Writer Guide

Reactivating the Quickstarter

If the Quickstarter has been disabled, you can reactivate it by selecting

the Load OpenOffice.org during system start-up option in Tools >

Options > OpenOffice.org > Memory.

Using the Quickstarter under Linux

Some installations of OpenOffice.org under Linux have a Quickstarter

that looks and acts like the one described above for Windows (the

option on the Memory page is labeled Enable systray quickstarter).

Preloading OOo under Linux/KDE

In Linux/KDE, you can use KDocker to have OOo loaded and ready for

use at startup. KDocker is not part of OOo; it is a generic “systray app

docker” that is helpful if you open OOo often.

Starting from the command line

You may want to start Writer from the command line (using the

keyboard instead of the mouse). Why? Well, by using the command

line, you have more control over what happens when Writer is started.

For example, using the command line, you can tell Writer to load a

document and print it immediately, or to start without showing the

splash screen.

Note

Most users will never need to do this.

There is more than one way to start Writer from the command line,

depending on whether you have installed a customized version or the

standard download from the OOo web site.

If you installed using the download on the OOo web site, you can start

Writer by typing at the command line:

soffice -writer

swriter

Writer will start and create a new document.

To see a list of options you can use when starting Writer at the

command line, type:

soffice -?

Below is a list of some of the more popular options.

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