Introducton Name And information

What is OpenOffice.org? ● A fully featured Enterprise level office productivity Suite with the lowest TCO in the market ● An International Community ● A comprehensive Website

The complete office suite ● OpenOffice.org was designed as a single package - not put together from a collection of bought-in packages ● Consistent easy-to-use ‘look and feel’ ● Open any document from any application ● Common ‘learn once use everywhere’ tools like the Help system, Navigator, and Styles and Formatting ● Information can be transferred easily between all the packages ● One single installation gives you all the office software you need - no hidden costs in the future ● Upgrades are free.. Forever

OpenOffice.org 3.0 ● Everything you need in an office productivity suite – Writer - Word processor – Calc - Spreadsheet for analysing data – Impress - Presentations – Draw - Vector Graphics editor – Base – SQL Database: Standalone or Front end for other SQL Database software. – Uses OASIS OpenDocument Format natively – Supports legacy (MS-Office) file formats – Create and edit PDF files – Impress exports to Flash format (.swf)

OpenOffice.org – MSO Equivalents ● OOo – Writer – Calc – Impress – Base – Draw ● MSO – MS Word – Excel – PowerPoint – Access – No equivalent – Word Processor – Spreadsheet – Presentation – Database – Vector Graphics Editor

OpenOffice.org writer ● The powerful word processor – Wizards to produce standard documents such as letters, faxes, agendas, minutes. – Styles and Formatting to put the power of style sheets into the hands of every user. – AutoCorrect dictionary, which can check your spelling as you type. – AutoComplete to make typing easy – Create editable PDF forms – Table of contents, index for complex documents – OpenDocument, MS-Word.doc and Word Perfect format compatibile

OpenOffice.org calc ● The full-featured spreadsheet – Natural language formulas let you create formulas using words (e.g. "sales - costs"). – Hundreds of spreadsheet functions with built-in expert help – Scenario Manager allows "what if..." analysis at the touch of a button. – Powerful graphics to extract the meaning from your numbers – Pull in data from external databases with DataPilot technology – Open Document and MS-Excel.xls file format compatibility

OpenOffice.org impress ● Presentation Graphics – Master Pages and Layouts simplify the task of preparing your materials. – Complete range of Views are supported: Normal / Outline / Slide Sorter / Notes / Handouts to meet all the needs of presenters and audiences. – Easy-to-use drawing and diagramming tools – Slide show Animation and Effects – Fontworks provides 2D and 3D images from text. – OpenDocument and MS-Powerpoint.ppt file format compatibility

OpenOffice.org draw ● Vector Graphics Tool – Single click access to common drawing objects – Arrange objects, rotate in two or three dimensions with the 3D controller – Smart connectors for flowcharts, organisation charts, network diagrams etc – Sophisticated rendering for photorealistic images – Import graphics from all common formats (including BMP, GIF, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, and WMF) – store drawings in OpenDocument format – Exports to twenty raster and vector image formats

OpenOffice.org base ● Database Access made easy – Use Wizards to create 'instant' database applications – View a table in an editing grid and add, change, and delete records – Drag and drop data into other OpenOffice.org applications – Create powerful queries to show your data in new ways, including summaries and multi-table views – Create and modify tables and indexes – Use the built-in HSQLDB database or access existing ODBC or JDBC compliant databases

OpenOffice.org base

The Complete Community ● Wide ranging free support from a dedicated volunteer community – – users.services.openoffice.org/en/forum – ● Regular updates from continuous development ● Comprehensive training and publications available from a multitude of Sources ● A comprehensive Website ● Numerous Projects within the community ● Corporate Level support can be purchased through Sun Microsystems and Novell to name just two.

Sun Support

The Stats ● 100 million downloads ● 35,000 registered on the Mail lists ● 900 signatories to the JCA (Developers Copyright agreement)

How free is ‘free’? ● Free from licence fees ● Free to give away to friends, family, employees, students... ● Free to choose the computers you use: Microsoft systems, Linux systems, Sun Solaris, Mac OS X and others ● Free up your hard disk – XML files take up to 60% less room than binary formats! ● Free for developers to enhance with open source code, published APIs and file formats ● Free to choose your level of support

Answers ● Business model – Pay for Service not software hire ● How Mature is the software – StarOffice was first released in 1986 ● Why is it only Version 3 – FLOSS conventions mean that software only uses whole numbers for virtually full rewrites of the code. The commercial version: Sun's Staroffice, which uses the OOo code, is at Vers 9.0

In Summary OpenOffice.org is a mature Office Suite with a twenty year history It features all the requirements of a modern Enterprise Office Suite It allows for flexibility of support unmatched by it's main rivals It's licensing allows flexibility and ease of deployment that is impossible under proprietary software licensing models It has unmatched compatibility with other file formats It allows flexibility of platform usage It is completely future proof It does not lock you in to One Suite with closed file formats controlled by one company

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