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In Writer, as in any Apache OpenOffice component, it is possible to format text in two ways: by direct formatting or by applying styles.  
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Writer is the main word processing program of the {{AOo}} suite that specializes in documentation. Writer has many specialized features that can create high quality, press-ready documents with quick efficiency. Some features include creating crisp graphics or easy conversion to PDF and other popular formats. All of which can be done from a great variety of platforms in Writer.  
  
We will discuss styles in the next section, styles are useful for automating complex tasks and helping to keep consistency.
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Writer also has a very powerful Styles feature that allows you to automate complex tasks and helps you keep consistency throughout your document, but this will be covered in the next section.  
  
Before discussing how to automate tasks we need to learn the different options for inserting content into a Writer document.  
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Before covering how to automate tasks or style your document we need to learn the different options for inserting content into an Writer document.  
  
 
'''Topics in this section:'''
 
'''Topics in this section:'''
  
# [[Documentation/UserGuide/Writer/Intro/Content|Editing text]]
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# [[Documentation/UserGuide/Writer/Intro/Content|Writer User Interface]]
# [[Documentation/UserGuide/Writer/Intro/Tables|Tables]]
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# [[Documentation/UserGuide/Writer/Intro/Sidebar|Writer Sidebar]]
# [[Documentation/UserGuide/Writer/Intro/Insert|Images and OLE objects]]
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# [[Documentation/UserGuide/Writer/Intro/New Document|Starting a New Document]]
# [[Documentation/UserGuide/Writer/Intro/Frames|Frames]]
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# [[Documentation/UserGuide/Writer/Intro/Open Document|Opening a Document]]
# [[Documentation/UserGuide/Writer/Intro/Sections|Sections]]
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# [[Documentation/UserGuide/Writer/Intro/Save Document|Saving a Document]]
# [[Documentation/UserGuide/Writer/Intro/AutoText|AutoText]]
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# [[Documentation/UserGuide/Writer/Intro/Close Document|Closing a Document]]
 
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# [[Documentation/UserGuide/Writer/Intro/Document Views|Document Views]]
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# [[Documentation/UserGuide/Writer/Intro/Help|Getting Help]]
  
 
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Writer is the main word processing program of the Apache OpenOffice suite that specializes in documentation. Writer has many specialized features that can create high quality, press-ready documents with quick efficiency. Some features include creating crisp graphics or easy conversion to PDF and other popular formats. All of which can be done from a great variety of platforms in Writer.

Writer also has a very powerful Styles feature that allows you to automate complex tasks and helps you keep consistency throughout your document, but this will be covered in the next section.

Before covering how to automate tasks or style your document we need to learn the different options for inserting content into an Writer document.

Topics in this section:

  1. Writer User Interface
  2. Writer Sidebar
  3. Starting a New Document
  4. Opening a Document
  5. Saving a Document
  6. Closing a Document
  7. Document Views
  8. Getting Help
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