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In our document, we have created a box for providing the license information for the document.<br>

In our document, we have created a box for providing the license information for the document.<br>

[[File:COL Inserting a box in LOW.png|450px|Image 27 - Inserted box for the text]]

[[File:COL Inserting a box in LOW.png|left|thumb|450x450px|Image 27 - Inserted box for the text]]

You should create a box for providing similar license information for your document. You can insert this box at the beginning of the document.

You should create a box for providing similar license information for your document(image 27). You can insert this box at the beginning of the document.

==== Inserting a hyper-link ====

==== Inserting a hyper-link ====

You can provide a hyper link in your text document to a web page. Clicking this link in the text document will open the web page (this requires internet connectivity).

You can provide a hyper link in your text document to a web page. Clicking this link in the text document will open the web page (this requires internet connectivity).

We will now open our 'Learning Digital Story Telling.odt' and insert a hyper-link to the Wikipedia page which discusses 'digital storytelling'. We will type "Read Wikipedia page on  'digital storytelling' in the text document. We will select the text 'digital storytelling' and then (Image 27) select <u>Insert -> Hyperlink.</u> In the window that opens, we need to (Image 28) click on the 'Internet' icon on the left frame, and then type the web page address (URL), to specify the web page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_storytelling.

We will now open our 'Learning Digital Story Telling.odt' and insert a hyper-link to the Wikipedia page which discusses 'digital storytelling'. We will type "Read Wikipedia page on  'digital storytelling' in the text document. We will select the text 'digital storytelling' and then select <u>Insert -> Hyperlink</u>(Image 28). In the window that opens, we need to (Image 28) click on the 'Internet' icon on the left frame, and then type the web page address (URL), to specify the web page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_storytelling (image 29).

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[[File:COL - Insert hyper link in a text document 3.png|400x250px|Image 30 - Hyper link to a web page inserted in a text document |thumb|left]]

[[File:COL - Insert hyper link in a text document 3.png|400x250px|Image 30 - Hyper link to a web page inserted in a text document |thumb|left]]

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Inserting hyper links in relevant places in your text document, allows you to lead the reader to web resources that supplement or complement the information you are providing in  your text OER document. This way you need not provide information that is already publicly available, and instead focus on information or a perspective that is not available, in your document.

Inserting hyper links in relevant places in your text document (image 30), allows you to lead the reader to web resources that supplement or complement the information you are providing in  your text OER document. This way you need not provide information that is already publicly available, and instead focus on information or a perspective that is not available, in your document.

==== Insert footer (automatic page numbers) ====

==== Insert footer (automatic page numbers) ====

It is useful to have page number and name of your document on every page, this is specially useful if the reader wants to read a print copy. LibreOffice Writer allows you to easily insert this information at the bottom or top of each page. This can be done using <u>Insert--->Footer</u>.  Once a footer has been inserted, you can go to the bottom of the page and insert multiple fields of information using <u>Insert--->Fields</u>. You can type any text in this footer, it will come on all pages. Other than page number, other dynamic information you can provide is the date/time stamp of the document.A similar method can also be adopted for inserting a header as well.  Page numbers can also be inserted directly using <u>Insert--->Page Number.</u>

It is useful to have page number and name of your document on every page, this is specially useful if the reader wants to read a print copy. LibreOffice Writer allows you to easily insert this information at the bottom or top of each page. This can be done using <u>Insert--->Footer</u> (image 31).  Once a footer has been inserted, you can go to the bottom of the page and insert multiple fields of information using <u>Insert--->Fields</u> (image 32). You can type any text in this footer, it will come on all pages. Other than page number, other dynamic information you can provide is the date/time stamp of the document.A similar method can also be adopted for inserting a header as well.  Page numbers can also be inserted directly using <u>Insert--->Page Number.</u>

In our document, we have inserted the document name and page number in the footer.   

In our document, we have inserted the document name and page number in the footer.   

[[File:LOWriter7.png|thumb|450x450px|Image 33 - Adding headings to the document|left]]

[[File:LOWriter7.png|thumb|450x450px|Image 33 - Adding headings to the document|left]]

It is sometimes useful to create sections in a document to allow for east reading and referencing.  This can be done using the <u>Styles--->Styles</u> and formattingoption.  Select the text you want to mark as a section and then go to the Select the heading level (Heading 1, 2, 3, etc) you want to set it at.  Headings can be at multiple levels to indicate sub-points.  You should create similar section headings in your document.{{clear}}

It is sometimes useful to create sections in a document to allow for east reading and referencing.  This can be done using the <u>Styles--->Styles</u> and formattingoption.  Select the text you want to mark as a section and then go to the Select the heading level (Heading 1, 2, 3, etc) you want to set it at (image 33).  Headings can be at multiple levels to indicate sub-points.  You should create similar section headings in your document.{{clear}}

==== Continuing editing text OER ====

==== Continuing editing text OER ====

We create a slide presentation - ‘Learning Digital Story Telling’ using ''LibreOffice Impress (''LibreOffice Impress).

We create a slide presentation - ‘Learning Digital Story Telling’ using ''LibreOffice Impress (''LibreOffice Impress).

Open LibreOffice Writer on your computer, through <u>Applications → Office → LibreOffice Impress</u>.

Open LibreOffice Writer on your computer, through <u>Applications → Office → [http://libreoffice.org/ LibreOffice Impress] (image 34)</u>.

You will learn the following basic functions in LibreOffice Impress which you need to use in creating OER.

You will learn the following basic functions in LibreOffice Impress which you need to use in creating OER.

You can create a slide presentation with as many slides (<u>Slide → Create New slide</u>) as you want using LibreOffice Impress. You can duplicate a slide (Slide → Duplicate Slide) if you want to create a slide using the contents (or the format) of another slide. You can move slides across using the drag-drop in the slide sorter view <u>(View → Slide Sorter)</u>.

You can create a slide presentation with as many slides (<u>Slide → Create New slide</u>) as you want using LibreOffice Impress (image 35). You can duplicate a slide (Slide → Duplicate Slide) if you want to create a slide using the contents (or the format) of another slide. You can move slides across using the drag-drop in the slide sorter view <u>(View → Slide Sorter)</u>.

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When you select <u>File → Open,</u> you get to chose if you will create a text file or a presentation file. Hence, these four functions mentioned above for LibreOffice Impress are identical to perform as was explained in the LibreOffice Writer section.

When you select <u>File → Open,</u> you get to chose if you will create a text file or a presentation file. Hence, these four functions mentioned above for LibreOffice Impress are identical to perform as was explained in the LibreOffice Writer section (image 36).

In our slide presentation, we have entered text (by simply typing the text) and formatted text (changed font <u>colour – Format → Character → Font Effects → Font color</u>) on the first slide.

In our slide presentation, we have entered text (by simply typing the text) and formatted text (changed font <u>colour – Format → Character → Font Effects → Font color</u>) on the first slide.

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In the second slide, we copy pasted the objectives from our text file. We created a numbered list (<u>Selecting the text and then → Format → Bullets and Numbering → Numbering Type</u>).

In the second slide, we copy pasted the objectives from our text file. We created a numbered list (<u>Selecting the text and then → Format → Bullets and Numbering → Numbering Type</u>) (image 37).

[[File:COL_-_Inserting_numbered_list_in_a_slide.png|thumb|450x450px|Image 37 - DST slide presentation, creating a numbered list and inserting a text box using LibreOffice Impress|left]]

[[File:COL_-_Inserting_numbered_list_in_a_slide.png|thumb|450x450px|Image 37 - DST slide presentation, creating a numbered list and inserting a text box using LibreOffice Impress|left]]