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Beginning OpenOffice 3

From Novice to Professional

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  • If you want to fly with Open.

  • Office 3.0, publish to your local wiki, create web presentations, or add maps to your documents, Beginning Open.

  • Office 3 is the book for you.

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
  2. The Applications

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-2
    2. Writer: Basic Documents

      • Andy Channelle
      Pages 3-33
    3. Design Using Writer

      • Andy Channelle
      Pages 35-74
    4. Writer Automation

      • Andy Channelle
      Pages 75-112
    5. Spreadsheets with Calc

      • Andy Channelle
      Pages 113-156
    6. Impress: Stylish Presentations

      • Andy Channelle
      Pages 157-204
    7. Creative Draw

      • Andy Channelle
      Pages 205-254
    8. Turn Data into Information with Base

      • Andy Channelle
      Pages 255-291
  3. Working Across Applications

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 293-293
    2. Building Web Pages

      • Andy Channelle
      Pages 295-328
    3. Working with Others

      • Andy Channelle
      Pages 329-371
    4. Linking and Embedding

      • Andy Channelle
      Pages 373-413
    5. Extensions

      • Andy Channelle
      Pages 415-451
  4. Back Matter

    Pages 453-465

About this book

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 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.

About the author

Andy Channelle is a writer, designer, and educator. He has written for Linux Format, MacFormat, 3D World, and lots of other publications since the mid-1990s. He is a media educator and most recently successfully migrated to university teaching, working as a visiting lecturer/instructor in journalism and new media at the University of the West of England. Outside of these areas, he is also a new media consultant at Spike Island (www.spikeisland.org.uk) and has been intimately involved in the architecture, design, and deployment of the institution's new Drupal-based web site. Andy also holds a master's degree in new media.

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eBook USD 54.99
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  • Read on any device
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  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 69.99
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  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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