A technically well-formed text is more pleasant to read (we are not talking about literacy from the point of view of the Russian language). By this concept, I mean not only the uniformity of fonts, line spacing, paragraphs, and so on. text formatting options. This also includes correct quotes (the so-called Christmas trees); hyphenation according to the rules of the Russian language; using an em dash where an em dash should be; figures and numbers are inextricably linked with the next word, etc. If you use LibreOffice and want to improve your typing literacy, the following tips will come in handy.
Non-breaking space- Ctrl+Shift+Space (before that, you need to select a space between words)
If in the text a number or a number is at the end of a line, and the next word goes to the next line, you need to put a non-breaking space that will not allow this bunch to fall apart. This is also true for any pair of words if you want them to be on the same line.
Non-breaking hyphen- Ctrl+Shift+minus sign
If a hyphen is used in a word, the second part of the word may go to another line. A non-breaking hyphen fixes this problem.
Forced transfer- Ctrl+minus sign
Note that a wrap will only occur if there is enough space for it (usually wrapping is used for words at the beginning of lines).
Em dash- "Tools > AutoCorrect Options > Options > Replace hyphens with dashes"
In Russian, there are only hyphens, dashes and a minus sign. Therefore, if in the text a dash is separated by spaces on both sides, this is a dash. If autocorrect did not work, enter an em dash like this: hold down the Alt key, press 0151 on the numeric keypad, press Alt. This method works in all programs, not just LibreOffice.
Christmas tree quotes- "Tools > AutoCorrect Options > National > Double Quotes > Select Required"
Herringbone quotes can also be entered using the numeric keypad: Alt+0171 and Alt+0187. Other quotes are entered like this: Alt+0147 and Alt+0148.
- There are versions openoffice and under the operating system linux, and under Windows (other operating systems are also supported - 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 texts. 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 suites.
In this brief introduction, of course, we will not be able to describe all the rich possibilities openoffice. We will provide a guide only for installing the system, as well as basic actions in a word processor and HTML file editor. Information about the work of the rest openoffice available in the help system (though in English).
Much work in openoffice 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 won't cause you much trouble.
launch openoffice
Running components openoffice made from the menu openoffice in KDE or Gnome:
- word processor Writer triggered by item "Text Document";
- The HTML editor is launched with the item "HTML document";
- Spreadsheet system Calc triggered by item "Spreadsheet Document";
- Presentation preparation system impress triggered by item "Presentation";
- Picture editor Draw triggered by item "Picture";
- Formula Editor Math triggered by item "Formula".
Immediately after the first launch, some additional settings should be made to work correctly with the Russian language.
Installation and initial setup openoffice
Initial package installation openoffice made 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 the menu 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 should 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 a lot of settings related to the operation of various components. openoffice. However, we will describe only the settings that must be made for the correct operation of the system with the Russian language.
On the left side of the window, select "Language settings". The sub-item tree will open. Select "Linguistics".
In the upper right part of the window, the item should be selected. , and there should be a check mark next to it. If this is not the case, turn on the "tick" with a mouse click. Click on the button "Editing..." at the top right of the window. A window will appear "Editing Modules" \.
The language field must be selected "Russian"; if it is not, make a selection with a mouse click. Then turn on the "tick" in front of the paragraph "OpenOffice MySpell SpellChecker".
In addition to Russian, you can enable spell checking for Ukrainian, German and French in the same way. For English, it is included by default. After turning on the spell checker for the languages you need, click the button "Close". Window "Editing Modules" will close. You will return to setting parameters openoffice. Select an item on the left side of the window. The sub-item tree will open. Select "HTML Compatibility".
In field "Sign set" select the encoding in which you want to save HTML files.
The standard encoding for the web is "Cyrillic (KOI8-R)". Select an item "Text Document" on the left side of the window. The sub-item tree will open. Select "Basic Fonts".
Here you need to select the fonts used for different types of text. It is necessary to specify the fonts installed in the system and correctly supporting the Russian language - for example, Helvetica. When finished setting the parameters, press the button OK at the bottom of the window. Now you can work with the office software package openoffice.
Text editor/processor Writer
Basic text editing functions
Working with Basic Functions Writer- entering text, moving through text, selecting a block, cutting, copying or pasting it - is almost the same as working in any of the well-known word processors with a graphical interface (for example, for Windows or Macintosh).
View modes
AT Open Office Writer There are two modes for viewing and editing text on the screen - "page layout" and "markup online". When using page markup, the page is displayed on the screen in the same form in which it should be printed. If it is installed "markup online", the text is shown without pagination and with the width of the entire window Writer- i.e. the way text is normally displayed in web browsers. Mode "markup online" it is convenient when preparing documents distributed in electronic form, as well as when writing large texts. Switching between modes "page layout" and "markup online" made in the main menu - item "View", then "Markup online". In addition, on the panel located to the left of the text, there is an icon that allows you to switch the view mode.
Scale
Writer allows you to set the scale (zoom) of text viewing in percent. 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 the item "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 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 during typing (underlining words with errors) and when calling the check function. To enable or disable underlining of misspelled words, select the item in the main menu "Service", then "Spelling", "auto-check".
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 with the correct options, as well as the option "Add". To check the spelling of the entire 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 specify whether this word should be corrected (you can choose one of the options offered by the system or enter your own), replace it with the selected option in the entire text, skip it (leaving it unchanged) or skip it in the entire text. Button "Add" allows you to add the given word to the dictionary.
Word completion
Interesting feature Open Office 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 work, 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 turn it off. If the system often offers 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 turn off auto-completion, click to uncheck the checkbox in the paragraph "Complete 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, Open Office Writer allows you to search in the text and replace the found sequence of characters with another one. To search or replace, select the item in the main menu "Edit", then "Find and Replace...", or press the keys. The Find and Replace window will appear.
In it, you can enter the character string to be found, and, if necessary, another one to replace it with. Button "Find" finds the given string. Button "Replace" replaces the found string with a new one and finds where this string 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 in the entire text, use the button "Replace All".
Basic text formatting
As with most well-known word processors, text formatting in Writer produced separately by characters and by paragraphs. Character format includes font, size, underline/italics, etc.; to the paragraph format - indents (horizontal and vertical), alignment, etc.
Character formatting
To change the format of characters (letters), select these characters. If you specify a character format change without selecting characters, it will apply to the characters you enter immediately after (without moving the cursor).
The simplest change in formatting - enabling/disabling bold text, italics and underlining - is done by clicking on the corresponding buttons on the toolbar ([W], [K], [H]). To change the font, you can select it from the list 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 in the upper part of the window, you can configure all possible formatting options related to characters. It is important that the language of the text is also set in this window. AT Open Office Writer language is a property of a sign. The spell check of each word is done 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. Alignment is changed by clicking on the corresponding buttons on the toolbar.
For more complex formatting of a paragraph, select the item in the main menu "Format", then "Paragraph". A window will appear "Paragraph" .
In this window, by switching the items in the upper part of the window, you can set 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 (paragraph "Numbering").
Formatting text with styles
Like many common office word processors, Open Office Writer allows you to format text using styles. The main type of styles are paragraph styles.
The paragraph style determines the formatting of both the paragraph itself (indentation, etc.) and the formatting of the characters in the paragraph (font, size, etc.).
If a paragraph is formatted with a style, changing the style automatically changes the formatting of the paragraph. This is the first benefit of using styles. For example, if you want to change the font and size of all the headings in your text, without styling, you would have to make changes to each heading separately. But if all headings are formatted with styles "Heading 1", "Heading 2" etc., it is enough to change only these styles.
In addition, paragraph styles allow you to make logical markup of text, 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 headings highlighted with styles "Heading 1", "Heading 2" etc. Writer can automatically generate a table of contents of the text, specifying paragraphs with these styles as section titles. There is also the possibility of automatic numbering of sections.
In addition to paragraph styles, character styles are supported. A character style determines the formatting of characters without affecting the formatting of paragraphs. Character styles are convenient to use, for example, to highlight quotes in a 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 displayed.
Applying Styles
To specify the formatting style of a paragraph, place the cursor on this paragraph, and then select the desired style by clicking in the window "Stylist" . (If the cursor is on an empty paragraph, the style will still be assigned, and the text that follows will be formatted with 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, 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 this section, and then click in the window "Stylist" specify the desired style. If you specify a character style without selection, it will apply to the characters you enter immediately after (without moving the cursor). To switch window "Stylist" back to the paragraph style list mode, you should select the icon with a letter similar to [P] in this window.
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 changes, 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 with (when entering text), if the previous paragraph is formatted with this style. So, the heading style is usually set to the following style "Main text"; this allows you to immediately enter text after entering the title, without wasting time choosing a style. To create a new style, right-click in the window "Stylist" and select from the menu that appears "Create". The 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 in the usual way, and then automatically create a style with exactly this formatting. To do this, after formatting the paragraph, click in the window "Stylist" the 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 the previously created style. To do this, select a style in the window "Stylist" click, then press the right mouse button and select the item from 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 and footer (i.e. lines at the top and bottom of the page) and other page formatting properties. Moreover, for different pages, you can set different formatting using page styles.
Setting the page format
To set the page format, include a header or footer, etc., call the main menu item "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)
- Pagination style - Arabic numerals, Roman numerals, etc. Paragraph "Page", field "Markup Settings" - "Format";
- Header and footer inclusion and indentation - paragraphs "Page header" and "Footer". In particular, in any of these items, you can turn off the "tick" ; this will create different headers and footers for even and odd pages.;
- Inclusion and view of the frame around the page - item "Framing";
- Formatting text on a page into multiple columns "Columns".
After setting the desired page format, click the button "OK".
Pagination
To enable page numbering, you must first enable the required header or footer (header or footer). By turning on the header, you can edit it (in the text view mode "Page layout") as plain text.
With the cursor in the header, select the item in the main menu "Insert", then "Field", then "Page number". The page number will appear. 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) with the corresponding button on the toolbar Writer.
If the number should be located differently on the even and odd page, in the page style editing window, disable the “tick” for the header and footer in which the page number is located "Same content left/right". After that, arrange the number as needed in the header on one even and one odd page.
Page styles
In many cases, you want to provide different formatting for different pages - for example, turn off the page number for the cover page.
Open Office Writer allows you to set completely independent formatting for different pages - up to a different sheet size. For this, page styles are used. (Using page styles is a fairly complex operation that is beyond the scope of this quickstart.)
Working with text chapters
If chapter headings are marked with row styles "Header", with the level of headings reflected in the use of styles (i.e., for example, top-level sections use "Heading 1", for subsections - "Heading 2" etc.), Open Office Writer allows you to automatically number chapters, as well as 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 set the chapter numbering. The right part of the window shows an example of numbering in the form that is currently configured. You can find the numbering option you want by trying different settings and watching the example change.
Table of contents generation
To automatically create a table of contents, position 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 "Pointers...". A window will appear "Insert Pointer"
In this window, you can insert various indexes, but the initially proposed option is just the table of contents. In field "Rate to Level" You can specify which level headings to include in the table of contents.
For example, a value of 3 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.
Inserting pictures
Open Office Writer allows you to insert pictures (taken from files) into the text and specify their location, as well as whether they will be “wrapped around” by text. To insert a picture into text, select the item in the main menu. "Insert", then "Picture", then "From a file..." A window for inserting a picture from a file will appear.
Here you can select the desired file.
When selecting a file with a mouse click (if the checkbox is enabled) "View") it is previewed in the right part of the window. To insert the selected picture into text, click the button "Open".
By clicking on the picture with the right mouse button, you can call up the picture settings menu. Using this menu, you can set, among others:
- How the figure will be placed in the text (paragraph "Binding") - at a fixed position in relation to the page, to a certain paragraph, to a certain character, or as a character. 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
Open Office 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 with the same name. If it has not yet been saved, a window for choosing the name and format of the saved file will appear.
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". The file will then be written to disk.
Saving a file with 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 \fig.ris23) and you can specify a new file name and format.
Reading a file
In this window, you can find the desired directory and select the file you want to open in it. After selecting the desired file by clicking on the button "Open". Writer reads the file and, if the reading was successful, you will be able to view and edit the contents of this file.
HTML Editing
Editing HTML files (format for WWW pages) in openoffice very similar to editing texts in Open Office Writer. (In fact, editing HTML is done exactly Writer operating in a special mode). This allows you to create WWW pages without special training, as well as easily convert text documents into WWW pages. You can use almost all the techniques described above for editing HTML documents to edit 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. For correct formatting of HTML documents, you should use the special paragraph styles that are automatically offered in the window. "Stylist" when editing such a document.
Style body text "Main text", for headings - group styles "Header", for quotes - "Quote" etc. You can specify the alignment of paragraphs, as well as highlight sections of text in bold, italic, or underline. But changing the font is very undesirable - this can lead to difficulties for some users when viewing your page.
Link building
As you know, an important element of HTML is the ability to create links (hyperlinks) to other documents.
In this window, specify the document to which the link is made, as well as the text of the link. The text of the link is indicated in the field "Text". The method of specifying the document to which the link is made is switched in the left part of the window.
When choosing an item « » it is possible to enter a link to a document on the Internet in full format (URL). Paragraph "Letters and Messages" allows you to describe a link to an email address (mailto) or a newsgroup usenet(news). Selecting an item "Document", you can insert a link to an existing document on disk. It should be noted that although in the field "Path" the full path to the document is indicated, in reality, if the documents are in the same directory, a link is created only to the name of the document - therefore, if both files are transferred to the Internet, the link continues to work.
Finally, point "New document" allows you to create a link to a document that has not yet been created on disk. The system provides the ability 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 (paragraph "edit later"). It is important to correctly select the file type from the list (for example, "HTML document") instead of just specifying the full filename. When the data for the link 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 \figris25), 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 images are not saved as part of HTML files. Therefore, when transferring 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 in different directories, the pictures may disappear from the document. To prevent this from happening, it's best to keep any pictures you insert into a 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 mistake in openoffice, and the disadvantage of such files is that they do not specify or incorrectly specify the encoding of Russian letters. 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.
HTML Source Editing
openoffice allows you to switch from editing the content of an HTML document in visual mode (that is, in the form in which it will be visible in a web browser) to working with HTML source text. This can be useful in a number of cases where you need to check and correct the HTML text itself. To enable or disable the HTML source text editing mode, select the item in the main menu "View", then "HTML Source".
Creating WWW Pages with Autopilot
openoffice contains "Autopilot WWW-pages", which allows you to create a standard and fairly 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 autopilot" .
By choosing the field values, you can immediately see on the screen how the created page will look. After selecting the desired view, press the button "Ready". You will be able to edit an HTML document that immediately has the desired appearance. Now it is enough to fill it with information.
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Every person who works more or less with texts is familiar with a word processor or an application designed to create, edit and view text documents - Microsoft Word or Word. In English it means "word". After installing the Microsoft Office software package in Word, when printing quotes on the Russian keyboard layout (pressing the "2" key while holding down the "Shift" key), it may not be printed french quotes, which bear the name Christmas tree quotes, and English double quotes (they are also called straight), which look like this: "quotes". English quotes are printed in almost any text editor and browsers, unless, of course, you use special keyboard shortcuts, which I will discuss below. But how to print text using Christmas tree quotes in Word?
Christmas tree quotes in Microsoft Word 2010-2013
So that when typing in Russian in Word only quotation marks-Christmas trees are printed, you need to make small changes to the Word settings. If you have Word version 2010 or 2013 installed, launch it and click on the "File" tab in the upper left corner of the window with the left mouse button.
In the window that appears, select the "Options" item by clicking the left mouse button. 
The Microsoft Word options window will open, in which you need to select the "Spelling" menu item in the left column. Then click the AutoCorrect Options button. 
After that, another small window will open, where autocorrect parameters are set. Here you need to go to the tab "Autoformat as you type" and check the box "straight" quotes "paired"". 
Then go to the "AutoFormat" tab and do the same - check the box ""straight" quotes "paired"". To confirm the changes made to the Word autocorrect parameters, click the "OK" button. 
The Word program options window must be closed by clicking the "OK" button. 
Nothing complicated, agree. Now, when typing quotation marks in the text in Russian, Christmas tree quotation marks or French quotation marks will be printed.
Christmas tree quotes in Microsoft Word 2003
If you have Microsoft Word version 2003 installed, the AutoCorrect setup process will remain the same. The only difference will be in how the Word autocorrect options window is called. Run the program, then left-click on the "Tools" menu item located in the top center. Then, from the drop-down list of all services, select "AutoCorrect Options". 
A small settings window will open with the autocorrect parameter, in which, as in Word versions 2010-2013, you need to go to the "Autoformat as you type" tab. Here, check the box "straight" quotes "paired"". 
Now you need to open the "AutoFormat" tab and check the box next to the item "straight" quotes "paired"". After that, confirm the changes made to the Microsoft Word 2003 AutoCorrect settings by clicking the "OK" button. This completes the Word setup in Windows 7. 
Christmas tree quotes in Microsoft Word 2007
For Microsoft Word version 2007, the principle of setting AutoCorrect options remains the same. Launch Word and click on the four-color Microsoft icon in the upper left corner of the window with the left mouse button. A list of menu items will drop out, where you will need to click on the "Word Options" button. 
In the Word text editor settings window that appears, go to the "Spelling" menu item in the left column, and then click the "AutoCorrect Options" button. 
What to do next, you already guess. Go to the "AutoFormat As You Type" tab and check the ""straight" quotes "paired"" checkbox. 
The same changes to the AutoCorrect settings must be made on the AutoFormat tab. To confirm the changes made, press the OK button. 
Close the Word Options window by clicking the OK button. 
Christmas tree quotes in any text editor and browser
There are two ways to print Christmas tree quotes in other text editors or browsers. First, by simply copying these quotes from the already prepared text. But what if the text with an example of quotation marks-Christmas trees was not at hand? Everything is very simple. For the Windows 7 operating system, there is the following combination, when typing which exactly French quotes will be printed:
- for an opening French quotation mark, hold down the "Alt" key on the keyboard, type 0171 on the numeric keypad located on the right, then release the "Alt" key;
- For a closing French quotation mark, hold down the Alt key on your keyboard and type 0187 on the numeric keypad on the right, then release the Alt key.
This way you can print Christmas tree quotes where necessary. Any questions, if any, of course, ask in the comments to the article. Be with the computer on "you"!
Setting quotes in the text, it would seem that it is difficult, I pressed the appropriate keys, that's all. In principle, this is so, but what to do if "paired" quotes are set when typing, but the necessary ones are usually ""straight""?
I think each of you knows that the compilation of any document has its own formatting rules, which also apply even to harmless quotes. It would seem that there is nothing terrible if the text contains a quote of the wrong type, but no, very often there are situations when incorrectly formatted documents were sent for revision because of one unfortunate quote.
In the guide that you just started to get acquainted with, I will try to show you in detail how to set up and change the desired type of quotes in Microsoft Word, and of course in other programs where they need to be used in text.
What are the types of quotes?
As for the types of quotes, we can say that there are a lot of them, of different types and types. Here I will consider their most popular varieties, which are commonly used in our country.
- French quotation marks, usually called herringbone - have the following form "";
- Standard "straight" quotes;
- “English” quotation marks are one of the most popular quotation mark options when compiling various documents;
- "German" quotation marks, another variety that catches the eye more often than others;
- Also of English origin quotation marks but already in the form of 'single' quotation marks. Rarely used, but still sometimes you can find them.
In general, almost every country has its own version of this sign, but since they are not distributed with us, I think the list can be completed here and go directly to how to change the type of quotes, for example, from "herringbone" to straight lines, or vice versa.
Setting the right type of quotation marks in Microsoft Word
So, now let's consider a situation where you need to put straight lines instead of such "" quotes.
Open Microsoft Word and go to the item in the top menu, "" - "".
Now, on the right, select " Spelling", and on the left" autocorrect».
In the AutoCorrect window, click on the " Autoformat as you type” and uncheck the box “Replacing straight quotes with double quotes”.
As a result, we will get the following, when entering, only “straight” quotes will now be set. But keep in mind that in documents that were created earlier, all quotes will remain in the same form as they were set earlier.
If, on the contrary, you need to make a Christmas tree instead of straight lines, then go through the same points and check the box back, while not forgetting to save the changes.
This is clear, now let's deal with the English variants of quotes. If you suddenly need one of these types, I recommend using a character insert.
In order to get there, go to the tab "Insert" - "Symbols" - "Other Symbols".
For example, we did this for the opening quote, respectively, we assign another combination to the closing quote in the same way, for example, “Ctrl + 2”. after which we can put unusual quotes using the keys "Ctrl + 1 and 2".
How to change the look of quotes in Libreoffice
Perhaps this kind of office software is not as popular as Word, but everything here is easy to change the type of quotes.
Again, by default, the settings are set so that double quotes are used instead of straight quotes.
But what should we do if we want to change everything the other way around.
Go to "Tools" - "AutoCorrect" - "Parameters autocorrect ...".
In this window, go to the "National" tab, where just below there is a column of double quotes with the "Replace" item, which is ticked. By unchecking this box, you will turn off autocorrect quotes and get the desired result.
Accordingly, if you, on the contrary, want to get "double" quotes, check the box back and close the window, saving the changed parameters.
If the document's formatting rules require English or German quotation marks, we should proceed as follows.
Again, go to the autocorrect settings in the same “National” tab.
Further, leaving a checkmark to replace, click on the "Opening quote", a huge set of characters should appear, in which we find the appropriate one and select it, we do the same with the "Closing quote", while choosing, of course, the corresponding character of the closing English. or German. quotes.
Is it really easy? No need to bother with a bunch of keys, as it was in Microsoft Office.
Changing the type of quotes in non-office programs
Everything is clear with offices, but what if I need to change the type of quotes in another program that does not belong to the office suite but allows, for example, typing or something like that.
At one time, I myself faced such a problem. I found a program in which I typed articles for blog, but the time came when I needed change the quote type. At first, I didn't see a problem with this. I just went into settings and checked the box that would allow me to change the quotes.
But, it wasn’t there, continuing typing, I noticed that nothing had changed, of course I started checking the settings, you never know, maybe I accidentally removed the mark back, but no, everything was in place. It turns out that the item in the settings responsible for this was, but it simply did not work. I found a way out of this situation in the layouts of Ilya Birman.
All you need to do is download it and install it on your computer, and then using the example where which character is located, set the desired type of quotes. True, you need to do all this with the help of the right Alt key.
In principle, you can download all the explanations and directly the layout on Ilya's page. In general, everything is very convenient and simple, I recommend it, and most importantly, it's all free.
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By default, LibreOffice automatically corrects many common typos and applies formatting as you type. You can cancel any automatic changes immediately by pressing CTRL+Z.
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Automatic completion of text or number input
When creating an entry in a cell, LibreOffice Calc automatically suggests the corresponding entry found in the same column. This function is called auto input.
To enable or disable auto-input, check or uncheck the box: Tools - Cell content - Auto-input.
Automatic conversion to date format
LibreOffice Calc will automatically convert some entries to dates. For example, the entry 1.1 can be interpreted as January 1 of the current year, according to local operating system settings, and displayed in the date format applied to the cell.
To have the entry interpreted as text, add an apostrophe at the beginning of the entry. The apostrophe does not appear in the cell.
Replacing quotation marks with typographical quotation marks
Select . Go to the tab Localized Settings and uncheck Replace.
Cell content always starts with an uppercase character
Select Tools - AutoCorrect - Options. Go to the tab Options. Uncheck Start every sentence with a capital letter.
Replacing one word with another
Select Tools - AutoCorrect - Options. Go to the tab Replacement. Select the required pair of words and click the button Delete.
