Getting Help

Apache OpenOffice 4.1 Writer Guide

Chapter 1: Introducing Writer

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• What is Writer?
• Parts of the Main Writer Window
  • Title Bar
  • Menus
  • Toolbars
  • Floating Toolbars
  • Customizing Toolbars
  • Statusbar
  • Sidebar
• Changing Document Views
• Starting a New Document
• Opening an Existing Document
• Saving a Document
• Password Protection
• Closing a Document
• Closing OpenOffice
• Using the Navigator
• Getting Help
• What Are All These Things Called?
• Undoing and Redoing Changes
• Using Writer on a Mac

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Getting Help

Writer provides several forms of help. In addition to a full Help file (reached by pressing  F1  or choosing Help → OpenOffice Help from the menu bar), you can choose whether to activate tooltips, extended tips, and the Help Agent from Tools → Options → OpenOffice → General.

Placing the mouse pointer over any of the icons displays a small box, called a tooltip. It gives a brief explanation of the icon's function. For a more detailed explanation, select Help → What's This? and hold the mouse pointer over the icon you need more help with.