ReikiAloha Message Board - OpenOffice.org Tips and Tricks


Name: Raymond T. Kaya
Date/Time: 2008-10-18 at 04:23:07 HST
Subject: OpenOffice.org Tips and Tricks
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From LinuxPlanet - Tutorials:

OpenOffice.org Tips and Tricks Part I
This tutorial series will take you through some tips and tricks on migrating from MS Office to OpenOffice.org 2.4. You'll see how to replicate some of the functionality and features that are lacking in OpenOffice.org. Soon you'll be more comfortable using OpenOffice.org for just about all your desktop publishing needs.

OpenOffice.org Tips and Tricks Part II
Eric Geier continues his series on digging up the many time-saving hidden treasures in Open Office, and how to migrate from Microsoft Office with a minimum of pain. Today's installment covers importing the custom dictionary of MS Office, setting OOo to always save in the MS Office format, and using MS Office templates in OOo.

OpenOffice.org Tips and Tricks Part III
Eric Geier continues his OpenOffice.org series; today you will learn how to perform a few tasks in OOo that were available in MS Office, just harder to figure out due to the different interface. You'll find out you can still insert WordArt (actually called Fontwork), diagrams, and page numbering in OOo documents.

OpenOffice.org Tips and Tricks: Customization, PDFs, and Smart Image Management
Eric Geier is back with more tips and tricks on transitioning to OpenOffice.org (OOo). This tutorial continues by highlighting OOo Options you may want to change, discusses the PDF exporting feature, and shows how to overcome two vexing issues you may encounter when working with images.

OpenOffice.org Tips and Tricks: Harmonizing With MS Office, Managing Large Complex Documents
In this fifth and final installment of Eric Geier's OpenOffice Tips and Tricks series, we learn how to harmoniously swap documents between OOo and MS Office. And we explore OOo's wonderful Navigator tool, which is a powerful time-saving tool for managing large complex documents such as books and long reports.

Raymond T. Kaya
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
www.reikialoha.com/raymond
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