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Toolbars of the module Writer


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Level Beginner

The toolbar for the Beginner level of OOo4Kids offers 9 functions:

Writer Toolbar beginner.png


Icon Description Keyboard shortcut
Writerdeb1.png Choose a font from the pull-down list.
Writerdeb2.png Reduce the font size.
Writerdeb3.png Increase the font size.
If no text has been selected, the font size increase/reduction is only applied on the word with the cursor in it. If you want to select an entire sentence, triple click on a word in the sentence.
Writerdeb4.png Apply Bold. CTRL-B
Writerdeb5.png Apply Underline. CTRL-U
Writerdeb6.png Apply Italics. CTRL-I
Writerdeb7.png Insert an image from a file.
Writerdeb9.png Open/close the gallery for images of OOo4Kids
Writerdeb10.png Show/hide the toolbar "Draw".

Average Level

The toolbar for the "Average Level" of OOo4Kids adds 4 functions:

Writer Toolbar average.png


Icon Description Keyboard shortcut
Writermoyen1.png Opens or closes the Print preview page.
Writermoyen2.png Insert a table in the document.
You can also click the arrow, drag the pointer to select the number of rows and columns to include in the table, then click the last cell.
Writermoyen3.png Indicates whether the Styles and Formatting window, which allows you to assign and organize the styles, should be shown or hidden.
Writermoyen4.png Automatically checks the spelling in the entry and highlights errors.

Expert level

The toolbar for the Expert level of OOo4Kids adds 17 new functions:

Writer Toolbar expert.png


Icon Description Keyboard shortcut
Writerexpert1.png Open or import a file. Ctrl+O
Writerexpert2.png Save the active document. Ctrl+S
Writerexpert3.png Export the current document to PDF. No dialog box for settings is displayed.
Writerexpert4.png Quickly print the current document with the default print settings on by. Ctrl+P
Writerexpert5.png Opens a toolbar where you can select a background color for a paragraph.
The color is applied to the background of the current paragraph or selected paragraphs.
Writerexpert6.png Choose from several font sizes in the list or manually enter a size.
Writerexpert7.png Aligns selected paragraph(s) to the left. Ctrl+L
Writerexpert8.png Centre the selected paragraph(s) on the page. Ctrl+E
Writerexpert9.png Aligns selected paragraph(s) to the right. Ctrl+R
Writerexpert10.png Justifies the selected paragraph(s).
You can specify the alignment options for the last line in a paragraph;
You need to choose Format - Paragraph - Alignment to do so.
Ctrl+J
Writerexpert11.png Check the spelling of the document or the current selection.
If the language tool extension has been installed, the dialog also checks grammar.
Writerexpert12.png Removes and copies the selection to the clipboard. Ctrl+X
Writerexpert13.png Copy the selected text to the clipboard. Ctrl+C
Writerexpert14.png Inserts the contents of the clipboard at the cursor location and replaces the text or selected objects if any.
To select the format, click the arrow next to the icon!
Ctrl+V
Writerexpert15.png Reverses the last command or user input.
To select the command you want to reverse, click the arrow next to the Undo icon in the Standard toolbar.
Ctrl+Z
Writerexpert16.png Find or replace text and formatting in the current document. Ctrl+F
Writerexpert17.png Opens the main Help page using OOo4Kids for the active application. F1
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