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Point & Click OpenOffice.org
- By Robin Miller
- Published Nov 29, 2005 by Pearson.
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Getting Started...
Writer: Your New Word Processor
2 - Basic Document Creation
3 - Adding Graphics to Documents
4 - Saving Documents
5 - Printing Your Documents
6 - More OOo Writer Tools and Tricks
Calc: Spreadsheet Creation and Editing
8 - Performing Calculations
9 - Making Charts and Graphs
10 - Printing Charts and Graphs
Draw: Make and Alter Photos and Drawings
11- Image Creation Basics
13 - Additional Image Tricks
14 - Saving Images in Many Formats
Impress: Slide Shows Plain and Fancy
15 - Creating Slide Shows with Impress
16 - Adding Images to Slide Shows
17 - Creating Custom Slide Show Templates
Base: Simple Databases Made Easy
19 - Customizing Your Database
20 - Creating and Printing Database Reports
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© Copyright Robin "Roblimo" Miller,
Description
- Copyright 2006
- Edition: 1st
- Book
- ISBN-10: 0-13-187992-8
- ISBN-13: 978-0-13-187992-8
“Robin’s book comes at the perfect time. With the extremely popular 2.0 release, more people will discover OpenOffice.org’s incredible value. A book like Robin’s is important because it helps people master the OpenOffice.org tools they need to get things done.”
—Jeffrey Bates, VP Editorial Operations, cofounder Slashdot.org
OpenOffice.org 2.0 made easy...incredibly easy!
Tired of Microsoft Office hassles, upgrades, and cost? Try OpenOffice.org 2.0!
OpenOffice.org 2.0 is all the office productivity software you’ll ever need for your Windows or Linux computer: word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, drawing, even databases... and it’s free! Not sure it’s up to the job? It is. Not sure you can switch from Microsoft Office? You can. Just let OpenOffice.org expert and Open Source Technology Group (OSTG) editor-in-chief Robin ‘Roblimo’ Miller teach you OpenOffice.org the easy way—using the skills you already have!
Robin will help you become productive in minutes—and you don’t need to be a computer expert! His easy, visual instructions walk you through every step of every task you need to know... plus, you’ll find twenty how-to videos on CD! You’ll master everything from formatting text documents to creating presentation slide shows and building “what-if” projections to designing flowcharts. There’s even bonus coverage of Firefox and Thunderbird, the fast, safe, free software for Web browsing and e-mail!
• Master OpenOffice.org Writer, Calc, Impress, Draw, and Base.
• Create Microsoft Office-compatible documents anyone can read and use.
• Analyze, manage, and manipulate business information with Calc.
• Design attractive charts and other visuals.
• Use mail merge to create great form letters or e-mails.
• Create and manipulate sophisticated databases—even if you have no previous database experience.
• Start using Firefox—the safest, most secure Web browser available for Windows!
• Filter out junk mail with Thunderbird and say goodbye to Outlook Express.
• Do things you can’t do with Microsoft Office—such as creating Flash slide shows for the Web!
TWO CD-ROMS INCLUDED
The first CD-ROM features OpenOffice 2.0 for Windows and Linux, plus the Windows versions of the latest Firefox Web browser and Thunderbird e-mail software... just install and run!
The second CD-ROM features ‘Roblimo’ showing you how to perform twenty essential OpenOffice.org tasks in easy, bite-sized video tutorials... just watch, and do!
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Make Calc Spreadsheets Dance for You in OpenOffice.org
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents Foreword vii About the Authors ix Introduction xiSection I OpenOffice.org BasicsChapter 1 First Things First 3Chapter 2 OOo Writer: Text Documents with Pizazz 17Chapter 3 OOo Impress: Slide Shows That Will Impress Almost Anyone 27Chapter 4 OOo Draw: Documents with Imagination 39Chapter 5 OOo Calc: Spreadsheets and More 47Section II Advanced OpenOffice.orgChapter 6 Slick OpenOffice.org Writer Tricks 61Chapter 7 Draw: Not Your Father's Drawing Board 79Chapter 8 OOo Impress: Smooth, Sophisticated Slide Shows 93Chapter 9 Make Calc Spreadsheets Dance for You 107Chapter 10 OOo Database Front End: Your Free Pass 125Chapter 11 Sharing Files Between OpenOffice.org and Microsoft Office 143Chapter 12 OpenOffice.org as a Community Effort 151Section III Bonus ChaptersChapter 13 About Firefox and Thunderbird 159Chapter 14 Light up the World Wide Web with Firefox 163Chapter 15 Thunderbird Saves the Email Day 173Appendix I About the CDs 183Appendix II OpenOffice.org Resources 187 Index 189
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