Writer Guide

Using the thesaurus
The thesaurus gives alternative words and phrases. Select the word or
phrase you want to find more choices for and select Tools >
Language > Thesaurus or press Control+F7. Click on a meaning to
show alternative words and phrases for that meaning of the word. For
example, when given the word “house”, the thesaurus offers several
meanings, including “dwelling”, “legislature”, and “sign of the zodiac”.
If you click on “dwelling”, you will see “dwelling”, “home”, “domicile”,
“abode”, and other alternatives, as shown in Figure 82.
Note
If the current language does not have a thesaurus installed,
this feature is disabled.
Figure 82: The thesaurus offers alternatives to words
Hyphenating words
You have several choices regarding hyphenation: let Writer do it
automatically (using its hyphenation dictionaries), insert conditional
hyphens manually where necessary, or don’t hyphenate at all. Each
choice has its pros and cons.
Automatic hyphenation
To turn automatic hyphenation of words on or off:
1) Press F11 to open the Styles and Formatting window (Figure 83).
On the Paragraph Styles page, right-click on Default and select
Modify.
Chapter 3 Working with Text 95
Free eBook Edition