. . . modify documents as a whole. This includes creating new documents, saving existing documents, and opening other documents. A useful function of the Standard toolbar is the ability to immediately create a PDF file from an Office file. Another useful function is the ability for LibreOffice to directly e-mail your document directly. . . . perform surface checks to the open document. This includes rolling back unwanted changes, scanning the document for spelling and grammatical errors, and initiating the copy-paste system. . . . insert new objects into the document. This includes inserting web links, tables, and drawings into your document.
. . . the Find toolbar. This toolbar enables you to search words in your document with lightning speed. . . . the Table toolbar. This toolbar enables you to manage a table you create. . . . the Bullets and Numbering toolbar. This toolbar enables you to manage document points and numbering. . . . the Align objects toolbar. This toolbar enables you to manage and align pictures you import into the document.
. . . create new documents. LibreOffice offers you a variety of document types, such as Spreadsheet (Excel) and Presentation (PowerPoint) documents. There are even documents especially designed for math and drawing! The keyboard shortcut to create a document is Ctrl+N. . . . open recent documents. A list of recently opened documents will appear in the drop-down menu. Just clicking it will open the document in the same window. This function can be very useful, especially if you open many documents at a time. . . . run wizards. This can function can be used when you setup a e-mail address, a fax, or agenda. The wizard even contains a document converter. . . . create templates. If you will be using the same style of writing for many times, you can consider saving the file as a template. The next time you need to use the same file type, just click the template and replace the old text with the new! . . . close, save, copy, and export a document. The keyboard shortcut to save a document is Ctrl+S. . . . send a document directly. You can email documents as OpenDocument Text, Microsoft Word, and even send the file using Bluetooth. . . . view the properties of a document. This window displays all the information about the document. . . . print your document. If your computer is connected to a printer, you can directly print your document to paper. The keyboard shortcut to print a document is Ctrl+P. . . . exit LibreOffice. That is something we’ll consider doing at the end of this documentation. If you really don’t want to continue using LibreOffice, you can quit using this shortcut: Ctrl+Q.
. . . undo and redo recent changes to a document. The keyboard shortcut to undo a change is Ctrl+Z, and the keyboard shortcut to redo a change is Ctrl+Y. . . . access the cut-copy-paste controls. The keyboard shortcut to cut is Ctrl+X; the shortcut to copy is Ctrl+C, and the shortcut to paste is Ctrl+V. . . . determine selection mode. You can also select all text and objects within the document by pressing Ctrl+A. . . . compare documents. This is especially useful when comparing an old draft to a newer one. . . . find texts or objects. There is also a special toolbar for this particular function. The keyboard shortcut to find something is Ctrl+F.
. . . switch between the Print and Web layout. . . . add toolbars. Different toolbars can be added to suit your personal taste. If you commonly write a newsletter, you might want to add the Picture toolbar. . . . manually select what will be displayed in the status bar (far bottom). If you commonly type in a different language, selecting the Input Method Status can be of help to you. . . . select what is displayed directly on the page. This includes rulers, text boundaries, shadings, and non-printable characters. . . . open the navigator. The navigator displays all objects in the document, including headings, tables, bookmarks, hyperlinks, references, indexes, and comments. The keyboard shortcut to open the navigator is F5.
. . . manual breaks. If your document consists of different topics, this can be a ready option to separate the topics on different lines, columns, or pages. . . . fields. This includes page numbers, date and time, subjects, titles, and authors. . . . special characters. If the character you wish to use cannot be found on the keyboard, you will almost certainly find it there. . . . hyperlinks. If you wish to link something in your document to the web or to another section of the document, you can do it using this function. . . . headers and footers. Type in the title of your document in the header (or footer) and it will be displayed on every page throughout the entire document. . . . document accessories. This includes bookmarks, cross-references, comments, envelopes, and so on. Hyperlinks can be created using a bookmark. . . . multimedia content. You can insert pictures, objects, other documents, and even movies into your document.
. . . clear direct formatting. The keyboard shortcut is Ctrl+M. . . . format your document contents. This includes formatting characters, paragraphs, bullets and numbering, pages, and more. . . . change different cases. If you wish your sentence to only contain uppercase letters, you can format it using this menu. . . . columns. If you are creating a dictionary or index, this might help you to thoroughly use your page. . . . edit styles and formatting. This includes formatting an object, such as anchoring, wrapping, flipping, and rotating. The keyboard shortcut to access the styles and formatting is F11.
. . . edit tables and the cells inside the table. This includes creating cells, deleting cells, merging cells, and splitting cells. . . . convert text to tables or tables to text.
. . . check the spelling and grammar of your document. This can greatly help you in preventing errors, especially if English is not your first language. . . . manage the document language. This menu contains a thesaurus, a very handy tool. This menu also contains Hangul/Hanja and Traditional/Simplified Chinese conversion, an awesome tool for advanced users. . . . access the gallery, a collection of commonly used media files. . . . edit the preferences or settings of LibreOffice. This includes language options, such as [changing the interface language], saving options, personalization options, printing options, security options and many more. . . . access tools for advanced users. This includes tools such as macro, extension manager, XML filters, etc.
. . . open or close new windows. This can be helpful if you are working on more than one document at a time. . . . select which document you want to work with. Again, this can be helpful if you open more than one LibreOffice document at once.
