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This is the second part of Chapter '''6''' of '''Getting Started with OpenOffice.org 2.x''' (Third edition), produced by the [http://oooauthors.org/ OOoAuthors group]. A PDF of this chapter is available from the [http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/oooauthors2/ OOoAuthors Guides page] at OpenOffice.org.
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Writer has a Find and Replace feature that automates the process of searching for text inside a document. In addition to finding and replacing words and phrases, you can:
 
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To display the Find & Replace dialog (Figure 6), use the keyboard shortcut ''Control+F'' or select '''Edit > Find & Replace'''.
 
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:[[Image:FindReplace.png|Figure 6]]<br>Figure 6. Expanded Find & Replace dialog.
 
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'''Tip:''' If you click '''Find All''', OOo selects all instances of the search text in the document. Similarly, if you click '''Replace All''', OOo will replace all matches.
 
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'''Caution:''' Use '''Replace All''' with caution; otherwise, you may end up with some hilarious (and highly embarrassing) mistakes. A mistake with '''Replace All''' might require a manual, word by word, search to fix.
 
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Styles are central to using Writer efficiently. Styles enable you to easily format your document consistently, and to change the format with minimal effort. A style is a named set of formatting options. Writer defines several types of styles, for different types of elements: characters, paragraphs, pages, frames, and lists. For information on the advantages of styles, and how to use them, see [[Getting Started/Working with Styles|Chapter 13]] (Working with Styles) in this book. The use of styles is described in detail in [[Writer Guide/Introduction to Styles|Chapter 6]] (Introduction to Styles) and [[Writer Guide/Working with Styles|Chapter 7]] (Working with Styles) in the [[Writer Guide]].
 
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Latest revision as of 08:36, 14 April 2008


Working with text (selecting, copying, pasting, moving) in Writer is similar to working with text in any other program. Writer also has some convenient ways to select items that are not next to each other, select a vertical block of text, move paragraphs quickly, and paste unformatted text.

Selecting items that are not consecutive

To select nonconsecutive items (as shown in the picture below) using the mouse:

  1. Select the first piece of text.
  2. Hold down the Control key and use the mouse to select the next piece of text.
  3. Repeat as often as needed.
  4. Now you can work with the selected text (copy it, delete it, change the style, or whatever).
Documentation note.png Macintosh users: substitute the Command key when instructions in this chapter say to use the Control key.

To select nonconsecutive items using the keyboard:

  1. Select the first piece of text. (For more information about keyboard selection of text, see the topic "Navigating and selecting with the keyboard" in the Help.)
  2. Press Shift+F8. This puts Writer in "ADD" mode. The word ADD appears on the status bar.
  3. Use the arrow keys to move to the start of the next piece of text to be selected. Hold down the Shift key and select the next piece of text.
  4. Repeat as often as needed. Now you can work with the selected text.
  5. Press Esc to exit from this mode.
Selecting items that are not next to each other.

Selecting a vertical block of text

(New in OOo 2.4) You can now select a vertical block or “column” of text that is separated by spaces or tabs (as you might see in text pasted from e-mails, program listings, or other sources), using OOo’s block selection mode. To chang to block selection mode, use Edit > Selection Mode > Block Area, or click several times in the status bar on STD until it changes to BLK.

Status-select.png

Now highlight the selection, using mouse or keyboard, as shown below.

Selecting a vertical block of text.


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