Erwin's StarOffice Tango

Just switch! - Handling long documents in StarOffice
Today I want to talk about a feature that has been in the StarOffice software for a while. I think it is still a pretty cool feature. Unfortunately, not everybody knows how to use it. That's what I want to fix today! ;-)

First I activate the Navigator tool ...

... and the Styles and Formatting tool by clicking on the toolbar icons:

Then I type some text and start to assign the styles "Heading 1" and "Heading 2":

Next, I switch to the "Content View", so that the Navigator shows me the outline of the content instead of the document elements:

This is what the "Content View" looks like:

Now, I continue to assign the styles:

In order to make the whole thing more interesting I want to add numbering. Thus, I go to "Tools - Outline Numbering ..." ...

... and define the numbering style under "Number" for "Heading 1" ...

... and "Heading 2":

After that, the document looks like this:

Now, I can use the Navigator tool to move paragraphs around. I just have to click on a heading and drag it to the new location. A line indicates where I will insert the paragraph.

After changing the order of a few paragraphs, the document looks like this:

Even though the Navigator tool is not new in StarOffice 8, it is still very useful for handling long documents. According to different office suite reviews/comparisons for StarOffice 7 and older versions, handling long documents is something that StarOffice particularly does well.
( Apr 26 2005, 11:58:25 AM CEST ) Permalink Kommentare [1]

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Thank's a lot for this (yet another) great intro article. It has been passed on to other Ooo and StarOffice users in my network. Please keep up the good work! Cheers Stig

Gesendet von Stig Andersen am Mai 09, 2005 at 09:37 PM CEST #

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