NeoOffice Tips and Hints

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Contents 1 The Different Components of NeoOffice/J 2 Improving the Mac OS X Experience 3 First Start 4 Databases 5 Alternative Fonts 6 Printing and Exporting to PDF 7 Miscellaneous Tips

The Different Components of NeoOffice/J

NeoWriter

NeoCalc

NeoImpress

Improving the Mac OS X Experience

• How to edit the default styles present in all new documents
• Searching contents of NeoOffice/J files
• How to use NeoOffice/J from somewhere other than your /Applications folder
• Setting the default application for opening OpenOffice.org, Microsoftâ„¢ Officeâ„¢, and other file types

First Start

Databases

• How to enable MySQL with NeoOffice/J or OpenOffice.org/X11

Alternative Fonts

• How to get alternative fonts to expand the range of languages you can use

Printing and Exporting to PDF

• Methods of exporting PDF compared

Miscellaneous Tips

• How do I turn off word auto-complete?
• Activating the dictionary for your language and using more than one language's dictionary
• How to dock the Stylist and other palettes, and how to detach toolbars
• Remarks about errors when installing help files for non-English languages