LibreOffice Writer Powerful Free Word Processing Alternative

LibreOffice Writer Powerful Free Word Processing Alternative, available at $39.99, has an average rating of 4.4, with 51 lectures, based on 31 reviews, and has 121 subscribers.

You will learn about Utilize the free LibreOffice Writer word processing software to create a variety of documents. Insert images, tables, format text, create and apply styles, use the spelling and grammar checkers, and much more! This course is ideal for individuals who are If you're looking for a free, full-featured word processing program, check out LibreOffice Writer. You'll learn skills from basic to intermediate in this course. It is particularly useful for If you're looking for a free, full-featured word processing program, check out LibreOffice Writer. You'll learn skills from basic to intermediate in this course.

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Title: LibreOffice Writer Powerful Free Word Processing Alternative

Price: $39.99

Average Rating: 4.4

Number of Lectures: 51

Number of Published Lectures: 51

Number of Curriculum Items: 51

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 51

Original Price: $19.99

Quality Status: approved

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What You Will Learn

Utilize the free LibreOffice Writer word processing software to create a variety of documents.
Insert images, tables, format text, create and apply styles, use the spelling and grammar checkers, and much more!

Who Should Attend

If you're looking for a free, full-featured word processing program, check out LibreOffice Writer. You'll learn skills from basic to intermediate in this course.

Target Audiences

If you're looking for a free, full-featured word processing program, check out LibreOffice Writer. You'll learn skills from basic to intermediate in this course.

Nearly everyone that uses a computer has a need for word processing software at some point. Why pay for expensive software when there’s a full-featured, free alternative? The LibreOffice suite contains programs for word processing, database, spreadsheet, and presentations. This course focuses solely on the word processing component, Writer.

While Writer is a powerful and capable word processor, the documentation for using it is sketchy at best. In this course, I explain how to use the most common features so you don’t have to wade through the confusing manual.

I’m the author of the Sonrise Stable series of horse books for children. LibreOffice Writer is one program that I use in my workflow for creating those books. I’m a member of an online writers group. I save my files from LibreOffice Writer in Microsoft Word’s docx format and submit them to the group for critiquing. I’m also able to read files from group members who are using Word. The exchange works flawlessly with LibreOffice Writer.

For most operations, the software is quite intuitive and easy to use. Development is active and ongoing. As new features are added to the program, I’ll expand the course by adding videos covering those changes.

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction

Lecture 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Installing the Software

Lecture 1: Install Libreoffice on Windows

Lecture 2: Install Libreoffice on a Mac

Lecture 3: Using Libreoffice on the Raspberry Pi

Chapter 3: Word Processing Basics

Lecture 1: LibreOffice Writer Overview

Lecture 2: Create, Open, and Save Files; File Formats

Lecture 3: Cut, Copy, Paste; Paste Unformatted Text

Lecture 4: Applying Direct (Manual) Formatting to Text

Lecture 5: Using Find, Find & Replace; Repositioning Toolbars

Lecture 6: Find & Replace, Change Character Case; Straight vs. Curly Quotation Marks

Chapter 4: Creating Lists

Lecture 1: Bulleted & Numbered Lists

Lecture 2: List Practice – Creating an Essay Outline

Chapter 5: Heading Styles

Lecture 1: Applying and Updating Heading Styles

Lecture 2: The Navigator Panel and Headings

Chapter 6: Working With Images

Lecture 1: Insert an Image, Linked vs Embedded Images

Lecture 2: Resizing & Moving Images, Insert by Drag & Drop and Copy & Paste

Lecture 3: Image Anchors and Text Wrapping

Lecture 4: Contour Wrapping an Image

Lecture 5: Image Right-click Menu & Properties Dialog

Lecture 6: Image Filter Effects

Chapter 7: Mid Course Recap

Lecture 1: Practice Previous Concepts by Formatting the Hymns Document

Lecture 2: Mid Course Recap pt. 2

Chapter 8: Graphics and FontWorks

Lecture 1: Introduction to Shapes

Lecture 2: Shape Text and Connectors

Lecture 3: Gallery Graphics

Lecture 4: Fontworks pt. 1

Lecture 5: Fontworks pt. 2

Chapter 9: Printing, Updating the Software, Format Painter

Lecture 1: Printing a Document

Lecture 2: Updating LibreOffice

Lecture 3: Format Painter, Clone Formatting

Chapter 10: Working With Styles

Lecture 1: Introduction to Styles

Lecture 2: Styles Hierarchy

Lecture 3: Editing Styles

Lecture 4: Applying Styles

Lecture 5: Creating Custom Styles

Lecture 6: Image Styles

Chapter 11: Page Numbering and References

Lecture 1: Page Numbering

Lecture 2: Headers

Lecture 3: Footnotes and Endnotes

Lecture 4: Auto Chapter Numbering

Lecture 5: Adding a Table of Contents

Lecture 6: Adding an Index

Chapter 12: Tables, Boxes, and Frames

Lecture 1: Inserting Text Boxes

Lecture 2: Working With Frames

Lecture 3: Creating and Formatting a Table

Chapter 13: Spelling, Grammar, and Collaboration

Lecture 1: Spellchecking, Grammar, Thesaurus

Lecture 2: Tracking Changes

Lecture 3: Wizards and Templates

Lecture 4: File Versions and Properties

Chapter 14: Options, Customization, and Experimental Features

Lecture 1: Options and Toolbar/Menu Customization

Lecture 2: Experimental Features

Instructors

Vicki Watson
Computer Instructor, Web Developer, Author

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