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 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 › Automatically,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 even if your text contains three or more levels of chapter headings only the first two will be listed)
- 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 (so that both your levels have same entries)
- confirm OK
Format table of contents:
- right click any level 1 entry in your table of contents
- choose option Edit paragraph style…
- under tab Indents & Spacing enter 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 second level entries 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 new page after table of contents
- place cursor immediately underneath your table of contents
- open menu Insert › Manual Break… › Type › Page Break
- choose page Style › Default
- click Change page number
- insert value 1
- confirm OK
Prepare style First page
- open menu Format › Styles and Formatting
- in menu bar choose fourth button from left for Page Styles
- under tab Organizer choose as Next Style › First Page (this will allow you to have more than one non-numbered First page)
- under tab Page increase Margins › Left Margin › 3cm
- confirm OK
Prepare style Default Page
- open menu Format › Styles and Formatting (F11)
- again choose fourth button from left in menu bar for Page Styles
- right-click on the page style Default
- choose option Modify and make following changes:
  - under tab Header activate Header › Header on
  - under tab Page increase Margins › Left margin to 3cm
  - confirm OK
Apply style First Page
- place your cursor anywhere in your title page
- open menu Format › Styles and Formatting (F11)
- again choose fourth button from left in menu bar for Page Styles
- double-click on style First Page (make sure to actually double-click)
Add page numbering
- place cursor inside empty header of any standard text page
- open menu Insert › Fields › Page number
- right align your newly inserted page number using appropriate button in menu bar
- refresh numbering in menu Tools › Update › Update all

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