Getting Started with LibreOffice Writer
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- čas přidán 5. 08. 2024
- LibreOffice Writer is a free & open document editor developed by The Document Foundation. Join me as I walk through some of its basic functions!
Download LibreOffice here: www.libreoffice.org/
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Thank you so much. You are a great teacher. I'm 62 years old so learning this stuff is difficult for me. You made it very understandable.
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Incredible content. Since I switched from engineering to management, I unfortunately come across a lot of docx and odt. I never bothered to learn writer, impress or calc really and more or less fooled around doing changes in documents. This quick rundown is perfect to quickly show me the way around. All it takes now is to practice a bit on upcoming documents until I grow the proper routine.
Quick rundowns can - if done properly - save a lot of time in learning. And this one is incredibly well done. Thanks a lot and thumps up from a happy viewer.
I have been trying to figure out wtf I'm supposed to do trying to make a tcg card on a browser and this is so much clearer than a browser. Thank you this is a lifesaver
Thanks. This was easy to follow. You completely took away my fear of the unknown. I will be back for more on this channel.
Thank you very much for the excellent tutorial. I've been away from my WP for a number of years and have become rather rusty! Indeed, the last version of Libreoffice I used started with 5. Your easy, informative style certainly blasted through quite a lot of the functions. You have a new subscriber! I'll look forward to checking out your other tuts.
Anyhow, Like so many other baby-boomers, I started with Wordperfect - blue screen, no mouse, no menu - and then moved on to use MS Word along with the rest of the world.
I actually bought the 2003 student version and used it until it was no longer supported. That's when I switched to Open Office. Frankly, I couldn't really see much difference in use - apart from the regular glitches regarding MS Word compatibility.
With Libreoffice now in version 7, the compatibility issues seem to have gone away, and the application looks very polished.
Once again, much obliged!
Thank you ...wow...that's alot of info... my girlfriend just lost her Word app and rather that spend $$$ we installed Libre Office ... I had no idea how much there was to this software. Thank you.
Same thing happened to me and i did the same thing!
You are the wizard! Thanks! All I needed was how to access the experimental features / other features! And I totally agree with you about the Office 2007 ribbon and I'm going to be trying that out,. Thanks for this!
I really need to start making fuller use of the various different features in LibreOffice, as there’s a lot more to it than I realised!
You did a great job there!
You covered a goodly amount of stuff in quite a short time.
I have just switched from W7 to Mint 20, so I have just switched from Office to Libre Office, and I find there are a few more formatting discrepencies than you have reported finding, but no big deal.
I often save what I make as a PDF before I share it anyway, so it's not a show-stopper.
Thanks.
Liked.
Subscribed.
Even after years this is so useful, I wish I could go back then in time and relive all these years again having my present consciousness
Thank you so much! I've tried to watch several other tutorials and they always go way too fast. I know some of it, don't need to go back too far, but what I don't know needs explaining slowly and clearly. I'm an old person. I'm trying to get books published. One thing I couldn't do was get page numbers entered and in order. They were all jumbled up! I'll also need to put the author's name in a header on one page and the title of the book in a header on opposite page. Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!
When I write e-books, can I somehow make it so that the pages run from left to right instead of vertically? Thanks. Great video.
Thank you for this, it takes a step out of my workflow when I use Scrivener. It means I don't have to open the compiled document in LibreOffice to get the bibliography list, then open it in Word to send it off to my co-authors.
Awesome tutorial, super info-packed. Thank you
Thank you so much. Incredible content and you are a good teacher.
Great video, very quick, concise and to the point. Thanks.
Thanks for this video, I am starting a new project and needed this lesson.
Thank you for making this great viewer friendly content
Brilliant video! Thank you for sharing this, that was great information. I recently had to buy a new laptop as my previous Windows laptop was seizing up so much and this time I bought a Chromebook instead. I have only just started to use Libreoffice and it is very good. I just need to get my head around it and watch a lot of videos on this.
Good video! Do you use any other programs on the LibreOffice suite other than Writer or Base like Calc or Impress? If so could you consider doing a "Getting Started" video on those too? Another, what is the "Safe Mode" option? And finally, do you know how to change the encoding for certain documents? For example, if I have a document with a different kind of encoding and open it in Microsoft Word, Word will automatically ask me what kind of encoding and give me a list of different encoding for it before actually opening the file. In LibreOffice it just opens the file to gibberish.
I have an impression that LibreOffice Writer works as well as Microsoft Word. Last year, I upgraded from Microsoft Word 2019 to Microsoft Word 2021, the Microsoft Office 2021 suite. The menus in Writer are very good. I enjoy the way you work with the various features and controls in the application program. Your show was excellent. I hope to watch you teach Calc.
Hey man, after a couple of months do you still think that LibreOffice is just as good as MS word 2021? The 1 device PER license key is a deal breaker for me :/
I am working on a recipe book with two text panels per page and sometimes the icon tool changes and will only do the text box not the text inside the box. How do I get the icon back to change the text?
Great video! How do you change your toolbar color? I can modify background color but can't find the toolbar portion.
Awesome video man! Thanks for the info.
Thank you. This is just what I needed.
How do you change the settings to support Dark theme on LibreOffice for Windows 10?
my cursor keeps jumping to the top of the page where the first heading is every time i click somewhere into the text or headings of the first page of the document, but only if I do it on the left side of the page, not when I click somewhere on the right side of the page. It's as if there is an invisible border that goes down from top to bottom of the document. This is so strange and I've no clue why? ....help! :-)
hi thank for the tutorial
Any tips for making it low vision friendly? Thanks I am trying to help someone in a nursing home that has Libre on a shared computer.
I have been using this for a while, so I know most of what I needed to, but this was helpful. Would have saved me a bit of a learning curve if I had watched it to begin with, but I never do things the easy way.
If there is a harder way to do something I'm going that route for some reason! Lol Keep up the good work Trebor. Persistence pays off!
I like libreoffice. I use it. I've also been able to use language writing functions that aren't in English. So it works well. You mentioned something about this in the beginning with someone having trouble with it.
Thank you for your work. I needed this
Thank you. Very good instructions to begin.
Just what I needed. Thanks!
All in I need in one video. very nice
I need to set up a different header for each chapter of a book (chapter title) with the title pages without a header. Can you help with that? Libreoffice 6
Can you use this to write novels and can you upload it to as an e-book to publish in kindle?
I'm using libreoffice to write a journal, and I'm writing another document using copy and paste from the internet. I'm having trouble on both documents with the paragraphs shifting to other pages, and in some cases when try to fix the problem, it makes it worse. I've been stuck trying to fix the problem for a while now, and it's gotten the point, I'm ready the delete them both. What am I doing wrong?
Terrific tutorial! What I don't get clearly is how to format a document that is already typed into Libre. How to draw the paragraphs together and eliminate the often large white spaces between them, with a few short keystrokes. If I cleared the formatting, would I lose anything or would the paragraphs remain as paragraphs that cold easily be re-formatted? Thanx much!
how do i import a PDF File like a
song chart just to change some of the words or the key on the song chart
am having trouble. i would appreciate very much thank you!
How can i get a word correction proposition when i right click on a poorly worded word? For example when i enter " wordd" i right click and it shows me "word" ?
Great. Shouldve watched this before trying to spend time trying to move the picture i have in my libreoffice
Jacob, thank you very much. Yes, I am tackling this with enthusiasm. I just recently downloaded LO 7.0.3 and start opening and saving documents from all over -- DOWNLOADS, ONEDRIVE, MSWORD ONLINE ETC. I came upon your video while looking for answers to PDF downloads attempts to open where dialog asks for password. I never setup one, so I have no Idea whose or what to enter. I know that's a little more advanced than what you covered here and I am definitely glad to have come here and retrieve this one. However, I do need to understand how to correct my situation that brought me here. Thanks for whatever you can share.
How did you get that dark theme? I loved it.
I'll +1 to this comment
he is using Linux
When I try to INSERT a TABLE (number of rows, columns etc, ) what I get in the area where the cells should be is a solid gray 'block' in my document. What am I doing wrong?
How do you set the default to make the page take up all the space below the tool bars???? I go through this every time I do a new install and it takes forever to find the magic button. This time I'm not able to find it.....
Thank you so much. You are a great teacher.
Thanks for this. I got fed up with MS word being such a headache and a buddy in writer's group recommended libre.
I need to SELECT every other row / line (separated with a cr/lf so I can change the color of the text all at once. This is for a music chord sheet where the chords are on separate lines. So far I have not found a way to do that. The method of doing one line at a time is prohibitively time consuming.
Any ideas?
Is there any way to make it ALWAYS default to web view? The scroll bar shifts on me otherwise and each time I open any document, I have to reset to web view.
This is really good stuff, thanks.
Very cool! I learnt a lot.
Hello - I look for a solution with the simple copiing from tranlatet Text from Google Translate to a document in Libre Office Writer. Everytime the Text , witch is existing in Google Translate - when I try to paste the marked text to Libre Office Writer - this text exist only of words - all formatiation is lost - do you know a solution - Thank you a lot
I some how got the footprint of my document page larger than the screen on my laptop. How can I get the page smaller.
Thank you! Good Tips for LibreOffice Writer
Thanks very much, you made it super easy. Great.
I have created a 2-page document which, in print view, shows u
only Page 1. How can I fix this?
Thank You so much sir. because you are spreading open source software. My question is that I am preparing an Urdu book (right to left language) which has lots of footnotes, but footnote separator is showing in the left side of the footer(because of roman language system of writing). I want to move it to right side from the left. Please guide me. Thanks in Advance.
When I create a 'template' in LibreOffice Writer, it will not hold the features I select, such as indents, spacing, and others. Cannot figure out what I am doing wrong. You may be too far above my level on computer knowledge, but I really appreciate how you present your videos. They are easy to follow and understand. Hope you can help me understand.
Hi, I hope you can help me. I saved a doc when it was in page review and now I can't get it back to it's original size. thank you.
Question for you. Microsoft word/office 365 has a document translation function. I wanted to ask if Libreoffice has this? I may need this feature but don't want to go back to anything microsoft or windows if there's a way to avoid it. libreoffice is also a wonderful product.
Thank you very much. I'm trying to format a very short ebook for KDP. When I saved 2 pages in HTML I got a message saying it may not work properly, should save in odf text. But KDP will not accept that. Another problem is the BOLD, HIGHTLIGHT etc, It's hard to turn on and off.
Dear Jaco.
My laptop was stolen in an armed robbery. I live in South Africa you know and this kind of happening is the national sport - unfortunately. I am busy with a novel in Afrikaans. I used to Microsoft, but could buy it due financial constrains. I downloaded Libre. The reviews are good in general so I decided to use it. I am 57 and have very limited computer literacy.
Afrikaans are a Germanic language, hence a lot of punctuation are alike. I opened the symbols on the toolbar but non of the needed symbols are available. What do I do to go to an advanced symbols to fit the needs, or is that what Libre offers? I also went to Google to use the Alt alternative. For example "Alt 0232" will give me an 'e' with a umlaut (e with an accent).
Please be to my assistance and advise me.
Go to "Insert" then "Special Character..." and you will find what you are looking for.
Lol nice story kid
Excellent tutorial! Thank you…
Hey,
What color theme and color palette did u use and where can i get it?
It's been a while since I had that installation, but I believe this was the Arc Dark GTK theme (the blue variant, if there were color variants) with the Breeze Dark icon theme. I was running MATE on Arch at the time.
You are the SAVANT of office software. I downloaded Libre because of not wanting to deal with Microsoft Office and monthly charges and whatever else Microsoft throws at you. Besides I only need to write a letter occasionally or open something. Now I need to duplicate what you did to help get it through my thick skull.
Hi and thank you for he video. I wish there'd be a full dark them as the one you have on Linux. I ave another concern, it is about the ribbon view. when I check the "use advance features" to get it, save and reopen, nothing changes. What version do you have ? Mine is 6.3.4, may be this ribbon stuff wasn't there yet ?
Thank you if you have the time to answer.
After you check that box, you still have to go to view>toolbar layout>notebook bar which I believe has been changed to view>user interface>tabbed, although I may be mistaken about that.
@@a_commenter Thank you, I'll try
How do u insert date on your document please help
Nice presentation. I never heard about libre office and I’m getting s new computer soon. How do I work with documents that are already in Microsoft format (word, excel, PPT,etc ). Where can I go to find how this all starts from scratch. Can you send me a video link or word overview and instructions? Thank you
Thanks a lot sir..!❤
Thank you so much ❤️❤️
I often receive manuscripts in one long file. I recently found out that Microsoft Word has the ability to break down a manuscript into separate chapters, can Libre Writer do the same?
What version is this?
How do you make hanging paragraphs?
THANK YOU!!!
I WISH ALL TUTS WERE EXPLAINED AS CLEAR AND CONFIDENT AS THIS.. GREAT VIDEO.
Thanks for this dude. Really helped me as there's no way I'm paying that much for Msoft word
if you don't, you are a racist!
How do you change Measurements from centimetres to inches?
Good morning from Brazil. Thanks a lot.
And I want to insert a picture in LibraOffice but instead of a picture a frame has shown how to fix it
How do you have a dark theme without making the text editing window also dark?
I've commented elsewhere about how LibreOffice respects my system GTK theme on Linux. If you're suggesting that the text editing section _should_ be dark, I disagree, because paper is white and I want to see what it would look like on paper.
@@NerdOnTheStreet What is GTK? I had Ubuntu on a computer for awhile and never learned it. Are you saying you can't do it from Libre Office Writer itself? It might be easier on my eyes to have the background dark. (not the page, just the background).
@@NerdOnTheStreet I think you're being asked by LilZebra how you accomplished having a dark themed workspace and tool bars *without* also causing the paper area to be dark too. -- So, it's the GTK theme on a computer running Linux.
I would like to know how to import a PDF document in Writer…..can you help?
How do I send a document from Libre to my e-mail address
Thank you so much, please can you tell me which OS you are using?
In this video, I was using Arch Linux with the MATE desktop environment, the Vimix Dark Laptop Doder theme, the KDE Breeze Dark icon theme, and the Breeze Snow cursor theme.
@@NerdOnTheStreet That's what I needed to know. Thanks, again!
Nice video thank you !
hi, I just had this loaded on a laptop I will be giving to a friend that know nothing about computers. my question is how to I put information in the header in libreoffice
Thank you for this video.Can you please help me to make CV in libre office ,but not to be classic?Thank you in advance.
how can I take a document and cut it into many documents
Here's my problem. I've had LibreOffice Writer for many years, since the early days. Then I just upgraded to the latest Ubuntu version, along with the new LibreOffice node. Surprise! With the upgrade, I can no longer copy and paste text in a document. It's broke. Whereas I can still copy text from a website and past it into a LibreOffice Writer document. I can't find a fix for this. I have a feeling that it's unstable.
How do you set the margins and landscape/portrait?
Go to Format -> Page Style..., or right-click the page and select the Page Style... option. In that dialog, select the "Page" tab if it's not already selected. The orientation & margin options are in that tab.
Very good overview. I am a home user migrating from MS Office on Windows 11. Viewed this earlier when I installed Libreoffice V7.3. Now am on to V7.4. I viewed this again today and learned a lot more about using Writer. Thanks for the help
You are life savior man:)
Thank you. Would you explain a little about navigator bar sometime please?
Thanks bro!
Hope you don't mind I linked to this video in our documentation for our Xubuntu Laptops.
Nice video. I must admit to using WPS (...I know, shoot me) but that's through laziness and not taking the time to give LibreOffice a fair chance. Older version in my distro (Debian) so I'll take a look at the snap.
very informative thx
I am 66 and learning...thank you very much.....!!!
can you make a flyer about the topic
can you help me make a flyer using libra office writer?
Thank you