Transcript Introducing a New Product

Lecture 9:
Default Settings in Open Office
Temple College
English Department
Step One
If you have not already downloaded Open Office,
go to www.openoffice.org, download the
software, and then return to this lecture.
If you are ready to continue, press the Esc key to
advance this presentation one slide at a time, so
you can toggle back and forth between Open
Office and this presentation.
Step Two
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Click on text document
Step Three
Click on Tools, and then Options
Step Four
Double click on Load/Save to expand the tree
Step Five
Click on General, set the “Always Save As”
drop down menu to “Microsoft Word
97/2000/XP,”and then click OK
Step Six
All your documents will now automatically
save as DOC files, which will allow you to
view my comments on your papers
Step Seven
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Tap the F11 key to bring up the Styles Display
Step Eight
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Right click on default; left click on modify
Step Nine
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In the paragraph style dialog box that is now open, select the tab
labeled Indents & Spacing, set line spacing to double, check the first
line automatic box, and then click OK.
Step Ten
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Click on Font, and change the settings to Times New
Roman, Regular, 12 pt; click OK
Step Eleven
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Save the document as a template file somewhere
convenient.
Step Twelve:
We are ready to import the template into
Open Office's Template Repository
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Click file, new, templates and documents
Step Thirteen
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In the Templates and Documents dialog box,
click the Organize button.
Step Fourteen
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On the Template Management dialog box,
right click on the My Templates folder
Step Fifteen
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Click on Import Template
Step Sixteen
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Use the file chooser dialog box to open the
template you just created.
Step Seventeen
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Click on the My Templates folder on the
Template Management dialog box.
Step Eighteen
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Right click on the Template you just
imported and select Set as Default Template
Default Settings are Now Set
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Now, whenever you create a new text
document, Open Office will use that
template, and the formatting will be in place.
You can try it now.