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Introduction

This chapter covers the basics of working with text in Writer, the word-

processing component of OpenOffice.org (OOo). It assumes that you

are familiar with the use of a mouse and keyboard and that you have

read about Writer’s menus and toolbars and other topics covered in

Chapter 1 (Introducing Writer).

We recommend that you also follow the suggestions in Chapter 2

(Setting up Writer) about displaying formatting aids, such as end-of-

paragraph marks, and selecting other setup options.

When you have read this chapter, you should know how to:

• Select, cut, copy, paste, and move text

• Find and replace text

• Insert special characters

• Format paragraphs and characters

• Create numbered or bulleted lists

• Check spelling, use the thesaurus, and choose hyphenation

options

• Use the autocorrection, word completion, autotext, and line

numbering features

• Track changes, undo and redo changes, and insert notes

• Link to other parts of a document

Selecting text

Before you can do anything with text, you need to select it. Selecting

text in Writer is similar to selecting anything in other applications.

In addition to selecting blocks of text, you can select items that are not

consecutive, and columns (vertical blocks) of text.

Selecting items that are not consecutive

To select nonconsecutive items (as shown in Figure 75) using the

mouse:

1) Select the first piece of text.

2) Hold down the

Control (Ctrl)

key and use the mouse to select the

next piece of text.

3) Repeat as often as needed.

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