Operation Manual

Fill in the form (shown in Figure 13), or amend or delete any existing incorrect information.
If you are using a version of LibreOffice other than US English, some field labels may be different
from those shown in the illustrations.
General options
The options on the LibreOffice – General page are described below.
Figure 14: Setting general options for LibreOffice
Help - Tips
When Tips is active, one or two words will appear when you hold the mouse pointer over an
icon or field, without clicking.
Help - Extended tips
When Extended tips is active, a brief description of the function of a particular icon or menu
command or a field on a dialog appears when you hold the mouse pointer over that item.
Help Agent
To turn off the Help Agent (similar to Microsoft’s Office Assistant), deselect this option. To
restore the default behavior, click Reset Help Agent.
Open/Save dialogs – Use LibreOffice dialogs
To use the standard Open and Save dialogs for your operating system, deselect the Use
LibreOffice dialogs option. When this option is selected, the Open and Save dialogs supplied
with LibreOffice will be used. See Chapter 1, Introducing LibreOffice, for more about the
LibreOffice Open and Save dialogs. This book uses the LibreOffice Open and Save dialogs in
illustrations.
Print dialogs – Use LibreOffice dialogs
(Mac only) To use the standard Print dialogs for your operating system, deselect the Use
LibreOffice dialogs option. When this option is selected, the Print dialogs supplied with
LibreOffice will be used. This book uses the LibreOffice Print dialogs in illustrations.
Document status – Printing sets “document modified” status
If this option is selected, then the next time you close the document after printing, the print date
is recorded in the document properties as a change and you will be prompted to save the
document again, even if you did not make any other changes.
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