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Second edition

Ramanathan

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Authors

Magnus AdielssonRichard BarnesAgnes BelzunceChris BondeCamillus Gerard CaiDaniel CarreraLaurent DupervalSpencer E. HarpeTim KampaPeter Kupfer Ian LaurensonDan LewisAlan MaddenPaul Miller Michel Pinquier Andrew Douglas Pitonyak Carol RobertsIain RobertsJanet M. Swisher Jim Taylor Alex ThurgoodCatherine WatermanJean Hollis Weber Linda Worthington

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Acknowledgments

This book was created entirely using OpenOffice.org, including writing, page layout,and PDF creation. Most graphics were produced using OOo Draw.

Publication date and software version

Second edition. Published 24 March 2006. Based on OpenOffice.org 2.0.2.

You can download a PDF of this document, and PDFsand editable versions of the individual chapters, fromhttp://oooauthors.org/en/authors/userguide2/published/

Contents

Chapter 1What is OpenOffice.org?..............................................................................1

What does OpenOffice.org include?.....................................................................2The advantages of OpenOffice.org........................................................................3Minimum requirements..........................................................................................9Getting the software...............................................................................................9Installing the software..........................................................................................10How to get help....................................................................................................10A short history of OpenOffice.org.......................................................................12How is OpenOffice.org licensed?........................................................................13What is “open source”?.......................................................................................13Frequently asked questions..................................................................................13

Chapter 2Starting OpenOffice.org..............................................................................15

Starting OOo from the system menu....................................................................15Starting from an existing document.....................................................................19Using the Quickstarter under Windows...............................................................19Preloading OOo under Linux/KDE.....................................................................20Starting from the command line..........................................................................20

Chapter 3File Management in OpenOffice.org..........................................................22

Opening files........................................................................................................22Saving files..........................................................................................................25Exporting files.....................................................................................................28Deleting and renaming files.................................................................................30File associations...................................................................................................31Creating new files................................................................................................32Using the Open and Save As dialogs...................................................................33

Chapter 4Menus and Toolbars...................................................................................35

Menus..................................................................................................................35Toolbars...............................................................................................................37Using dockable/floating windows........................................................................40Using the Navigator.............................................................................................41

Chapter 5Setting up OpenOffice.org..........................................................................44

Choosing options that affect all of OOo..............................................................44

Getting Started Guidei

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