Writer Guide

Using the Navigator
The Navigator is a very useful tool that helps you move quickly to
specific parts of your document. It also provides information about the
content of the document and enables you to reorganize some of the
content. For example, if each chapter in your final book is a separate
document, then in the master document they can be reordered, and
the references are renumbered automatically and the table of contents
and index can be updated.
In Writer, the Navigator has two distinct forms. One form is used in
ordinary text documents and the other in master documents.
In an ordinary text document, the Navigator displays lists of the
graphics, tables, index entries, hyperlinks, references, and other items
in the document, as shown on the left hand side of Figure 359. Click
the + sign by any list to display the contents of the list. You can double-
click an entry in the Navigator and jump immediately to that place in
the document.
Figure 359. The Navigator for a text document (left) and for
a Master document (right)
In a master document, the Navigator lists the subdocuments and text
sections, as shown on the right hand side of Figure 359. The use of the
Navigator in a master document is covered in more detail later in this
chapter (see “Step 5. Insert the subdocuments into the master
document” on page 422 and “Cross-referencing between
subdocuments” on page 426).
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