
Chapter 9: Advanced Techniques
Chapter 9: Advanced Techniques
This contains topics of interest to advanced users of OpenOffice.org including information on
revision marking function (redlining) in Writer and Calc.
Copying and Moving Data Using Drag and Drop
The easiest and often most intuitive way to copy and move data in OpenOffice.org is by
dragging and dropping with the mouse.
Dragging and Dropping Within a OpenOffice.org Document
There are many options for moving or copying objects using drag and drop. Selected text,
text areas, draw objects, graphics, buttons and other form functions, hyperlinks, table areas
and many more can be moved with the mouse.
Pay attention when dragging using the mouse pointer. The mouse pointer shows a plus sign
when copying and an arrow when making a link or hyperlink.
Mouse Pointer Shape Description
Moving
Copying
Creating a link
Pressing Ctrl or Shift+Ctrl when releasing the mouse button, usually influences
whether the item is copied, moved, or a link is created. Drag objects out of the Navigator; in
the submenu of the Drag Mode icon, specify whether to copy the object, insert it as a link or
insert it as a hyperlink. Drag and drop operations in OpenOffice.org can be cancelled at any
time by pressing the Esc key before releasing the mouse button.
Inserting Objects From the Gallery
Objects can be inserted in a document as either a copy or as a link. A copy of an object is
independent of the original object. Changes to the original object have no effect on the copy.
Links, on the other hand, remain dependent on the original object; thus, changes to the
original object are also reflected in the link.
Inserting an object as a copy
• Open the Gallery.
• Choose a theme from the left area.
• Select the object by a single click.
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