AY Honors/Computer - Advanced/OpenOffice

OpenOffice

Mail Merge

Type and print a letter to at least five different people using the same text, but personalizing each letter with the addressee's name appearing at least three times.

The best instructions for doing this can be found in the Help pages of OpenOffice itself. The function is called "mail merge."

Use the following functions of the word processing program:

Right Justify

Using the mouse, highlight the text you wish to right justify. Then click on the Format tab and select "Paragraph." Then click on the "Alignment" tab, check the box labelled "Right," and click on "OK".

Center Title

This operation is identical to the "Right Justify" operation, except that instead of checking the "Right" box, check the "Justify" and select "Center" from the pull down menu.

Change margins and page length

Click on "Format" and select "Page." Then click on the "Page" tab. This will bring up a window that will allow you to set the margins (left, right, top, and bottom) as well as the page dimensions.

Move paragraph

Using the mouse, highlight the paragraph. Then type <ctrl>X to delete the paragraph. Move the mouse cursor to the paragraph's new location and type <ctrl>V.

Save

Type <ctrl>S or select Save (or Save As) from the File menu.

Copy and Paste

This is almost exactly the same as moving a paragraph, the only difference being that once the paragraph is highlighted you press <ctrl>C instead of <ctrl>X. This will put the highlighted text in the paste buffer, but it will not delete it. It can then be pasted into a different place by typing <ctrl>V.