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<p id="par_id171534888116942" class="paragraph" dir="auto">LibreOffice Help pages are displayed in your system default web browser.</p>
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<p id="par_id3150699" class="paragraph" dir="auto">The Help references the default settings of the program on a system that is set to defaults. Descriptions of colors, mouse actions, or other configurable items can be different for your program and system.</p>
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<div class="notetext"><p id="par_id3156183" dir="auto">The Help system for all versions of the software is based on the same source files. Some of the functions described in Help may not be included in this particular distribution. Some features specific to a distribution may not be mentioned in this Help.</p></div>
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<h2 id="hd_id701534964258231" dir="auto">The LibreOffice Help pages features</h2>
<h3 id="hd_id561534964266978" dir="auto">The Module List</h3>
<p id="par_id851534964274673" class="paragraph" dir="auto">Located on the top of the page, click to open the drop-down list and select the LibreOffice module to display the module Help main entry page.</p>
<h3 id="hd_id1001534964280630" dir="auto">The Language List (Help online only).</h3>
<p id="par_id801534964285706" class="paragraph" dir="auto">Available only in the online version, select the language to display the current help page.</p>
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<p id="par_id3151351" class="paragraph" dir="auto">The Help Index displays a list of keywords for all LibreOffice modules. Click on any keyword in the list to open the linked Help page.</p>
<h3 id="hd_id151534901836252" dir="auto">Searching the Help Index</h3>
<p id="par_id311534901893169" class="paragraph" dir="auto">Type the keyword in the Search text box. The search is performed immediately, while you type the keyword.</p>
<p id="par_id171632107583486" class="paragraph" dir="auto">The search results are displayed as a filtered list of matches grouped by module name. The search results also include near matches. The matching parts of the search term are highlighted in each result.</p>
<p id="par_id201534891524377" class="paragraph" dir="auto">The <span class="emph">GLOBAL</span> heading indicates a match for keywords relevant to more than one LibreOffice module. For example, cell borders applies to spreadsheets cells as well as text and presentation table cells or frames.</p>
<p id="par_id261534891513315" class="paragraph" dir="auto">Use the arrow icons on the bottom of the Index to scroll forward or backward the Index entries or filtered result list.</p>
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<p id="par_id3145748" class="paragraph" dir="auto">Displays an index of the main topics of all modules.</p>
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<p id="par_id3150774" class="paragraph" dir="auto">Click a closed folder (<span class="emph">⊞</span>) to open it and display the subfolders and Help pages.</p>
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<p id="par_id3154749" class="paragraph" dir="auto">Click an open folder (<span class="emph">⊟</span>) to close it and hide the subfolders and Help pages.</p>
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<p id="par_id3152909" class="paragraph" dir="auto">Click a link to display the corresponding Help page.</p>
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<h2 id="hd_id441534964525171" dir="auto">Using the browser for LibreOffice Help</h2>
<h3 id="hd_id471534889101620" dir="auto">Navigating in Help pages</h3>
<p id="par_id871534889171418" class="paragraph" dir="auto">Use the <span class="emph">Back</span> and <span class="emph">Forward</span> buttons of the browser to navigate between pages. In most browsers, a long click on the <span class="emph">Back</span> button displays a dropdown list of previously visited pages and a long click on the <span class="emph">Forward</span> button display a list of visited pages after the current one.</p>
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<p id="par_id581534889349758" class="paragraph" dir="auto">Use the bookmark feature of the browser for quick access to relevant Help pages. To bookmark a page in most browsers:</p>
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<p id="par_id71534889492593" class="listitem" dir="auto">Open the <span class="emph">Bookmark</span> menu of the browser,</p>
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<p id="par_id71534889724361" class="listitem" dir="auto">select <span class="emph">Add bookmark</span>, or</p>
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<span hidden="true" id="MACtextshared0500000110xml_1" class="MAC"><span class="emph">Command</span></span><span hidden="true" id="defaulttextshared0500000110xml_1"><span class="emph">Ctrl</span></span></span><span class="emph">+D</span> on most browsers.</p>
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<p id="par_id191534889878558" class="listitem" dir="auto">Enter the name, folder and meaningful tags for the bookmark.</p>
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<h3 id="hd_id571534890260376" dir="auto">Help Pages Navigation History</h3>
<p id="par_id411534890266018" class="paragraph" dir="auto">Each Help page visited is recorded in the web browser history. To open the navigation history:</p>
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<p id="par_id401534890287783" class="listitem" dir="auto">Choose the <span class="emph">History</span> menu of the web browser,</p>
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<p id="par_id991534890295828" class="listitem" dir="auto">Select <span class="emph">Show History</span>.</p>
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<p id="par_id591534890299255" class="listitem" dir="auto">Click on any entry of the history main window to open the corresponding help page.</p>
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<h3 id="hd_id841534888870987" dir="auto">Copying Help contents to clipboard</h3>
<p id="par_idN10926" class="paragraph" dir="auto">You can copy contents from the Help page to the clipboard on your operating system with standard copy commands. For example:</p>
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<p id="par_idN1092C" class="paragraph" dir="auto">On a Help page, select the text that you want to copy.</p>
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<p id="par_idN10930" class="paragraph" dir="auto">Press <span id="swlnsystextshared0500000110xml_2" class="switchinline"><span hidden="true" id="MACtextshared0500000110xml_2" class="MAC"><span class="emph">Command</span></span><span hidden="true" id="defaulttextshared0500000110xml_2"><span class="emph">Ctrl</span></span></span><span class="emph">+C</span>.</p>
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<p id="par_id791534903145827" class="paragraph" dir="auto">Some contents in help pages can be copied to the system clipboard with only one mouse click. In these cases a tooltip appears when hovering the mouse on the copy-enabled contents. For example, the following line is copy-enabled:</p>
<p id="par_id381534903133044" class="paragraph" dir="auto"><span class="input" data-tooltip="Click on text to copy to clipboard">=SUM(A1:A10)</span></p>
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<p id="par_idN10933" class="paragraph" dir="auto">To search in the current Help page:</p>
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<p id="par_idN10939" class="paragraph" dir="auto">Open the Search tool in your web browser, which is usually accessible using the <span id="swlnsystextshared0500000110xml_3" class="switchinline"><span hidden="true" id="MACtextshared0500000110xml_3" class="MAC"><span class="emph">Command</span></span><span hidden="true" id="defaulttextshared0500000110xml_3"><span class="emph">Ctrl</span></span></span><span class="emph">+F</span> shortcut.</p>
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<p id="par_idN10A22" class="paragraph" dir="auto">In the <span class="emph">Search for</span> box, enter the text that you want to find.</p>
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<p id="par_idN10A48" class="paragraph" dir="auto">Select the search options that you want to use.</p>
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<p id="par_idN10A26" class="paragraph" dir="auto">Press <span class="emph">Enter</span>.</p>
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<p id="par_idN10A59" class="paragraph" dir="auto">To find the previous occurrence of the search term on the page, click on the <span class="emph">Up arrow</span>. To find the next occurrence, click on the <span class="emph">Down arrow</span>.</p>
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