| New book eases switch from MS Office to OO.org 2.0 |
Jan. 04, 2006
 If you're among the many people considering dumping Microsoft Office for OpenOffice.org 2.0 but fear change, well, that's normal. However, now there is a new book entitled Point & Click OpenOffice.org!, authored by leading open-source journalist Robin "Roblimo" Miller, that aims specifically to quell such fears.
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The book includes two CD-ROMS -- one with "how-to" video tutorials demonstrating 20 essential OpenOffice.org tasks, and one including all the software discussed: OpenOffice 2.0 for Linux (and Windows), plus the latest versions of the Firefox Web browser and Thunderbird email software.
OpenOffice.org 2.0 is a complete office productivity software suite that includes all the features a desktop user needs for a Linux (or Windows) computer: word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, drawing -- even databases. And it has a big advantage in that it is completely free of charge.
In this book, Miller teaches how to use OpenOffice.org in simplified fashion, calling on skills any average desktop user already should have, the publisher says.
Miller, with input from several expert contributing authors, enables the reader to become productive in minutes -- which holds true even for novices, the publisher says. His visual instructions and compact chapters focus on one OpenOffice.org task at a time.
In addition, the signature Point & Click how-to video tutorials on CD-ROM present Miller demonstrating essential OpenOffice.org tasks in bite-sized clips, including: - how to add graphics to documents;
- how to make a spreadsheet;
- how to make and print charts and graphs;
- how to create and manipulate images; and
- how to work with slide shows and databases.
Point & Click OpenOffice.org! readers will master everything from formatting text documents to creating presentation slide shows and building "what-if" projections to designing flowcharts, the publisher adds. There's bonus coverage of Firefox and Thunderbird -- the fast, safe, free software for Web browsing and email.
Miller is editor-in-chief of the Open Source Technology Group, a Web publishing group that includes Slashdot, NewsForge, IT Manager's Journal and Linux.com, among other popular sites. He's written extensively about computers and the Internet for OSTG's sites, as well as the Washington Post, Baltimore Sun, MIT's Technology Review, and many other sites and publications.
As one of modern interactive journalism's creators, Miller has also authored Point and Click Linux (Prentice Hall, 2004) and The Online Rules of Successful Companies (FT Prentice Hall 2003).
Point & Click OpenOffice.org! has an accompanying website. You can read a sample chapter here. The table of contents can be found here.
SummaryTitle -- Point & Click OpenOffice.org!
ISBN -- 0131879928
Author -- Robin "Roblimo" Miller
Publisher -- Prentice Hall Professional
Length -- 216 pages
Price -- $29.99 at this site ($19.79 at this site)
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