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NeoOffice Tips and Hints
From NeoWiki
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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 File Formats - file formats supported by each component
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
Databases
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
Miscellaneous Tips
- How to edit the default styles present in all new documents (as well as tips on styles and templates)
- 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 dock the Stylist and other palettes, and how to detach toolbars
- Using EndNote and other citation or bibliographic software
- How to use equations (including LATEX) in your documents
- How to remove marked sections of text
- How do I change the style of the footnote number (and other footnote/endnote style questions)?
- Manipulation d'une table des matières [fr]
- Using a Master document [fr]
- The Navigator [fr]
- Calc-specific tips:
- Adding multiple rows or columns to a spreadsheet
- Setting up Linear Regression in Français or Italiano
- Exporting Calc charts or spreadsheets as images
- Templates for Calc
