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Chapter 8. Working with OpenOffice.org
To save your document as a .pdf file, go to File => Export as pdf. While OpenOffice.org Writer can
save as a .pdf, it cannot read or edit them. To view a .pdf file, see FIXME.
To print a document:
1. Click on the printer icon or go to File => Print or press [Ctrl]-[P]
2. A window opens with print configuration options.
3. Select the options you would like.
4. Click on the OK button.
To preview a file before printing:
1. Go to File => Page Preview.
2. A new window opens, displaying your file.
3. Examine your document: zoom in and out with the magnifying glass icons or scroll through the
pages with the page icons near the upper left.
4. You may print from this screen the same way as from the main screen.
5. When you are finished examining your document, click the Close Preview button to return to
the main screen.
To change text formatting:
1. Highlight the text you would like to format.
2. Either apply a style to the text with the Stylist (refer to FIXME) or
3. Choose formatting options from the toolbar, such as bold, alignment, line spacing, font color,
etc.
To add lists to your text:
1. Either highlight existing text you would like to make into a list or move your cursor to the blank
line where you would like to start the list.
2. Click either the Numbering icon or the Bullets icon.
3. For existing text, your list will automatically be created and formatted. For new text, enter each
list item and press [Enter].
4. To exit the list, press [Enter] twice.
To format a page:
1. Go to Format => Page.
2. A window opens with several tabs of page options. The Page tab allows you to change your
margins.
3. Select the formatting options you would like to change for your page.
4. Click on the OK button to apply the changes.
To undo changes:
1. Click on the Undo icon, go to Edit => Undo, or press [Ctrl]-[Z].
2. If you click on the blue arrow at the top right of the Undo icon, a list of the previous actions
apprears. Choosing one of these items undoes all actions back to that point.
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