Creating New Documents

There are three ways to create a new document.

• Using the shortcut keys, press (Ctrl)(N)
  
• Click the New icon


• Go to the File Menu and select New. You are given a choice as to what type of file you would like to create.
  
  
• Text Document
  Creates a new text document
  Spreadsheet
  Creates a new spreadsheet document
  Presentation
  Creates a new presentation document. The AutoPilot Presentation dialog will automatically appear if you have not already selected it.
  Drawing
  Creates a new drawing document.
  HTML Document
  Creates a new HTML document
  Master Document
  Creates a new master document
  Formula
  Creates a new formula document
  Labels
  A dialog for creating new Labels is called up. The templates are taken from text documents.
  Business Cards
  A dialog opens which is used to create new Business Cards. The template is a text document.
  Templates and documents
  Opens the Templates and documents dialog.
  
  

Opening Documents

There are three ways to open a document.

• Using the shortcut keys, press (Ctrl)(O).
  
• Click the Open File icon.


• Go to the File Menu and select Open.
  
  

*Note that with the menu command File - Open or the Open File icon you will open a dialog for opening documents of all types, whether OpenOffice.org documents or those in another format.

Saving Documents

There are three ways to save a document.

• Using the shortcut keys, press (Ctrl)(S).
  
• Click the Save Document icon.


• Go to the File Menu and select Save.
  
  

*When you save a new file for the first time, the Save As dialog opens, in which you can enter a name, folder and drive or volume for the file. To open this dialog, choose File - Save As.



Enter a file name.
Click Save.