Using Templates. Quickly formatting the text. Changing a documents Theme. Inserting and Modifying pictures. Adding WordArt Text. What is a template? A template is a model that you use to create other documents. Templates can contain anything that regular documents can contain, such as text, graphics, a set of styles, and user-specific setup information such as measurement units, language, the default printer, and toolbar and menu customization.

1. LibreOffice 3.4

2. • Using Templates.
• Quickly formatting the text.
• Changing a documents Theme.
• Inserting and Modifying pictures.
• Adding WordArt Text.

3. What is a template? A template is a model that you use
to create other documents.
Templates can contain anything that regular documents
can contain, such as text, graphics, a set of styles, and
user-specific setup information such as measurement
units, language, the default printer, and toolbar and
menu customization.

4. From the menu bar, choose File > New > Templates and Documents.

5. You can create your own templates from a document.
From the menu bar, choose File > Templates > Save.
From here you will see the Templates dialog box.

6. You can use wizards to create Writer templates for letters, faxes,
and agendas.
From the menu bar, choose File > Wizards

7. Adding templates obtained from other
sources
You can download templates for LibreOffice
from many sources, including the official
template repository at
http://templates.libreoffice.org/, and install
them on your computer. On other websites
you may find collections of templates that
have been packaged into extension (.OXT)
files. These are installed a bit differently, as
described below.

8. The appearance of the icons may vary with your
operating system and the selection of icon size
and style in Tools > Options > LibreOffice >
View.

9. 1 Open Styles and
Formatting
Window
5 Align Right 10 Numbering On/Off
6 Justified 11 Bullets On/Off
2 Apply Style 7 Line Spacing: 1 12 Decrease Indent
3 Align Left 8 Line Spacing:
1.5
13 Increase Indent
4 Centered 9 Line Spacing: 2 14 Paragraph format
dialog

10. What is a synonym? Synonyms are words with identical
or similar meanings.
What is a thesaurus? A thesaurus is a reference work
that lists words grouped together according to similarity of
meaning.
You can access a short list of synonyms from the
context menu

11. 1. Select a word or
phrase, right-click,
and point to
Synonyms on the
pop-up menu. A
submenu of
alternative words and
phrases is displayed.
2. Click on a word or
phrase to select it and
replace the
highlighted word or
phrase in the
document.

12. The thesaurus gives a more extensive list of
alternative words and phrases. To use the
thesaurus:
• Select a word or phrase, and then choose
Tools > Language > Thesaurus, or press
Ctrl+F7, or right-click and choose
Thesaurus from the pop-up menu.
• In the dialog box, click on a meaning to
show alternative words and phrases for that
meaning of the word.

14. Select Tools > AutoCorrect Options to open the AutoCorrect dialog
box.

15. To turn on Word Completion, select Tools > AutoCorrect Options >
Word Completion and select Enable word completion.

16. Writer provides another type of comments (formerly called “notes”), which
authors and reviewers often use to exchange ideas, ask for suggestions, or
brainstorm during the review process.
To insert a comment in the text, place the cursor in the place the comment
refers to and select Insert > Comment or press Ctrl+Alt+C.

17. When using justified text, the last line is by default aligned to the left;
however, if so desired, you can also align the last line to the center of
the paragraph area or justify it so that spaces are inserted between the
words in order to fill the whole line.

18. If you select the Expand single word option, then whenever the last
line of a justified paragraph consists of a single word, this word is
stretched by inserting spaces between characters so that it occupies the
full length of the line.

20. 1 Open Styles and
Formatting Window
6 Italic 12 Font Color
7 Underline 13 Highlighting
2 Apply Style 8 Superscript 14 Background Color
3 Font Name 9 Subscript 15 Open Character Format
Dialog4 Font Size 10 Increase Font
5 Bold 11 Reduce Font

21. 1Bullets On/Off 6Promote One Level with
Subpoints
10Move Down
2Numbering On/Off 11Move Up with Subpoints
3Numbering Off 7Demote One Level with
Subpoints
12Move Down with Subpoints
4Promote One Level 8Insert Unnumbered Entry 13Restart Numbering
5Demote One Level 9Move Up 14Bullets and Numbering
Use View > Toolbars > Bullets and Numbering to see the toolbar.

22. Working with graphics is
simple and also fun, give
creativity to your documents.
Graphics in Writer are of three
basic types:
1.Image files, including photos,
drawings, scanned images,
and others
2.Diagrams created using
LibreOffice’s drawing tools
3.Charts created using
LibreOffice’s Chart component

23. You might create images (also called ‘pictures’ in
LibreOffice) using a graphics program, scan them,
or download them from the Internet (make sure
you have permission to use them), or use
photos taken with a digital camera.

24. Choose Insert - Picture - From File
Open the Insert toolbar, click

27. 1 Select 5 Freeform
Line
9 Symbol
Shapes
13 Stars
2 Line 6 Text 10 Block
arrows
14 Points
3 Rectangl
e
7 Callouts 11 Flowchar
ts
15 Fontwork
Gallery
4 Ellipse 8 Basic
Shapes
12 Callouts 16 From
File
17 Extrusio
n On/Off
To begin using the drawing tools, display the Drawing toolbar, by clicking
View > Toolbars > Drawing.

28. You can add captions to graphics in three ways: automatically, by using the
Caption dialog box, or manually.
Adding captions automatically
You can set up LibreOffice to add captions automatically whenever you
insert a graphic, a table, or other objects into a document. You can choose
which objects are captioned automatically, what the sequence name is for
each caption (for example, “Table” or “Illustration”), and the position of the
caption.
To set up automatic captions:
1. Click Tools > Options. On the Options dialog box, click on the + sign
next to LibreOffice Writer to show a list of options.
2. Select AutoCaption. Now you can see several choices at the right of
the dialog box for adding captions automatically.
3. Choose which objects you want to be automatically captioned and
specify the characteristics of the captions.