts, Source data layout, Chart components, Modifying charts 

Custom Number Formats

Preset number formatting, Creating a custom number format, Delimiters 

Using Styles

Create a new style by example, Creating or modifying a style 

Protecting Cells, Worksheets & Workbooks

Protecting cells in a worksheet, Protecting  a worksheet, Protecting  a workbook, Unprotection

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