UNIT -1 (BASIC NOTES)
What are styles in Libreoffice Writer?
A style is a collection of all formatting information, which you want to save and then apply on the document.
What are the different categories of style?
Writer provides six Style categories, which are as follows:
- Page: It defines basic page layout like page size, its margin, placement of header and footer, footnote, borders and background.
- Paragraph:Paragraph formatting includes tab stops, text alignment, line spacing and borders.
- Character –Character styles allow changing the text colour, text size, highlighting text and emphasising it.
- Frame – using frames, a document can be organised in sections, so that each section of the page can have a different appearance.
- List : It can be used to style lists by putting numbering or bullets of a different kind or specify numeric format.
- Table – Table Style category allows to format a table by adding borders, using different text or border colour(s), aligning text inside the table.
What is Fill Format?
Fill Format can be used to style scattered – pages, frames, tables, lists, paragraphs or characters.
Steps to use Fill Format.
Steps: Open the document to be styled->open style window and select the desired style-> select fill format button->take the mouse pointer to different positions and click
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Graphic files extensions: GIF, JPG, JPEG,PNG, BMP etc
What are the different method to insert Image in a Document?
The image file can be inserted into a document using different ways:
Insert Image dialog,
using Drag and Drop option,
using Cut, Copy and Paste option and
by Linking.
Define:
Image Filter: It is a feature used to enhance or modify an Image.
Image Mode:Image can be changed to black and white, gray-scale or a watermark
Crop: Cuts off non-desirable part of the image
Rotate: Image can be rotated by any angle by using this tool.
Transparency: Make an Image transparent by using the value provided in percentage.
Explain different Image Filters.
Invert: Inverts the colour values of coloured image
Smooth: Softens the contrast of image.
Sharpen: Increases the contrast of image.
Solarisation:Used in Photographs to reverse the tone. Dark appears light and light appears dark
Aging: Simulates the effect of time on picture.
Posterise: Makes a picture appear like painting by reducing colours in the image.
Relief: Adjusts light source to create shadow
Mosaic: Joins group of pixels into a single area of one colour. It gives a image a stylized, abstract look.
Define:
Arrangement: In Overlapping objects arrangement determines the position of the current drawing with respect to other drawings or text.
Options: Bring forward, send backward
Anchoring: It acts as a reference point for image or drawing. Anchoring allows an image to retain its position to a page, paragraph, character or frame.
Alignment: It allows the vertical or horizontal placement of the image with respect to its anchor.
Example: Left, Right, Middle etc
Text Wrapping: It allows the placement of image in relation to text. It controls how text flows around an Image.
Example: Wrap Left, Wrap Right, Wrap through
What is Grouping?
An object drawn using different shapes, can be grouped to behave as single object.
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What is a Table of Contents?
It is like an Index of a book. It contains a list of topics and subtopics that have been covered in the book along with page numbers.
It is a feature that automatically generates an organized list of the headings and subheadings in a document.
Steps:
From main menu, select Insert > Table of Contents and Index > Table of Contents, Index or Bibliography.
What all tabs are there in TOC dialog box?
TheTOC dialog box has five tabs – Type, Entries, Styles, Columns and Background.
Type Tab: is active by default after opening the Table of Contents
Entries Tab: contains options to set styles for various entries in the ToC.
Styles Tab: contains options to apply the desired styles to the text of each level in the table of contents.
Columns Tab: contains options to set the number of columns that we want to have in our ToC. Background Tab: contains options to change the background of the ToC
Important points:
* By default, the Type tab will be selected.
* By default, the checkbox for Protected against Manual Changes option is selected. This protects the ToC from any accidental change.
*In the Create Index or Table of Contents List box, the Entire Document option is selected in the For list box. So the ToC will be automatically created from the headings and sub-headings of entire document.
*Once the ToC is inserted, we can customise it according to our requirements. To do so, right click anywhere on the ToC and select Edit Index option from the popup menu.
* the dialog box has five tabs – Type, Entries, Styles, Columns and Background.
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What is a Template?
A template is a preset layout that helps to create professional and/or formal documents easily.
How to create document using Template?
Step 1. Create a new document from File > New > Templates …
Step 2. A template selection window will be displayed . Select a template.
Step 3:Click on Open button
Steps to create Template:
Step 1. Open the document in LibreOffice Writer whose template is to be created.
Step 2. From main menu bar, select File > Templates > Save. The Save As Template dialog box appears
Step 3. Type the name of the new template.
Steps to create a Template a default template:
Step 1. Open the Templates dialog box by pressing Ctrl+Shift+N.
Step 2. Right click on the template that you wish to set as the default template.
* Writer gives a blank document as a default template.
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Track Changes Feature:
Track Changes is a powerful tool that makes the process of commenting, editing and reviewing of a document easy between multiple users.
To view the Track Changes toolbar, from main menu bar,
select View > Toolbars > Track Changes.
The various buttons present on the Track Changes toolbar shown are briefly explained below
(a) View Track Changes – Clicking on this button displays all the changes made in the document by different users.
(b) Record Track Changes – Clicking on this button, turns on the Track Changes feature.
(c) Previous Track Changes/Next Track Changes – Click on these buttons to navigate between the changes made.
(d) Accept/Accept All Track Changes – Once the editing is done, the original author may accept the change made to the document by clicking Accept All Track Changes button will accept all the changes made to the document.
(e) Reject/Reject All Track Changes – The original author of the document may reject a single change or all changes made to the document by clicking Reject Track Changes or Reject All Track Changes button, respectively.
(f) Manage Track Changes – By clicking on this button the Manage Changes dialog box is displayed, which contains a detailed list of all changes made to the document along with the author’s name and date and time of modification.
(g) Insert Comment – This button is used to add a comment in a document.
* the reviewers can begin recording the changes in the document.
For that, click Edit > Track Changes>Record option.
Shortcut key: Ctrl+Shift+C.
Comparing Documents
Once the reviewers have made the changes and given their comments, Writer allows to compare the original document with the reviewed document and then choose the option(s) that suits the best. Follow the steps given below to compare the documents.
Step 1. Open the edited document.
Step 2. Select Edit > Track Changes > Compare Documents option. Alternatively, click Compare Non-Tracked Changed Document from the toolbar.