such as display of toolbars, web layout, print layout, navigator etc. Insert – The Insert menu contains options for inserting various elements such as pictures, tables, charts, comments, headers, footers, special characters etc. Format – The Format menu contains options of various text and page formatting features like page size, layout, font characteristics, bullets and numbering etc. Tables – The Tables menu contains various tools to manage and manipulate tables such to create a table, insert rows, insert columns, split cells, merge cells etc.
Tools – The Tools menu contains various tools and functions such as spell check, macros, mail merge, end notes/footnotes etc. Window – The window menu shows display options such as New Window, Close Windows, Split and Freeze. Help – The Help menu displays the inbuilt help features available in OpenOffice. Toolbar: Under the menu bar, there are two toolbars available by default.
They are: ( ) Standard Toolbar ( ) Formatting Toolbar Standard Toolbar– This tool bar is just below the menu bar which consists of shortcut icons for frequently performed tasks. There are many shortcut icons like cut, copy, paste, undo etc…(Refer figure . ) Figure . –Standard Tool bar Formatting Toolbar– The formatting tool bar is below the standard toolbar which consists of icons used for formatting the text like bold, underline, italics, font type, font color etc.
(Refer figure . ) Figure . - Formatting toolbar Ruler The ruler is a scale below the formatting tool bar which shows the margins.There are two set of rulers ( ) Horizontal ruler and ( ) Vertical ruler. Horizontal ruler is used to set left and right margins of a page and vertical ruler for top and bottom setting.
Figure . - Ruler Work Space The work space is the blank area which is used to type the content of the file.A flashing vertical bar that appears at the beginning of the screen which is called as “Insertion pointer”. Status Bar The status bar is at the bottom of the window which shows the current status of the document such as number of pages, current page number, default language etc. .