Starting a New Document

Getting Started with Apache OpenOffice 4

Chapter 1: Introducing Apache OpenOffice

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• What is Apache OpenOffice?
• The advantages of Apache OpenOffice
• Minimum requirements
• How to get and install the software
• Extensions and Add-Ons
• Starting Apache OpenOffice
• Parts of the main window
• Starting a new document
• Opening an existing document
• Saving documents
• Password protection
• Using the Navigator
• Using the Open and Save As dialogs
• Undoing and redoing changes
• Reloading a document
• Closing a document

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Starting a New Document

You can start a new, blank document in Apache OpenOffice in several ways.

When Apache OpenOffice is open, but no document is open (for example if you close all the open documents but leave the program running), the Start Center is shown. Click one of the icons to open a new document of that type, or click the Templates icon to start a new document using a template.

Figure 14: Apache OpenOffice Start Center

You can also start a new document in one of the following ways.

• Use File → New and choose the type of document.

• Use the arrow next to the  New  button on the main toolbar. From the drop-down menu, select the type of document to be created.
• Press  Ctrl  +  N  on the keyboard.
• Use File → Wizards for some special types of documents.

If a document is already open in Apache OpenOffice, the new document opens in a new window.