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Transition to College with the MITS Freedom Stick
the freedom to do it yourself
Part One: Open Office Skills
Open Office Skills
1. Organization 2. Taking Notes 3. Saving in Various Formats 4. Using Auto-Correct
Create Course Folders
Double-Click to Open
Create Course Folders
Double-Click to Open
Create Course Folders
Click on "New Folder"
Create Course Folders
Create and Name a Folder for Each of Your Classes
Create Course Folders
Within each course folder create sub-folders to keep yourself organized
Back Up
Back Up your documents folder either to your computer or to another flash drive
Drag this folder icon to your computer desktop
or copy it and paste it onto another flash drive
plugged into the computer
Notetaker File: New
Templates then choose
Notetaker
Notetaker
You can just take notes now,
organize later as a study tool
Auto Date allows you to
save in a course folder by date
Arrows allow you to slide items "left and right" to re-organize outlining
Notetaker
Click to select and replace with
homework and other
assignments
Click to select and replace with
Course Name
Notetaker
Use date for file name, this will keep files in order in your folder
Save in Homework folder for this course
Saving in Formats • .odt is default
(Open Office) • .doc is Microsoft
Word full compatibility
• .txt and .rtf are universal formats but will lose much of the formatting
Auto-Correct
Choose "Auto-Correct"
Select "Tools" Menu
Auto-Correct
Put phrase or complex word here
Create 3-5 letter "shortcut" here - make
sure it is not a word you'd use ("mitsa" instead of "mits")
Auto-Correct
Type shortcut then hit spacebar
Auto-Correct
Phrase or word will appear
Open Office Tutorial
Freedom Stick Getting Started
Auto-Correct and Spell-Check