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* Use the arrow next to the '''New''' button on the main toolbar. A menu of choices (Figure 10) drops down; select the type of document to be created.
 
* Use the arrow next to the '''New''' button on the main toolbar. A menu of choices (Figure 10) drops down; select the type of document to be created.
  
[[Image:New-menu.png|Figure 10]]<br>Figure 10. The New menu from the toolbar
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[[Image:New-menu.png|thumb|none|500px|Figure 10. The New menu from the toolbar.]]
  
 
* Use a "Quick start" program. For example, the Microsoft Windows version of OpenOffice.org has a ''Quickstart'' icon [[Image:QSicon.png]] in the system tray. See [[Getting Started/Starting OpenOffice.org|Chapter 2]] (Starting OpenOffice.org) for more information on the Quickstart icon.
 
* Use a "Quick start" program. For example, the Microsoft Windows version of OpenOffice.org has a ''Quickstart'' icon [[Image:QSicon.png]] in the system tray. See [[Getting Started/Starting OpenOffice.org|Chapter 2]] (Starting OpenOffice.org) for more information on the Quickstart icon.
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* Use '''File > Wizards''' for some types of documents. (See Figure 11.)
 
* Use '''File > Wizards''' for some types of documents. (See Figure 11.)
  
[[Image:Wizards.png|Figure 11]]<br>Figure 11. Creating a file using a Wizard
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[[Image:Wizards.png|thumb|none|500px|Figure 11. Creating a file using a Wizard.]]
  
 
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Revision as of 13:59, 8 November 2007



Different ways of creating a new document:

  • Use File > New and choose the type of document.
  • Use the arrow next to the New button on the main toolbar. A menu of choices (Figure 10) drops down; select the type of document to be created.
Figure 10. The New menu from the toolbar.
  • Use a "Quick start" program. For example, the Microsoft Windows version of OpenOffice.org has a Quickstart icon QSicon.png in the system tray. See Chapter 2 (Starting OpenOffice.org) for more information on the Quickstart icon.
  • Press Control+'N on the keyboard.
  • Use File > Wizards for some types of documents. (See Figure 11.)
Figure 11. Creating a file using a Wizard.
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