The Standard and Formatting toolbars you see below are consistent across all OpenOffice programs. Writer provides several toolbars for your use such as the Drawing toolbar, the Bullets and Numbering toolbar and the picture toolbar that appear when they are needed. Right below the menu you'll find the Standard Toolbar and the Formatting Toolbar.

When you choose one of the menu items a submenu drops down to show commands (see below). The Menu bar is located just below the Title bar and contains standard menu items such as File, Edit, View, Format, Table, Tools, Window and Help. The document name will appear as a generic Untitled 1 until you save and name your document. The Title bar is located at the top of the Writer window and shows the name of the current document. Let's first take a look at the program window. When you open up OpenOffice Writer, a blank document opens and you can begin working immediately. You can open the program by double clicking this icon. MAC USERS: You will find the icon in the Applications folder. Click on Writer and Writer will open up.Click the Start Button on the taskbar and click on All Programs.In Windows, the most common way is from the Start Menu. There are a variety of ways to start Writer and the method you use depends on whether you intend to open an existing document or create a new one.

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