Get help for OpenOffice.org at any time from the ‘Help’ menu. Depending on your selection, the depth and type of help provided varies. To get thoroughly acquainted with a topic, select ‘Help’+‘Contents’. The help system provides information about each of the modules of OpenOffice.org (Writer, Calc, Impress, etc.).

If you find this information too broad or overwhelming, try the ‘Help Agent’ instead, which offers help and tips as you perform different actions with OpenOffice.org. Select ‘Help’+‘Help Agent’ to enable this. If you feel you need just a few hints, try ‘Tips’ or ‘Extended Tips’. They enable the program's tooltips — short information about the element (such as a button) over which the mouse is hovering. ‘Extended Tips’ gives a longer version of the tooltips.

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If you are not sure whether the features are active, open the ‘Help’ menu. A checked menu item indicates that the corresponding help function is currently active.