I think anyone who at least sometimes works with electronic documents has found themselves in such a difficult situation when a blank page appears in the middle of the text, which is sometimes difficult to get rid of. In today's episode I will tell you how to delete a blank page in Word. The instructions will be applicable not only when working with the program Microsoft Office Word, but also in other text editors you can delete blank sheets, in the same Open Office Writer, Libre Office Writer, WordPad, etc.

And we begin!

Reasons for blank pages

Often it is not at all clear to us why a blank page appears in a Word text document. To swim in this moment like a fish in water, I advise you to read this post to the end. The first thing you need to do is turn on the display of paragraph characters. This feature is available in all Microsoft versions Word, with its help we can figure out how to delete a page in Word.

Step by step instructions:

Now let's move directly to solving the problem. We will gradually discuss the causes of a blank page and how to get rid of it.

How to delete a blank page in Word

The most basic way to delete a blank page is to use the “Delete” or “Backspace” keyboard keys. If for some reason your keyboard is broken, you can use a virtual one; for more information on how to make it appear on the screen, read the article:

So, to get rid of the last sheet of the document, place the mouse cursor at the end of the text, after the point of the last sentence.

The next step is to click on the Delete key until the blank page disappears. If for some reason the page is not removed, then take it for granted. I am sure that the last blank page will not hinder you in any way. When printing, it is always possible to indicate not “All pages”, but from 1 to the penultimate one (number). So there shouldn't be any problems with this.

It is much more unpleasant when a blank page is located inside the text. In this case, you also need to place the mouse cursor in front of the empty fragment, that is, place the cursor after the last sentence, and then there is empty space. Then click on the Delete button and thereby raise the text.

But here too a difficulty arises. Often students and many other users of a text editor have already arranged subheadings in advance, some even have content, and as a result, everything is shifted. Bottom line: it takes a lot of time to align subheadings and edit the content if it is written. To prevent this from happening, I advise you to monitor the empty areas that form.

Thematic issues:

Sometimes a blank page appears when the printer prints, but no gaps are visible in the document. In this case, you have problems with the printing device, perhaps settings. This, however, is not scary. One of the settings that can cause such a jamb is that the separator stamp between different tasks is set in the parameters.

How to remove an extra paragraph

A blank page may appear after you press Enter. Just click on this key several times and a new page will quickly appear. Therefore, when creating extra empty lines, press the reverse Enter key, that is, the Delete key.

To see paragraphs in Microsoft Office Word, on the main toolbar (the “Home” tab) in the “Paragraph” block, click on the “Show all characters” button. Do everything as shown in the screenshot below. This can be done in all versions of Microsoft Word.

After the paragraph mark appears on the page, the icon is: ¶. You will have to select them all and erase them. As a result, the space will narrow and the extra page will disappear.

How to remove a page break

It is not uncommon to have to remove a blank page due to inserted breaks. If the user made a gap and only then added text in front of it, the separator will slide down to the next sheet.

How to delete a blank sheet with a gap in Word: just select the separator symbol and erase it using the “Delete” key.

Section break

Empty spaces can form sections, or rather their separators.

If the gap is only in front last page, then you can simply remove it, just like a page break.

If an extra sheet in Word appears in the middle or somewhere in the middle of the text, then deleting the empty sheet will cause the bottom part of the text to fail, that is, the sections will not be located in their proper places. You will have to align everything below the removed blank page. I already mentioned this above.

To avoid this, change the break type:

• Place the mouse cursor after the break.
• Open the advanced settings of the “Options” section in the “Layout” tab, to do this, use the button in the lower corner.
• In the “Section” block, in the “Start section” item, set the “On the current page” option.

As a result, you can not only delete a page in the middle of the document, but also maintain a stable arrangement of subheadings and paragraphs below the blank sheet.

Blank page due to tables

When creating a table, a blank page will be created at the end of the text document. In Word, after the table there is always a paragraph sign, which is not possible to remove due to established standards.

If the table is inserted at the end of the sheet, the paragraph mark will move to the next page.

To prevent a new sheet from being formed, you need to know how to delete a sheet in Word after a table:

• First, select the paragraph symbol and open the “Font” tool - hold down the Ctrl+D key combination or select an item from the right-click context menu.
• Section “Modification”, in it check the “Hidden” option.
• Then hide the display of hidden characters in the “Paragraph” block. Ready!

Conclusion

Now you know how to delete a blank page in Word. We have examined a variety of cases of a blank sheet, so I strongly hope that questions on this topic will definitely not arise.

If you work with text editors Liber Office, Open Office or WordPad, you can delete a page using the Delete key. Writer and WorPad do not have other tools, for example, like in Word.

You can also use an online text editor if necessary. Microsoft has been providing this feature for several years now.

If you are interested in learning Microsoft programs Word and you are interested in reading articles on the topic of creating all these text editors, then be sure to check out the material about.

Thematic video:

In this training video you will learn how to remove a blank page in Word. The manual in video format is intended for those who better assimilate visually presented information:

Sometimes paragraphs and empty spaces appear in text files, which subsequently create a blank page at the end of the document or in the middle of it. It, in turn, is displayed in all parameters and settings of the file. This does not create any particular inconvenience, but a document with this formatting looks, frankly speaking, sloppy. What to do if you notice such an error, but don’t know how to delete a page in Word? The following steps will help bring the overall appearance of your document into order.

Method No. 1:

• Press the combination Ctrl+End. Using this combination in Microsoft Word will move the mouse cursor to the last sheet of the file.
• After that, press the Delete or Backspace button.
• The blank sheet will disappear. If there were any words or symbols on it, they will be deleted first.

Method number 2:

This method, based on removing unprintable characters, allows you to remove a blank page in all versions of Microsoft Word:

Separately, it is worth noting “Page Breaks” - they also need to be removed when Microsoft help Word, if you don't need blank sheets in the text.

OpenOffice Writer is a fairly convenient free text editor that is gaining more and more popularity among users every day. Like many text editors, it also has its own characteristics. Let's try to figure out how you can delete unnecessary pages in it.

• Open the document in which you want to delete the page or pages

• In the main menu of the program on the tab View select item Non-printing characters. This will allow you to see special characters that are not displayed normally. An example of such a symbol would be “Paragraph Mark”
• Remove any extra characters on a blank page. This can be done using either the key Backspace or key Delete. After completing these steps, the blank page will be deleted automatically

Deleting a page with text in OpenOffice Writer

• Delete unnecessary text using the key Backspace or Delete
• Repeat the steps described in the previous case

It is worth noting that there are cases when there are no extra non-printable characters in the text, but the page is not deleted. In such a situation, you need to go to the main menu of the program on the tab View select item Web Page Mode. At the beginning of a blank page, press Delete and switch back to mode Print markup

• There are versions OpenOffice and for the operating system Linux, and under Windows (others are also supported OS - FreeBSD, Mac OS X). This allows you to fully work with the same documents on computers with different operating systems.
• OpenOffice legally freely distributed with source code. Thus, there is no problem of unlicensed software.
• File formats OpenOffice open, documented and widely known. Besides, OpenOffice can successfully work with files of many formats, including files created by other well-known office packages.

In this short introduction, of course, we cannot describe all the rich possibilities OpenOffice. We will provide guidance only on installing the system, as well as basic actions in the word processor and HTML file editor. Information about the rest of the work OpenOffice available in the help system (though in English).

In many ways, work in OpenOffice is similar to working in any other office suite. Wherein OpenOffice able to work with data files of many common formats. Therefore, we hope that the start of application OpenOffice will not cause you any particular difficulties.

Launch OpenOffice

Launching components OpenOffice produced from the menu OpenOffice V KDE or Gnome:

• Word processor Writer launched by item "Text Document";
• The HTML editor is launched by point "HTML Document";
• Spreadsheet system Calc launched by item "Spreadsheet Document";
• Presentation preparation system Impress launched by item "Presentation";
• Picture editor Draw launched by item "Drawing";
• Formula editor Math launched by item "Formula".

Immediately after the first start, you should perform some additional settings for correct work with the Russian language.

Installation and initial setup OpenOffice

Initial package installation OpenOffice produced during installation ASPLinux. Launch any of the components OpenOffice you can directly from the toolbar by clicking on the corresponding icon. We recommend starting with Writer(you can also select a submenu item "OpenOffice"KDE or Gnome"Text Document"). When launched, a window will appear prompting you to import the address book. Click the button "Cancel".

For correct operation OpenOffice with the Russian language, including checking and editing HTML files, some additional settings must be made. To do this, select the item in the main menu "Service", then "Options". The settings window will open OpenOffice.
In this window you can change many settings regarding the operation of various components OpenOffice. However, we will only describe the settings that need to be made for the system to work correctly with the Russian language.

On the left side of the window, select "Language settings". The tree of sub-items will open. Select "Linguistics".

The item should be selected in the upper right part of the window , and there should be a check mark next to it. If this is not the case, turn on the checkbox with a mouse click. Click on the button "Edit..." in the upper right part of the window. A window will appear "Editing modules" \.

The language field must be selected "Russian"; if not, click to select. Then turn on the checkbox in front of the item "OpenOffice MySpell SpellChecker".

In addition to Russian, you can enable spell checking for Ukrainian, German and French in the same way. For in English it is enabled initially. After turning on spell checking for the languages ​​you need, click the button "Close". Window "Editing modules" will close. You will be returned to setting options OpenOffice. Select an item on the left side of the window. The tree of sub-items will open. Select "HTML Compatible".

In field "Set of signs" you should select the encoding in which you want to save HTML files.

Standard encoding for the Internet - "Cyrillic (KOI8-R)". Select an item "Text Document" on the left side of the window. The tree of sub-items will open. Select "Basic fonts".

Here you need to select the fonts used for different types of text. You must specify fonts installed on the system that correctly support the Russian language - for example, Helvetica. When you have finished setting the parameters, press the button "OK" at the bottom of the window. Now you can work with office suite programs OpenOffice.

Text editor/processor Writer

Basic text editing functions

Working with basic functions Writer- entering text, moving through text, selecting a block, cutting it, copying or pasting it is almost the same as working in any of the known word processors with a graphical interface (for example, for Windows or Macintosh).

Viewing Modes

IN OpenOffice Writer There are two modes for viewing and editing text on the screen - "page layout" And "online markup". When you use page layout, the screen displays the page as it would appear when printed. If installed "online markup", the text is shown without pagination and with a width that fills the entire window Writer- i.e. the way text is typically displayed in web browsers. Mode "online markup" convenient for preparing documents distributed in in electronic format, as well as when writing large texts. Switching between modes "page layout" And "online markup" done in the main menu - item "View", then "Online marking". In addition, on the panel located to the left of the text, there is an icon that allows you to switch the viewing mode.

Scale

Writer allows you to set the text viewing scale (zoom) as a percentage. To change the scale, select the item in the main menu "View", then "Scale". In the window that appears, you can choose from several fixed scale options, or by selecting "Smooth", specify an arbitrary scale value.

Then you should press the button "OK". The new scale will be set. The scale selection window can also be called up by double-clicking with the left mouse button on the scale value, which is shown in the status bar at the bottom of the window Writer.

Spellchecking

Writer allows you to check spelling both while typing (underlining misspelled words) and when calling the check function. To turn on or off underlining misspelled words, select the item in the main menu "Service", then "Spelling", "autocheck".

When a word is underlined, you can choose from the correct options offered by the system or add this word to. To do this, right-click on the word. A menu will appear showing the correct options and also include an option "Add". To check spelling in all text, select the item in the main menu "Service", then "Spelling", "Examination", or press the key. The verification process will begin.

When a word is found that is not in the dictionary, a window appears "Spelling" .

In this window, you can indicate whether this word should be corrected (you can select one of the options offered by the system or enter your own), replace it with the selected option throughout the text, skip it (leaving it unchanged) or skip it throughout the entire text. Button "Add" allows you to add a given word to the dictionary.

Word completion

Interesting feature OpenOffice Writer- auto-completion of words. If you have typed the first few letters of a word that you have previously typed, Writer automatically substitutes this word. If the suggested option doesn't suit you, just keep typing. And if it fits, press - the word will be typed in full, and you can continue typing from the next word. Sometimes this feature can significantly save time, and with normal typing the behavior Writer does not change. If auto-completion annoys you, you can disable it. If the system often suggests a specific word that does not suit you, you can delete this particular word. To perform these operations, select the item in the main menu "Service", then "AutoCorrect/AutoFormat..." and click on the item "Word Completion" at the top of the window

To disable auto-completion, click the mouse to remove the “tick” in the item "Complement words". To prevent the system from suggesting a particular word, you should find it in the list on the right side of the window (it is sorted alphabetically), select it with a mouse click and delete it by clicking the button "Delete entry".

Search and replace

Like any modern text editor, OpenOffice Writer allows you to search through text and replace the found sequence of characters with another. To search or replace, select the item in the main menu "Edit", then "Find and Replace...", or press the keys. A Find and Replace window will appear.

In it you can enter a string of characters that you need to find, and, if necessary, another one with which it should be replaced. Button "Find" allows you to find a given string. Button "Replace" replaces the found line with a new one and finds where this line appears in the text next time (new button click "Replace" will replace and search for the next line, etc.). To replace one line with another throughout the text, use the button "Replace All".

Basic text formatting

As with most well-known word processors, formatting text in Writer is carried out separately by characters and by paragraphs. Character format includes font, size, underlining/italics, etc.; to paragraph format - indents (horizontal and vertical), alignment, etc.

Formatting characters

To change the format of characters (letters), select these characters. If you specify a character format change without highlighting characters, it will apply to the characters you enter immediately afterwards (without moving the cursor).

The simplest formatting change - turning on/off bold text, italics and underlining - is done by clicking on the corresponding buttons on the toolbar ([F], [K], [H]). To change the font, you can select it from the list present on the toolbar.

For more complex formatting of characters, select the item in the main menu "Format", then "Signs". A window will appear "Sign" .

In this window, by switching the items at the top of the window, you can configure all possible formatting options related to characters. It is important that the text language is also set in this window. IN OpenOffice Writer language is a property of the sign. Each word is spell checked according to the language specified for it.

Paragraph formatting

parform To change the format of a paragraph, just place the cursor in this paragraph. To change the formatting of several paragraphs at once, select them. Changing the alignment is done by clicking on the corresponding buttons on the toolbar.

For more complex paragraph formatting, select the item in the main menu "Format", then "Paragraph". A window will appear "Paragraph" .

In this window, by switching the items at the top of the window, you can configure all possible formatting options related to the paragraph. In particular, you can specify the design of paragraphs in the form of a numbered or unnumbered list (item "Numbering").

Formatting text using styles

Like many common office word processors, OpenOffice Writer allows you to format text using styles. The main type of styles is paragraph styles.

The paragraph style determines the formatting of both the paragraph itself (indents, etc.) and the formatting of characters in the paragraph (font, size, etc.).

If a paragraph is formatted with a style, changing the style automatically changes the paragraph formatting. This is the first benefit of using styles. For example, if you wanted to change the font and size of all the headings in a text, without using styles you would have to make changes to each heading individually. But if all the headings are formatted using styles "Heading 1", "Heading 2" etc., it is enough to change only these styles.

In addition, paragraph styles allow you to create logical text layout, i.e. indicate the boundaries of sections, chapters, etc., as well as special types of paragraphs (for example, quotations or examples). The beginning of sections and chapters is determined using styled headings "Heading 1", "Heading 2" etc. Writer can automatically generate a table of contents of text, specifying paragraphs with these styles as section titles. It is also possible to automatically number sections.

In addition to paragraph styles, character styles are supported. The character style controls character formatting without affecting paragraph formatting. Character styles are convenient to use, for example, to highlight quotes in text.

A window is used to work with styles "Stylist" .

To call this window, select the item in the main menu "Format", then "Stylist", or press the key. Initially in the window "Stylist" a list of paragraph styles is shown.

Applying styles

To specify a paragraph formatting style, place the cursor on that paragraph, and then select the desired style by clicking in the window "Stylist" . (If the cursor is placed on an empty paragraph, the style will still be assigned, and subsequent text will be formatted using that style.)

To specify a style for several paragraphs at once, you need to select these paragraphs, and then select the desired style by clicking in the window "Stylist" .

To apply character styles, you must switch the window "Stylist" to character style list mode. To do this, left-click on the icon with the letter [A] in this window. After that, to format a section of text using a character style, you should select that section, and then click in the window "Stylist" specify the desired style. If you specify a character style without highlighting, it will apply to the characters you enter immediately afterwards (without moving the cursor). To switch window "Stylist" back to the paragraph style list mode, you should select in this window the icon with a letter similar to [P].

Editing styles

To change any of the styles (paragraph or characters), select this style in the window "Stylist" "Change". The style editing window will appear.

The options at the top of the window allow you to change various character formatting properties and (for a paragraph style) paragraph formatting properties. Paragraph "Organization" used to set style properties. Field "Name" defines the name of the style. Field "Associated with" specifies the base style for this style; If the base style is changed, similar changes are automatically made to this style.

There is also a field for paragraph styles "Next Style". In it you can specify which style the next paragraph is automatically formatted (when entering text) if the previous paragraph is formatted with this style. So, the header style is usually set to the following style "Main text"; This allows you to enter text immediately after entering the title, without wasting time on choosing a style. To create a new style, you should right-click in the window "Stylist" and select the item in the menu that appears "Create". A style editing window will appear in which you can specify all the necessary style properties. If the window "Stylist" is in paragraph style list mode, a paragraph style is created; if it is in character style list mode, then a character style is created.

In addition, the system allows you to format a paragraph using conventional means, and then automatically create a style with exactly this formatting. To do this, after formatting the paragraph, click in the window "Stylist" second icon from the right in the upper right corner. The system will prompt you to enter the name of the new style, after which it will be created and appear in the list. You can also delete a previously created style. To do this, select a style in the window "Stylist" click the mouse, and then press the right mouse button and select the item in the menu that appears "Delete". However, the system does not allow you to delete styles that are present in Writer initially.

Page formatting

Writer allows you to customize the page size, as well as the header, footer (that is, the lines at the top and bottom of the page) and other page formatting properties. Moreover, you can set different formatting for different pages using page styles.

Setting the Page Format

To set the page format, enable a header or footer, etc., call the item in the main menu "Format", then "Page". The page style editing window will appear.

In this window you can set, in particular:

• Page Size (item "Page" at the top of the window);
• Page numbering style - Arabic numerals, Roman numerals, etc. Paragraph "Page", field "Markup Settings" - "Format";
• Enable and indent header and footer - items "Page header" And "Footer". In particular, in any of these items you can disable the “tick” ; this will allow you to create different headers and footers for even and odd pages.;
• Enable and view the frame around the page - item "Framing";
• Formatting text on a page in several columns - item "Columns".

Having set the required page format, click the button "OK".

Pagination

To enable page numbering, you must first enable the required header or footer. By turning on the header and footer, you can edit it (in text viewing mode "Page layout") as normal text.

With the cursor in the footer, select the item in the main menu "Insert", then "Field", then "Page number". The page number appears. On each page it will automatically appear and be set to the desired value.

To move the page number (along with the rest of the header text) to the left corner, center or right corner, place the cursor in the header and switch the paragraph alignment (left, center or right) using the corresponding button on the toolbar Writer.

If the number should be located differently on an even and odd page, you should disable the “tick” for the header in which the page number is located in the page style editing window. “Same content left/right”. After this, place the number as desired in the footer on one even and one odd page.

Page styles

In many cases, you want to ensure that different pages are formatted differently—for example, disabling the page number for the title page.

OpenOffice Writer allows you to set completely independent formatting for different pages - up to different sheet sizes. Page styles are used for this. (Using page styles is quite complex and beyond the scope of this quickstart.)

Working with chapters of text

If chapter headings are marked with row styles "Title", and the level of headings is reflected in the use of styles (i.e., for example, for top-level sections it is used "Heading 1", for subsections - "Heading 2" etc.), OpenOffice Writer allows you to automatically number chapters and create a table of contents.

Chapter numbering

To automatically number chapters, select the item in the main menu "Service", then "Chapter Numbering". A window will appear "chapter numbering" .

Here you can configure the chapter numbering. The right side of the window shows an example of numbering in the form that is currently configured. You can find the numbering you want by trying different settings and watching the example change.

Generating table of contents

For automatic creation table of contents, place the cursor at the point in the text where the table of contents should be. Select the item in the main menu "Insert", then "Pointers", then "Indicators...". A window will appear "Insert Pointer"

In this window, you can insert various pointers, but the initially proposed option is the table of contents. In field "Rate to Level" You can specify which level headings should be included in the table of contents.

For example, with a value of 3, the table of contents will include all paragraphs with the style "Heading 1", "Heading 2" And "Heading 3". After pressing the button "OK" the system will generate a table of contents and place it where the cursor was located.

Inserting pictures

OpenOffice Writer allows you to insert pictures (taken from files) into the text and specify their location, as well as whether they will be “flowed” by the text. To insert a picture into the text, select the item in the main menu "Insert", then "Drawing", then "From a file..." A window for inserting a picture from a file will appear.

Here you can choose required file.

When selecting a file with a mouse click (if the checkbox is enabled "View") turns on its preview in the right part of the window. To insert the selected picture into the text, click the button "Open".

By right-clicking on the picture, you can call up the picture settings menu. Using this menu you can set, in particular:

• How will the picture be positioned in the text (item "Binding") - at a fixed position in relation to the page, to a certain paragraph, to a certain character, or as a sign. If the picture is positioned "as a character", it is inserted into the line in the same way as a regular character (but its size does not change when the font size is changed).;
• Will the text “flow around” the drawing and, if so, in what way (paragraph "Wrap around").

Saving and reading files

OpenOffice Writer saves and reads files in .sxw format. This format is fully published and based on open standards. In addition, it allows you to save and read files in .rtf (Rich Text Format), .doc (Microsoft Word 95 or 97/2000/XP) and other formats.

Saving a file

To save the current text on disk as a file, select the item in the main menu "File", then "Save", or press the keys. If the file has already been saved, it will be saved again under the same name. If it has not yet been saved, a window will appear to select the name and format of the saved file.

In this window, you can select the desired directory to save the file, specify the file name, and select its format (type). After specifying the file name and type, click the button "Save". After this, the file will be written to disk.

Saving a file under a new name

If you are working with a file that has already been saved and want to save it under a different name (or in a different format - for example, .rtf or .doc), select the item in the main menu "File", then "Save as…" A file name selection window will appear (see Figure 23), and you can specify the new file name and format.

Reading a file

In this window, you can find the desired directory and select the file in it that you want to open. After clicking on the desired file, click "Open". Writer reads the file and, if the reading is successful, you will be able to view and edit the contents of this file.

Editing HTML

Editing HTML files (format for WWW pages) in OpenOffice very similar to text editing in OpenOffice Writer. (In reality, HTML editing is done precisely Writer, operating in a special mode). This allows you to create WWW pages without special training, and also easily convert text documents on WWW pages. You can use almost all the techniques described above for editing HTML documents. Writer.

Basic HTML editing

HTML documents can be formatted in the same way as regular documents. However, the resulting WWW pages will be quite inconvenient to view. To correctly format HTML documents, you should use special paragraph styles that are automatically offered in the window "Stylist" when editing such a document.

For body text, use a style "Main text", for headings - group styles "Title", for quotes - "Quote" etc. You can specify the alignment of paragraphs, as well as highlight sections of text in bold, italics or underlining. But changing the font is very undesirable - this can lead to difficulties for some users when viewing your page.

Link Creation

As you know, important HTML element- the ability to create hyperlinks to other documents.

In this window you should indicate the document to which the link is made, as well as the text of the link. The link text is indicated in the field "Text". The method of specifying the document to which the link is made is switched on the left side of the window.

When selecting an item « » You are given the opportunity to enter a link to the document on the Internet in full format (URL). Paragraph "Letters and Messages" allows you to describe a link to an address Email(mailto) or news group usenet(news). By selecting the item "Document", you can insert a link to existing document on disk. It should be taken into account that although in the field "Path" the full path to the document is indicated; in fact, if the documents are in the same directory, a link is created only to the document name - therefore, if both files are transferred to the Internet, the link continues to work.

Finally, the point « new document» allows you to create a link to a document that has not yet been created on disk. The system provides the opportunity to immediately create this document (to do this, select the item "Edit Now" at the top of the window) or create a link without creating a document (item "Edit later"). It is important to select the correct file type from the list (for example, "HTML Document"), rather than just specifying the full file name. When the link information is entered, click the button "Apply". The link will be created.

To edit a link, place the cursor on it and select the item in the main menu "Insert", then "Hyperlink". The same window will appear (see \Fig.25), but filled in, with the data of the specified link. In this window you can make the necessary changes and click the button "Apply".

Saving and Reading HTML Files

Saving and reading when editing HTML files is done in exactly the same way as in Writer. It is important that pictures are not saved as part of HTML files. Therefore, when you transfer a file to another computer or to the Internet, they may be lost. Even if both the file and the pictures for it are transferred to another computer, but they are located in different directories, the pictures may disappear from the document. To prevent this from happening, it is best to keep all the pictures you insert into the document in the same directory as the document itself, and transfer them to another computer or to the Internet along with the document. It should be taken into account that OpenOffice can read almost any file in HTML format, but Russian letters will not always be displayed correctly. This is not a bug in OpenOffice, and the disadvantage of such files is that the encoding of Russian letters is not indicated or is indicated incorrectly. Instead of koi8-r, the encoding of Russian letters in this file should be specified; the most common encodings are koi8-r, windows-1251 and utf8.

Editing HTML Source Text

OpenOffice allows you to switch from editing the content of an HTML document in visual mode (i.e., in the form in which it will be visible in a web browser) to working with source text in HTML. This can be useful in a number of cases where you need to check and correct the HTML text itself. To enable or disable HTML source text editing mode, select the item in the main menu "View", then « Original text HTML".

Creating WWW pages using Autopilot

OpenOffice contains "Autopilot of WWW pages", which allows you to create a standard and quite beautiful WWW page in a short time and without additional effort. To take advantage "Autopilot", select the item in the main menu "File", then "Autopilot", then "Web page..." A window will appear "Web page autopilot" .

By selecting field values, you can immediately see on the screen what the created page will look like. Having selected the desired type, press the button "Ready". You will be able to edit an HTML document that immediately has the necessary appearance. Now you just need to fill it with information.

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Training course - Basics of working in OpenOffice

OpenOffice Calc - Spreadsheets

Working with sheets

Like any other element of Calc, sheets can be inserted, deleted, and renamed.

Inserting new sheets

There are many ways to insert a new sheet. The first step in all methods is to select the sheets, after which a new sheet will be inserted. After this, you can use the following steps.

• Open menu Insert and choose Sheet, or
• Right-click on the tab and select Add sheets, or
• Click the empty space at the end of the row of sheet tabs.

Each method opens a dialog box Insert Sheet. Here you can determine whether the new sheet will be placed before or after the selected sheet, as well as how many sheets need to be inserted.

Removing sheets

Sheets can be deleted individually or as a group.

Separate sheet

Right-click on the tab of the sheet to be deleted and select from the context menu Delete.

Multiple sheets

To delete multiple sheets, select them as described above, right-click on any tab and select from the context menu Delete.

Renaming sheets

The default name for a new sheet is "SheetX", where X is a number. This works well when there are only a few sheets for a small spreadsheet, but becomes inconvenient when there are a large number of sheets. To give the sheet a more meaningful name, you can:

• When creating a sheet, enter your name in the field Name, or
• Right-click on the sheet tab and select from the context menu Rename and replace the existing name with a new one.