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Apache OpenOffice 4.1 Writer Guide

Chapter 3: Working with Text

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• Introduction
• Selecting Text
  • Selecting Items that are not Consecutive
  • Selecting a Vertical Block of Text
• Cutting, Copying, and Pasting Text
• Finding and Replacing Text
  • Find and Replace Specific Formatting
  • Find and Replace Paragraph Styles
  • Use Wildcards (regular expressions)
• Inserting Special Characters
  • Inserting Non-breaking Spaces and Hyphens
  • Inserting en and em Dashes
• Formatting Paragraphs
  • Setting Tab Stops and Indents
  • Changing the Default Tab Stop Interval
• Formatting Characters
• Autoformatting
• Creating Numbered or Bulleted Lists
  • Using the Bullets and Numbering toolbar
  • Example: Configuring a Nested List
• Using Footnotes and Endnotes
  • Inserting Footnotes/Endnotes
  • Defining the Format of Footnotes/Endnotes
• Checking Spelling and Grammar
• Using Built-in Language Tools
  • Using Paragraph and Character Styles
  • Using Tools > Language
  • Using language settings in Options
  • Using the Status Bar
• Using Synonyms and the Thesaurus
• Hyphenating Words
  • Automatic Hyphenation
  • Manual Hyphenation
• Using AutoCorrect
  • Using Word Completion
• Using AutoText
  • Creating AutoText
  • Inserting AutoText
  • Printing a List of AutoText Entries
• Line Numbering
• Tracking Changes to a Document
  • Preparing a Document for Review
  • Recording Changes
  • Accepting or Rejecting Changes
  • Merging Modified Documents
  • Comparing Documents
• Adding Other Comments
• Linking to Another Part of a Document
  • Using Cross-References
  • Using Bookmarks
  • Using Hyperlinks
  • Inserting Hyperlinks Using the Navigator
  • Inserting Hyperlinks Using a Dialog Box
  • Editing Hyperlinks
• Switching Between Insert and Overwrite Mode
• Counting the Words in a Selection
• Changing the Case of Selected Text

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Using autotext

Use AutoText to store text, tables, fields, and other items for reuse and assign them to a key combination for easy retrieval. For example, rather than typing “Senior Management” every time you use that phrase, you can set up an AutoText entry to insert those words when you type “sm” and press  F3 .

AutoText is especially powerful when used with fields. See Chapter 14 (Working with Fields) for more information.