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Starting with OpenOffice
Contents
start
You've used an Office suite before like Microsoft Office
goals
You'll be comfortable using the free OpenOffice suite
Introduction
Below we cover each of the main packages in OpenOffice. First, you might be upgrading from OpenOffice 2.4, if so the following video will help:
Name:
[11466] emmajane
Member:
16 months
Authored:
3 videos
Description:
My name is Emma Jane Hogbin. I live and work in Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada. I build on-line communities and work with not-for-profit organizations on the implementation of technology-facilitated comm ...
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In this tutorial I show you how to upgrade OpenOffice.org 2.4.1 to version 3 on Ubuntu 8.10, the Intrepid Ibex release. OpenOffice.org version three is the WYSIWYG editor of choice for the Ubuntu Desktop Course team. Of course if you are comfortable [...]
Writer (word-processor)
We have a whole path setup already for the free word-processor Writer:
You've used a word-processing package like Word or Google Docs before
You'll be comfortable using OpenOffice Writer for general word-processing including sharing .doc Word files
Calc (spreadsheet)
Name:
[071] Horst Jens
Member:
37 months
Authored:
56 videos
Description:
Hi, my name is Horst JENS, living in Vienna, Austria. I teach children how to program open source games.
see: http://www.spielend-programmieren.at (German)
or http://members.chello.at/horst.jens (E ...
Name:
[3921] ljliu
Member:
26 months
Authored:
5 videos
Description:
I am a student and come from china
lijialiu_2000@yahoo.de ...
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(This video is in German language with German subtitles /Das Video ist auf deutsch mit deutschen Untertiteln). Der Tabellenkalkulationsteil von OpenOffice (Calc) wird verwendet um die Funktion SVERWEIS zu zeigen. Darsteller: Stephanie Hetzel (Sprech [...]
Name:
[071] Horst Jens
Member:
37 months
Authored:
56 videos
Description:
Hi, my name is Horst JENS, living in Vienna, Austria. I teach children how to program open source games.
see: http://www.spielend-programmieren.at (German)
or http://members.chello.at/horst.jens (E ...
Our authors tell us that feedback from you is a big motivator. Please take a few moments to let them know what you think of their work.
(This video is in English language, with English subtitles) Students use OpenOffice (Calc) to show how to make a nice-looking diagram. This was the pilot film of the series. cast: Sherina. P. (speaker) Johanna. B. (computer) Birgit. S. (camera) More [...]
This 12-part series will help you move easily from MS Excel to OpenOffice's Calc, it includes examples on sharing .xls files, building a spreadsheet from scratch, printing, exporting a pdf, dealing with .csv files and even looks at some of the built in easter-egg games for some light relief.
This transition series will help you move from Microsoft Excel to OpenOffice Calc in a few easy steps. Topics covered include sharing .xls files between both programs, getting help and building a full spread-sheet from scratch in Calc.
Base (database)
This series of tutorials is based on chapter 7 of the user guide for creating a database using base from OpenOffice. http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/ OpenOffice.org2.x User Guide
Impress (presentations)
How to make a greeting card with OpenOffice Impress
The RST-script for this Learning-path
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This is a great opportunity to learn OpenOffice for free. Thank you for making this available.
This is a great opportunity to learn OpenOffice for free. Thank you for making this available.
This is a great opportunity to learn OpenOffice for free. Thank you for making this available.
This is a great opportunity to learn OpenOffice for free. Thank you for making this available.
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