LibreOffice-Suite-Writer-6.3/C2/Viewing-and-printing-a-document-in-Writer/English
Title: Viewing and Printing text document
Author: Pratik Kamble
Novice Reviewer: Nikita and Pooja
Domain Reviewer: Praveen and Nancy
Keywords: View Document, Printing document,normal layout web layout
Visual Cue | Narration |
Slide: Title Slide | Welcome to the spoken tutorial on Viewing and Printing text documents. |
Slide : Learning Objectives | In this tutorial we will learn how to
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Slide: System Requirements | This tutorial is recorded using
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Show Slide : Viewing options | Viewing options
We’ll first learn about the various viewing options in LibreOffice Writer. |
Slide: (a) | There are basically two widely used viewing options in Writer.
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Slide: Layout | The Normal option displays how the document will look when printed. |
Slide (a) | The Web option displays the document as seen in a web browser. |
Slide (b) | This is useful when we want to create HTML documents.
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Open Resume.odt file | Open the file “Resume.odt” which we have created earlier. |
Slide: Code files |
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Click on View >> Normal | To access the Normal option, click on View menu in the menu bar.
And then click on the Normal option. |
Click on View >> Web | To access the Web option, click on the View menu in the menu bar.
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Only narration | Apart from both these options, one can also view the documents in full screen mode. |
Click on View >> Full screen | Click on the View menu in the menu bar and then on Full Screen option. |
Only Narration | The Full screen mode is useful for editing the documents.
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Point to Full Screen button
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Press either the Full Screen button
or the Escape key to exit the full screen mode. |
Only Narration | We are back to the Writer window. |
Click on Normal | Now, let’s click on the View menu once again and then on the Normal option. |
Click on Insert >> Page break | Before proceeding further, let us add a new page to our document.
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New page | We are moved to a new page in the document. |
Press Ctrl+Z keys | Press Ctrl+Z keys to undo this change. |
Click on Insert >> More break >> Manual Break | Let me demonstrate another way to add a new page.
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Insert Break dialog box | The Insert Break dialog box opens up. |
Select Page break option | Here, select the Page break option. |
Click on OK | Then click on the OK button in the dialog box. |
This is the second page
This is the second page This is the second page |
Let’s now type some sample text on a few lines in this new page. |
Press Ctrl+Enter keys | We’ll add one more page by pressing Ctrl+Enter keys together. |
This is the third page
This is the third page This is the third page |
And type this sample text in the new page. |
Press Ctrl+Enter keys | Press Ctrl+Enter keys once again and create one more new page. |
This is the fourth page
This is the fourth page This is the fourth page |
And type this sample text in the new page. |
Only Narration | Now, let’s learn to use the Zoom option. |
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Point to bottom right corner |
The easiest way to zoom or magnify a document is to use the Zoom slider.
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Click on plus icon
Click on minus icon |
We can use the plus and minus icons on either side of the slider, like this. |
Drag the Zoom head to plus side
Drag the Zoom head to minus side |
Or we can drag the Zoom head to increase or decrease the magnification, like this. |
Only Narration | Let's learn another way of zooming. |
Click on View >> Zoom
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Click on the View menu in the menu bar and click on Zoom. |
Point to the options displayed in the context menu.
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A few options are displayed in the context menu.
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Only narration | Zoom & View Layout dialog box opens up. |
Point to zoom factor and view layout | It has 2 headings namely - Zoom Factor and View Layout. |
Point to zoom factor option | The Zoom Factor sets the magnification in which to display the document. |
Point to options | Under Zoom Factor we see many options. |
Click Optimal option >> click on Ok | Click on Optimal and then on the Ok button at the bottom right.
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Click on View >> Zoom>> Zoom >>
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Again open the Zoom & View Layout dialog box.
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Click on View >> Zoom>> Zoom >> Point to Fit to Width | Next option is Fit Width. This fits the page to its width. |
Point on 100% | 100% view will display the page in its actual size. |
Highlight both options with a red box | Try out these 2 options on your own. |
Click on Variable option | Next we have the most important zoom option called the Variable. |
Point to zoom factor | Here, we can type the zoom factor at which we want to view the document. |
Change value field as 75% click on OK | For example, let’s type the value as 75% in the Variable field.
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Only Narration | Observe how the text is zoomed. |
Click on View >> Zoom>> Zoom >> Point to View layout | Another feature in the dialog-box is View Layout.
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Point to Automatic and Single page | Automatic option displays pages side-by-side.
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Only Narration | Let’s try out some combinations now. |
Select Fit width and height option under Zoom Factor
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For example- we’ll select Fit width and height option under Zoom Factor
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Scroll and show pages | We see that the pages are displayed side-by-side. |
Click on View >> Zoom>> Zoom | Open the Zoom & View Layout dialog box once again, as shown here. |
Select Automatic under View layout | This time we’ll select Single page under View Layout and click on the OK button. |
Scroll and show all the pages | We see that the pages are displayed one below the other. |
Bring the zoom head to the centre of the zoom slider. | Let’s use the zoom slider and bring the Zoom head to the centre of the slider. |
Highlight the 3 controls in the Status bar | There are 3 more controls on the Writer Status Bar that can be used for page displays.
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Point to the icons one-by-one:
1. Single-page view
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The icons are as follows:
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Click on Single-page view icon >> Bring the zoom head to the centre of the zoom slider | Let’s click on Single page view and bring the Zoom head to the centre of the zoom slider. |
Only Narration | Next, we will learn about Print Preview. |
Click on Toggle Print Preview icon | Click on the Toggle Print Preview icon in the Standard toolbar. |
Show print preview mode | The Print Preview bar appears when we view the document in preview mode. |
Only narration | It basically shows how the document will look like, when it is printed. |
Scroll down to see all the pages | Scroll down to see all the pages in the document. |
Point to the Print icon | From this screen, one can proceed to printing the document, by clicking the Print icon.
But I will not do so now. |
Click Close Preview button | Click on the Close Preview button to close the preview. |
Click on File >> Print Preview
Press Esc key |
We can also click on File menu in the menu bar and click on Print Preview. |
Only narration | Next, we will learn how to print our LibreOffice Writer document. |
Text on screen: Printer connection should be configured correctly on your machine. | First, ensure that the printer connection is configured correctly on your machine. |
Click on Print icon | To directly print the entire document, click on the Print icon in the Standard toolbar.
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Only narration | We can have more control over printing our document by using the Print option. |
Click File >> Print | We can also click on the File menu in the menu bar and then click on Print. |
Print dialog box appears
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The Print dialog box appears on the screen.
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Select my configured printer’s name (TCS lab).
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Under Printer drop-down, let’s select Print to File option.
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Point and then click on Print to File | The button at the bottom of the dialog box says Print to File.
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Choose Desktop >> type sample-file >> Click Save | Choose the location to save and type a filename for the new document.
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Only narration | The document will be printed to the file |
Press Ctrl+P keys | Press Ctrl+P keys on your keyboard.
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Select my configured printer’s name (TCS lab). | This time under Printer, we will select our configured printer’s name. |
Under Range and Copies >> click on more
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Under Range and Copies,
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Click Ok | Finally, click on the OK button to start the printing. |
Only narration | The pages and copies we mentioned will now get printed. |
Only narration | Next, we will see how to access other Print options. |
Click on Tools>>options | Click on the Tools menu in the menu bar and then click on Options. |
Click on Libreoffice Writer>>Print | Click on the arrow beside LibreOffice and then click on Print. |
Dialog box appears | A dialog box appears on the screen, giving us several options to select from.
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Only narration | These settings are now valid for all prints from LibreOffice Writer, in the future. |
Click on OK button | I will keep all the default settings and then click on the OK button at the bottom. |
Press Ctrl + S | Save our file by pressing Ctrl + S keys.
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Only Narration | This brings us to the end of this tutorial.
Let us summarize. |
Slide: Summary | In this tutorial, we learnt to:
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Slide: Thank you | This tutorial was originally contributed by DesiCrew Solutions Pvt. Ltd. in 2011
Thank you for watching. |