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open the other components (Draw, Calc, Impress, Base), go to the File

menu of the Writer window and select the component you want.

OOo does not automatically put a shortcut icon on the desktop, but you

can add one if you wish. If you don’t know how to add shortcut icons

for launching programs, please consult the help for your operating

system.

Starting from an existing document

You can start OOo by double-clicking the filename of an OOo document

in a file manager such as Windows Explorer. The appropriate

component of OOo will start and the document will be loaded.

Note for Windows users

If you have associated Microsoft Office file types with OOo, then when

you double-click on a *.doc (Word) file, it opens in Writer; *.xls (Excel)

files open in Calc, and *.ppt (Powerpoint) files open in Impress.

If you did not associate the file types, then when you double-click on a

Microsoft Word document, it opens in Microsoft Word (if Word is

installed on your computer), Excel files open in Excel, and Powerpoint

files open in Powerpoint.

You can use another method to open Microsoft Office files in OOo and

save in those formats from OOo. See “Opening an existing document”

on page 25 for more information.

Using the Quickstarter under Windows

The Quickstarter is an icon that is placed in the Windows system tray

during system startup. It indicates that OpenOffice.org has been

loaded and is ready to use. (The Quickstarter loads library .DLL files

required by OOo, thus shortening the startup time for OOo components

by about half.) If the Quickstarter is disabled, see “Reactivating the

Quickstarter” if you want to enable it.

Using the Quickstarter icon

Right-click the Quickstarter icon in the system tray to open a pop-up

menu from which you can open a new document, open the Templates

and Documents dialog, or choose an existing document to open. You

can also double-click the Quickstarter icon to display the Templates

and Documents dialog.

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