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Year (two digits)
Specify how two-digit years are interpreted. For example, if the two-digit year is set to 1930, and you enter a date of 1/1/30 or later into your document, the date is interpreted as 1/1/1930 or later. An "earlier" date is interpreted as being in the following century; that is, 1/1/20 is interpreted as 1/1/2020.
Year (two digits)
Specify how two-digit years are interpreted. For example, if the two-digit year is set to 1930, and you enter a date of 1/1/30 or later into your document, the date is interpreted as 1/1/1930 or later. An "earlier" date is interpreted as being in the following century; that is, 1/1/20 is interpreted as 1/1/2020.Help Agent
To turn off the Help Agent (OpenOffice.org's equivalent to Microsoft's Office Assistant), deselect Activate. If the Help Agent is active, you can specify how long it remains open before it is automatically closed. To restore the default Help Agent behavior, click Reset.OpenOffice.org Help formatting
To display Help in high contrast for accessibility, choose one of the highcontrast style sheets from the list.Open/Save dialogs
To use the standard Open and Save dialogs for your operating system, deselect the Use OpenOffice.org dialogs checkbox.Document status
Choose whether printing a document counts as changing the document. If this option is selected, then the next time you close the document after printing, the print date is recorded in the document properties as a change and you'll be prompted to save the document again, even if you didn't make any other changes.
Load user-specific settings with the document
When you save a document, certain settings are saved with the document. If you select this option, these document settings are overruled by the user-specific settings of the person who opens it. If you deselect this option, users' personal settings do not overrule the settings in the document.For example, your choice on the Options - Text Document - General dialog (Figure 1-13) of how to update links (Always, on Request, Never) is a userspecific setting that is affected by this option. Some settings (printer name, data source linked to the document) are always loaded with a document, whether or not this checkbox is selected.Edit document properties before saving
When you select this option, then the first time you save a new document (or whenever you use Save As), the Document Properties dialog pops up to prompt you to enter relevant information.
Figure 1-10: Choosing Load and Save optionsAutoSave
Note that AutoSave in OpenOffice.org overwrites the original file.Size optimization for XML format (no pretty printing)
OpenOffice.org documents are XML files. When you select this option, OOo writes the XML data without indents and line breaks; the resulting file size is smaller, and documents are saved and opened more quickly. If you want to read the XML files in a text editor in a structured form, deselect this option.
Update links when loading
Depending on your work patterns, you may not want links to be updated when you load a document. For example, if your file links to other files on a network, you won't want those links to update when you are not connected to the network.Update fields and charts automatically
You may not want fields or charts to update automatically when you are working because that slows down performance.
Figure 1-13: Choosing general options for text documentsCompatibility
Do you want your Writer documents to be compatible with Microsoft Word? If so, you may want to select some or all of these settings. Unlike some other options, the compatibility settings are valid only for the current document and thus must be defined separately for each document.
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| To find | Use this wildcard or expression | Examples and comments |
| Any single character | . | b.d finds "bad," "bud," "bid," and "bed." |
| Any string of characters | .* | b.*d finds "bad," "brand," and "board." |
| One of the specified characters | [] | b[iu]n finds "bin," and "bun." |
| Any single character in this range | [-] | [r-t]eed finds "reed," "seed," and "teed"; ranges must be in ascending order. |
| Any single character except the characters inside the brackets | [^] | p[^a]st finds "post" and "pest," but not "past." |
| The beginning of a word | \< | \<log finds "logbook" and "logistics," but not "catalog." |
| The end of a word | \> | log\> finds "catalog," but not "logistics." |
| A paragraph marker | $ | Does not work as a replacement character. Use \n instead. |
| A line break | \n | Finds a line break that was inserted with Shift+Enter. When used as a replacement character, it inserts a paragraph marker. |
| Portrait page (right page) | Landscape page (right page) | |||
| Top margin | 1.5 cm | Right margin | 2.5 cm | |
| Bottom margin | 1.5 cm | Left margin | 2.5 cm | |
| Left (inner) margin | 2.8 cm | Top margin | 2.8 cm | |
| Right (outer) margin | 1.8 cm | Bottom margin | 1.8 cm |
| Alt+Arrow keys | Changes the size of the column or row on the right or bottom cell edge |
| Alt+Shift+Arrow keys | Changes the size of the column or row on the left or top cell edge |
| Alt+Ctrl+Arrow keys | Like Alt, but only the active cell is modified |
| Alt+Ctrl+Shift+ Arrow keys | Like Alt+Shift, but only the active cell is modified |