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The StarOffice Desktop
is the center of your work in the Star Office suite. Framed
by two powerful file, folder, and database management tools
- the explorer to the left and the Beamer to the top-the StarOffice
Desktop provide easy access to all available program and system
resources. In addition to several helpful and pratical innovations
that boosts your productivity, the StarOffice suite includes
updated support for multiple platforms,intelligent menus and
context menus, and new options for customizing the program to
fot your working habits and preferences. |
New and improved features
include:
- Enhanced multilingual
support: Remove international language barriers. StarOffice 5.2
software enables you to check spelling, hyphenate, and insert
synonyms in up to twenty languages simultaneously. Based on the
languages you installed, StarOffice 5.2 software applies the correct
proofing tools, including AutoCorrect and AutoSpellcheck. By default,
StarOffice 5.2 software installs proofing tools for English (U.K.
and U.S.), French, German, and Spanish. Select which optional
language modules you want to install by choosing Custom Installation
during the install process. To take advantage of the complete
set of proofing tools, you need the CD-ROM version of StarOffice
5.2 software (for availability see Product Overview).
- Hyperlink dialog box:
Share information more effectively. StarOffice 5.2 software introduces
a completely new dialog box for inserting hyperlinks in your documents.
Use it to define links to Web sites, other Internet URLs, and
documents on your local system or network. (Note: You must have
a StarOffice document open on your desktop to access the Hyperlink
dialog box.) Specifically, you can define and insert these types
of links:
* Internet enables you to target an Internet, ftp, or telnet
address. If the ftp option is selected, you can also enter a login
name and password, so clicking the link gains direct access to
the ftp site
* Mail and News opens a new e-mail window or newsgroup
posting. Entering an e-mail address stored in your StarOffice
address book is as easy as clicking the Address Book button on
the top right, then dragging the address from your database address
book in the Beamer onto the Receiver text box
* Document opens an existing document on your system or
network. To specify a location within the targeted document when
you click the inserted link, select the Target In Document button;
targets may include existing bookmarks, frames, graphics, headings,
sections, or tables
* New Document opens a new document window as specified
in the File type list. Your options are virtually the same as
on the File > New menu or the Click and Go group
To access this feature,
click the Hyperlink Dialog button on the Function or Hyperlink toolbars,
or select Hyperlink from the Insert menu.
- Enhanced AutoPilot
for Web Pages : Create polished, formatted HTML documents,
even if you don't know HTML. The AutoPilot Web Page features a
host of new templates and styles for on-the-fly Web page design.
For quick, easy Web page solutions, select File > AutoPilot >
Web Page.
- Enhanced font name
list boxes: Select the font you want, fast. The Font Name
list box on the object toolbar now shows up to five recently used
fonts at the top of the list. In addition, you can configure all
list boxes that show font names to display a WYSIWYG view of the
installed fonts. To take advantage of this new feature, choose
Tools > Options > General > View and then select Preview in the
fonts list check box in the Options area.
- Enhanced Open
and Save As dialog boxes: Manage and navigate your files and
folders with ease. New features improve your file management options
and streamline data navigation:
* A click on the Details button in the Open (or Save As) dialog
box opens your folders in hierarchical view. This enables you
to investigate the contents of any given directory or folder without
having to open it; simply click the Plus (+) symbol next to the
directory or folder name to see a list of its contents
* A click on the Default Directory button takes you to the designated
work folder (My Documents)
* Hold the mouse button down to open a fly-out menu that gives
you quick access to your most important and most recently used
StarOffice directories, including the default work, graphics,
and document templates folders, as well as Explorer groups and
the desktop
- Intuitive menus: Work
smarter, not harder. The StarOffice IntuitiveUse technology makes
sure you always have the tools you need for every task. Menus
and context menus show only those commands that are available
for the task at hand, while hiding disabled commands (which previously
appeared in gray).
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