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Figure 46: Choosing general options for Writer

Update fields and charts automatically

You may not want fields or charts to update automatically when you are working,

because that slows down performance.

Settings – Tab stops

The Tab stops setting specifies the distance the cursor travels for each press of

the Tab key. This setting is also used for the indent distance applied by the

Increase Indent and Decrease Indent buttons on the Formatting Bar, which

affect the indentation of entire paragraphs.

Using the default tab stops to space out or indent material on a page is not

recommended. If you use the default tab interval and then send the document to

someone who uses a different default tab interval, then your tabbed material will

be displayed using the other person’s default tab settings. In addition, any

changes to the default tab stops will change the existing default tab stops in any

document you open afterward, as well as tab stops you insert after making the

change.

To avoid these unwanted changes, define your own tabs in paragraph styles or

individual paragraphs (see “Defining your own tab stops and indents” in Chapter

3, Working with Text).

View options

Two pages of options set the defaults for viewing Writer documents: View (described

here) and Formatting Aids (described below).

If the items on the OpenOffice.org Writer - View page are not self-explanatory, you

can easily test their effects in a blank document.

This is a good page to check if, for example, you cannot see graphics on the screen or

you see field codes instead of the text or numbers you are expecting.

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