LibreOffice Writer on BOSS Linux
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Introduction
LibreOffice Writer is the word processor component of the LibreOffice Suite.It is the equivalent of Microsoft Word in Microsoft Office Suite.It is a free and open source software so it can be shared, modified and distributed without any restrictions.It provides the features of a word processor like edit text, spell check, auto correct, table of contents, mail merge etc.In addition, it provides the following important features:
- Export to PDF
- Built-in Drawing tools
- Page layout methods
- Embedding graphics
Exclusively created for CDAC by the Spoken Tutorial Project, IIT Bombay
Basic Level
- Introduction to LibreOffice Writer
- Basic Features
- Toolbars
- Save in MS Office, PDF and other formats
- Open MS Office Documents
- Typing text and basic formatting
- Bullet points
- Bold/Underline/Italics
- Font name/Font size/Font color in Writer
- Other important and popularly used formatting features
- Inserting pictures and other objects in a document
- Insert pictures
- Hyperlinks (within, across documents, from web)
- Creating tables
- Viewing and printing a text document
- Views options – print layout, web layout, full screen
- Print preview, formatting for printing, printing all, some pages, printer settings
Intermediate Level
- Using search replace to make document wide changes, auto correct feature to create text shortcuts
- Search replace for select text
- Auto-correct feature
Advanced Level
- Using track changes as a peer review / collaborative constructivist tool, accepting and rejecting changes
- How to use record changes to peer review documents, accept/reject these
- Headers, Footers and notes
- Page format – header footer, how these can change within the same document (first page without header footers)
- Useful footer information (page number, title)
- Footnotes and endnotes
- Creating newsletter with multiple columns and advanced formatting
- Advanced use as a desktop tool to create a note with multiple columns use features like word count,Spell check