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• Impress for presentation,
• Base for database management,
• Draw for drawing
• others.
LibreOffice includes support for opening and saving files in many common formats including Microsoft Office, HTML,
XML, WordPerfect, and PDF.
Getting Started with LibreOffice Writer
It is a free and open source word processor which is a part of the LibreOffice package. It can be used on any platform like
Windows, Mac, Linux, Solaris, etc. It can be easily downloaded from https://www.libreoffice.org. The default extension
of the file saved is ODF Text document(.odt) and if needed it can be saved in any format like .rtf, .doc, .html, .txt, etc.
In general, you will find a shortcut of LibreOffice on the desktop or on the Quick Launch Taskbar. The process may
slightly differ according to the operating system you are using (Windows or Linux).
Different ways of starting LibreOffice Writer are:
i. To start LibreOffice Writer in Windows:
Double click LibreOffice Writer shortcut, found on the
computer desktop. The given screen will be displayed.
Click on the Writer Document on this screen.
OR
Click on the Start or Windows button→ select LibreOffice
→ LibreOffice Writer
OR
Using the Search command, type the word ‘writer’ in the search field, and select LibreOffice Writer from the
offered results.
ii. To start LibreOffice Writer in Ubuntu Linux, find the LibreOffice Writer icon on the application launcher, or
search it by clicking on ‘Show Applications’
By using any one of the given methods the first screen that displays when you click on LibreOffice Writer is the
following:
Title Bar Menu Bar Standard Toolbar Formatting Toolbar
Vertical Scroll Bar
Horizontal Ruler
Workspace
Zoom
Status Bar Control
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