Insert
The toolbar contains various functions for inserting frames, graphics, tables, and other objects.
You can select the following functions:
Inserts a table into the document. You can also click the arrow, drag to select the number of rows and columns to include in the table, and then click in the last cell.
Inserts a text section at the cursor position in the document. You can also select a block of text and then choose this command to create a section. You can use sections to insert blocks of text from other documents, to apply custom column layouts, or to protect or to hide blocks of text if a condition is met.
Draws a frame where you drag in the document. Click the arrow next to the icon to select the number of columns for the frame.
Inserts a floating frame into the current document. Floating frames are used in HTML documents to display the contents of another file.
Inserts a footnote or an endnote in the document. The anchor for the note is inserted at the current cursor position. You can choose between automatic numbering or a custom symbol.
Footnotes are inserted at the end of a page, and endnotes are inserted at the end of a document.
Inserts a note at the current cursor position.
Inserts a bookmark at the cursor position. You can then use the Navigator to quickly jump to the marked location at a later time. In an HTML document, bookmarks are converted to anchors that you can jump to from a hyperlink.
Inserts the contents of another document into the current document at the cursor position.
Creates, edits, or inserts AutoText. You can store formatted text, text with graphics, tables and fields as AutoText. To quickly insert AutoText, type the shortcut for the AutoText in your document, and then press F3.
Allows a user to insert characters from the range of symbols found in the installed fonts.
Inserts a field at the current cursor position.
The Controls icon opens a toolbar with the tools that you need to create an interactive form.
Opens a file selection dialogue box to insert an image into the current document.
Inserts a video or audio file into your document.
Inserts a formula into the current document. For more information open the LibreOffice Math Help.
Inserts an OLE object into the current document. The OLE object is inserted as a link or an embedded object.
Inserts an index or a table of contents at the current cursor position.
Marks the selected text as index or table of contents entry or edits the selected index entry.