Operation Manual

Figure 2: LibreOffice Start Center
Starting from an existing document
You can start LibreOffice by double-clicking the filename that is an ODF document in a file
manager such as Windows Explorer. The appropriate component of LibreOffice will start and the
document will be loaded.
If Microsoft Office is installed on your computer and you have associated Microsoft Office file types
with LibreOffice, when you double-click on the file:
• For a Word file (*.doc or *.docx), it opens in Writer.
• For an Excel file (*.xls or *.xlsx), it opens in Calc.
• For a PowerPoint file (*.ppt or *.pptx), it opens in Impress.
If you did not associate the file types and Microsoft Office is installed on your computer, then when
you double-click on a Microsoft Office file, it opens using the appropriate Microsoft Office
component.
For more information on opening files, see “Opening existing documents” on page 27.
Quickstarter for Windows
The LibreOffice installation process installs Quickstarter on computers using the Windows
operating system. Quickstarter is installed in the Windows system tray and is automatically loaded
during system startup. It loads *.DLL library files required by LibreOffice, resulting in a shorter
startup time for LibreOffice components. If Quickstarter has been disabled, see “Reactivating
Quickstarter” on page 22 to enable it.
Using Quickstarter
Right-click the Quickstarter icon in the system tray to open a pop-up menu (Figure 3) from which
you can open a new document, or open the Templates Manager, or choose an existing document
to open. You can also double-click the Quickstarter icon to open the Templates Manager.
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