Writer Guide

document title 449
entering 438
fixed content 442, 452
gray background on screen 438
hidden text 458
in headers and footers 449
keyboard shortcuts 452
number range variable 443
page count 451
page number 438, 449
placeholder 461
updating 452
user-defined variable 445, 455
Fields dialog box
Cross-references tab 446, 449
DocInformation tab 441
Document page 441
Document tab 450
Functions tab: conditional text 457
Functions tab: hidden text 458
Functions tab: placeholder field 462
open using keyboard 452
References tab 428
file locations 41
file sharing options 43
Fill Format mode 187
finding and replacing text 71
floating toolbars 16, 17
font family 55
font history 38
font options 42
font preview 38
font replacements 42
font size, relative 231
fonts, default 55
footnote (or endnote) marker 87
footnote formatting 88
footnotes 87, 136
form
accessing data sources 479
adding form controls 477
configuring controls 470
configuring form controls 478
control formatting options 488
creating 468
customization, advanced 486
data entry form creation 483
database access permissions 488
Design Mode 469
entering data 486
example of creating a form 476
form controls reference 471
form properties 485
Form Properties dialog 485
inserting form controls 469
linking macro to a control 486
read-only 488
toolbars 468
using the form 471
when to use 467
XForms 489
Form Control Properties dialog 470
Form Controls toolbar 468
Form Design toolbar 468, 474
form letter
creating with wizard 360
Form Properties dialog 485
formats commands (Math) 513
Formatting Aids options 53
formatting, finding and replacing 74
formula editor
See: equation editor 497
formula layout 500
frame
anchoring 126
border 125
creating 123
linking 127
moving, resizing, and changing
attributes 124
Frame dialog box 125, 128
function commands (Math) 507
G
Gallery
opening 268
general options 35
general options for Writer 52
GNOME 11
graphics
adding captions 290
alignment 279
Arrangement 279
file types supported 295
GIMP 269
linking 265
modifying 269
positioning 279
resizing 273
wrapping text around 283
grid intervals 54
Index 543