OpenOffice.org For Dummies by Gurdy Leete (PDF)

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Uses the straightforward For Dummies style to show Linux and Windows users how to use the OpenOffice.org desktop productivity suiteOpenOffice.org has a user interface and feature set similar to that of other office suites and works transparently with a variety of file formats, including those of Microsoft OfficeExplains how to download, install, and set up both the Linux and Windows versions of OpenOffice.orgOrganized by the four key desktop applications provided in the OpenOffice.org suite: Writer (word processing), Calc (spreadsheets), Impress (presentations), and Draw (graphics)Other topics covered include creating and formatting documents with Writer, using templates and styles, creating spreadsheets with Calc, manipulating spreadsheet data, creating a presentation with Impress, and creating and editing images with Draw

User’s Reviews

Editorial Reviews: From the Back Cover Start using this free and easy productivity suite today Draft and print documents, design cool presentations, create detailed spreadsheets, and moreReady to leave your other Office? Open this friendly guide and find out how OpenOffice.org opens up your options! You can collect your thoughts in Writer documents, crunch numbers with Calc spreadsheets, draw great graphics, and create presentations that will really impress ‘em.All this on the bonus CD-ROMFull versions for Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X of the OpenOffice.org desktop productivity suiteDiscover how to:Use OpenOffice.org with other office suitesFormat and edit documentsManage data in spreadsheetsDesign and create Web pagesPut together picture-perfect presentationsCreate and edit graphics About the Author Ellen Finkelstein has written numerous best-selling computer books on AutoCAD, PowerPoint, and Flash. She consults on Web site and presentation content and organization, and maintains a Web site of free tips and tutorials at www.ellenfinkelstein.com. She works at home so that she can help her kids with their homework between paragraphs of her current book. Gurdy Leete is an assistant professor of art and the director of the programs in digital media at Maharishi University of Management, where he has taught computer graphics and animation for the past 11 years. Gurdy has written extensively on computers, graphics and software. He is also an award-winning graphics software engineer, and is a coauthor of the Multitile plug-in for the free GNU image manipulation program, the GIMP. A selection of Gurdy’s computer art is available for download under the terms of the free software license, the GNU GPL, from his Web site, www.infinityeverywhere.net.Mary Leete has published widely on computers and other subjects. She has a masters degree in Professional Writing and ha s taught writing at the university level. She also has.a B.S. in computer science from Rutgers University and worked for several years as a database and spreadsheet programmer. Mary used OpenOffice.org exclusively to help design and build the Leetes’ new home. She used Draw to create numerous plans, Calc for budgets and expense accounting, Writer for endless correspondence and Impress to give seminars on the joy of being your own contractor after it was all finished.

Reviews from Amazon users which were colected at the time this book was published on the website:

⭐Still doesn’t answer questions, very frustrating assumes knowledge doesn’t seem to be for the personal user without tech support, so doesn’t explain each function big book but Avery poor doc or index waste of money looking for online support

⭐I have an entire collection of the Dummies how-to books (about 25) and they are always my “go-to” reference guides for anything computer related,and this one is no exception. They are extremely easy to understand and always have a dash of humor thrown in to make learning a complex subject fun!! The format of the books is designed to allow access to specific areas of information without the need to start at page 1 and read the entire book front to back. This study guide,like all the rest in the series, will become invaluble to anyone wanting to learn and understand The free and amazing OpenOffice.org office suite of products. Download the software,buy this book,and set yourself free from Microsoft’s Office programs. You’ll be forever glad you did!!!

⭐The book covers the major aspects of the software suite, but it really doesn’t get into the details of the programs. For that, I recommend a Dummies book on the Microsoft version, since they don’t have an in-depth book on the OpenOffice.org version of the software applications. For what it is, an overview of the suite, it is very good. I highly recommend it as a fantastic starting point. I paid a paltry $7 for the book, delivered. How can you go wrong with a price like that? Truth be told, I believe it would have been worth the cover price of $24.99. It is an excellent book to start with, but you’ll want to dig deeper after you make it through this book. I hope the authors will consider making full-blown Dummies books for Impress/Presentation, and Calc/Spreadsheet, and the Writer/Text Document applications, too.I highly recommend OpenOffice.org to all non-profit organizations, as well as for-profit companies: save yourselves $200-$500, per computer, along with the upgrade/compatibility issues, and dump Microsoft. You will be glad you did. Cheers!

⭐Exactly what I needed in order to understand the program.

⭐Open Office for Dummies has really proved to be an invaluable source of information to guide me through using a new program. It’s very similar to Microsoft Office without the expense! The guide book is full of helpful tips. I’m old, using these programs doesn’t come intuitively to me, I need guidebooks! I would recommend it to anyone using a new program!

⭐I bought the Kindle edition of this book, so I don’t know whether my comments apply to the paper version. I found the book to be hopelessly out of date and misleading at many points. One glaring example is the omission of Base; the book even states that OOo doesn’t include a database application! The author uses MS Office XP as the basis for comparison, for heaven’s sake. Both suites have undergone major revisions since this was published. I would have expected a corresponding updating of the book. Very disappointed.

⭐Personal letters a small spreadsheets

⭐Pretty informative and worth the purchase especially if you a new to open office

⭐Is it just me? I downloaded this book from Kindle, but there doesn’t seem to be an Index which works. I have a very specific enquiry, to do with formatting a page when setting out text for an e-book, but there doesn’t seem any way to get to the ‘Chapter 4’, which is where the text editor starts, or any way of looking up ‘Page Formatting’ directly. I know what you’re going to say, ‘Just click on the list at the beginning’. What list? There isn’t one. What Index? It doesn’t open to sections. In fact, the only thing the ‘Query’ button seems to do is contain references to where the words are mentioned on a page! So, ‘Chapter Four’ is mentioned on page 2 – it will take me there, but it won’t link to the real Chapter 4. Wow. Modern technology!

⭐Good content although pictures would have been nice, does not replace the actual book and seeing an example.

⭐Reliable source to get me familiar with system

⭐A good reference book for all those using Open Office software. Easy to understand and easy to reference. Maybe slightly patronising but still a good read.

⭐Want to know all, I mean all about open office?Thisis the book which is the is a must read book.

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