Writer makes it easy to edit your documents. Whether you want to edit a letter, add to your novel, or edit a report once more before sending it to clients, Writer provides quick and simple tools that help you get the job done right.6 Move Around a Document ). If you know of a key word or phrase that is close to the text you want to edit, you can search for that key word or phrase to move there quickly (see
7 Find and Replace Text ). Writer''s formatting and spell-checking tools will help you ensure accuracy while making your documents look good too. You''ll find help with formatting starting in
12 Apply Character Formatting , and you''ll learn how to check your document''s spelling using Writer''s built-in word dictionary in
8 Check a Document''s Spelling .
Always select
File, Save to save your document after making changes to it. If you attempt to exit Writer before you save your changes, Writer kindly reminds you to save the file.
5. Edit Text
1. | Select Text to Work With Select text using standard Windows selection tools (such as holding the Shift key as you press arrow keys) to select more than one character at a time. You might want to select a large block of text for deletion or to apply a special format to that selected text (see 12 Apply Character Formatting ). The selected text appears in "reverse video," meaning that it is white text on a black background.12 Apply Character Formatting ). |
5. | View and Hide Special Editing Characters Click the Nonprinting Characters button in the Main toolbar (or press Ctrl+F10 ) to turn on nonprinting characters, which show you where paragraph divisions, blank spaces, and other editing elements occur. These nonprinting characters don''t print (unless you change the printing option to show them, as mentioned in 1 Set Writer Options ) but can appear on the screen so that you''ll know exactly what you''re editing. Click the Nonprinting Characters button on the Main toolbar button (or press Ctrl+F10 ) again to turn off the display of nonprinting characters. If you want to count the words in a particular passage of text rather than in the whole document, use the Word Count feature. First, select the text you want to countit can be a sentence, a paragraph, or any text selection within a document. Then choose Tools, Word Count and view the results in the |
6. | View Document Statistics As you type text into your document, you can maintain an accurate word count, along with other document statistics, by selecting the Properties option from the File menu. Click the Statistics tab to view the Statistics page in the Properties dialog box. Here you see counts of various objects in your document, such as the number of paragraphs, words, characters, and lines. If you''re writing for a magazine, for example, word count is an important statistic to track; if you''re trying to fit all the text on a single page, you might want to keep track of the number of lines. When you''ve viewed the statistics for your current document, click OK to close the Properties dialog box and return to the editing area. Click the Statistic page''s Update button to force Writer to perform an update of the statistics before you fully rely on the numbers. |
7. | Save the Document After you have edited the text in the documentand periodically while you are editingyou should save your changes to the hard disk. To save the document, choose File, Save or click the Save icon in the Standard toolbar (the third icon from the left). Writer saves the current version of the file, overwriting the previous version of the file. |
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