By Scott Sekinger
Do you need an offices suite, but you do not want to pay a lot of money for Microsoft Office, Corel’s WordPerfect Office, etc? If so I have some great news for you. There is great free office suite called LibreOffice. That cost $0. Yes that is right it is 100% free and legally.
Liberoffice includes a word processor, a spreadsheet, program, a presentation program, a database program, and more. LibreOffice is compatible with MS Office, and is easy to use.
CNET Download.com gave it 5 stars. They said that “LibreOffice offers up a free alternative, and we found it on par with its more popular competitor.
Read more: LibreOffice – Free download and software reviews – CNET Download.com http://download.cnet.com/LibreOffice/3000-18483_4-75337651.html#ixzz2qsOdjw2X“
Below are some keyboard shortcuts for each program.
Keyboard shortcuts for Writer (the word processor)
| Shortcut keys | Effect |
|---|---|
| F2 | Formula Bar |
| Ctrl+F2 | Insert Fields |
| F3 | Complete AutoText |
| Ctrl+F3 | Edit AutoText |
| F4 | Open Data Source View |
| Shift+F4 | Select next frame |
| F5 | Navigator on/off |
| Ctrl+Shift+F5 | Navigator on, go to page number |
| F7 | Spellcheck |
| Ctrl+F7 | Thesaurus |
| F8 | Extension mode |
| Ctrl+F8 | Field shadings on / off |
| Shift+F8 | Additional selection mode |
| Ctrl+Shift+F8 | Block selection mode |
| F9 | Update fields |
| Ctrl+F9 | Show fields |
| Shift+F9 | Calculate Table |
| Ctrl+Shift+F9 | Update Input Fields and Input Lists |
| Ctrl+F10 | Nonprinting Characters on/off |
| F11 | Styles and Formatting window on/off |
| Shift+F11 | Create Style |
| Ctrl+F11 | Sets focus to Apply Style box |
| Ctrl+Shift+F11 | Update Style |
| F12 | Numbering on |
| Ctrl+F12 | Insert or edit Table |
| Shift+F12 | Bullets on |
| Ctrl+Shift+F12 | Numbering / Bullets off |
You can get more shortcuts at https://help.libreoffice.org/Writer/Shortcut_Keys_for_Writer.
Keyboard shortcuts for Spreadsheets (the spreadsheet program)
| Shortcut Keys | Effect |
|---|---|
| Ctrl+Home | Moves the cursor to the first cell in the sheet (A1). |
| Ctrl+End | Moves the cursor to the last cell on the sheet that contains data. |
| Home | Moves the cursor to the first cell of the current row. |
| End | Moves the cursor to the last cell of the current row. |
| Shift+Home | Selects cells from the current cell to the first cell of the current row. |
| Shift+End | Selects cells from the current cell to the last cell of the current row. |
| Shift+Page Up | Selects cells from the current cell up to one page in the current column or extends the existing selection one page up. |
| Shift+Page Down | Selects cells from the current cell down to one page in the current column or extends the existing selection one page down. |
| Ctrl+Left Arrow | Moves the cursor to the left edge of the current data range. If the column to the left of the cell that contains the cursor is empty, the cursor moves to the next column to the left that contains data. |
| Ctrl+Right Arrow | Moves the cursor to the right edge of the current data range. If the column to the right of the cell that contains the cursor is empty, the cursor moves to the next column to the right that contains data. |
| Ctrl+Up Arrow | Moves the cursor to the top edge of the current data range. If the row above the cell that contains the cursor is empty, the cursor moves up to the next row that contains data. |
| Ctrl+Down Arrow | Moves the cursor to the bottom edge of the current data range. If the row below the cell that contains the cursor is empty, the cursor moves down to the next row that contains data. |
| Ctrl+Shift+Arrow | Selects all cells containing data from the current cell to the end of the continuous range of data cells, in the direction of the arrow pressed. If used to select rows and columns together, a rectangular cell range is selected. |
| Ctrl+Page Up | Moves one sheet to the left.In the page preview: Moves to the previous print page. |
| Ctrl+Page Down | Moves one sheet to the right.In the page preview: Moves to the next print page. |
| Alt+Page Up | Moves one screen to the left. |
| Alt+Page Down | Moves one screen page to the right. |
| Shift+Ctrl+Page Up | Adds the previous sheet to the current selection of sheets. If all the sheets in a spreadsheet are selected, this shortcut key combination only selects the previous sheet. Makes the previous sheet the current sheet. |
| Shift+Ctrl+Page Down | Adds the next sheet to the current selection of sheets. If all the sheets in a spreadsheet are selected, this shortcut key combination only selects the next sheet. Makes the next sheet the current sheet. |
| Ctrl+ * | where (*) is the multiplication sign on the numeric key padSelects the data range that contains the cursor. A range is a contiguous cell range that contains data and is bounded by empty row and columns. |
| Ctrl+ / | where (/) is the division sign on the numeric key padSelects the matrix formula range that contains the cursor. |
| Ctrl+Plus key | Insert cells (as in menu Insert – Cells) |
| Ctrl+Minus key | Delete cells (as in menu Edit – Delete Cells) |
| Enter (in a selected range) | Moves the cursor down one cell in a selected range. To specify the direction that the cursor moves, choose Tools – Options – LibreOffice Calc – General. |
| Ctrl+ ` (see note below this table) | Displays or hides the formulas instead of the values in all cells. |
You can get more shortcuts at https://help.libreoffice.org/Calc/Shortcut_Keys_for_Spreadsheets.
Keyboard shortcuts for Impress (the presentation program).
| Shortcut Keys | Effect |
|---|---|
| Esc | End presentation. |
| Spacebar or Right arrow or Down arrow or Page Down or Enter or Return or N | Play next effect (if any, else go to next slide). |
| Alt+Page Down | Go to next slide without playing effects. |
| [number] + Enter | Type a number of a slide and press Enter to go to the slide. |
| Left arrow or Up arrow or Page Up or Backspace or P | Play previous effect again. If no previous effect exists on this slide, show previous slide. |
| Alt+Page Up | Go to the previous slide without playing effects. |
| Home | Jump to first slide in the slide show. |
| End | Jump to the last slide in the slide show. |
| Ctrl+ Page Up | Go to the previous slide. |
| Ctrl+ Page Down | Go to the next slide. |
| B or . | Show black screen until next key or mouse wheel event. |
| W or , | Show white screen until next key or mouse wheel event. |
You can get more at https://help.libreoffice.org/Impress/Shortcut_Keys_for_Impress.Shortcuts for Database.
| Shortcut Keys | Results |
|---|---|
| Ctrl+PgUp | Jumps between tabs. |
| Ctrl+PgDn | Jumps between tabs. |
| F6 | Jump between windows. |
| Tab | Selection of the control fields. |
| Shift+Tab | Selection of the control fields in opposite direction. |
| Ctrl+Enter | Inserts the selected control. |
| Arrow keyCtrl+arrow key | Moves the selected control in steps of 1 mm in the respective direction. In point edit mode, it changes the size of the selected control. |
| Ctrl+Tab | In point edit mode, jumps to next handle. |
| Shift+Ctrl+Tab | In point edit mode, jumps to previous handle. |
| Esc | Leaves the current selection. |
You can get more keyboard shortcuts at https://help.libreoffice.org/Common/Database_Shortcut_Keys.
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