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INTRODUCING OPENOFFICE WRITER

                 ‘Writer’ is a GUI based word processor that is similar to Microsoft Word. It is a part of OpenOffice suite.
                 It can be used on different platforms, including Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, Linux-BOSS, Solaris, etc.
                 It is a freeware software which means it is available free of cost. It is embedded with several distribution
                 of Linux. It has various features which enable a user to avail multiple facilities related to typing, editing,
                 formatting, etc. In Writer, a document can be saved in different file formats, including the Microsoft
                 Word’s doc, docx, rtf and xhtml.

                 To begin Writer, double click on its icon      on the desktop. It opens as:





                                                                                                    Close
                   Standard
                   Tool Bar                                                                          Maximize/Restore

                                                                                                    Minimize
                 Formatting
                  Tool Bar                                                                          Vertical Scroll Bar

                  Menu Bar
                                                                                                    Title Bar
                 Document                                                                            Horizontal
                  Window/
                 Work Area                                                                             Ruler

                   Vertical
                    Ruler
                   Drawing                                                                               Previous Page
                   Tool Bar                                                       Zoom                 Next Page Buttons

                  Status Bar                                                                        Horizontal Scroll Bar


                 The opened screen of ‘Writer’ has different parts. Some of them are:
                 l    Document Window/Work Area: It refers to the active document where text is typed. It is the
                      workspace where the user can type text at the cursor point. The blinking vertical line (which looks

                      like ‘I’) in a document is known as the insertion point or cursor.
                 l    Title Bar: It lies at the top of the screen. It displays the name of the active document. On the title
                      bar there is a control box at the left corner and Minimize, Maximize/Restore and Close buttons are

                      at the upper right corner.
                 l    Minimize/Maximize/Restore/Close Buttons: They are located at the upper right corner of the
                      screen. They are used to minimize, maximize/restore and to close the active document respectively.

                 l    Menu Bar: It lies below the ‘Title bar’. It contains a list of menus like File, Edit, View, Insert, Format,
                      Table,  Tools,  Window  and  Help.  Each  menu  has  its  own  sub-menu  and  options  for  executing
                      different functions.

                 l    Standard Toolbar: It lies below the ‘Menu bar’. It contains shortcut buttons which provide quick
                      access to frequently used commands like New, Open, Save, Print, etc.


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