Eric Moore Computer Users Group of Greeley February 11, 2006 OpenOffice.org Eric Moore Computer Users Group of Greeley February 11, 2006

About OpenOffice.org Open source office productivity suite Maintained by Sun Microsystems Inexpensive sister product of StarOffice Lower end alternative to Microsoft Office Available at www.OpenOffice.org

Windows System Requirements Pentium compatible PC 128 MB RAM 320 MB hard disk space 800x600 resolution and at least 256 colors

OpenOffice.org Components

Why Use OpenOffice.org? Inexpensive Free documentation on OOo website Open standard file format Vendor independent Implementation independent Supports multiple operating systems Support for 65 languages Reads and writes Microsoft Office files Exports to PDF files

Price Comparison

Writer Features Export to PDF and HTML Read and write Microsoft Word files Mail merge Table calculations Table of contents Bibliography Index Vector graphics Drag and drop text and graphics

Calc Features Export to HTML Read and write Microsoft Excel files Functions Date and time Financial Mathematical Statistical Text References to external data sources DataPilot (comparable to Pivot Tables) Goal seeking and scenarios

Impress Features Wizard Templates Transition Effects Export to PDF and HTML Handouts Notes Outline Slide sorter

Draw Features Vector graphics 3D objects 3D rotation Convert to 3D Gradients and patterns Textures Duplicate objects Draw fading Construction plans

Base Features Relational database Supports standalone database files (e.g. MS Access) Supports external data sources Adabas MySQL LDAP Mozilla/Netscape address book Imports and exports data (dBase and CSV) Wizards for tables, forms, and queries

What Is Not Included? Grammar checker E-mail client and contact manager Full featured desktop publisher Full compatibility for Microsoft Office files Obnoxious, animated assistants

Where to Get Help and Information Free documentation at http://documentation.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice Forum at http://www.oooforum.org/ Other sources listed at http://support.openoffice.org/index.html Published books at your favorite bookseller