tailieunhanh - Getting Started with Open Office .org 3 part 10

Getting Started with Open Office .org 3 part 10. This Manual Book is for anyone who wants to get up to speed quickly with the latest version . “GETTING STARTED WITH ″ introduces all software programs of the OpenOffice bundle: Writer (word processing), Calc (spreadsheets), Impress (presentations), Draw (vector drawings), Math (equation editor) and Base (database). This book was written by volunteers from the community working through and is distributed under the CreativeCommon Attribution Licence | Inserting special characters A special character is one not found on a standard English keyboard. For example re q n o 0 are all special characters. To insert a special character 1 Place the cursor where you want the character to appear. 2 Click Insert Special Character to open the Special Characters window Figure 63 . 3 Select the characters you wish to insert in order then click OK. The selected characters are shown in the lower left of the dialog. As you select a character it is shown on the lower right along with its numerical code. Different fonts include different special characters. If you do Note not find a particular special character try changing the Font selection. Figure 63 The Special Characters window where you can insert special characters. Ti Notice that the characters selected appear in the bottom-left 1 ip corner of the window. Setting tab stops and indents The horizontal ruler shows both the default tab stops and any that you have defined. To set the measurement unit and the spacing of default tab stops go to Tools Options Writer General. You can also set or change the measurement unit by right-clicking on the ruler to open a list of units as shown in Figure 64. Click on one of them to change the ruler to that unit. Chapter 4 Getting Started with Writer 91 1 l_ 1 . . millimetre - centimetre s inch joint pica II i 1 Figure 64 Ruler showing default tab stops Double-click on a blank part of the ruler to open the Indents Spacing page of the Paragraph dialog. Double-click on the ruler itself to open the Tabs page of the Paragraph dialog Figure 65 and fine-tune tab stop settings. Figure 65 The Tabs page of the Paragraph dialog Checking spelling Writer provides a spelling checker which can be used in two ways. abc AutoSpellcheck checks each word as it is typed and displays a wavy red line under any misspelled words. When the word is corrected the line disappears. ABC To perform a separate spelling check on the document or a text selection