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From the menu '''View''' choose '''Navigator''' (or simply press F5). The Navigator looks a bit like a table of contents, but it serves a completely different purpose. Whereas the table of contents is ''part'' of the document and will get printed along with all the rest, the navigator is ''not'' part of the document. Rather it is an electronic key which allows you to navigate through the document and even change the ordering of chapters around.
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A click on the '''Double Arrow Up'''-Icon will move the whole chapter including subsections, footnotes, illustrations etc. ''up'' – what OpenOffice calls ''promoting'' a chapter (see illustration 11).
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From the menu '''View''' choose '''Navigator''' (or simply press '''F5'''). The Navigator looks a bit
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like a table of contents, but it serves a very different purpose. Whereas the table of contents
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is ''part'' of the document and will get printed along with all the rest, the navigator is ''not'' part
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of the document. Rather it is an electronic key which allows you to manipulate the document.
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Now press the small black triangle ▼ next to the category '''Headings'''. You will see all your
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existing chapter headings. Clicking on any one of them will highlight it. Double-clicking on it
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will bring you right to the corresponding passage in the text. So it’s not necessary any more to
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scroll down (or up) to it.
  
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Now press the '''+''' next to the category '''Headings'''. You will then see all your existing chapter Headings. Clicking on any one of them will highlight it. Double-clicking on it will bring you right to the corresponding passage in the text. So it’s not necessary any more to scroll down (or up) to it.
 
  
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A click on the '''Double Arrow Up'''-Icon will move the whole chapter including subsections, footnotes, illustrations etc. ''up'' – what OpenOffice calls ''promoting'' a chapter (see illustration 11).
 
 
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So chapter 5 for example will swap places with chapter 4. Conversely using the '''Double Arrow Down'''. Using the '''Double Arrow Right''' will lower the level of a chapter heading down to a section heading, for instance chapter 5 to section 4.x. Conversely using the '''Double Arrow Left'''.<nowiki>*</nowiki>
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A click on the '''Double arrow up''' (see illustration 11) will move the whole chapter including
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subsections, footnotes, illustrations etc. up – what OpenOffice calls '''Promoting a chapter'''.
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So chapter 5 for example will swap places with chapter 4. Numbering will be automatically
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updated – providing of course you’ve switched chapter numbering on (see section 6). Conversely
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you can '''Demote a chapter''' using the '''Double arrow down'''. Using the '''Double
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arrow right''' will Demote level of a chapter, say chapter 5 down to section 4.x. Conversely
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use the '''Double Arrow Left''' to '''Promote level''' of chapter, e.g. section 4.x to
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chapter 5.
  
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Apart from headings, the navigator also lists graphics, tables, hyperlinks and many other objects you can easily jump to with a double-click. Note though that graphics are automatically named “graphics1, graphics2, graphics3” and so on, so it’s difficult to keep track of what these names stand for exactly. But you can right click any graphic and choose '''Picture › Options'''. Here you can replace the given name “graphics x” with a more descriptive one. (The list is unordered, so giving a descriptive name makes it much easier to jump to a given picture.)
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Apart from headings, the navigator also lists graphics, tables, hyperlinks, the table of contents
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and many other objects you can easily jump to with a double-click.  
  
 
Unlike the table of contents, the '''Navigator''' updates itself automatically.
 
Unlike the table of contents, the '''Navigator''' updates itself automatically.
  
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The Navigator is especially useful in the context of ''group work'' – see section 10.
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The '''Navigator''' is especially useful in the context of ''group work'' – see section 10.
  
 
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Revision as of 14:12, 18 May 2014




A click on the Double Arrow Up-Icon will move the whole chapter including subsections, footnotes, illustrations etc. up – what OpenOffice calls promoting a chapter (see illustration 11).

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From the menu View choose Navigator (or simply press F5). The Navigator looks a bit like a table of contents, but it serves a very different purpose. Whereas the table of contents is part of the document and will get printed along with all the rest, the navigator is not part of the document. Rather it is an electronic key which allows you to manipulate the document.

Now press the small black triangle ▼ next to the category Headings. You will see all your existing chapter headings. Clicking on any one of them will highlight it. Double-clicking on it will bring you right to the corresponding passage in the text. So it’s not necessary any more to scroll down (or up) to it.


Wfs010-navigator.png

Illustration 11. The navigator (F5)

A click on the Double arrow up (see illustration 11) will move the whole chapter including subsections, footnotes, illustrations etc. up – what OpenOffice calls Promoting a chapter. So chapter 5 for example will swap places with chapter 4. Numbering will be automatically updated – providing of course you’ve switched chapter numbering on (see section 6). Conversely you can Demote a chapter using the Double arrow down. Using the Double arrow right will Demote level of a chapter, say chapter 5 down to section 4.x. Conversely use the Double Arrow Left to Promote level of chapter, e.g. section 4.x to chapter 5.

Apart from headings, the navigator also lists graphics, tables, hyperlinks, the table of contents and many other objects you can easily jump to with a double-click.

Unlike the table of contents, the Navigator updates itself automatically.

The Navigator is especially useful in the context of group work – see section 10.

* For practice, try using the original of this document: http://www.fb4.fh-frankfurt.de/tips/openoffice/dokumentation/openoffice-uni-en.odt



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