OpenOffice.org Writer: Creating Duplicates of Selected Text With a Simple Drag and Drop When you're looking to duplicate something in an OpenOffice.org Writer document how, do you accomplish the task? Let me guess... you select it, copy it then move to the new location and paste it... am I right? What if you could accomplish … Continue reading Creating Duplicates in OpenOffice Writer with Drag and Drop
Browse the Web with OpenOffice
OpenOffice.org : Start Your Online Search Without Starting Your Browser We've all done it... when working on some sort of document, we decide that we need to verify our information before we actually include it in our document. It's a very good idea, since we wouldn't want to give false information... With that in mind, … Continue reading Browse the Web with OpenOffice
Incompatible Formulas in OpenOffice Calc and Excel
OpenOffice.org Calc: Why Are My Formulas Behaving So Badly? If you've used Excel in the past with any regularity, you may find yourself experiencing some difficulty with formulas - whether creating them in Calc or trying to open an Excel file in Calc. While I can't guarantee that I've got the answer to your problems, … Continue reading Incompatible Formulas in OpenOffice Calc and Excel
OpenOffice Writer: Special Text Selection from the Status Bar
As many of us know, you can use different keys along with the mouse to complete different types of text selection. For example, holding down the Alt key while dragging the mouse will select text in a rectangular shape - called block selection. If you place your cursor in the document and then hold down … Continue reading OpenOffice Writer: Special Text Selection from the Status Bar
OpenOffice Writer: Quickly Creating a Sheet of Labels
While I can't speak for anyone else, I find it extremely useful to know how to create a sheet of blank labels in a word processing program like Writer. I'm forever wanting something that isn't actually for a mailing... I'm just looking to have a document that is set up as a sheet of labels … Continue reading OpenOffice Writer: Quickly Creating a Sheet of Labels
Selecting Blocks of Text in OpenOffice Writer
OpenOffice.org Writer: Not Your Usual Selection Shape When we select text in OpenOffice.org Writer, we're used to the selection starting at one point and then proceeding down (or up, depending upon the way you drag your mouse) across entire lines... like this: But what if you need a rectangular or square shape section - one … Continue reading Selecting Blocks of Text in OpenOffice Writer
Controlling Hyphens and Spaces in OpenOffice Writer
OpenOffice.org Writer: Hyphens and Spaces Can Be Non-Breaking or Optional? When you're writing a document and you see the program split something like a date between two lines, do you ever wonder how to prevent that from happening? Let's face it... this looks just plain weird .................................................... Monday, July 4, 2011 ............................................................ You could play … Continue reading Controlling Hyphens and Spaces in OpenOffice Writer
Superscript and Subscript
Franklyn asks: When writing email, there are times I would like to use a superscript (degree F) and subscript (H2O). Is there a way to have them available? Franklyn, if you're using Microsoft Word or Outlook 2007 or 2010, you can easily add either superscript... or subscript from the toolbar. In Word, it's found under … Continue reading Superscript and Subscript
OpenOffice.org: Turning off the Automatic Spellcheck
While many people I work with like the "red squiggly lines" underneath misspelled words, I also know quite a few who hate them. I like them because I just fix my mistakes as I go, whenever possible, however I've watched many people totally ignore them and run the Spelling and Grammar check at intervals throughout … Continue reading OpenOffice.org: Turning off the Automatic Spellcheck
Default Formatting in OpenOffice Writer
OpenOffice.org Writer: Back to the Beginning with the Formatting While I can't speak for everyone, I know that there are times when I sit back, take a good look at my document and think... What was I thinking when I did that, and that, and that???? It's that moment of clarity, when I realize that … Continue reading Default Formatting in OpenOffice Writer