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From: "M Henri Day" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
2008/10/17 JOE Conner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I just bought a new notebook computer. I asked a friend where I could
get
a reasonable word processing, etc. package for my new computer. He
highly
recommended using the Open Office Suite. I went to your website and am
very
impressed! At work I've been used to using the Micorsoft suite of
software
products, for which I can get/have a good base of reference material.
My
question is, is there good reference material for the use of Open Office
Suite software? I'm referring to books, etc... I ask this question
because
there are always times when we need good help to solve a problem...that
is
for cases when the help menu just isn't good enough.
Many thanks for your help, Victor Foose from Pennsylvania (
[EMAIL PROTECTED])<BR><BR><BR>
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There is plenty of online documentation. For instance, to to:
http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/index.html
or
http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/oooauthors2/index.html
or
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/OOoAuthors_User_Manua
l
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My guess is that most new OOo 3 users will find the individual chapters
and
appendices available for download as pdf files via
http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/userguide3/index.html
a good start, until more detailed manuals can be produced. And hopefully,
as
Gary says, it will soon be possible to download the entire book in one
fell
swoop....
Henri
I did not want to give this email the 2-3 line link directly to the search
results;
BUT
if you go to http://www.lulu.com and search for "OpenOffice" there are
printed
books available. This company prints books on demand so the "low-volume"
subjects are available to people that would not if you have to print 10,000
or
more to go to the big book stores.
I do remember seeing links to books that went to the author's web sites.
Many
of these books are found on LULU.com and other print-on-demand sites.
I figure the quickest way to get a 3.0 version book will be at one of these
sites.
There is a 3.0 book at LULU.com already
"A Conceptual Guide to OpenOffice.org 3" $29.50 284 pages - paperback
http://www.lulu.com/content/3158571
from LULU.com
"
A Conceptual Guide to OpenOffice.org 3 is an easy-to-read, thorough,
self-paced guide to using the most popular open source office productivity
suite. Written by an educator who is passionate about lifelong learning,
this book is based upon teaching material he has developed over four years
for instructional use in the classroom. This 284-page guide provides
instruction for Writer, Calc, Impress and Base through ten hands-on lessons
and four quick reference guides. New topics in this edition include
installation instructions for the OpenOffice.org native Mac OS X port,
installation and use of OpenOffice.org extensions, an overview of the
OpenDocument format and much more. Internet access is required to download
the necessary lesson files and free OpenOffice.org software.
"
So, if you want to read the docs on your computer, there are a lot of
free PDF files from OOo's web site, and others.
If you want printed books for ver 3.0, go to the print-on-demand sites.
I buy some books at Amazon.com and BN.com that are actually
print-on-demand books/titles. I have had no troubles.
You might want to give it a try. I am thinking about buying the
book myself and showing it to my group of people that I am
getting to change to OOo. Might be another selling point to
be able to order printed books.
Tim L.
retired but still working hard
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