OpenOffice [1]is a flexible office suite. You can add extra options to the suite with extensions. Among those extensions is Text Effects, which adds a few extra text effect options to Writer.
First, head over to the extension’s page [2]. Press Download extension to add Text Effects to OpenOffice. Then click txe-1.1.0.oxt to open the window in the shot below and install extension.
[3]Open OpenOffice Writer. Click Tools > Add-Ons to open the Text Effects submenu below. That includes several additional text effect options for you to try out.
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Let’s try some of those text effects out! Open a text document and select Painting. That opens the window below from which you can select to add painting effects to the text. For example, select 12 from the drop-down list and press OK. That will add a rainbow effect to the text as directly below.
[5]Select Chatoyant colors from the Text Effects submenu. Then select some text to add the effect to. Press the Go button to add the effect in shot directly below.
[6]Uneven Text is another option on the submenu. Select that option to open the window below. Press Go to add uneven text to the document.
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In addition, there are options that jumble the text. For example, select Inverse direction. When you press Go, it inverts the text as shown below.
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Those are a few of the text effect options you can select with this extension. The Chayotant colors and Painting options are the best effects.