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Create, update a table of figures based on specified styles and formats. In the same way as we can create a table of contents, we can also create a table of figures in Writer. A table of figures lists all the tables, graphics and objects present in the document in a table format. Whenever a…

Create, update a table of contents based on specified heading styles and formats. Writer’s table of contents feature lets you build an automated table of contents from the headings in your document. These entries are automatically generated as hyperlinks in the table. Whenever changes are made to the text of a heading in the body…

Insert, modify footnotes, endnotes. Footnotes and Endnotes in a document are used to give credit to sources of any material which is being borrowed, summarized or paraphrased in that document. They are intended to refer readers to the exact pages of the works listed in the Works Cited, References, or Bibliography section. The main difference…

Add a caption above, below a graphical object or table. In simple terms, a caption is a title or a small introduction or description which describes any graphical object or a table in small detail. In LibreOffice Writer, we can add a caption to a graphical object or a table. To add a caption, right-click…

As we have seen in the last section, we can convert delimited text into a table in Writer. In the same way, we can convert a table into delimited text. To convert a table into text, first of all select the table which needs to be converted into text. After this, click on ‘Table’ from…

Convert delimited text to a table. In Writer, we can convert delimited text into a table. The text to be converted must contain characters to indicate column separators. Paragraph marks indicate an end of a table row. This means that a continuous piece of text where a character, say a semicolon, separates the different columns…

Sort data by one column, by multiple columns at the same time. Sorting data means arranging data as per some pre-defined structures. To sort data in a table in Writer, first of all we need to select the table which needs to be sorted. After this, click on ‘Table’ from the main menu bar and…

Allow, do not allow row(s) to break across pages. To allow rows of a table to break across pages in a document, right-click once anywhere inside the table and form the resulting menu, click on ‘Table’. This will open the ‘Table Format’ dialog box. In this dialog box, under the ‘Text Flow’ tab, we have…

Automatically repeat heading row(s) at the top of each page. To automatically repeat heading rows of a table at the top of each page, first of all select the heading row of the table. After this, click on ‘Table’ from the main menu bar and from the resulting drop-down menu, click on ‘Heading rows repeat’.…

Change cell text alignment and direction. To change the text alignment inside the cells of a table, right-click once anywhere inside the table and form the resulting menu, click on ‘Edit Paragraph Style’. This will open the ‘Paragraph Style’ dialog box. In this dialog box, under the ‘Alignment’ tab, we have a set of radio…