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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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