Conclusion

The desktop acts as the main application that controls OpenOffice.org, so when you need to obtain something that is globally related to the documents or frames , look at the desktop. The globally available variables StarDesktop and ThisComponent provide easy access to the OOo Desktop object and the current document. This chapter introduced techniques for accessing containers with multiple objects. Familiarize yourself with the basic capabilities for opening documents, for importing and exporting file types, and the capabilities and limitations of OOo, in order to expand your ability to use and create a wide variety of file types within the OOo environment.

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