What is OpenOffice?
OpenOffice is a FULL office suite for the Linux operating system. Best of all, its FREE, just like Linux!! OpenOffice comes built-in with Fedora Linux and Mandrake Linux. Best of all, you can open many Microsoft Office documents in OpenOffice without format problems! There is no point in paying $300 - $500 for Microsoft Office when OpenOffice does many of the same things and doesn't cost a penny. OpenOffice is available for both Linux and Windows.
Description:
This book covers Writer (word processing), Calc (spreadsheets), Draw (image editing), Database (MySQL,dBase databases), Web (HTML editor) and Impress (presentations program). There are over 600 images in this 300 page book! The book will include a free copy of Latest OpenOffice Suite 2.x and will run on Windows as well as Linux. All images in the book are black and white.
What topics are covered in the book?
Good question! The table of contents is pasted below. This 300 page book can teach you the basics of OpenOffice in 5 minutes!
Introduction
Chapter 1: Writer in 5 Minutes
Chapter 2: Optimize the Interface
Chapter 3: Letter Template
Chapter 4: Character Formatting
Character Formatting Window
Chapter 5: Paragraph Formatting
Indenting
Tab Settings
Paragraph Format Window
Vertical Text Alignment
Line Numbering
Paragraph Tabs
Drop Caps
Paragraph Borders
Background
Numbering
Bullets
Outlining
Adding Numbered Lines
Chapter 6: Page Layout
Using Headers and Footers
Page Orientation
Vertical Text
Chapter 7: Styles
Create a New Page Style
Creating a New Paragraph Style
Chapter 8: Templates
Making Font Changes
Creating a New Template
Creating a Document with a Template
Chapter 9: Inserting Objects
Inserting a Hyperlink
Inserting Graphics
Inserting Tables
Chapter 10: Converting Microsoft Files
Opening a Microsoft Word Document in Writer
Open on a Linux Machine
Open on Windows Machine with OpenOffice
Saving a File Created in Writer as a Word Document
Chapter 11: Keyboard Shortcuts
Chapter 12: Calc in 5 Minutes
Chapter 13: Create a Spreadsheet
Chapter 14: Entering Data
Merging Cells
Change Vertical Alignment
Change background color
Create borders
Editing Text/Data
AutoFill
Chapter 15: AutoFormat
Create Your Own AutoFormat
Chapter 16: Cell Attributes
Chapter 17: Formatting the Page
Using Headers and Footers
Page Breaks
Chapter 18: Styles
Create Your Own Style
Page Styles
Chapter 19: Templates
Making Changes
Creating a New Template
Creating a Document with a Template
Using Themes |
Chapter 20: Formulas
Chapter 21: Inserting Objects
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Chapter 22: Keyboard Shortcuts
Chapter 23: Draw in 5 Minutes
Using the Toolbar to Create Objects
Chapter 24: Creating a New Drawing
Chapter 25: Image Editing
Crop an Image
Using Filters
Chapter 26: Draw Projects
Chapter 27: Impress in 5 Minutes
Chapter 28: The Toolbar in Impress
Chapter 29: Create a Presentation
Chapter 30: Web in 5 Minutes
Chapter 31: Databases in 5 Minutes
Chapter 32: Database Project
Chapter 33: MySQL in 5 Minutes
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