Lists can be created in Writer by typing a symbol and a space before a line of text. These are the lines that I've discovered: Symbol The choice of symbol decides what type of line is created. Horizontal lines can be created in Writer by typing a symbol three times on a line by itself and then pressing Enter. If you find anything especially interesting, then contact me. Note that there are many, many more tips and shortcuts available for Open Office, just google them.

Here I'll mention a few that I find very useful or that were hard to discover. To test the extension, start Draw, go to Insert, and selects Barcode, you can choose any of the barcode type to generate inside OpenOffice.As a heavy Open Office user, I am constantly looking for shortcuts, tips, tricks, and methods for improving my productivity.When a dialog appears, click on Add, then find and select barcode.oxt, the extension will be installed on your OpenOffice.o.Then start, go to Tools and select Extension Manager.First go to extensions website, then search for the barcode extension.ISBN-10 (the barcode used in books before 2007, basically EAN-13 with a different superscript).ISBN-13 (the barcode used in books after 2007, basically EAN-13 with a superscript).

JAN (the barcode used in Japan, basically EAN-13 with the country code for Japan).

EAN-13 (the most common barcode in Europe).

UPC-A (the most common barcode in the US).

This extension allows you to generate 5 different types of barcode generally found in the market, such as : I found this extension as I was searching for a great application to generate EAN-13 compatible barcode.

Adding superscript in openoffice