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Chapter 2: Working With OpenOffice.org

The Menu Bar

At the top of the OpenOffice.org window, immediately under the title bar, is the menu bar.

Point with the mouse to a command on the menu bar and press the left mouse button. The

menu opens, allowing one to choose a command from the submenu by clicking it. The menu

bar can also be accessed from the keyboard, by pressing the Alt key.

The menus are organized into basic functions. The Edit menu, for example, provides the

functions needed to edit the current document (cut, copy, paste, undo changes and so on),

while the View menu has functions that allow control of the view of the elements displayed

on the screen. In other words, the commands used for editing, viewing, sequencing,

formatting and printing a document can only be used when the document is open and active.

Active, in this sense, means that the document is front of any others on the screen. If the

commands should correspond to an object in the document, then that object has to be

selected. In addition, the menus are context sensitive,. This means that only those menu

commands that are relevant to the current work will be available . For example, if the cursor

is located in a text document, then only the text editing menu commands are available.

Likewise, if graphics are selected in a document, then only the menu commands that can be

used to edit graphics will be available. The other inactive menu items are hidden. By

choosing Tools > Options >OpenOffice.org > View, one can select the Show inactive menu

items field and then see the inactive menu items as gray entries in menus.

OpenOffice.org lets the user change and customize the menu bar the way as desired. Many of

the toolbars and the status bar may so be modified to suit personal requirements.

The Toolbars

Below the menu bar is the Standard toolbar. This toolbar contains icons for several

important commands and functions that can be used in OpenOffice.org to open a document,

export to PDF, undo and redo, access the navigator, or gallery or print the current document.

Immediately above the horizontal ruler is the Formatting toolbar. This offers features that

are always appropriate to the current context such as alignment, font styles, lists and

indenting. For example, if a piece of normal text is selected , one will see different icons from

those within a text table.

On the left edge of the document is the main toolbar. This varies depending on the

document type (text, spreadsheet, presentation, drawing or formula).

Other toolbars such as the option bar and colour bar will be described later.

It is easy to change the position of the toolbars. For example, if the position of the main

toolbar should be on the right edge of the document instead of on the left, simply drag the

knurled handle at the far left in the toolbar to a new location around the edge of the main

window.

Note: under Windows®, one only needs to use

(Alt).

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