I’ve just stumbled across a new guide to help writers and professionals get the most from WRITER, the free word processor component in the Open Office Suite. Here’s the publisher’s description:
While Writer is a capable word processor, figuring out its advanced features can be a daunting prospect. This book is here to help you – and in a different manner than you would expect. Instead of wasting your time on describing Writer’s features, the book deals with the tasks that are important for writers and professional users alike: designing a book template, getting to grips with Writer’s advanced features, working with bibliographies, digitally signing documents, and mastering other useful applications. The book also provides an introduction to OOoBasic and guides you through the process of creating simple yet useful macros.
Because Writer offers some features very important to authors who might pursue self-publication [such as saving files as PDF], this 154-page, 6×9 manual promises to be quite helpful. It’s available from POD publisher Lulu, either in print [$16.36] or as a download [$8.75].
The Lulu website allows one to “preview” the book. A look at the Table of Contents provides a full understanding of all the topics and tricks covered. Emphasis appears to be on techniques important to writers of books, as opposed to short articles. For example, how to create a hyperlinked table of contents and how to utilize a free bibliography manager are important subjects for many of us working in long works.
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