Instructions for Using Collabora Office Writer

On the help page for Collabora Office general you can find instructions that are applicable to all modules, such as working with windows and menus, customizing Collabora Office, data sources, Gallery, and drag and drop.

If you want help with another module, switch to the help for that module with the combo box in the navigation area.

Switching Between Insert Mode and Overwrite Mode

Using the Direct Cursor

Navigating and Selecting With the Keyboard

Inserting Special Characters

Word Completion for Text Documents

Inserting Non-breaking Spaces, Hyphens and Soft Hyphens

Applying Text Formatting While You Type

Emphasizing Text

Changing the Color of Text

Rotating Text

Using a Frame to Center Text on a Page

Indenting Paragraphs

Defining Borders for Pages

Defining Borders for Paragraphs

Defining Borders for Tables and Table Cells

Defining Borders for Objects

Making Text Superscript or Subscript

Changing the Case of Text

Moving and Copying Text in Documents

Resetting Font Attributes

Chapter Numbering

Arranging Chapters in the Navigator

Going to Specific Bookmark

Using Sections

Inserting Sections

Editing Sections

Copying Formatting With the Clone Formatting Tool

Templates and Styles

Creating New Styles From Selections

Applying Styles in Fill Format Mode

Updating Styles From Selections

Using Styles From Another Document or Template

Creating and Changing Default and Custom Templates

Printing with Page line-spacing

Recording and Displaying Changes

Turning Off AutoCorrect

Creating Numbered or Bulleted Lists as You Type

Automatic Check Spelling

Using AutoText

Adding Exceptions to the AutoCorrect List

Alternating Page Styles on Odd and Even Pages

Turning off Bullets and Numbering for Individual Paragraphs

Removing Line Breaks

Page Numbers

Changing Page Orientation

Changing Page Background

Applying Styles in Fill Format Mode

Creating New Styles From Selections

Updating Styles From Selections

Undoing Direct Formatting for a Document

Formatting Headers or Footers

Inserting Hyperlinks

Defining Number Ranges

Inserting and Deleting Page Breaks

Creating and Applying Page Styles

About Fields

Adding Input Fields

Querying User Data in Fields or Conditions

Converting a Field into Text

Inserting a Fixed or Variable Date Field

Selecting Tables, Rows, and Columns

Inserting Tables

Deleting Tables or the Contents of a Table

Calculating in Text Documents

Calculating Complex Formulas in Text Documents

Calculating and Pasting the Result of a Formula in a Text Document

Displaying the Result of a Table Calculation in a Different Table

Calculating Across Tables

Calculating the Sum of a Series of Table Cells

Inserting Text Before a Table at the Top of Page

Merging and Splitting Cells

Repeating a Table Heading on a New Page

Resizing Rows and Columns in a Text Table

Modifying Rows and Columns by Keyboard

Copying Spreadsheet Areas to Text Documents

Inserting Line Breaks in Cells

Positioning Objects

Using Captions

Adding Chapter Numbers to Captions

Fontwork For Graphical Text Art

Inserting Graphics

Inserting, Editing, Saving Bitmaps Images

Inserting a Graphic From a File

Inserting Graphics From Collabora Office Draw or Impress

Inserting Graphics From the Gallery With Drag-and-Drop

Inserting a Scanned Image

Inserting a Calc Chart into a Text Document

Animating Text

Rotating Text

Defining Graphics or Colors in the Background of Pages (Watermark)

Master Documents and Subdocuments

Defining Index or Table of Contents Entries

Updating, Editing and Deleting Indexes and Tables of Contents

Editing or Deleting Index and Table Entries

Formatting an Index or a Table of Contents

Creating a Table of Contents

Creating Alphabetical Indexes

Creating a Bibliography

User-Defined Indexes

Indexes Covering Several Documents

Navigator for Text Documents

Numbering and Paragraph Styles

Adding Bullets

Adding Numbering

Chapter Numbering

Creating Numbered or Bulleted Lists as You Type

Using Captions

Adding Chapter Numbers to Captions

Defining Number Ranges

Master Documents and Subdocuments

Changing the List Level of a List Paragraph

Combining Ordered Lists

Modifying Numbering in an Ordered List

Turning off Bullets and Numbering for Individual Paragraphs

Adding Line Numbers

About Headers and Footers

Inserting Page Numbers in Footers

Inserting a Chapter Name and Number in a Header or a Footer

Defining Different Headers and Footers

Formatting Headers or Footers

Inserting and Editing Footnotes or Endnotes

Spacing Between Footnotes

Positioning Objects

Creating Numbered or Bulleted Lists as You Type

Using Captions

Adding Chapter Numbers to Captions

Drawing Lines in Text

Applying Line Styles Using the Toolbar

Defining Arrow Styles

Defining Line Styles

Inserting, Editing, and Linking Frames

Checking Spelling and Grammar

Automatic Check Spelling

Adding Exceptions to the AutoCorrect List

Removing Words From a User-Defined Dictionary

Hyphenation

Thesaurus

Creating a Form Letter

Creating and Printing Labels and Business Cards

Printing Address Labels

Conditional Text

Conditional Text for Page Counts

Printing a Brochure

Master Documents and Subdocuments

Previewing a Page Before Printing

Printing faster with Reduced Data

Printing Multiple Pages on One Sheet

Printing in Reverse Order

Selecting Printer Paper Trays

Saving Text Documents in HTML Format

Inserting an Entire Text Document

Saving Documents in Other Formats

Opening documents saved in other formats

Sending Documents as Email

Changing Your Working Directory

Using Shortcut Keys (Collabora Office Writer Accessibility)

Using AutoText

Using Smart Tags

Sending Faxes and Configuring Collabora Office for Faxing

Pasting Contents in Special Formats

Creating a Page Style Based on the Current Page

Conditional Text

Conditional Text for Page Counts

Moving and Copying Text in Documents

Hiding Text

Displaying Hidden Text

Creating Non-printing Text

Inserting Hyperlinks With the Navigator

Navigator for Text Documents

Docking and Resizing Windows

Turning Number Recognition On or Off in Tables

Previewing a Page Before Printing

Printing Multiple Pages on One Sheet

Selecting Printer Paper Trays

Inserting Cross-References

Using Regular Expressions in Text Searches

Saving Text Documents in HTML Format

Applying Text Formatting While You Type

Using the Direct Cursor

Inserting, Editing, and Linking Frames

Inserting an Entire Text Document

Counting Words

Wrapping Text Around Objects

Recording a Macro