Creating a New Style from a Selection

1. Open the Styles and Formatting window and choose the type of style you want to create.
2. In the document, select the item you want to save as a style.
3. In the Styles and Formatting window, click on the New Style from Selection icon.

To apply styles in OpenOffice, you can do the following:

1. Click the down-arrow at the right-hand end of the Formatting toolbar.

2. On the drop-down menu, click Visible Buttons.
3. On the submenu, click Apply Style.
4. Select the text and then double-click on the name of the style in the Character Styles list.
5. To apply any other style, put the cursor in the paragraph, frame, or page you want to modify
and double-click on the name of the style.
 Insert Picture Dialog

1. Click in the AOO document where you want the image to appear.
2. Choose Insert → Picture → From File from the menu bar.
3. On the Insert Picture dialog (Figure 238), notice the two options at the bottom left:
Preview and Link. ...
4. Navigate to the file to be inserted, select it, and click Open .
 To apply a template in OpenOffice, you can do the following:

1. Select File > Templates > Manage Templates

2. Select the template you want to use
3. A new document will open with any text or graphics that were in the template
4. Delete any unwanted text or graphics from the new document

You can also set a custom template as the default:

1. Select File > Templates > Organize

2. In the box on the left, double-click the folder containing the template that you want to set
as the default
3. Select the template
 To create a table in OpenOffice, you can:

1. Open OpenOffice
2. Select the Database option
3. Open a database
4. Click Table from Database and select Table in design view
5. Specify the field name and the data type of the field
6. Save the table by clicking on File>Save

You can also insert a new table by:

1. Positioning the cursor where you want the table to appear

2. Using any of the following methods to open the Insert Table dialog box:
• From the main menu, select Table > Insert > Table

• Press Control+F12

• Click on the Table button on the main toolbar

• Click on the Table Design button on the table toolbar

• Select a Style option from the Table Design section of the Tasks pane
 Here are some steps to perform a mail merge in OpenOffice:

1. Select a starting document

2. Select a document type
3. Insert an address block
4. Create a letter salutation
5. Adjust the layout of the address block and salutation
6. Save the outgoing document
7. Preview and finish the mail merge
8. Save the mail merge

Other steps include:

• Preparing data of names and addresses in an Excel data sheet for mail merge
• Inserting a merge field
• Preparing a list of recipients
• Preparing a letter document
• Writing the letter
 To consolidate data in OpenOffice Calc, you can do the following:

1. Open the document that contains the cell ranges to be consolidated

2. Choose Data > Consolidate to open the Consolidate dialog
3. If the Source data range list contains named ranges, you can select a source cell range to
consolidate with other areas
4. Click the drop-down list under the label Function and select Sum
5. Click OK to consolidate the ranges

Consolidating data combines data from two or more ranges of cells into a new
range while running one of several functions (such as Sum or Average) on the
data. During consolidation, the contents of cells from several sheets can be
combined in one place.
 To use Goal Seek in OpenOffice, you can do the following:

1. Create a table in a sheet

2. Go to the Tools tab
3. Select Goal Seek
4. In the Goal Seek dialog box, enter values in the Formula cell, Target value, and Variable cell
5. Press OK

Goal Seek is an advanced spreadsheet feature that provides values for target-
based input. It only works with one result and one variable. If you want to find a
specific answer with multiple variables and constraints, you can use the Solver
add-in.
 To create a hyperlink in OpenOffice, you can use the Navigator:

1. Open the document containing the items you want to cross-reference

2. Open the Navigator
3. Click the arrow next to the Drag Mode icon, and select Insert as Hyperlink

You can also use the Insert tab:

1. Select the hyperlink option

2. In the hyperlink dialogue box, select the Internet icon
3. Type the website address in the "Target text box"
4. Select Text in "further settings"
5. Type the link name in the text box
 To record changes in OpenOffice, you can do the following:

1. Open the document you want to edit

2. Go to Edit in the menu and select Changes and then Record
3. To show or hide the display of changes, click Edit > Changes > Show
4. When you want to finalize the document, you can go to Changes menu again and select
Accept or Reject and go through all the changes

You can also:

• Right-click on an individual change and decide Accept Change or Reject Change from the
pop-up menu
• Select Edit > Changes > Accept or Reject to view the list of changes and accept or reject
them
• Click Accept All or Reject All if you do not want to review the changes individually
• Click Edit > Changes > Protect Records
• On the Protect Records dialog, type a password (twice) and click OK
 To record a macro in OpenOffice Calc, you can do the following:

1. Go to the "Tools" menu and select "Macros" > "Record Macro"

2. In the "Record Macro" dialog box, give the macro a name and choose where to save it
3. Press the sequence of keystrokes you want
4. At the end of your sequence click on Stop Recording
5. In the new window that pops up, give the file a name and save it under My Macros >
Standard > Module1

You can use the Macros feature of Calc to record a set of actions that you
perform repeatedly in a spreadsheet.You can run a macro as many times as you
want.
 To create a table in OpenOffice using SQL, you can do the following:

1. Open OpenOffice
2. Select the Database option
3. Open a database
4. Click Table from Database and select Table in design view
5. Specify the field name and the data type of the field
6. Save the table by clicking on File>Save