Introduction

Writer for Students

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• Introduction
• Theory
• Document Structure
• Chapter Headings
• Chapter Numbering
• Table of Contents
• Outline
• Navigator
• Text Body
• Paragraph styles overview
• Reusing styles
• Default Page Formatting
• Title Page
• Papers without a Title Page
• Pages with and without numbering
• Roman Page Numbering
• Group Work
• Proofreading
• Numbered lists and bullets
• Line numbering
• Cross-references
• Footnotes
• Bibliography
• Quotes
• Tables
• Charts
• Pictures
• Snapshots
• Presentations & Graphics
• Cross tables (Statistics)
• Extra Long Web Adresses
• Fonts
• Emphasis
• Special Characters
• Non separable combinations
• Shortcut keys
• Mouse clicks
• PDFs
• Saving your files
• Several files open at once
• Search and replace
• Spell Check
• Synonyms
• Document Infos
• Labels and Form letters
• Help
• Installing Program
• Microsoft Word
• Practice I
• Practice II

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This short guide is based on courses I have been giving since 2008 to all first year students of the Faculty of Social Work at the Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences. Participants’ suggestions and criticisms have all been included as well as the results of many hours spent with students formatting their theses.

My aim is not to detail the numerous functions of Apache OpenOffice Writer, but simply to focus on the typical real life situations of the student needing to format any lengthy document, especially his or her bachelor or master thesis.

The most common procedures for your daily work are all contained in the hands-on practice at the very end of this guide. I would recommend you do this exercise right now in order to get a feeling for the program. You will soon discover how easy it is to use.

Afterwards please come back and read on from here. Make sure to read the entire guide in order to obtain a proper overview of the programme. The various sections depend one on the other so it’s no good trying to jump directly to those parts you feel might come in handy.