Contents
Copyright..................................................................................................................................... 2
Contributors................................................................................................................................. 2
Feedback..................................................................................................................................... 2
Acknowledgments........................................................................................................................ 2
Publication date and software version......................................................................................... 2
Preface.................................................................................................................................. 9
Who is this book for?................................................................................................................. 10
What’s in this book?................................................................................................................... 10
Where to get more help............................................................................................................. 10
What you see may be different................................................................................................... 11
Using LibreOffice on a Mac........................................................................................................ 12
What are all these things called?............................................................................................... 12
Who wrote this book?................................................................................................................ 13
Acknowledgements.................................................................................................................... 13
Frequently asked questions....................................................................................................... 13
What’s new in LibreOffice 5.1?.................................................................................................. 14
Chapter 1 Introducing LibreOffice....................................................................................15
What is LibreOffice?................................................................................................................... 16
Advantages of LibreOffice.......................................................................................................... 17
Minimum requirements.............................................................................................................. 17
How to get the software............................................................................................................. 18
How to install the software......................................................................................................... 18
Extensions and add-ons............................................................................................................ 18
Starting LibreOffice.................................................................................................................... 18
Parts of the main window........................................................................................................... 21
Starting new documents............................................................................................................ 26
Opening existing documents...................................................................................................... 27
Saving documents..................................................................................................................... 27
Password protection.................................................................................................................. 28
Opening and saving files on remote servers.............................................................................. 30
Renaming and deleting files....................................................................................................... 31
Choosing Open and Save As dialogs......................................................................................... 31
Using the Navigator................................................................................................................... 32
Undoing and redoing changes................................................................................................... 32
Reloading a document............................................................................................................... 33
Closing a document................................................................................................................... 33
Closing LibreOffice..................................................................................................................... 33
Chapter 2 Setting up LibreOffice......................................................................................34
Choosing options for all of LibreOffice....................................................................................... 35
Choosing Load/Save options..................................................................................................... 51
Choosing language settings....................................................................................................... 55
Choosing Internet options.......................................................................................................... 60
Getting Started with LibreOffice 5.1 | 3
