Getting Started with LibreOffice Writer

LibreOffice Writer is a free & open document editor developed by The Document Foundation. Join me as I walk through some of its basic functions!

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[scottjones]

Thank you so much. You are a great teacher. I'm 62 years old so learning this stuff is difficult for me. You made it very understandable.

[virtualinfinity]

Incredible content. Since I switched from engineering to management, I unfortunately come across a lot of docx and odt. I never bothered to learn writer, impress or calc really and more or less fooled around doing changes in documents. This quick rundown is perfect to quickly show me the way around. All it takes now is to practice a bit on upcoming documents until I grow the proper routine.
Quick rundowns can - if done properly - save a lot of time in learning. And this one is incredibly well done. Thanks a lot and thumps up from a happy viewer.

[sadegur]

Thank you ...wow...that's alot of info... my girlfriend just lost her Word app and rather that spend $$$ we installed Libre Office ... I had no idea how much there was to this software. Thank you.

[hammartyme]

I have been trying to figure out wtf I'm supposed to do trying to make a tcg card on a browser and this is so much clearer than a browser. Thank you this is a lifesaver

[chrisstubbs]

Thanks. This was easy to follow. You completely took away my fear of the unknown. I will be back for more on this channel.

[zerofnine]

You are the wizard! Thanks! All I needed was how to access the experimental features / other features! And I totally agree with you about the Office 2007 ribbon and I'm going to be trying that out, . Thanks for this!

[staninjapan]

You did a great job there!
You covered a goodly amount of stuff in quite a short time.
I have just switched from W7 to Mint 20, so I have just switched from Office to Libre Office, and I find there are a few more formatting discrepencies than you have reported finding, but no big deal.
I often save what I make as a PDF before I share it anyway, so it's not a show-stopper.
Thanks.

[SEASCAT]

Thank you so much! I've tried to watch several other tutorials and they always go way too fast. I know some of it, don't need to go back too far, but what I don't know needs explaining slowly and clearly. I'm an old person. I'm trying to get books published. One thing I couldn't do was get page numbers entered and in order. They were all jumbled up! I'll also need to put the author's name in a header on one page and the title of the book in a header on opposite page.

[torspedia]

I really need to start making fuller use of the various different features in LibreOffice, as there’s a lot more to it than I realised!

[whomadethatsaltysoup]

Thank you very much for the excellent tutorial. I've been away from my WP for a number of years and have become rather rusty! Indeed, the last version of Libreoffice I used started with 5. Your easy, informative style certainly blasted through quite a lot of the functions. You have a new subscriber! I'll look forward to checking out your other tuts.

Anyhow, Like so many other baby-boomers, I started with Wordperfect - blue screen, no mouse, no menu - and then moved on to use MS Word along with the rest of the world.
I actually bought the 2003 student version and used it until it was no longer supported. That's when I switched to Open Office. Frankly, I couldn't really see much difference in use - apart from the regular glitches regarding MS Word compatibility.

With Libreoffice now in version 7, the compatibility issues seem to have gone away, and the application looks very polished.

Once again, much obliged!

[jssr]

How did you get that dark theme? I loved it.

[johandewet]

Dear Jaco.
My laptop was stolen in an armed robbery. I live in South Africa you know and this kind of happening is the national sport - unfortunately. I am busy with a novel in Afrikaans. I used to Microsoft, but could buy it due financial constrains. I downloaded Libre. The reviews are good in general so I decided to use it. I am 57 and have very limited computer literacy.


Afrikaans are a Germanic language, hence a lot of punctuation are alike. I opened the symbols on the toolbar but non of the needed symbols are available. What do I do to go to an advanced symbols to fit the needs, or is that what Libre offers? I also went to Google to use the Alt alternative. For example "Alt 0232" will give me an 'e' with a umlaut (e with an accent).


Please be to my assistance and advise me.

[corriewilliams]

Thank you for this, it takes a step out of my workflow when I use Scrivener. It means I don't have to open the compiled document in LibreOffice to get the bibliography list, then open it in Word to send it off to my co-authors.

[fcey]

Thank you so much. Incredible content and you are a good teacher.

[captainkeyboard]

I have an impression that LibreOffice Writer works as well as Microsoft Word. Last year, I upgraded from Microsoft Word 2019 to Microsoft Word 2021, the Microsoft Office 2021 suite. The menus in Writer are very good. I enjoy the way you work with the various features and controls in the application program. Your show was excellent. I hope to watch you teach Calc.

[Aalhad]

Even after years this is so useful, I wish I could go back then in time and relive all these years again having my present consciousness

[noahriding]

I like libreoffice. I use it. I've also been able to use language writing functions that aren't in English. So it works well. You mentioned something about this in the beginning with someone having trouble with it.

[ebeaulieu]

You are the SAVANT of office software. I downloaded Libre because of not wanting to deal with Microsoft Office and monthly charges and whatever else Microsoft throws at you. Besides I only need to write a letter occasionally or open something. Now I need to duplicate what you did to help get it through my thick skull.

[SecTechie]

When I write e-books, can I somehow make it so that the pages run from left to right instead of vertically? Thanks. Great video.

[treborschafer]

I have been using this for a while, so I know most of what I needed to, but this was helpful. Would have saved me a bit of a learning curve if I had watched it to begin with, but I never do things the easy way.