Practice

Download unformatted file “prax-en.txt”:
- go to openoffice-uni.org
- in the English section Right-click on file [txt]
- choose option Save link as
- choose Desktop or other location
- confirm Save
Open downloaded file:
- start OpenOffice Writer
- go to menu File > Open
- choose the file prax-en.txt and confirm Open
- go to download location
save your file in OpenOffice format:
- open Menu File › Save as…
- choose File type › ODF Text Document (.odt)
- confirm Save
Apply paragraph Style “Text Body”:
- mark whole document using keyboard shortcut Ctrl + a
- apply paragraph style Text Body using shortcut Ctrl + 0
- leaving text still marked open menu Format › Default Formatting (shortcut Ctrl + m)
- unmark your text by leftclicking anywhere in document
Modify your paragraph style Text Body:
- right-click any paragraph
- choose option Edit Paragraph Style… (not Paragraph…)
- check that top bar of pop-up menu does indeed display “Paragraph Style: Text Body”
- make following changes:
- under tab Indents & Spacing increase line spacing to 1.5 lines
- under tab Alignment choose Options › Justified
- under tab Text Flow activate Hyphenation › automatic,increasing Characters at end of line as well as Characters at beginning of line from 2 to 3; also tick options Orphan Control and Widow Control
Format chapter headings:
- open menu Format › Styles and Formatting (F11)
- in the pop-up list of paragraph styles right-click the style Heading 1 and choose Modify
- under tab Indents & Spacing make following changes:
  - Spacing › Above paragraph: 1,2cm
  - Spacing › Below paragraph: 0,6cm
- under tab Font choose:
  - Font › Garamond (or Times)
  - Size › 16pt (replace symbol % with letters pt)
  - Typeface › Bold
- repeat these last steps for paragraph style Heading 2 (i.e. second level) but using these values instead:
  - Spacing › Above paragraph to 0,8cm
  - Spacing › Below paragraph to 0,4cm
- Font › Garamond (or Times)
  - Size › 13pt
  - Typeface › Bold
Activate chapter numbering:
- Open menu Tools › Outline Numbering
- in the left column Level choose 1
- in drop-down menu Number choose option 1, 2, 3 …
- repeat for Level > 2
- ensure that for level 2 Show sublevels is set to 2
- confirm OK
Mark chapter headings:
- place cursor in first chapter heading “Introduction”
- remove existing numbering (“1”) as well as space
- press shortcut Ctrl + 1 to apply paragraph style Heading 1
- repeat these steps for first five chapters
- in chapter 5 look out for subheadings (the ones beginning with “?”), delete the question mark and spaces and apply style Heading 2 using shortcut Ctrl + 2
Format first page:
- mark the contents of your title page including the date of publication (try to use shift + arrow keys instead of mouse pointer to do this)
- open menu Format › Paragraph… (not the menu Format › Styles and Formatting!!)
- under tab Indents & Spacing apply following values:
  - Line Spacing › Single
  - Spacing › Below paragraph › 0cm
  - confirm OK
- with contents of title page still marked center justify it with button Centered in menu bar
- increase font size from 12pt to 14pt (again using menu bar)
- mark main title “Apache OpenOffice Writer for students”
- increase font size to 20pt
- mark just the word “Writer”, increase font size from 20pt to 36pt and apply typeface Bold
Insert new page after title page:
- place cursor pointer directly to the right of publication date and press Ctrl + return to force a page break
- note the blue line at the top of the new page symbolizing a page break
Insert table of contents:
- open menu Insert › Indexes and Tables › Indexes and Tables…
- confirm OK
Modify table of contents:
- right-click your table of contents
- choose option Edit Index/Table
- under tab Index/Table reduce Evaluate up to level down to 2 (so you could well have three or more levels of chapter headings in your text but only the uppermost two will actually appear in your table of contents)
- under the tab Entries place the cursor inside the white space between the entries E# and E
- click once on the button Tab stop (in case you by mistake insert more than one Tab stop, you can delete it with Del key)
- click on button All
- confirm OK
Format your table of contents:
- right click any level 1 entry in your table of contents
- choose option Edit paragraph style…
- under tab Indents & Spacing use following values:
  - Indent › Before text › 0,8cm (positive value)
  - Indent › First line › -0,8cm (negative value)
  - Spacing › Above paragraph › 0,4cm
  - Line spacing › Single
  - Confirm OK
- repeat these steps for table of contents second level entries but with following values:
  - Indent › Before text › 1,8cm (positive value)
  - Indent › First line › -1cm (negative value)
  - Spacing › Above paragraph › 0,2cm
  - Line spacing › Single
  - Confirm OK
Insert break between last unnumbered page and first numbered page:
- place cursor immediately underneath your table of contents (in case you might not be able to fit cursor in because numbering of first chapter stands in the way, change latter’s format from Heading 1 to Text body temporarily, insert a new line and change it back again to Heading 1)
- open menu Insert › Manual Break… › Type › Page Break
- choose page Style › Default
- click Change page number
- insert value 1 (default anyway)
- confirm OK
- in case you have at this point a blank page too many, just delete it with Del key
Add numbers to your default page:
- place cursor inside header
- open menu Insert › Fields › Page number
- right align your newly inserted page number using appropriate button in menu bar
- to ensure that all numbering is up to date open menu Tools › Update › Update all

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