If you want to fly with OpenOffice 3.0, publish to your local wiki, create web presentations, or add maps to your documents, Beginning OpenOffice 3 is the book for you. You will arm yourself with new OpenOffice.org 3.0 tools, from creating wiki docs to automating complex design steps. OpenOffice has been downloaded almost 100 million times, and this is the book that explains why.
You learn how to adopt OpenOffice 3.0 innovations.
You see how to work across Windows, OS X, Google, and the Web, no matter what the format.
Mail merges and wiki docs will never seem so simple.
What you’ll learn
You will acquire skills in stylish document creation using a range of tools, by hand and via automation. No matter whether the documents are flyers or books, you will learn automation, design, remediation, sharing information, collaboration, presentation, and output. And author Andy Channelle will talk about reports and how to produce docs formatted for wikis, the Web, Google, and other platforms.
Design OpenOffice cross–platform documents and output them to all platforms.
Use OpenOffice on Windows, Mac, and Linux.
Deal with Word documents and wiki output alike.
Learn how to produce snazzy PDFs, GoogleOffice docs, and automated designs.
See how spreadsheets can be pretty and secure.
Explore the dustier corners of OpenOffice, from fonts to bibliographies.
Who is this book for?
OpenOffice 3.0 is for all of us. OpenOffice runs on Windows, Linux, and OS X: the audience is enormous, and 90 millions downloads speak clearly.
About the Apress Beginning Series
The Beginning series from Apress is the right choice to get the information you need to land that crucial entry–level job. These books will teach you a standard and important technology from the ground up because they are explicitly designed to take you from “novice to professional.” You’ll start your journey by seeing what you need to know—but without needless theory and filler. You’ll build your skill set by learning how to put together real–world projects step by step. So whether your goal is your next career challenge or a new learning opportunity, the Beginning series from Apress will take you there—it is your trusted guide through unfamiliar territory!
About this product: Open Office (OpenOffice.org) is a freely-distributed, full-featured office suite that runs on Windows, Linux, Solaris, and Mac OS X computers. This Manual Book is for anyone who wants to get up to speed quickly with the latest OpenOffice.org version 3.0. "GETTING STARTED WITH OpenOffice.org 3.0" introduces all software programs of the OpenOffice bundle: Writer (word processing), Calc (spreadsheets), Impress (presentations), Draw (vector drawings), Math (equation editor) and Base (database). This book was written by volunteers from the OpenOffice.org community working through OOoAuthors.org and is distributed under the CreativeCommon Attribution Licence 3.0.
About this product: You probably know how difficult it is to find a good book on OpenOffice.org Base and Basic.
I scoured the Internet for tutorials, wikis, helps, ANYTHING to get me going! (the OpenOffice doc sites are still a dark underworld to me) To make matters worse, I'm so addicted to IDE's that gently hold my hand with their inline API suggestions that OpenOffice.org's IDE stoic silence was about as easy to love as a tree! To make matters even worse, I've spent the last 8 or so years buried in Java; I could hardly remember how to speak Basic from those good 'ol years of GWBasic, QBasic, VB3.0, and VB6.0 (long, long ago!).
Suffice it to say, this book is EXACTLY what I needed.
It's not an API reference book for sure. But it takes you by the hand and leads you through the valleys and over the mountains of database development with OpenOffice.org Base and the Basic programming language. If you want to step above the simple database wizards and become more of a wizard yourself, this book is what you need. In my estimation (and I'm not a rich fellow, I have to count my dollars), this book is worth the price.
Thanks, Roberto and Cecilia for a great book! You must make a great team too! :)
About this product: * Uses the straightforward For Dummies style to show Linux and Windows users how to use the OpenOffice.org desktop productivity suite * OpenOffice.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 Office * Explains how to download, install, and set up both the Linux and Windows versions of OpenOffice.org * Organized 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
Practical and realistic examples to apply to your daily work
In Detail
Adding macros to your spreadsheets enables you to add data processing features to your work, automate repetitive tasks, and even create complete data-driven programs that use the spreadsheet as their back end.
This book teaches the OOoBasic language and the Calc object model, so that you can manipulate spreadsheets and data from within your programs. You will also see how to create dialog boxes and windows for friendly user interfaces, and how to integrate your spreadsheets with other applications, for example writing spreadsheet data to a document, or capturing data from a database, and using the spreadsheet for generating advanced calculations and reports.
Calc is OpenOffice.org's spreadsheet module. Like the rest of OpenOffice.org Calc can be programmed using the built-in language OOoBasic. Both simple macros and complex applications can be developed in this language by controlling Calc through its object model. The book is compatible with the commercial version of OpenOffice.org, StarOffice, and the StarBasic language.
What you will learn from this book?
How to create custom Calc applications
Creating worksheet functions, automating repetitive tasks, creating new toolbars, menus, and dialog boxes
A complete guide to the IDE, language, and object model
Integrating Calc applications with other components of OpenOffice.org
Internet-based collaborative applications
How to understand, use and adapt the increasing number of freely available Calc Macros
Approach
A fast, fun, and friendly tutorial. Full of practical, step-by-step examples and clear explanations of all of the important concepts.
Who this book is written for?
You don't need to be a programmer to use this book, but you do need to be familiar with the concept of a program and how simple things like a loop might work. If all you have is a taster of simple programs from high school then you will be fine.
About this product: Thanks to OpenOffice.org, there is an alternative to Microsoft Word. If you've ever been frustrated by Word's quirks and limitations--including its price tag--and longed for a practical alternative, then it's time to break free. OpenOffice.org is the free, open source office suite and its word processor, Writer, has proven extremely popular with both Windows and Linux users.
How good can it be if it's free? you might ask. And how much trouble will it be to install and learn? A quick tour of the program will show you: the features you use regularly--from formatting and spell check to using templates and creating indexes --are all there. And Writer's intuitive, surprisingly familiar interface lets you navigate with ease. To quickly master the ins and outs of Writer, you'll want a copy of OpenOffice.org Writer: The Free Alternative to Microsoft Word. This handy reference is packed with essential information to help you learn the basics of Writer and become adept with its advanced features.
Written for intermediate and advanced users of word processing programs, OpenOffice.org Writer: The Free Alternative to Microsoft Word provides guidance for common and advanced word processing tasks. With this book, you'll learn how to:
Set up OOoWriter to work your way
Write, edit, and review documents
Control page layout
Use templates and styles effectively
Get the most from using fields
Work with Tables of contents, indexes, bibliographies
Manage large or complex documents
Insert, edit and create graphics
Make a smooth transition from Microsoft Word
OpenOffice.org Writer: The Free Alternative to Microsoft Word provides guidance for anyone who wants to break out of the Word rut. Its detailed Table of Contents make it a handy reference for even the most experienced word processing users who want to get up to speed quickly with this program, or make sure they're taking full advantage of OOo Writer's features. With the complete office suite included on a CD (which you can install on as many machines as you like), this book makes using Writer an easy decision.
OpenOffice.org Writer: The Free Alternative to Microsoft Word is part of the O'Reilly Community Press Series. Unlike classic O'Reilly animal books, O'Reilly's role in the series is limited to providing manufacturing and distribution services rather than editorial development, so that each Community Press title reflects the editorial voice and organization of the community that has created it.
About this product: Open Office (OpenOffice.org) is a freely-distributed, full-featured office suite that runs on Windows, Linux, Mac OS X and others. This manual book is for beginners to advanced users of OOo Writer, the word processing component. It covers: setting up Writer to suit the way you work; Using styles and templates; working with text, graphics, tables, and forms; formatting pages (page styles, columns, frames, sections, and tables); printing and mail merge; creating tables of contents, indexes, and bibliographies; using master documents, fields, and the equation editor (Math); creating PDFs; and more. This book was written by volunteers from the OpenOffice.org community working through OOoAuthors.org and is distributed under the CreativeCommon Attribution Licence 3.0.
About this product: The OpenOffice.org Guidebook for OpenOffice.org 2 and StarOffice 8 is the ultimate insider's guide to learning to use and love the office suite. The book provides not just great, simple information about how to use the program but the hidden tips and tricks you'll need to make life easier. The author, Solveig Haugland, the author, has been teaching OpenOffice.org for five years, and has developed this book to address exactly what people really need to know, written in a clear, conversational manner.
About this product: Providing complete and thorough coverage of macro programming in OpenOffice.org, this guide teaches users to create their own macros and to understand their underlying structure. An introduction to the creation and management of macros in OpenOffice is presented, and each function and command is described. Specific techniques to perform a variety of commonly requested functions are provided, including actions common to all applications in the OpenOffice.org suite, such as printing or saving files, as well as those specific to the individual application—Write, Calc, Impress, and Draw. Numerous examples and explanations demonstrate proper techniques and discuss known problems and solutions. The underlying data structure is discussed, and techniques are introduced to evaluate OpenOffice objects, facilitating the use of returned objects in the absence of sufficient documentation by the original programming team.
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