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Dr. Indu Dayal Meshri Primary English School

Chapter 1: Introduction to Styles
A. Multiple choice questions
1.Which of the following features in LibreOffice Writer is/are used to create the given document?
(a) Page borders
(b) Envelope
(c) Picture from File

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(d) Indexes and Tables

Answer: (b) Envelope

Explanation: In the above question figure is not added in the question paper please refer to textbook (Page No 20).
2.Styles menu (from sidebar) in Writer provides options to work on __.
(a) Paragraph Styles
(b) Frame Styles
(c) Page Styles

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(d) All of the above

Answer: (d) All of the above

Explanation: Style menu provides six different types of style: page style, paragraph style, character style, frame style,
list style and table style.
3.What is the style template in LibreOffice Writer?
(a) Pre-determined form and mode of document file
(b) One kind of model style
(c) One type of document

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(d) Cluster of documents in Writer

Answer: (b) One kind of model style

Explanation: Style Template is a pre designed model of document which is used to create a new document.
4.Which of the following gives the status of your document like page numbers, number of pages?
(a) Status bar
(b) Standard toolbar
(c) Formatting

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(d) Title bar

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Explanation: In LibreOffice status bar is used to give the status of Page number, number of page, total words, total
characters and default style information.
5.Which of the following can be used to access a style menu?
(a) F11 function key
(b) Sidebar Menu
(c) Formatting toolbar

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(d) All of these

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6.Explanation: You can use F11 function key, Sidebar Menu and Formatting toolbar to open style in LibreOffice Writer.
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1.A __ is a collection of different formats

Answer: style
Explanation: A style is a collection of all formatting information which you want to save and then apply on the
document.
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2.Styles are especially handy in __.

Answer: LibreOffice
Explanation: Style and Formatting windows is given in LibreOffice which is handy to use, Style gives a lot of different
methods to handle the format of the document like six different types of style, Fill format, Create new style, update
style and load style.

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3.Proper use of styles improves __ in a document.

Answer: Consistency
Explanation: Style ensures consistency in formatting and reduces time and effort in formatting a document.

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4.The first five buttons at the top of the Styles window select the category of __.

Answer: Styles
Explanation: Style gives a lot of different methods to handle the format of the document like six different types of
style.

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5.Using a predefined __ creates Bookmark in the document.

Answer: Heading style

Explanation: Predefined Heading Style, allow you to use them as a BookMark for browsing the document.

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6.On opening a new file _ Style is used for formatting the document.

Answer: Default
Explanation: When you open the new document by default the default style is used.

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7.In page layout documents, you can arrange __ like text boxes and graphics.

Answer: Objects
Explanation: In page layout you can arrange the text boxes, graphics and objects.

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8.Character styles are often integrated in __ Style.

Answer: Paragraph Style

Explanation: Character style is a collection of character related format and paragraph style including both character
and paragraph.

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__ allows to apply style at different places in the document.

Answer: Fill format

Explanation: Fill Format is used to apply a style in different places quickly without having to go back to the styles and
formatting.

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Predefined Style __ be updated by Drag and Drop method.

Answer: Cannot
Explanation: We can create new styles using drag and drop but updating new style is not possible with drag and drop.
C. Short answer questions
1. What do you understand by styles in LibreOffice writer document?
Answer: Styles are predefined sets of formatting options in LibreOffice Writer that can be applied to text, paragraphs,
lists, and other elements in a document. They make it possible to format the entire document effectively and
consistently.
2. Write advantages of using Style over manual formatting, for designing a document.
Answer: The advantage of using style over manual formatting are –
Styles enable us to format documents consistently.
We may easily change the current format by using styles.
Major formatting adjustments are made easy with styles.
3. What are the different categories of style in the LibreOffice writer document?
Answer: There are six different types of style categories you can use in LibreOffice Writer.
Page Style – Basic page layout like page size, its margin, placement of header and footer, footnote, borders and
background.
Paragraph Style – Paragraph formatting includes tab stops, text alignment, line spacing and borders.
Character Style – Character styles allow changing the text color, text size, highlighting text and emphasizing it.
Frame Style – Frame Styles allows to format a frame by specifying its size, position, border and how the text is placed
around the picture.
List Style – List style can be used to style lists by putting numbering or bullets of a different kind or specify numeric
format.
Table Style – Table Style category allows to format a table by adding borders, using different text or border color(s),
aligning text inside the table, having different patterns or text color.
4. Write down the steps to update a style.
Answer: To update style in LibreOffice Writer the steps are –
Step 1: Select formatted paragraph
Step 2: Go to Style menu and click on update button
Step 3: Using the Style Action button click on Updated Selected Style.
5. What do you understand by custom styles in LibreOffice writer?
Answer: Custom styles are used when the existing styles do not match the requirement, then you can create a
Custom Style. There are two different ways to create custom style a) From the selection b) By using drag and drop
6. In a document Introduction paragraph is to be designed extensively by setting its font (face, size, weight, color),
space above it and giving number to heading Given below are the steps used to do so.
(i) Select the Introduction (paragraph)
(ii) Open Font list from Toolbar
(iii) Select the font
(iv) Open Font size from Toolbar
(v) Select the desired font size
(vi) Select Font weight (Bold) from the toolbar
(vii) Open Font color from Toolbar
(viii) Select desired color
(ix) Using Format menu option, select Spacing > Paragraph > Indent and Spacing
(x) Edit space above paragraph
(xi) Add number by Selecting Numbered list from Toolbar.
Answer: The below steps are given for the detailed process of formatting an introduction paragraph in a document.
(i) Using click and drag to highlight the introduction paragraph
(ii) In the toolbar, Click on the dropdown menu to display the current font.
(iii) In the toolbar, Click on the dropdown menu to select the font type
(iv) In the toolbar, Select the font size from the dropdown menu.
(v) In the toolbar, Click on the dropdown menu to select appropriate font size for the introduction paragraph
(vi) The “B” icon in the toolbar is used to make the Font weight Bold.
(vii) In the toolbar, Click on the font color icon to change the color of the text
(viii) In the toolbar, You can use color palette for the desired color
(ix) Click on Format menu then navigate to “Indent and Spacing” and find “Spacing” or “Paragraph”
(x) You can adjust the space before the paragraph
(xi) To select a number list you can click on Format > Bullets and Numbering.
7. Give two examples, where instead of Style, using manual formatting will be beneficial.
Answer: The two examples where manual formatting will be beneficial –
Editing a poster or flier
Editing documents in some specific areas
8. Give one situation, in which you will prefer to use Fill Format for styling your document.
Answer: Fill Format method is very useful when the same style we want to apply in many places in the document.
9. Write steps to load style(s) from a template.
Answer: Follow the following steps to load styles from a template –
Step 1: In the style menu click on Load Style.
Step 2: Select the document which you want to Load on the document
Step 3: Click OK to copy the style
Chapter 2: Working with Image
A. Multiple choice questions
The text or image which appears faintly in the background of a page is called _____.
(a) Watermark
(b) Trade mark
(c) Copyright

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(d) Embossing

Answer: (a) Watermark

Explanation: Watermark is a graphic or word which displays in the background.
JPG or JPEG in image format stands for _____.
(a) Joint Photographic Experts Group
(b) Joint Picture Experts Group
(c) Joint Photographic Experts Graph

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(d) Joint Photographic Experts General

Answer: (a) Joint Photographic Experts Group

Explanation: Joint Photographic Experts Group is the name of the group who created the JPEG standard.
In the Drawing Object Properties toolbar, Grouping options provided are _____.
(a) Exit Group
(b) Ungroup
(c) Enter Group

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(d) All of these

Answer: (d) All of these

Explanation: Grouping allows you to combine multiple objects in a single object, grouping is helpful when you want
to manage multiple objects at same time.
Which of the following is not the correct file extension for an image file?
(a) GIF
(b) JPEG
(c) Odt

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(d) PNG

Answer: (c) Odt

Explanation: GIF stands for Graphics Interchange Format, JPEG stands for Joint Photographic Expert Group, PNG
stands for Portable Network Graphics; all three belong to the image file.
Image toolbar does not provide a tool for _____.
(a) filtering
(b) cropping
(c) copying

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(d) flipping

Answer: (c) Copying

Explanation: Image toolbar in LibreOffice contains: Image Filter, Image Mode, Crop, Flip Horizontal or Vertical, Rotate,
Transparency and color.
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_ tool cuts off the non-desirable part of the image.

Answer: Crop
Explanation: Cropping is used to cut unwanted areas of the image.

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To change both brightness and contrast of the image ____ tool can be used.
Answer: Gamma Correction
Explanation: If you want to change both brightness and contrast of the image you have to use Gamma Correction but
Gamma Correction is not given in NCERT textbook.

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To simulate the effect of time on a picture _ tool is used.

Answer: Aging
Explanation: Aging simulates the effect of time on pictures.

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_ place image at the bottom of all objects.

Answer: Send Back

Explanation: Arrangement method is used to arrange images at the bottom of objects, there are six different types of
arrangement: Bring to Front, Forward One, Back One, Send to Back, To Foreground and To Background.

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An image can be deleted by __ it and pressing DELETE key.

Answer: Selecting
Explanation: Whenever you have to perform any action on the file of image you have to select first.

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In drawing tools, basic shapes list provide __ shapes.

Answer: 25
Explanation: There are 25 different types of shapes available in the drawing tools.

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Anchor acts as _ point for a drawing.

Answer: Reference
Explanation: Anchor acts as a reference point for the image or drawing.

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There are ____ options for aligning an image horizontally.

Answer: Three
Explanation: Alignment is used to align vertical or horizontal placement of the image, there are a total six different
types of Alignment – 3 horizontal and 3 vertical.

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The _ handles of the image are used for rotating it.

Answer: Corner
Explanation: For resizing, rotating and maintaining the shape, use corner handles.

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Changing properties of an object _ creation, retain them throughout the session

Answer: Before its

C. Short answer type questions
1. What is a digital image? How can you create one?
Answer: A picture is a digital image, which is represented by a finite number of pixels, or digital values, that can be
either 0 or 1. These are kept in several kinds of graphics files like GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, BMP, etc.
2. Write steps to insert an image from the gallery using Drag and Drop method.
Answer: You can use the Drag & Drop feature to insert images into the document. Usually, you can simply drag the
image from its source and drop it where you want it to be on the page.
3. How is resizing of image different from cropping it?
Answer: Cropping removes unwanted areas from an image, while resizing modifies the images entire dimensions.
Resizing effects on the file size and image quality.
4. What are the tools available in drawing toolbar? Describe any five tools.
Answer: Drawing toolbar is a feature of LibreOffice Writer, this drawing toolbar is basically helpful when we want to
draw shapes and graphics in a document. Some of the basic drawing toolbar tools are Cure, polygen, Rectangle,
Circle, Flowchart, Textbox, basic shapes etc.
5. How is linking of an image different from embedding? Give a situation in which you would prefer to link an image.
Answer: In LibreOffice Writer embedding is used to embed the image and save the copy of the image in the
document. Linking means when you link to the image file instead of saving a copy. The link is better than embedding
because linking saves space in case multiple copies of the same image are required.
6. Write steps to change properties for drawing objects.
Answer: Drawing object properties can be modified either at the time of creation or after its creation. The steps to
change properties for drawing objects are –
Step 1: Select the object
Step 2: Click on Drawing Object Properties Toolbar and click on modified
Step 3: Change the value of parameter
Step 4: Repeat step 2 and 3 to change all desired properties.
7. What are the benefits and drawbacks of grouping drawing objects?
Answer: When an object is drawn with many shapes, it can be combined to work as a single entity using grouping.
8. Describe any two tools from Drawing Object Properties toolbar.
Answer: The Drawing Object properties toolbar contains different types of tools to manipulate shapes and graphics.
The two tools are Ellips and textbox.
9. Write steps to insert an image in a basic drawing shape.
Answer: Steps for inserting image in a basic drawing shape are –
Step 1: In document place the cursor where you want to insert image
Step 2: Select and click on Insert > Image from menu bar.
Step 3: Select the picture from Insert Image dialog box
Step 4: Click on Open button to insert an image in document
10. Write factors controlling positioning of an image in a document.
Answer: Different factors control the positioning of an image in a document are Arrangement and Alignment.
Chapter 3: Advanced Features of Writer
A. Multiple choice questions
Which of the following is NOT true about Table of Contents, Index or Bibliography dialog box?
(a) It has four tabs
(b) On the Type tab, by default, the checkbox for Protected against Manual Changes option will be selected.
(c) The Styles tab contains options to change the background color.
(d) None of the above
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Answer: (a) It has four tabs
Explanation: Protection against manual changes option is used to protect the ToC from any accidental
changes and the style tab has an option to change background color.
Which of the following tabs is by default active when the Table of Contents, Entries or Bibliography dialog
box is opened?
(a) Entries
(b) Background
(c) Styles
(d) Type
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Answer: (d) Type
Explanation: In Table of Contents there are five different types of tab: Type, Entries, Style, Columns and
Background, by default after opening the ToC the first tab, Type tab is active.
Which of the following tabs contains options to set styles for various entries in the ToC?
(a) Entries
(b) Background
(c) Styles
(d) Type
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Answer: (c) Styles
Explanation: The style tab is given in ToC, this tab contains 10 different types of heading style and
paragraph style.
Which of the following can be added in the background of Table of Contents in LibreOffice Writer?
(a) Color
(b) Graphic
(c) Both a and b
(d) Neither a nor b
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Answer: (c) Both a and b
Explanation: In the background of ToC you can contain colors and graphics both.
Which of the following is NOT true about templates?
(a) The styles and formatting features can be reused.
(b) LibreOffice provides online templates
(c) We cannot create our own templates.
(d) None of the above.
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Answer: (c) We cannot create our own templates.
Explanation: We can create, modify and import the templates.
Which of the following is the shortcut key to open the Templates dialog box?
(a) Ctrl+Alt+N
(b) Shift+Ctrl+N
(c) Ctrl+Alt+T
(d) Shift+Alt+T
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Answer: (b) Shift+Ctrl+N
Explanation: Shift+Ctrl+N is used to open templates in LibreOffice and OpenOffice both.
Which of the following buttons, in the Templates dialog box, will be clicked to save a template displayed in
the list of templates?
(a) Export
(b) Import
(c) Move
(d) None of the above
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Answer: (b) Import
Explanation: Import is used to add templates from outside or from other documents.
Which of the following is the shortcut key to select the entire document?
(a) Ctrl+S
(b) Ctrl+A
(c) Ctrl+D
(d) Ctrl+B
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Answer: (b) Ctrl+A
Explanation: Ctrl+A is used to select the entire document content.
Which of the following is the correct sequence of options to open the Templates dialog box?
(a) File > Manage Templates > Templates
(b) File > Templates > Manage Templates
(c) Insert > Templates >Manage Templates
(d) Insert > Manage Templates > Templates
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Answer: (b) File > Templates > Manage Templates
Explanation: You can open a template using File > Templates > Manage Templates.
Which of the following is true about the Track Changes feature of Writer?
(a) You cannot record a change made in the document.
(b) A comment of a particular author only can be deleted
(c) Any change made to the document is permanent.
(d) None of the above
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Answer: (d) None of the above
Which of the following menus contains the Track Changes option?
(a) File
(b) Edit
(c) View
(d) Insert
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Answer: (b) Edit
Which of the following is the shortcut key to start recording the changes being made in the document?
(a) Ctrl+Shift+C.
(b) Alt+Shift+C
(c) Ctrl+Alt+C
(d) Shift+C+F2
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Answer: (a) Ctrl+Shift+C.
Explanation: Ctrl+Shift+C is a shortcut key to start recording the changes being made in the document.
B. Fill in the blanks
To navigate to the topic from the ToC, press _ key while clicking the mouse button on that topic.
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Answer: Ctrl
Explanation: To navigate the topic from the ToC you can use the Ctrl key.
To remove the applied paragraph styling in the ToC, select the outline level in the Levels list box, and then
click the _ button.
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Answer: Default
Explanation: Style tab in ToC you will find one option Default Paragraph Style, this default paragraph style
you can use to remove the paragraph style.
If the checkbox for___________________ option is selected, the ToC is protected from any accidental
change.
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Answer: Protected Against Manual Changes
Explanation: Protected against manual changes option is used to protect the ToC from any accidental
changes
To update the ToC manually, right click and select _ option from the pop up menu.
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Answer: Update Index
Explanation: Writer does not allow to update ToC automatically only manual updates are allowed.
The _ tab contains options to set the number of columns that we want to have in our ToC.
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Answer: Columns
Explanation: The Columns tab in ToC is used to create multiple columns, by default one column is selected.
A ____________ is a preset layout that helps us to create professional and formal documents easily.
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Answer: Template
Explanation: Templates are used to create professional and formal documents.
The default template in Writer is ________.
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Answer: Blank Document Template
Explanation: When you open a template in LibreOffice you will find the Blank Document Template is
selected by default.
To find the template that is being used in the current document, select _ option from the File menu.
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Answer: Properties
Explanation: If you want to know what is the name of the template in the current document then you can
open properties dialog box from File > Properties.
The ________ button is clicked in the Templates dialog box to view online templates.
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Answer: Browse Online Templates
Explanation: Browse Online Templates dialog box option is used to view online templates.
The ______ feature of Writer offers us an alternative method to keep a record of all the changes made in
the original document.
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Answer: Track Changes
Explanation: the Track Changes feature of Writer offers an alternative method to keep a record of all the
changes made in the original document
The shortcut key to start recording the changes is _.
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Answer: Ctrl+Shift+C
After the Track Changes feature is ON, the added characters are shown as __ text.
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Answer: Coloured
Explanation: Any character added to the document will be displayed in a different color and any deletion
done will be seen in strike-through style.
C. State whether the given statements are True or False
The topics in Table of Contents are hyperlinked.
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Answer: True
Explanation: You can use hyperlink in Table of Contents using LS (Hyperlink Start) and LE (Hyperlink End)
button to create hyperlinks.
The Table of Contents in LibreOffice Writer can be updated automatically.
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Answer: False
Explanation: No, The table of contents will not update automatically, you have to perform manually
updation.
TABLE of Contents can be inserted even if the section headings are not styled.
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Answer: False
Explanation: No, In LibreOffice there are 10 different types of heading you can use to create a Table of
Content.
Once a ToC is created, it cannot be edited.
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Answer: False
Explanation: You can Edit Table of Content after creating the ToC.
We cannot add a graphic as a background of ToC.
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Answer: False
Explanation: You are allowed to add background color of background image in ToC.
A single template can be used for multiple documents.
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Answer: True
Explanation: Yes you are allowed to use a single template for multiple documents.
A template cannot contain graphics.
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Answer: False
Explanation: In template you can insert graphics, image and color as per your requirement.
All documents in Writer are based upon templates.
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Answer: True
The online templates cannot be added to the list of templates in the templates dialog box.
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Answer: False
A template once created can be edited again and again.
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Answer: True
Exmplan: Once you create a template then you can edit multiple times.
The changes recorded have to be accepted by the original author.
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Answer: False
Explanation: The changes record can be accepted by any one the user who is using the document.
We can delete the comments added in a document by the user.
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Answer: True
D. Answer the following questions
1. What is the need of table of contents?
Answer: Table of Contents is a feature which enables the automatic insertion of a table of contents (Index)
to a document. The headers and subheadings of the document automatically become the source for the
entries or contents of this table.
2. What will happen if the ‘Protected Against Manual Changes’ option is not selected in the Type tab of
Table of Contents, Index or Bibliography dialog box?
Answer: The Protected against Manual Changes checkbox is checked by default. This protects the TOC
against accidental modifications. The contents of the ToC can be edited directly on the document page, just
like any other text on the document, if this box is left unchecked.
3. Name the five tabs present in the Table of Contents, Index or Bibliography dialog box.
Answer: The five tabs present in the Table of Contents are –
Index/Table – In this tab you can add Title, Type, protected against manual changes and evaluate up to
level.
Entries – In this tab you can add structure and Formatting for example, E#, E, T, #, LS, LE etc.
Styles – In this tab you can change the labels of heading, and you can add paragraph style.
Columns – In this tab you can add multiple columns, and you can set column width and spacing.
Background – In this tab you can set background color.
4. What do you mean by customization of ToC?
Answer: After the ToC is inserted, we can modify it depending on our requirements. To perform this, right-
click on the ToC anywhere, then choose the Edit Index option from the popup menu.
5. How headings and sub-headings of a document differentiated in ToC?
Answer: LibreOffice Writer supports 10 levels of heading from H1 to H10 in LibreOffice Writer. You can also
use sub headings in LibreOffice Writer to show the table of content in hierarchical form where H1 will show
the top of the heading and H2 will show the sub heading of Heading 1.
6. Define a template.
Answer: A template is a pre-designed arrangement that makes it simple to create formal and/or
professional documents. Anything that can be found in a conventional document, including text, images,
and a collection of styles, can also be found in templates. With LibreOffice, every document is built using
templates.
7. Give any one advantage of using a template for your document.
Answer: Using templates makes creating documents easier. Using templates can reduce workloads, reduce
stress, and boost productivity at the same time.
8. What is the difference between importing and exporting a template?
Answer: Once the template is constructed, it can be exported using the export template feature for later
use or you can also download the template from the internet. You can also import the template into
LibreOffice Writer and make it visible in the list of templates in the Templates dialog box.
10. When is exporting of templates useful? Give any one reason.
Answer: When you wish to use the same template in several documents or to share it with others,
exporting templates might be useful.
11. What is the difference between Accept Track Change and Accept All Tracked Changes buttons?
Answer: the original author may approve changes made to the document by selecting the Accept All Track
Changes button, which will approve all changes made. Accept Track Change will be accepted only once at a
time.
12. How do we prepare a document for review?
Answer: When a document is shared with one or more users for review or editing, the Track Changes
capability is used. Therefore, it is important to ensure that any changes are documented before sharing the
document.
This will guarantee that the original author of the document will have the choice to approve or disapprove
the modifications made after the review is complete. Therefore, the original author should start
documenting the modifications being made and prepare the document for review before sending it out for
review.