LibreOffice-Suite-Writer-6.3/C2/Introduction-to-LibreOffice-Writer/English-timed

Time	Narration
00:01	Welcome to the spoken tutorial on Introduction to LibreOffice Writer.
00:07	In this tutorial, we will learn:
00:10	About LibreOffice Writer
00:13	Various toolbars in Writer
00:16	How to open a new and existing document
00:20	To save and close a document in Writer
00:24	To save as MS Word document
00:27	To export as a PDF document
00:30	LibreOffice Writer is the word processor component of the LibreOffice Suite.
00:36	It is the equivalent of Microsoft Word in Microsoft Office Suite.
00:41	It's free and open source software.
00:45	It can be shared, modified and distributed without any restrictions.
00:51	LibreOffice Writer can run on any of the following operating systems:
00:57	Microsoft Windows 8 or higher versions
01:01	GNU/Linux OS and
01:04	Mac OSX
01:07	This tutorial is recorded using Ubuntu Linux OS version 18.04 and LibreOffice Suite version 6.3.5
01:19	By default, the latest Ubuntu Linux OS has LibreOffice Suite pre-installed in it
01:26	To install a specific version, refer to the LibreOffice Installation series on this website.
01:33	Let us learn how to open LibreOffice Writer.
01:37	In Ubuntu Linux OS, click on the Show applications icon located at the bottom left corner.
01:45	In the search bar type Writer.
01:49	From the displayed list, click on the Libreoffice Writer icon.
01:55	In Windows OS, click on the Start Menu icon located at the bottom left corner.
02:02	In the search bar, type Writer.
02:06	From the displayed list, click on the Libreoffice Writer icon.
02:11	This will open an empty document in the main Writer window.
02:16	Now let us learn about the main components of the Writer window.
02:21	The Writer window has various toolbars at the top.
02:25	These are Title bar, Menu bar, Standard toolbar and Formatting bar.
02:32	At the bottom, we see the Search bar, Drawing toolbar and Status bar.
02:39	We can enable or disable these toolbars from the interface.
02:44	To do so, go to the View menu and select Toolbars.
02:49	From the sub menu, check or uncheck the toolbars based on your preference.
02:56	At the right side, we see the vertical scroll bar and sidebar.
03:01	All of these have the most commonly used options.
03:05	We will learn about these as the series progresses.
03:09	Now let us learn how to open a new document in Writer.
03:14	We can open a new document by clicking on the New icon in the Standard toolbar.
03:20	Alternatively go to the File menu in the menu bar.
03:25	Then click on the sub menu New and select the option Text Document.
03:32	A new Writer document named Untitled 2 opens up.
03:37	Close the newly opened document named Untitled 2 by clicking on the X icon at the top right.
03:44	Now, we’ll type some text in the Untitled 1 document.
03:49	Type the word “RESUME”.
03:53	Once done typing our document, we should save it for future use.
03:58	To save the file, click on the Save icon in the Standard toolbar.
04:03	A dialog box appears on the screen.
04:06	It prompts us to enter the name of our file in the Name field.
04:11	I will type the name of the file as “Resume”.
04:15	On the left side, I’ll select Desktop as the location to save my file.
04:21	Notice, we have a File type drop-down at the bottom right corner. Click on this drop-down.
04:29	It shows a list of file types or file extensions in which we can save our file.
04:35	The default file type in LibreOffice Writer is ODF Text Document (.odt).
04:42	ODF stands for Open Document Format which is an open standard.
04:48	It is also accepted by the Government of India policy on open standards in e-Governance.
04:55	I will click on the ODF Text Document option to save my file.
05:00	Do likewise on your machine.
05:02	Click on the Save button at the top right corner of the dialog box.
05:07	We will be redirected back to the Writer window.
05:12	Observe the change in the title bar now. It has changed to Resume.odt
05:18	Besides saving in dot odt format, we can also save our file in dot doc and in dot docx formats.
05:28	Files with these formats can be opened later in MS Word application.
05:34	Now, we will save the same file as a docx file.
05:39	Go to File menu in the menu bar and then click on the Save As option.
05:45	In the Save As dialog box, click on the File type drop-down at the bottom right corner.
05:51	Scroll down and select Word 2007 - 365 (.docx)
05:59	Again choose the same file location to save.
06:03	Then click on the Save button at the top right corner of the dialog box.
06:08	If we save the file in any other file format, Confirm File Format dialog box opens up.
06:15	Put a check on “Ask when not saving in ODF or default format” option.
06:21	Then click on the Use Word 2007 - 365 Format button.
06:28	We will be redirected back to the Writer window.
06:32	Observe the change in the title bar now. It has changed to Resume.docx
06:38	The file can also be exported to PDF format.
06:42	Click on the Export Directly as PDF icon in the Standard toolbar.
06:47	Type a filename, choose a location and click on the Save button at the top right.
06:53	I will click on Cancel and show another way of saving the document in PDF format.
07:00	Click on the File menu in the menu bar and select Export As sub-menu option. Then click on the Export as PDF option.
07:11	PDF options dialog box opens up.
07:15	In this dialog box, we will see various settings to customize the PDF option.
07:21	Keep the default settings as it is and click on the Export button at the bottom.
07:27	Type a filename, choose a location and click on the Save button at the top right.
07:34	A pdf file will be created in the selected location.
07:38	Another popular extension which opens in most applications, is dot rtf, the Rich Text Format.
07:45	We can save the file in dot html format also, which is a web page format.
07:53	This is done in the same way as explained above.
07:57	In the File type drop-down, scroll down and select HTML Document (Writer)(.html).
08:05	This option gives the dot html extension to the document.
08:10	Again choose the same file location to save. Now click on the Save button at the top right corner of the dialog box.
08:19	The Confirm File Format dialog box opens.
08:23	Put a check on “Ask when not saving in ODF or default format” option.
08:29	Then click on the Use HTML Document (Writer) Format button.
08:35	We see that the file gets saved with dot html extension.
08:40	This format is used when we want to show our document as a web page.
08:45	It can be opened in any web browser.
08:48	Let's close this document by clicking on the File menu and then Close.
08:53	Next, we will learn how to open an existing document in LibreOffice Writer. Let's open the document Resume.odt
09:03	Click on the Open File menu on the left of the LibreOffice interface.
09:09	The file browser dialog box opens up. Go to the location where our file is saved.
09:16	Now in the list of filenames that appears, choose Resume.odt
09:22	Then click on the Open button at the top right corner.
09:27	The file Resume.odt opens in the Writer window.
09:32	Likewise, we can also open files with dot doc and dot docx extensions in Writer.
09:39	Next we will see how to modify a file and save it under the same filename.
09:45	So, first let us select the word RESUME.
09:49	To do so click the left mouse button and then drag it along the text. This will select the text and highlight it.
09:59	Now release the left mouse button. The text should still be highlighted.
10:05	Now, click on the Bold icon in the Formatting bar. The text thus becomes bold.
10:12	Next, let us align the word RESUME to the centre of the page.
10:17	If you have resized your LibreOffice window, some of the icons may not be visible.
10:23	In that case, click on the double arrow icon at the end of the toolbars .
10:29	Click on the Align Center icon in the Formatting bar.
10:34	We see that the text gets aligned to the center of the page.
10:38	Now, let us increase the font size of the text.
10:42	So, click on the down-arrow in the Font Size field in the Formatting bar.
10:47	In the drop-down, let us select 14. The font size of the text increases to 14.
10:56	Next, let us change the Font we are using.
11:00	Click on the down-arrow in the Font Name field in the Formatting bar.
11:05	In the drop-down, let us select Undotum. The font name of the text has changed to Undotum.
11:13	Let us now save the changes that we have made. To do so, press Ctrl + S keys together.
11:22	The file gets saved with the same filename even after the modification is done.
11:27	Let's close the document now.
11:29	Click on the File menu in the menu bar and then click on the Close option.
11:35	This brings us to the end of this spoken tutorial. Let us summarize.
11:41	In this tutorial, we learnt:
11:44	About LibreOffice Writer
11:47	Various toolbars
11:49	How to open a new and an existing document
11:53	To save and close a document in Writer
11:57	To save as MS Word document
12:00	To export as a PDF document
12:03	As an assignment Open a new document in Writer
12:07	Save it under the name practice.odt
12:11	Type the text “This is my first assignment”
12:15	Underline the text.
12:17	Increase the Font size to 16. Save and close the file.
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