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Learn LibreOffice Writer (view source)
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=Introduction=
=Introduction=
LibreOffice Writer is the free and open-source word processor component of the LibreOffice software package and is a fork of OpenOffice.org Writer. Writer is a word processor similar to Microsoft Word and Corel's WordPerfect, with some identical features.
==ICT Competency==
==ICT Competency==
A Libreoffice writer is a software used for creating (including writing, editing, formatting, and possibly printing) text documents. Apart from entering and editing text, you can insert images and links also. This software lets you to create a document, store it on the disk, show it on a screen, make changes to it using the keyboard and print it on a printer.
==Educational application and relevance==
==Educational application and relevance==
Libre office is an open source for educational use, This program is an alternative for students when it is compared to Microsoft Office.
==Version==
==Version==
LibreOffice Writer, Version: 5.2.0.4 (LibreOffice writer is also available on the Windows and Macintosh operating systems)
==Configuration==
==Configuration==
==Overview of Features==
==Overview of Features==
LibreOffice Writer lets you design and produce text documents that can include graphics, tables, or charts. You can then save the documents in a variety of formats, including the standardized OpenDocument format (ODF), Microsoft Word .doc format, or HTML. And you can easily export your document to the Portable Document Format (PDF).
==Other similar applications==
==Other similar applications==
LibreOffice Writer, Microsoft Word, OpenOffice.org writer, Web-based text editors (Google Docs) etc are popular text editors.
==Development and community help==
==Development and community help==
Developer(s) -The Document Foundation<br>
Stable release: <br>
"Fresh" version:<br>
5.2.2 (September 29, 2016; 14 days ago[1]) [±]<br>
"Still" version:<br>
5.1.5 (August 3, 2016; 2 months ago[1]) [±]<br>
=Working with the application=
=Working with the application=
==Functionalities==
==Functionalities==
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|style="width: 50%;|Step 2-To create a document in Libre Office Writer go to: Applications → Office → Libre Office Writer. It will open an empty document. The first step to do would be to give the file an appropriate name and save it under a correct folder.
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|style="width: 50%;|Step 3-When you do File Save As it will open a folder, you can select the folder under which you want to save the file. The name of the file is Libre Office Introduction .odt
ODT is the short form of Open Document Text. ODT conforms to Open Document Format (ODF) which is recommended by the Government of India through its
Policy on open standards”. The .docx format of Microsoft Office is not an open document format. It is not recommended by Government of India policy.
|style="width: 50%;|Step 4-The Menu Bar has the following options:
1. File Menu has options for File Save, Close, Print
2. Edit Menu has options for Copying, Cutting and Pasting Text – this will allow us to move text from one part of the document to another. To copy text from one place to another, or from one document to another, you can select the text, go to Edit --→ Copy and go to a different place in the document to paste it; Edit → Paste.
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|style="width: 50%;|Step 5-Insert Menu has options for entering page breaks, page numbers, formulas and images.
|style="width: 50%;|Step 6-Format has options for changing the format of the text, font type, size and also advanced layout options. In the tool bar, the letter “B” and “I” can be used to make the text bold and italics.
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|style="width: 50%;|Steps 7-You can also create numbered lists in a Writer document.
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For this select the text input that has been entered, go to Format, Select Bullets and Numbering and choose the numbering type that is needed.
|style="width: 50%;|Steps 8- To insert a formula, go to Insert → Object → Formula.
It will open a window as shown – a left panel which has various options for formulas and a bottom panel in which the formula is to be constructed.
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|style="width: 50%;|Steps 9-Go to Insert → Image → This will open a folder from which images are to be inserted.
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|style="width: 50%;|Steps 10-The image inserted above looks like this.
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