1. Freeware Help!!! Getting what you need… When you need it most! **And no more excuses!!!

2. I can’t get my stuff at home! Don’t have Microsoft Office? Open Office What is it? Star Office~ A freeware word processor much like MS Office tools Word = Star Office Writer Excel = Star Office Calc PowerPoint = Star Office Impress

3. What is freeware? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeware –Freeware –From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia – Learn more about using Wikipedia for research Learn more about using Wikipedia for research –Jump to: navigation, searchnavigationsearch –Freeware is copyrighted computer software which is made available for use free of charge, for an unlimited time. Authors of freeware often want to "give something to the community", but also want credit for their software and to retain control of its future development.copyrightedsoftware –Freeware is different from shareware, where the user is required to pay (e.g. after some trial period or for additional functionality). It should be noted that although free software is sometimes used as a synonym for freeware, it is not the same as Free Software.sharewareFree Software

4. Where can I get it? http://download.openoffice.org/2.3.0/ind ex.htmlhttp://download.openoffice.org/2.3.0/ind ex.html Multiple versions are available. If you are a Mac user there are versions for you too! **There are copies on CD you can borrow from our library here at Trail!!

5. What do I need to know about it? Saving files for Office use Saving in.doc format for Word Open StarOffice 8 for All Programs Menu

7. What to do to save in Open Office for later use in Word Click on file –Save as In the save as window: –Name your document –Then in the save as type frame select: »Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP »Then click save

9. You have now saved the document in Word form so it can be opened when you return to school (in Word) or at home in Open Office.

10. Changing so files save to MS format Open any star office program Go to tools –Options –Go to Load/Save –General –Under default file format set up

11. Great freeware sites: Voicethread (software for electronic story boarding, digital story telling….Voicethread Audacity -software for recording voice, audio files and converting to MP3 format.Audacity Mediaconverter - software that allows you to convert different video and audio files.Mediaconverter Open Office- software that allows you to create documents, presentations and oganize numerical and statistical data.Open Office-