You'll also find Youtube is a great source for video tutorials for almost any software. I am sure there are plenty of How-To-Guides for beginners, even in OpenOffice.
________________________________ Joshua R. Lee Senior Software Engineer Global Telecom & Technology 8484 Westpark Drive, Suite 720 McLean, VA 22102 USA Office +1 (703) 442-5500 ext 528 Direct +1 (703) 442-5528 Cell +1 (302) 824-6858 Fax +1 (703) 442-5595 [email protected] The information in this transmittal (including attachments, if any) is confidential, is intended only for the use of the individual named above, and includes information which is or may be legally privileged. Any review, use, copying, disclosure, dissemination or distribution of the information in this transmittal other than by the intended recipient is strictly prohibited. If you have received this transmittal in error, please notify me by e-mail immediately and delete the original message, any and all attachments, and all copies from all locations in your computer systems. ________________________________ From: Frank S. [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 10:34 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [discuss] Help! As I recover from having to replace my harddrive I am using OpenOffice instead of the MS Office I was familiar with. So far it works adequately with my existing WORD documents, but I'm at my wit's end trying to create new documents which should be a simple process. For example, what used to be a simple task of copying text somewhere and then pasting into a new document does not yield something that has the original appearance. It creates a weird "table" with unexpected formating, margins, and borders with no apparent tools to correct any of it. I've done trial and error with various commands and just increased my frustration. Referring to the various "support" or "help" sites or forums just added to the nightmare as they seem unable to deal with the simplest item without bringing in all sorts of complicated options. Maybe I'm missing some basic key to understanding the Writer or text portion of OO? It works great with my existing Excel spreadsheets, but I dread when I need to create new ones...will it be as mysterious as the simple creation of a document seems to be? Can anyone help make simple tasks simple? Frank S.
