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Different ways of creating a new document:
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You can create a new, blank document in OOo in several ways. If you already have a document open, the new document appears in a new window.
  
 
* Use '''File > New''' and choose the type of 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.
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* Use the arrow next to the '''New''' button on the main toolbar. A menu of choices drops down; select the type of document to be created.
  
[[Image:New-menu.png|thumb|none|500px|Figure 10. The New menu from the toolbar.]]
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[[Image:New-menu.png|thumb|none|500px|''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.
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* 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 [[Documentation/OOoAuthors User Manual/Getting Started/Starting OpenOffice.org|Chapter 2]] (Starting OpenOffice.org) for more information on the Quickstart icon.
 
* Press ''Control+'N'' on the keyboard.
 
* Press ''Control+'N'' on the keyboard.
* Use '''File > Wizards''' for some types of documents. (See Figure 11.)
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* Use '''File > Wizards''' for some types of documents.
  
[[Image:Wizards.png|thumb|none|500px|Figure 11. Creating a file using a Wizard.]]
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[[Image:Wizards.png|thumb|none|500px|''Creating a file using a Wizard.'']]
  
 
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Latest revision as of 02:52, 25 May 2008



You can create a new, blank document in OOo in several ways. If you already have a document open, the new document appears in a new window.

  • 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 drops down; select the type of document to be created.
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.
Creating a file using a Wizard.
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