Contents
Copyright..................................................................................................................................... 2
Contributors................................................................................................................................. 2
Feedback..................................................................................................................................... 2
Acknowledgments........................................................................................................................ 2
Publication date and software version......................................................................................... 2
Preface................................................................................................................................. 9
Who is this book for?................................................................................................................. 10
What's in this book?................................................................................................................... 10
Where to get more help............................................................................................................. 10
What you see may be different................................................................................................... 11
Using LibreOffice on a Mac........................................................................................................ 12
What are all these things called?............................................................................................... 12
Who wrote this book?................................................................................................................ 13
Acknowledgements.................................................................................................................... 13
Frequently asked questions....................................................................................................... 13
What’s new in LibreOffice 5.0?.................................................................................................. 14
Chapter 1 Introducing LibreOffice....................................................................................15
What is LibreOffice?................................................................................................................... 16
Advantages of LibreOffice.......................................................................................................... 17
Minimum requirements.............................................................................................................. 18
How to get the software............................................................................................................. 18
How to install the software......................................................................................................... 18
Extensions and add-ons............................................................................................................ 18
Starting LibreOffice.................................................................................................................... 18
Parts of the main window........................................................................................................... 21
Starting new documents............................................................................................................ 26
Opening existing documents...................................................................................................... 27
Saving documents..................................................................................................................... 28
Password protection.................................................................................................................. 29
Renaming and deleting files....................................................................................................... 30
Open and Save As dialogs......................................................................................................... 30
Using the Navigator................................................................................................................... 30
Undoing and redoing changes................................................................................................... 31
Closing a document................................................................................................................... 32
Closing LibreOffice..................................................................................................................... 32
Chapter 2 Setting up LibreOffice......................................................................................33
Choosing options for all of LibreOffice....................................................................................... 34
Choosing Load/Save options..................................................................................................... 49
Choosing language settings....................................................................................................... 54
Choosing Internet options.......................................................................................................... 58
Controlling LibreOffice’s AutoCorrect functions.......................................................................... 59
Getting Started with LibreOffice 5.0 | 3
