You can customize OpenOffice.org to best suit your needs and working style. Toolbars, menus, and keyboard shortcuts can all be reconfigured to help you more quickly access the features you use the most. You can also assign macros to application events if you want specific actions to occur when those events take place. For example, if you always work with a specific spreadsheet, you can create a macro that opens the spreadsheet and assign the macro to the Start Application event.
This section contains simple, generic instructions for customizing your environment. The changes you make are effective immediately, so you can see if the changes are what you wanted and go back and modify them if they are not. See the OpenOffice.org help files for detailed instructions.
To access the customization dialog in any open OpenOffice.org module, select
+ .Procedure 1.1. Customizing Toolbars
In the customization dialog, click the
tab.From the
drop-down list, select the toolbar you want to customize.Select the check boxes next to the commands you want to appear on the toolbar, and deselect the check boxes next to the commands you do not want to appear. A short description for each command is shown at the bottom of the dialog.
With
, select whether to save your customized toolbar in the current OpenOffice.org module or in the current document. If you decide to save it in the OpenOffice.org module, the customized toolbar is used whenever you open that module. If you decide to save it together with the current document, the customized toolbar is used whenever you open that document.Repeat to customize additional toolbars.
Click
.If you want to switch back to the original settings again, open the customization dialog, click the
drop-down list and select . Click and to proceed.Procedure 1.2. Showing or Hiding Buttons in the Toolbar
Click the arrow icon at the right edge of the toolbar you want to change.
Click
to display a list of buttons.Select the buttons in the list to enable (check) or disable (uncheck) them.
Procedure 1.3. Customizing Menus
You can add or delete items from current menus, reorganize menus, and even create new menus.
Click
+ + .Select the menu you want to change, or click
to create a new menu.Click
for more information about the options in the dialog.Modify, add, or delete menu items as desired.
Click
.Procedure 1.4. Customizing Keyboard Shortcuts
You can reassign currently assigned keyboard shortcuts and assign new shortcuts to frequently used functions.
Click
+ + .Select the keys you want to assign to a shortcut.
Select a
and an appropriate .Click
to assign the function to the key or to remove an existing assignment.![]() | Further Information |
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Click for more information about the options in the dialog. |
Click
.Procedure 1.5. Customizing Events
OpenOffice.org also provides ways to assign macros to events such as application startup or the saving of a document. The assigned macro runs automatically whenever the selected event occurs.
Click
+ + .Select the event you want to change.
Click
for more information about the options in the dialog box.Assign or remove macros for the selected event.
Click
.