For example, Applied Styles only shows those styles that have been used in the document. Use the bottom list box to change the style group that is displayed. Use Shift+F1 to check out the different buttons on the Styles and Formatting window. Graphics, indexes, OLE objects, and references cannot be dragged and dropped when in the Insert as link or Insert as Copy modes.įor a more detailed guide on using styles, see “ Use templates and styles” and the Chapter Working with Styles in the Getting Started Guide, or Chapter Introduction to Styles and Chapter Working with Styles in the Writer Guide. For more details, see Working with Master Documents in the Writer Guide. When viewing a master document, the Navigator is quite different. Click the arrow next to the Drag Mode button to see the available options (Insert as: Hyperlink, Link, or Copy). What happens when the selection is dropped is determined by the drag mode specified by the Drag Mode button. With this list box it is possible to select any of the open Writer documents so that their contents are available for dragging and dropping.

With the List Box on there is a drop-down list box at the bottom of the Navigator. The Headings at the top of the list box in the Navigator are the closest equivalent to Word’s Outline View. To get a detailed description of what each of the buttons does, press Shift+F1 and hover the cursor over the buttons. To launch the Navigator, press F5 or click the Navigator icon on the Standard toolbar. Word does not have a similar concept to the Navigator and, in the author’s opinion, it is such a useful tool it is worth taking the time to learn more about it. It does however show the position within a table in spreadsheet style format for example, Top left cell =A1. The status bar is similar to Word’s except it does not show the current location of the cursor on the page (row number and number of characters across). To get detailed information, right-click the field > Fields (or select the field > Edit > Fields). When field codes are turned on, Writer displays less information about the field than does Word. To access this view, select View > HTML Source. Writer also has an HTML source view that only shows when editing an HTML document. Writer has the Navigator, which is detailed later in this chapter. If you move a heading, the accompanying text moves with it. Headings can be displayed without the text. Outline view displays the document in outline form. Outline: For working with heading hierarchies.

Writer has no real equivalent view, but you can go to View > Zoom to choose the view that will fit the best for you on your screen. Reading Layout : Reading Layout view formats your screen to make reading your document more comfortable. To access this view, select View > Web Layout. Writer’s equivalent is a view option called Web Layout. Web Layout: In theory, this shows the document as if viewed on-line. This is the closest equivalent to the Print Layout view in Writer. Print Layout: This shows the document (more or less) as it will print. Normal: Recommended view (by Microsoft) for doing most of your typing and editing.

Word has 4 or 5 views, depending on the version (here with the 5 views of Word 2003) called: The menus and toolbars are similar to those in Word, with the exceptions described in this chapter. The main Writer workspace is shown below. The information in this chapter builds upon the information given in General Differences in Use between and Microsoft Office. This chapter summarizes the differences in use between Writer 2.0 and Microsoft Word (various versions).

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