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l    Find and Replace: Word processor helps to search a word or phrase in the document and also
                      helps to replace a particular word or phrase in the entire or a part of the document.

                   INTRODUCTION TO OPENOFFICE WRITER

                 OpenOffice Writer is a GUI-based word processor. 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 OpenOffice Writer a document can be saved in different file formats, including the Microsoft Word’s
                 doc, docx, rtf and xhtml.
                 To start OpenOffice Writer, double click on its icon     on the desktop. It opens as:



                                                                       Title Bar              Minimize

                                                                                                           Close
                   Menu Bar
                                                                                                           Maximize/
                    Standard                                                                               Restore
                     Toolbar
                  Formatting                                                                               Vertical
                    Toolbar                                                                                Scroll Bar
                                                                                                           Horizontal
                                                                                                             Ruler
                  Document
                   Window/                                                                                 Sidebar
                  Work Area
                                                                                                           Deck

                    Vertical
                     Ruler                                                                                 Previous
                                                                                                           Page
                                                                                                           Next Page
                   Status Bar                                                                              Zoom
                                                        Horizontal Scroll Bar
                                                                                 Navigation


                 The opened screen of OpenOffice 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  submenu  and  options  for  executing
                      different functions.


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