Getting Started Guide

You can customize an existing table of contents at any time. Right-click anywhere in it
and choose Edit Index/Table from the pop-up menu. Chapter 12 (Creating Tables of
Contents, Indexes and Bibliographies) of the Writer Guide describes in detail all the
customizations you can choose.
Creating indexes and bibliographies
Indexes and bibliographies work in a similar way to tables of contents. Chapter 12
(Creating Tables of Contents, Indexes and Bibliographies) in the Writer Guide
describes the process in detail.
In addition to alphabetical indexes, other types of indexes supplied with Writer
include those for illustrations, tables, and objects, and you can even create a user-
defined index. For example, you might want an index containing only the scientific
names of species mentioned in the text, and a separate index containing only the
common names of species. Before creating some types of indexes, you first need to
create index entries embedded in your Writer document.
Working with graphics
Graphics in Writer are of three basic types:
• Image files, including photos, drawings, scanned images, and others
• Diagrams created using OOo’s drawing tools
• Charts created using OOo’s Chart facility
See Chapter 11 (Graphics, the Gallery, and Fontwork) in this book and Chapter 8
(Working with Graphics) in the Writer Guide.
Printing
See Chapter 10 (Printing, Exporting, and E-mailing) in this book and Chapter 5
(Printing, Exporting, Faxing, and E-mailing) in the Writer Guide for details on
previewing pages before printing, selecting print options, printing in black and white
on a color printer, printing brochures, and other printing features.
Using mail merge
Writer provides very useful features to create and print:
• Multiple copies of a document to send to a list of different recipients (form
letters)
• Mailing labels
• Envelopes
All these facilities use a registered data source (a spreadsheet or database containing
the name and address records and other information).
Chapter 11 (Using Mail Merge) in the Writer Guide describes the process.
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