Lecture 9: Default Settings in Open Office

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Lecture 9 Default Settings in Open Office

• Temple College
• English Department

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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.

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Step Two

• Click on text document

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Step Three

• Click on Tools, and then Options

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Step Four

• Double click on Load/Save to expand the tree

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Step Five

• Click on General, set the Always Save As drop
  down menu to Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP,and then
  click OK

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Step Six

• All your documents will now automatically save as
  DOC files, which will allow you to view my
  comments on your papers

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Step Seven

• Tap the F11 key to bring up the Styles Display

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Step Eight

• Right click on default left click on modify

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Step Nine

• 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.

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Step Ten

• Click on Font, and change the settings to Times
  New Roman, Regular, 12 pt click OK

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Step Eleven

• Save the document as a template file somewhere
  convenient.

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Step TwelveWe are ready to import the template
into Open Office's Template Repository

• Click file, new, templates and documents

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Step Thirteen

• In the Templates and Documents dialog box, click
  the Organize button.

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Step Fourteen

• On the Template Management dialog box, right
  click on the My Templates folder

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Step Fifteen

• Click on Import Template

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Step Sixteen

• Use the file chooser dialog box to open the
  template you just created.

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Step Seventeen

• Click on the My Templates folder on the Template
  Management dialog box.

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Step Eighteen

• Right click on the Template you just imported and
  select Set as Default Template

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Default Settings are Now Set

• 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.