Operation Manual

Zoom percentage
Indicates the magnification level of the document. Right-click on the percentage figure to open
a list of magnification values from which to choose. Double-clicking on this percentage figure
opens the Zoom & View Layout dialog.
Starting new documents
You can start a new, blank document in LibreOffice in several ways.
When LibreOffice is open but no document is open, the Start Center (Figure 2 on page 21) is
shown. Click one of the icons to open a new document of that type, or click the Templates icon to
start a new document using a template.
You can also start a new document in one of the following ways:
• Use File > New on the main menu bar and select the type of document from the context
menu.
• Use Ctrl+N on the keyboard to start a new text document.
• Use File > Wizards on the main menu bar and select the type of document from the
context menu.
• If a document is already open in LibreOffice, click the New icon on the Standard toolbar
and a new document of the same type opens in a new window. For example, if Calc is
open, a new spreadsheet is opened. The New icon changes depending on which
component of LibreOffice is open.
Note
If all documents are closed without closing LibreOffice, then the Start Center will be
displayed.
Opening existing documents
You can also open an existing document in one of the following ways:
• When no document is open, click the Open icon on the Start Center and select from a
list of available documents.
• Click the small triangle to the right of the Open icon and select from a list of recently
opened documents.
• Go to File > Open on the main menu bar
• Click the Open icon on the Standard toolbar if there is a document already open.
• Press Control+O on the keyboard.
In each case above, an Open dialog opens. Navigate to the folder you want and select the file you
want, and then click Open. If a document is already open in LibreOffice, the second document
opens in a new window.
In the Open dialog, you can reduce the list of files by selecting the type of file you are looking for.
For example, if you choose Text documents as the file type, you will only see documents Writer
can open (including... .odt, .doc, .txt); if you choose Spreadsheets, you will see .ods, .xls,
and other files that Calc opens.
You can also open an existing document that is in a format that LibreOffice recognizes by double-
clicking on the file icon on the desktop or in a file manager such as Windows Explorer. LibreOffice
has to be associated with file types that are not ODF files for the appropriate LibreOffice
component to open.
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