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Changing the Global Settings
Global settings can be changed in any OpenOffice.org application by clicking Tools > Options on
the menu bar. This opens the window shown in the figure below. A tree structure is used to display
categories of settings.
The Options Window
Figure 3-1
The following table lists the settings categories along with a brief description of each category:
Global Setting Categories
Table 3-2
Settings Category
OpenOffice.org
Load/Save
Language Settings
Internet
Text Document
HTML Document
Spreadsheet
Presentation
Drawing
Description
Various basic settings, including your user data (such as your address and
e-mail), important paths, and settings for printers and external programs.
Includes the settings related to the opening and saving of several file
types. There is a dialog for general settings and several special dialogs to
define how external formats should be handled.
Covers the various settings related to languages and writing aids, such as
your locale and spell checker settings. This is also the place to enable
support for Asian languages.
Includes the dialogs to configure any proxies and to change settings
related to search engines.
Configures the global word processing options, such as the basic fonts
and layout that Writer should use.
Changes the settings related to the HTML authoring features of
OpenOffice.org.
Changes the settings for Calc, such as those related to sort lists and grids.
Changes the settings that should apply to all presentations. For example,
you can specify the measurement unit for the grid used to arrange
elements.
Includes the settings related to the vector drawing module, such as the
drawing scale, grid properties, and some print options.
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