I left out one important chapter:
Getting Started with Math [12 pages]

This is the chapter Daniel Carrera wrote for the Writer Guide, minus the 12 pages of reference tables. (The full chapter, including the reference tables, will appear in the Writer Guide.)

Regards, Jean

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This is the proposed ToC for the Getting Started book for OOo 2.0, with notes on the status of each chapter. Question: Do you think something important has been left out? Or is there anything on this list that you think should be left out?


1. What is OpenOffice.org? (Draft being reviewed) [14 pages]

2. Starting OOo (Pre-release chapter published) [6 pages]

3. File Management (Pre-release chapter published) [18 pages]

4. Menus and Toolbars (Pre-release chapter published) [6 pages]

5. Setting up OOo (Pre-release version published) [24 pages]

6. Upgrading from OOo 1.x (Draft being reviewed) [12 pages]

7. Getting Started with Writer [Est. 20 pages]
(JHW is compiling this chapter from parts of "Intro to Writer"
and "Working with Writer")

8. Getting Started with Calc [20 pages]
(PK has modified the first chapter of the Calc guide for use here)

9. Getting Started with Draw [est. 20 pages]
(LW is modifying the first chapter of the Draw guide for use here)

10. Getting Started with Impress [8 pages]
(JHW has made trivial modifications to the first chapter of the
Impress Guide for use here)

11. Getting Started with Databases [est. 20 pages]
(Being written by Dan Lewis and others; replaces "Data Sources")

12. Working with Templates [est. 10 pages]
(JHW to modify and update Writer V1.x chapter)

13. Working with Styles (Pre-release chapter published) [10 pages]

14. Working with the Gallery (Pre-release version published) [6 pages]

15. FontWork [est. 2 pages ]
(V1 chapter available for modification -- I'm not sure if anyone is
working on this; it may get left out)

16. Getting Started with Macros (Pre-release version published) [24 pages]

Total est. page count:
 10  Front matter of book (book title page, copyright page, table of contents)
 32  Chapter title pages (2 pp/chapter)
220  Chapter bodies
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262  Total

Regards, Jean



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