1. Alternative to Microsoft Office
OpenOffice.org
Alternative to Microsoft Office

2. What is OpenOffice.org? Suite of Programs Word Processor - Writer
Spreadsheets – Calc
Presentations – Impress
Database – Base
Graphics – Draw
Formulas - Math
Open Office Suite of programs
Go over
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3. Why OpenOffice.org? Comprehensive suite of Programs
Capabilities similar to Microsoft Office
Accepts and Creates files useable by Microsoft Office
$ 0
No Cost
FREE
Comprehensive – 6 programs
Capabilities similar to Microsoft Office
Main features average user needs
Accept files created by Microsoft Office
Creates files readable by Microsoft office
Money factor
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4. Writer Word Processor Look and Feel of Word 2003
Looks very much like Word 2003
Standard and Formatting Tool bars
Similar Menus
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5. Writer Basic and advanced features
Lists, Paragraph formatting, Find Replace, Spell Checker
Styles, Templates, Tables, Mail Merge
Can open Microsoft Word documents
Can save Microsoft Word documents
Writer has all of the basic features of a Word Processor including fonts,paragraph formatting, find/replace, spell checking,
It has many advanced features such as styles, templates, lists, Tables including Table of Contents and Mail Merge
Major advantage – can OPEN Microsoft Word documents people may send you in an
Can also save a document in Microsoft Word format
Caveat – can open .docx files, can only save .doc files
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6. Writer demo
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7. Calc Spreadsheets Look and feel of Excel 2003
Calc looks and acts very similar to Excel 2003
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8. Calc Basic and advanced features
Enter Data, Format cells and pages, Formulas, Copy formulas
Functions, Charts, Links
Can open Microsoft Excel spreadsheets
Can save Microsoft Excel spreadsheets
Same basic grid for entering data and formatting cells and pages
Formulas work similarly
Can Copy formulas form cells
There is a large number of functions
Abilty to do charts
Link data from spreadsheets
Opens Excel spreadsheets
Can create Excel spreadhseets
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9. Impress Presentations Look and feel of Powerpoint 2003
Looks a lot like Powerpoint 2003
Tool bars and layout
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10. Impress Basic and advanced features Slide Background, Text, Layouts
Graphics, Tranisitions, Animations
Can open Microsoft Powerpoint presentationss
Can save Microsoft Powerpoint presentations
Has many formatting features
Includes a lot of basic layouts
Ability to add graphics
Slide Transitions
Slide Animations
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11. Websites The main website – download from here
Open Office forums – problem solving
Documentation
Tutorials
The main website is where you can download OpenOffice
The forums are a good place to go to solve problems
Documentation
Help in OpenOffice programs ok – not great
Excellent documentation at this site – download pdf files from here –DEMO
Tutotials
Some of these still refer to OpenOffice 2.0
Search web for more help
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12. Portable Versions
Version Currently
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