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

2. 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.orgwww.OpenOffice.org

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

4. OpenOffice.org Components

5. 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

6. Price Comparison

7. 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

8. 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

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

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

11. 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

12. 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

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