OpenOffice.org Writer: Inserting Text Before or After a Table It happens to anyone who uses tables in a word processing program like OpenOffice.org Writer - we insert a table at the very top of the document and find ourselves unable to add text above it because we didn't leave a blank line there. You need … Continue reading Inserting Text Above or Below a Table in OpenOffice Writer
Creating Duplicates in OpenOffice Writer with Drag and Drop
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
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
The Text to Table Feature in OpenOffice Writer
OpenOffice.org Writer: Oh Man, I Should Have Used a Table! While I cannot speak for everyone, I know that there have been many times that, after setting up information in a word processing document, I find myself wishing I had used a table instead of a list of text. If the list is long and … Continue reading The Text to Table Feature in OpenOffice Writer