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NeoOffice Tips and Hints
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About the Different Components of NeoOffice
The items in this section are currently under development
- NeoOffice Writer
- NeoOffice Calc
- NeoOffice Impress
- NeoOffice Draw
- NeoOffice Math
- NeoOffice File Formats - file formats supported by each component
Writer-specific Tips
- Performing calculations in a table within a text document
- Using AutoTexts
- Creating a Table of Contents
- Using a Master document [fr]
Calc-specific Tips
- Adding multiple rows or columns to a spreadsheet
- Setting up Linear Regression in Français Italiano
- Exporting Calc charts or spreadsheets as images
- Inserting a Return Line in a Cell Français Italiano
- Templates for Calc
- Using a Calc spreadsheet as a data source (NeoOffice 2.x)
- Selecting and filling a range of cells
Math-specific tips
- Defining Formula Fonts in NeoOffice
- Formatting Formulas in NeoOffice Math
- Page Setting Formulas in NeoOffice Math
- Using Catalog in NeoOffice Math
Databases
Improving the Mac OS X Experience
- Customizing Menu & Keyboard shortcuts to be more Mac-like
- Customizing the UI font and background color to be more Mac-like
- Searching contents of NeoOffice files
- How to use NeoOffice from somewhere other than your /Applications folder
- Setting the default application for opening OpenOffice.org, Microsoftâ„¢ Officeâ„¢, and other file types
- How to launch directly into particular applications (word processor, spreadsheet, etc.)
- How to use data from the Mac OS X Address Book
- How to use Eudora or Entourage with NeoOffice 2.0
Compatibility and Document Exchange
- Improving Compatibility with Microsoft Office
- Setting the default file format for saving your work
- Using PDF to preserve exact layout, fonts and formatting
- Opening AppleWorks documents
- Converting non-UTF-8 text files
- Using NeoOffice with QuarkXPress and InDesign
- Applications and tools which support OpenDocument
Fonts & Languages
- How to get alternative fonts to expand the range of languages you can use
- Accessing Helvetica Oblique (Italic)
- Problems with the Symbol font, Greek text, or bullets in Word documents
- Setting the default font in Calc, Impress, or Draw
- Bidi and vertical text
- Activating the dictionary for your language and using more than one language's dictionary
- Changing the language of the user interface and using a different language from the system language
Printing and Exporting to PDF
- Using the extendedPDF macro with NeoOffice
- Methods of exporting PDF compared
- How to create brochures
Styles and Templates
- Using Page Styles
- Using Character Styles
- How to edit the default styles present in all new documents (as well as tips on styles and templates)
- How do I change the style of the footnote number (and other footnote/endnote style questions)?
Miscellaneous Tips
- Using clipart or photos in NeoOffice
- How do I turn off word auto-completion and other automatic formatting?
- Tips on using Find and Replace
- How to remove marked sections of text
- How to dock the Stylist and other palettes, and how to detach toolbars
- How to close palettes and floating windows
- Using EndNote and other citation or bibliographic software
- How to use equations (including LATEX) in your documents
- Adding Page Numbers [es]
- The Navigator
- Disabling Patch-Checking and Donation Messages
