Leete / Finkelstein OpenOffice.org For Dummies

1. Auflage 2004
ISBN: 978-0-7645-5908-2
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 384 Seiten, E-Book

* Uses the straightforward For Dummies style to show Linux andWindows users how to use the OpenOffice.org desktop productivitysuite
* OpenOffice.org has a user interface and feature set similar tothat of other office suites and works transparently with a varietyof file formats, including those of Microsoft Office
* Explains how to download, install, and set up both the Linuxand Windows versions of OpenOffice.org
* Organized by the four key desktop applications provided in theOpenOffice.org suite: Writer (word processing), Calc(spreadsheets), Impress (presentations), and Draw (graphics)
* Other topics covered include creating and formatting documentswith Writer, using templates and styles, creating spreadsheets withCalc, manipulating spreadsheet data, creating a presentation withImpress, and creating and editing images with Draw

Autoren/Hrsg.

Leete, Gurdy

Finkelstein, Ellen

Leete, Mary

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction.
Part I: Introducing OpenOffice.org.
Chapter 1: Getting to Know OpenOffice.org.
Chapter 2: Switching to OpenOffice.org.
Part II: Using Writer -- The Word Processor.
Chapter 3: Creating a Document.
Chapter 4: Formatting to Perfection.
Chapter 5: Designing Complex Documents.
Chapter 6: Keeping Control of Your Documents.
Chapter 7: Creating Web Pages.
Part III: Using Calc -- The Spreadsheet.
Chapter 8: Creating a Spreadsheet.
Chapter 9: At Home on the Range.
Chapter 10: Knock on Wood and Print!
Chapter 11: Snazzing Up Your Spreadsheet.
Chapter 12: Making Calculations.
Part IV: Using Impress -- The PresentationPackage.
Chapter 13: Creating a Presentation.
Chapter 14: Modifying a Presentation.
Chapter 15: Making Presentations Picture-Perfect.
Chapter 16: Animating Impressively.
Chapter 17: Showing a Presentation.
Part V: Using Draw: The Graphics Program.
Chapter 18: Unleashing the Artist Within.
Part VI: The Part of Tens.
Chapter 19: Ten Reasons to Use OpenOffice.
Chapter 20: Ten Places to Look for Support.
Part VII: Appendixes.
Appendix A: Installing OpenOffice.org.
Appendix B: What's on the CD-ROM.
Index.
End-User License Agreement.

Über Autor(innen)

Ellen Finkelstein has written numerous best-selling computerbooks on AutoCAD, PowerPoint, and Flash. She consults on Web siteand presentation content and organization, and maintains a Web siteof free tips and tutorials at www.ellenfinkelstein.com. She worksat home so that she can help her kids with their homework betweenparagraphs of her current book.
Gurdy Leete is an assistant professor of art and thedirector of the programs in digital media at Maharishi Universityof Management, where he has taught computer graphics and animationfor the past 11 years. Gurdy has written extensively on computers,graphics and software. He is also an award-winning graphicssoftware engineer, and is a coauthor of the Multitile plug-in forthe free GNU image manipulation program, the GIMP. A selection ofGurdy's computer art is available for download under theterms of the free software license, the GNU GPL, from his Web site,www.infinityeverywhere.net.
Mary Leete has published widely on computers and othersubjects. She has a masters degree in Professional Writing and ha staught writing at the university level. She also has.a B.S. incomputer science from Rutgers University and worked for severalyears as a database and spreadsheet programmer. Mary usedOpenOffice.org exclusively to help design and build theLeetes' new home. She used Draw to create numerous plans,Calc for budgets and expense accounting, Writer for endlesscorrespondence and Impress to give seminars on the joy of beingyour own contractor after it was all finished.