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Title: Introduction to LibreOffice Writer
Author: Pratik Kamble
Novice Reviewer: Nikita and Pooja
Domain Reviewer: Praveen and Nancy
Keywords: LibreOffice Writer, word processor, Toolbars, Title bar, Menu bar, Standard toolbar, Formatting bar, Save, Export, MS Word, PDF, File type, Font Name, Font Size, Bold and Align
Visual Cue | Narration |
Slide : Title | Welcome to the spoken tutorial on Introduction to LibreOffice Writer. |
Slide : Learning Objectives | In this tutorial, we will learn:* About LibreOffice Writer
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Slide : What is LibreOffice Writer ? |
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Slide: OS and versions | LibreOffice Writer can run on any of the following operating systems:
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Slide: System Requirements | This tutorial is recorded using
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Slide: LibreOffice installation | By default, the latest Ubuntu Linux OS has LibreOffice Suite pre-installed in it
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Narration only | Let us learn how to open LibreOffice Writer. |
Click on Show Applications ->search bar type “Writer”->click on LibreOffice Writer icon | In Ubuntu Linux OS, click on the Show applications icon located at the bottom left corner.
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Click on “Start menu”->search bar type “Writer”->click on LibreOffice Writer icon | In Windows OS, click on the Start Menu icon located at the bottom left corner.
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Only Narration: | This will open an empty document in the main Writer window.
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Highlight with a red box - Title bar, Menu bar, Standard toolbar and Formatting bar. | The Writer window has various toolbars at the top.
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Highlight with a red box - Search bear, Drawing toolbar, Status bar. | At the bottom, we see the Search bar, Drawing toolbar and Status bar. |
Click View menu >> Toolbars
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We can enable or disable these toolbars from the interface.
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Highlight with a red box - vertical scroll bar and sidebar | At the right side, we see the vertical scroll bar and sidebar. |
Only Narration | All of these have the most commonly used options.
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Only Narration | Now let us learn how to open a new document in Writer. |
Point to on New icon | We can open a new document by clicking on the New icon in the Standard toolbar. |
Click File menu
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Alternatively go to the File menu in the menu bar.
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Point to Title bar - Untitled 2 | A new Writer document named Untitled 2 opens up.
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Typing text | Now, we’ll type some text in the Untitled 1 document. |
Type “RESUME” | Type the word “RESUME”. |
Only Narration | Once done typing our document, we should save it for future use. |
Click on File | To save the file, click on the Save icon in the Standard toolbar. |
Dialog box
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A dialog box appears on the screen.
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Select Desktop location to save the file. | On the left side, I’ll select Desktop as the location to save my file. |
Click File type drop-down | Notice, we have a File type drop-down at the bottom right corner.
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Point to “ODF Text Document (.odt)”
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It shows a list of file types or file extensions in which we can save our file.
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Click on “ODF Text Document (.odt)”. | I will click on the ODF Text Document option to save my file.
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Click on Save button.
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Click on the Save button at the top right corner of the dialog box. |
Writer window | We will be redirected back to the Writer window. |
Point to “Resume.odt” in the title bar. | Observe the change in the title bar now.
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Point to “Word 97-2003 (.doc)”
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Besides saving in dot odt format, we can also save our file in dot doc and in dot docx formats.
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Now, we will save the same file as a docx file. | |
Click on File >> Save as | Go to File menu in the menu bar and then click on the Save As option. |
Save As dialog box >> click on File type drop-down
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In the Save As dialog box, click on the File type drop-down at the bottom right corner.
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Choose Desktop as location >> Click on Save button. | Again choose the same file location to save.
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Confirm File Format dialog box opens
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If we save the file in any other file format, Confirm File Format dialog box opens up.
Put a check on “Ask when not saving in ODF or default format” option. |
Click on Use Word 2007 - 365 Format | Then click on the Use Word 2007 - 365 Format button. |
Writer window | We will be redirected back to the Writer window. |
Point to “Resume.odt” in the title bar. | Observe the change in the title bar now.
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Point to “Export Directly as PDF”. |
The file can also be exported to PDF format.
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Highlight Filename field, highlight left panel locations, highlight Save button.
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Type a filename, choose a location and click on the Save button at the top right. |
Click on Cancel button | I will click on Cancel and show another way of saving the document in PDF format. |
Click on File menu>>Export As>>Export as PDF | Click on the File menu in the menu bar and select Export As sub-menu option.
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Point to PDF Option dialog box
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PDF options dialog box opens up.
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Click on Desktop location >> click on Save button | Type a filename, choose a location and click on the Save button at the top right.
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Click on File >> Save As>> File type drop-down >> Point to Rich Text (.rtf) | Another popular extension which opens in most applications, is dot rtf, the Rich Text Format. |
Point to “HTML” | We can save the file in dot html format also, which is a web page format.
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File type drop-down >> Scroll down and select “HTML Document writer .html | In the File type drop-down, scroll down and select HTML Document (Writer)(.html).
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Choose Desktop as location >> Click on Save button. | Again choose the same file location to save.
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Confirm File Format dialog box opens
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The Confirm File Format dialog box opens.
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Click on “Use HTML Document (Writer) Format”. | Then click on the Use HTML Document (Writer) Format button. |
Point to title bar. | We see that the file gets saved with dot html extension.
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Click on File>>Close | Let's close this document by clicking on the File menu in the menu bar and then Close. |
Only Narration | Next, we will learn how to open an existing document in LibreOffice Writer.
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Click on Open File
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Click on the Open File menu on the left of the LibreOffice interface.
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Choose Resume.odt >> click on the Open button | Now in the list of filenames that appears, choose Resume.odt
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Only Narration | Likewise, we can also open files with dot doc and dot docx extensions in Writer. |
Only Narration | Next we will see how to modify a file and save it under the same filename. |
Select word RESUME by clicking on the left mouse button and then dragging it along the text. | So, first let us select the word RESUME.
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Release the left mouse button. | Now release the left mouse button.
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Point to and click on Bold icon | Now, click on the Bold icon in the Formatting bar.
The text thus becomes bold. |
Only Narration | Next, let us align the word RESUME to the centre of the page. |
Only Narration | If you have resized your LibreOffice window, some of the icons may not be visible. |
Click on Double arrow icon |
In that case, click on the double arrow icon at the end of the toolbars to see the hidden icons. |
Click on Align Centre icon | Click on the Align Center icon in the Formatting bar. |
Point to text | We see that the text gets aligned to the center of the page. |
Only Narration | Now, let us increase the font size of the text. |
Click on Font Size down-arrow | So, click on the down-arrow in the Font Size field in the Formatting bar. |
Select 14 | In the drop-down, let us select 14.
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Click Font Name down-arrow |
Next, let us change the Font we are using.
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Select Undotum | In the drop-down, let us select Undotum.
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Press Ctrl + S keys | Let us now save the changes that we have made.
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Point to the Title Toolbar | The file gets saved with the same filename even after the modification is done. |
Click on File >> Close | Let's close the document now.
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Only Narration | This brings us to the end of this spoken tutorial.
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Slide: Summary | In this tutorial, we learnt:
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Slide: Assignment | As an assignment
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Slide: About Spoken Tutorial Project |
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Slide: Spoken tutorial workshops |
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Slide:Answers for THIS Spoken Tutorial |
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Slide: Forum for specific Questions |
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Slide: Acknowledgement | The Spoken Tutorial project is funded by MHRD, Govt. of India. |
Slide: Thank you | This tutorial was originally contributed by DesiCrew Solutions Pvt. Ltd. in 2011
Thank you for watching. |