<p class="Paragraph">This section contains a brief overview of the functionality and capabilities of <help:productname>%PRODUCTNAME</help:productname> Writer.</p>
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<p class="Head3">Writing</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:productname xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">%PRODUCTNAME</help:productname> Writer helps you to create all sorts of written documents. You can produce personal letters, <help:link Id="67649" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">form letters</help:link>, brochures, <help:link Id="68013" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">faxes</help:link>, and even professional manuals. <text:s text:c="" xmlns:text="http://openoffice.org/2000/text"/>Documents that you use often can be saved as <help:link Id="68342" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">templates</help:link>, for example, an invoice form. The <help:link Id="65853" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">spellcheck</help:link> and <help:link Id="68006" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">thesaurus</help:link> functions are at your disposal. If you want, you can have the <help:link Id="65781" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">AutoCorrect</help:link> and <help:link Id="67642" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">hyphenation</help:link> functions active as you type.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">There is no restriction to the length of a text document in <help:productname xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">%PRODUCTNAME</help:productname>. You can use the <help:link Id="67623" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Navigator</help:link> to move around easily and quickly within the document.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:productname xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">%PRODUCTNAME</help:productname> Writer comes with a variety of <help:link Id="67968" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">templates</help:link> for almost every purpose. You can also create your own using the AutoPilot.</p>
<p class="Head3">Designing and Structuring</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:productname xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">%PRODUCTNAME</help:productname> offers a wide variety of options to design documents. Use the <help:link Id="67624" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Stylist</help:link> to create, assign and modify styles for paragraphs, individual characters, frames and pages. In addition, the <help:link Id="67623" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Navigator</help:link> can help you create structured texts and also allows you to modify the structure, for instance, by shifting paragraphs from one position to another.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">Additionally, you can create various <help:link Id="67684" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">indexes and tables</help:link> in text documents. You can define the structure and appearance of the indexes and tables according to your individual needs. Live hyperlinks and bookmarks let you jump directly to the corresponding items in the text.</p>
<p class="Head3">Desktop Publishing with <help:productname xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">%PRODUCTNAME</help:productname> Writer</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:productname xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">%PRODUCTNAME</help:productname> Writer contains numerous functions to assist you in creating perfectly styled documents. Text can be formatted multi-columnar, and have <help:link Id="68054" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">text frames</help:link>, <help:link Id="67951" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">graphics</help:link>, <help:link Id="68125" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">tables</help:link>, etc. integrated into it. The text frames can be linked all over the place, even beyond page limits to create a newspaper format. Functions such as making lines register-true, flow of <help:link Id="67727" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">contours</help:link> through and around graphics, and defining of characters, paragraphs and tables in any color complement your tools to lend your documents a professional look.</p>
<p class="Head3">Calculations</p>
<p class="Paragraph">Text documents in <help:productname xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">%PRODUCTNAME</help:productname> have an integrated <help:link Id="67582" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">calculation function</help:link> that helps you execute sophisticated calculations or logical links. You can easily create a table in a text document in order to perform calculations.</p>
<p class="Head3">Creating Drawings</p>
<p class="Paragraph">A handy <help:link Id="66034" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">drawing tool</help:link> lets you create drawings, graphics, legends, etc. directly in text documents.</p>
<p class="Head3">Inserting Graphics</p>
<p class="Paragraph">You can insert pictures with <help:link Id="65614" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">different formats</help:link> into a text document, including graphics with a JPG or GIF format. The most common formats can be edited directly in a text document with the image editor. In addition, the <help:link Id="66207" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Gallery</help:link> provides a collection of clipart graphics organized by theme.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">The program interface is designed so that each user can configure it according to individual preferences. The various windows (Stylist, Navigator, etc.) can be positioned as floating windows anywhere on the screen and some can be <help:link Id="68052" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">docked</help:link> to an edge. Visible icons and menus can be customized as well.</p>
<p class="Head3">Drag&Drop</p>
<p class="Paragraph">The <help:link Id="67974" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">drag-and-drop</help:link> feature enables you to work even more quickly and efficiently with text documents in <help:productname xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">%PRODUCTNAME</help:productname>. For instance, you can drag graphics directly from the Gallery into an active document.</p>
<p class="Head3">Extensive Help Functions</p>
<p class="Paragraph">The program provides an extensive <help:link Id="68245" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Help function</help:link> which serves as a reference guide to the program elements in <help:productname xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">%PRODUCTNAME</help:productname> as well as includes a variety of <help:link Id="68230" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">instructions</help:link> for simple and complex tasks.</p>
