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164 CHAPTER 11 UBUNTU REPLACEMENTS FOR WINDOWS PROGRAMS OpenOffice.org Writer (Applications . Office . OpenOffice.org2 Writer), shown in Figure 11-1, is the word processor component. As with Microsoft Word, it s fully WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get), so you can quickly format text and paragraphs. This means the program can be used for elementary desktop publishing, and pictures can be easily inserted (using the Insert menu). Figure 11-1. OpenOffice.org Writer Writer s toolbars provide quick access to the formatting tools, as well as to other common functions. The vast majority of menu options match those found in Word. Right-clicking the text itself also offers quick access to text-formatting tools. A number of higher-level functions are provided, such as mail merge and spell-checking, (found on the Tools menu). You can perform spell-checking on the fly, with incorrect words underlined in red as you type. As with all OpenOffice.org packages, Writer is fully compatible with Microsoft Office files, so you can save and open .doc files. Just select the file type in the Save As dialog box. The only exception is password-protected Word files, which cannot be opened. You can also export documents as PDF files (using File . Export As PDF), so they can be read on any computer that has Adobe Acrobat Reader installed. OpenOffice.org Writer is covered in more detail in Chapter 23.