Writer Guide

Update fields and charts automatically
You may not want fields or charts to update automatically when you
are working, because that slows down performance.
Settings – Tab stops
The Tab stops setting specifies the distance the cursor travels for
each press of the Tab key. This setting is also used for the indent
distance applied by the Increase Indent and Decrease Indent
buttons on the Formatting Bar, which affect the indentation of
entire paragraphs.
Using the default tab stops to space out or indent material on a page
is not recommended. If you use the default tab interval and then
send the document to someone who uses a different default tab
interval, then your tabbed material will be displayed using the other
person’s default tab settings. In addition, any changes to the default
tab stops will change the existing default tab stops in any document
you open afterward, as well as tab stops you insert after making the
change.
To avoid these unwanted changes, define your own tabs in
paragraph styles or individual paragraphs (see “Defining your own
tab stops and indents” in Chapter 3).
View options
Two pages of options set the defaults for viewing Writer documents:
View (described here) and Formatting Aids (described below).
If the items on the OpenOffice.org Writer - View page are not self-
explanatory, you can easily test their effects in a blank document.
This is a good page to check if, for example, you cannot see graphics
on the screen or you see field codes instead of the text or numbers you
are expecting.
Figure 43: Choosing View options for Writer
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