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OpenOffice.org: A Text Box With a Slightly Different Shape

Posted on May 31, 2011 by cynmackley

Today I'd like to share an interesting thing that I stumbled across with playing with the drawing tools in OpenOffice.org - specifically, I'd like to show you what I found when I was exploring the options for a text box...

Posted in OpenOffice, UncategorizedTagged Alter your Text Boxes, Open Office Text Box, Shapes in Open Office1 Comment

OpenOffice.org Writer: Quick Clicks for Selecting Text

Posted on May 27, 2011 by cynmackley

Here's a quick tip for selecting text using your mouse that doesn't require dragging the mouse, holding down the mouse button or using the Shift key.

Posted in OpenOffice, UncategorizedTagged Easy Select, Open Office, Quick Clicks for Selecting Text, Text SelectionLeave a comment

OpenOffice.org Writer: Changing the Default Font

Posted on May 23, 2011 by cynmackley

If you're anything like me, when it comes to fonts in my documents then you're tired of Times New Roman and Arial. Thankfully, you can change the default font in Open Office.

Posted in OpenOffice, UncategorizedTagged Change Default Open Office Font, Open Office Fonts3 Comments

OpenOffice Writer: Looking for Another Word to Use?

Posted on May 22, 2011 by cynmackley

Here's a neat tip on how to access the built-in thesaurus in Open Office Writer! Spice up your writing with the right words!

Posted in OpenOffice, UncategorizedTagged Alternate Words, Open Office Writer Words, ThesaurusLeave a comment

OpenOffice.org: Rotating Objects

Posted on May 17, 2011 by cynmackley

Rotating objects in MS Office is easy - just grab the handles and away you go. What about Open Office, though? Take a look at this tip for a little insight.

Posted in OpenOffice, UncategorizedTagged Open Office Rotation, OpenOffice.org: Rotating Objects, Rotate objects in Open OfficeLeave a comment

OpenOffice.org Writer: Free Label Templates Galore

Posted on May 9, 2011 by cynmackley

Looking for some free label templates to use with Open Office Writer? April may have just the site you're looking for! Give it a look!

Posted in OpenOfficeTagged Free Templates, Labels, Open office Writer1 Comment

OpenOffice.org: Splitting One Numbered List Into Two

Posted on May 6, 2011 by cynmackley

Have you ever needed to split a numbered list in a document and everything BUT that happened? April has the solution, and you can check it out here!

Posted in OpenOfficeTagged Open office Numbered Lists, Split a Numbered List1 Comment

OpenOffice.org Writer: Selecting a Picture That’s Behind Text

Posted on May 5, 2011 by cynmackley

Got a picture in the background for an Open Office Writer document and now you can't select it? April had the same problem, but thankfully, she found a solution!

Posted in OpenOfficeTagged Open office Writer, Picture behind text, Select Pictures in Open OfficeLeave a comment

OpenOffice.org Writer: A Few Special Symbols Without the Insert Menu

Posted on May 4, 2011 by cynmackley

Want to learn a quick and easy way to insert frequently used special characters like Trademark, Copyright and more into Open Office Writer with a few keystrokes? Check it out!

Posted in OpenOfficeTagged Copyright, registered trademark, special characters, special symbols, trademark1 Comment

OpenOffice.org Writer: Reply to a Comment in the Comment

Posted on May 3, 2011 by cynmackley

Reply to comments the easy way in Open Office Writer! Why spend the time sifting through the clutter, when you can just reply in the same comment string? Genius!

Posted in OpenOfficeTagged Comments, Easy comment reply, Open office Writer, Reply to commentLeave a comment

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