Navigator /text/swriter/01/02110000.xhp Use the Navigator to insert elements from the current document or other open documents, and to organize master documents. To edit an item in the Navigator, right-click the item, and then choose a command from the context menu. You can dock the Navigator at the edge of your workspace.
To move the Navigator, drag its title bar. To dock the Navigator, drag its title bar to the left, right or bottom edge of the workspace. To undock the Navigator, hold down the CommandCtrl key and double-click on a grey area of the Navigator. Click the expander icon (+) next to a category in the Navigator to view the items in the category. Click on an expanded category to collapse it. To view the number of items in a category, rest your mouse pointer over the category in the Navigator. To jump to an item in the document, double-click the item in the Navigator. To jump to the next or previous item in a document, use the Navigate By list to select the item category, and then click the Previous or Next arrows. The navigator shows the correspondence between the current document cursor location element and the navigator view, according to different categories: Headings, Tables, Hyperlinks and more. The element is displayed and highlighted in the Navigator content view. If the element is located in a collapsed layer, the required layers above it are automatically expanded and remain expanded afterwards. Document elements are highlighted by inverting their colour on displayed page when hovering their entry name in the Navigator. This allows to draw attention to the element hovered in the Navigator.

Content Navigation View

Switches between the display of all categories in the Navigator and the selected category. Icon Switch Content Navigation View Switch Content Navigation View
Context menus use a selection of commands found on this help page. The commands in a context menu change, depending on which category or item is selected. A hidden section in a document appears gray in the Navigator, and displays the text "hidden" when you rest the mouse pointer over it. The same applies to header and footer contents of Page Styles that are not used in a document, and hidden contents in tables, frames, graphics, OLE objects, and indexes.

Toggle Master View

Switches between master view and normal view if a master document is open. Switches between master view and normal view if a master document is open. Icon Toggle Master View Toggle Master View

Header

Moves the cursor to the header, or from the header to the document text area. Icon Header Header

Footer

Moves the cursor to the footer, or from the footer to the document text area. Icon Footer Footer

Anchor <-> Text

Jumps between the footnote text and the footnote anchor. Icon Anchor <-> Text Anchor <-> Text

Set Reminder

Click here to set a reminder at the current cursor position. You can define up to five reminders. To jump to a reminder, click the Navigation icon, in the Navigation window click the Reminder icon, and then click the Previous or Next button. Click here to set a reminder at the current cursor position. You can define up to five reminders. To jump to a reminder, click the Navigate By list, select Reminder, and then click Previous or Next. Icon Set Reminder Set Reminder
Reminders are navigated in the order in which they are set. Reminders are not saved when a document is closed.

Show Up to Outline Level

Click the icon at the top of Navigator or right-click a heading in the Navigator window, then choose how many levels of headings to show in the Headings section of the Navigator window. For example, choose 1 to only show headings with outline level 1. Choose 3 to show headings up to outline level 3; choose 10 to show all headings. Icon Show Up to Outline Level Show Up to Outline Level

List Box

Shows or hides the Navigator list. Icon List box on/off List box on/off

Promote Outline Level

Increases the outline level of the selected heading, and the headings that occur below the heading, by one. To only increase the outline level of the selected heading, hold down CommandCtrl, and then click this icon. Icon Promote Outline Level Promote Outline Level

Demote Outline Level

Decreases the outline level of the selected heading, and the headings that occur below the heading, by one. To only decrease the outline level of the selected heading, hold down CommandCtrl, and then click this icon. Icon Demote Outline Level Demote Outline Level

Move Heading Up

Moves the selected heading, and the text below the heading, up one heading position in the Navigator and in the document. To move only the selected heading and not the text associated with the heading, hold down CommandCtrl, and then click this icon. Icon Move Heading Up Move Heading Up

Move Heading Down

Moves the selected heading, and the text below the heading, down one heading position in the Navigator and in the document. To move only the selected heading and not the text associated with the heading, hold down CommandCtrl, and then click this icon. Icon Move Heading Down Move Heading Down
To quickly reorder headings and their associated text in your document, select the "Headings" category in the list, and then click the Content View icon. Now you can use drag-and-drop to reorder contents.

Drag Mode

Sets the drag and drop options for inserting items from the Navigator into a document, for example, as a hyperlink. Click this icon, and then choose the option that you want to use. Icon Drag mode Drag mode

Insert As Hyperlink

Creates a hyperlink when you drag and drop an item into the current document. Click the hyperlink in the document to jump to the item that the hyperlink points to.

Insert As Link

Inserts the selected item as a link where you drag and drop in the current document. Text is inserted as protected sections. The contents of the link are automatically updated when the source is changed. To manually update the links in a document, choose Tools - Update - Links. You cannot create links for graphics, OLE objects, references and indexes.

Insert As Copy

Inserts a copy of the selected item where you drag and drop in the current document. You cannot drag and drop copies of graphics, OLE objects, references and indexes.

Open Documents

Lists the names of all open text documents. To view the contents of a document in the Navigator window, select the name of the document in the list. The current document displayed in the Navigator is indicated by the word "active" after its name in the list.

Outline Tracking

Set Navigator mode of outline tracking. This feature applies only to outline entries under Headings in the Content View frame of Navigator. To see, enable, or change the mode, right-click on Headings or an item under Headings and choose Outline Tracking. The selected mode is applied to the entire document. In Default and Focus mode, Navigator will automatically select the nearest heading before the current cursor position in the document. In Default mode, the display of outline entries in Navigator is never changed, only an outline entry is selected. In Focus mode, Navigator shows only the headings for the selected outline level, relative to the next higher outline level. For example, if a level 2 heading is selected, then all level 2 headings under the same level 1 heading are shown, while any level 3-10 headings (under the same level 1 heading) are collapsed. Other headings, not under the same level 1 heading, are also collapsed. Choose Off to disable Outline Tracking.

Copy

Copies the heading and the contents that follow the heading until the next heading with the same outline level. These contents include paragraphs with outline level "None" and headings with an outline level greater than the copied heading. You can paste the contents in another place in the document.

Delete Heading

Deletes the heading and the contents that follow the heading until the next heading with the same outline level. These contents include paragraphs with outline level "None" and headings with an outline level greater than the deleted heading.

Select

Selects the heading and the contents that follow the heading until the next heading with the same outline level. These contents include paragraphs with outline level "None" and headings with an outline level greater than the selected heading.

Display

Select the document that you want to view.

Edit

Edit the properties of the selected object.

Rename

Renames the selected object. At object creation time, %PRODUCTNAME assigns a unique name to the object within the document.

Delete Table

Deletes the selected table.

Table Tracking

Mark this checkbox to include tables when tracking changes.

Delete Frame

Deletes the frame and all its contents.

Frame Tracking

Mark this checkbox to include frames when tracking changes.

Section Tracking

Mark this checkbox to include sections when tracking changes.

Delete Image

Deletes the image.

Image Tracking

Mark this checkbox to include images when tracking changes.

Delete OLE Object

Deletes the OLE object.

OLE Object Tracking

Mark this checkbox to include OLE objects when tracking changes.

Delete Bookmark

Deletes the bookmark.

Bookmark Tracking

Mark this checkbox to include bookmarks when tracking changes.

Delete Hyperlink

Deletes the hyperlink.

Hyperlink Tracking

Mark this checkbox to include hyperlinks when tracking changes.

Delete Reference

Deletes the reference.

Reference Tracking

Mark this checkbox to include references when tracking changes.

Update

Updates the index.

Remove

Removes the index. The contents of the index is not deleted but is not treated as an index anymore.

Read only

Check this box to prevent manual editing of the index content.

Delete Index

Deletes the index.

Index Tracking

Mark this checkbox to include indexes when tracking changes.

Delete Comment

Deletes the comment.

Comment Tracking

Mark this checkbox to include comments when tracking changes.

Delete Drawing Object

Deletes the drawing object.

Drawing Object Tracking

Mark this checkbox to include drawing objects when tracking changes.

Delete Field

Deletes the field.

Field Tracking

Mark this checkbox to include fields when tracking changes.

Delete Footnote

Deletes the footnote.

Footnote Tracking

Mark this checkbox to include footnotes when tracking changes.

Delete Endnote

Deletes the endnote.

Endnote Tracking

Mark this checkbox to include endnotes when tracking changes.

Sort Alphabetically

Sorts alphabetically all entries in the selected category. Uncheck this option to sort entries according the their order of appearance in the document.

Expand or Collapse All Categories

Expands or collapse the display of objects under the selected category. Document objects names are displayed under the category entry. Click on an entry to jump to the object in the document.

Go to

Jumps to the selected object in the document.
Using Navigator to Arrange Headings