Writer for Writers and Advanced UsersWriter for Writers and Advanced Users (book)

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While Writer is a capable word processor, figuring out its advanced features can be a daunting prospect. This book is here to help you – and in a different manner than you would expect. Instead of wasting your time on describing Writer’s features, the book deals with the tasks that are important for writers and professional users alike: designing a book template, working with bibliographies, digitally signing documents, and mastering other useful applications.

6X9 Book Template for OpenOffice.org Writer6X9 Book Template for OpenOffice.org Writer (multimedia download)

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If you plan to use OpenOffice.org Writer for your next book, you don't have to reinvent the wheel and create a book template from scratch. Just install OpenOffice.org, grab the provided template, and you are good to go. The book template includes advanced elements such as running footers, multiple paginations, a table of contents, and an alphabetical index. There is also a sample book cover in the .xcf (The GIMP) format as well as a detailed tutorial that explains how to create your own book template. The whole package is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 license, which means that you are free to modify it and use it for whatever purpose you like.

Writer's Tools ManualWriter's Tools Manual (book)

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Writer's Tools Manual covers all the important topics, which can help you to get the most out of the Writer's Tools extension for OpenOffice.org. The manual provides detailed explanation of how to install the extension and configure different tools. It also explains how to use the extension's tools to make the writing process more efficient.

Sun Report Builder GuidebookSun Report Builder Guidebook (book)

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Most of OpenOffice.org’s extensions are simple enough that you can start using them right away without reading any manuals or user guides. Sun Report Builder, however, is a notable exception from that rule. This is extension integrates tightly with OpenOffice.org Base which is probably the most complex application of the productivity suite. Sun Report Builder gives you powerful tools to make sense of the data stored in a Base database by presenting them in variety of ways. True, you can create a simple report with Sun Report Builder in a matter of minutes, but if you want to make the most out of this extension, you have to understand its more advanced features. And this is where this guidebook comes into picture. It will help you to get to grips with basic Sun Report Builder’s features as well as master the extension’s more advanced functionality.

OpenOffice.org Basic Crash CourseOpenOffice.org Basic Crash Course (book)

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Learning OpenOffice.org Basic (OOo Basic) can be a bit like learning a foreign language. If you have the time and ambition to communicate fluently, you can spend months or even years studying grammar and expanding your vocabulary. But sometimes you just need some basic skills to get you through daily situations. In this case, a crash course that introduces you to some basic principles and building blocks of the language would do just fine. The same is true for OOo Basic – if you need to write a simple macro that makes your daily computing life a bit easier, you don’t have to spend time reading about methods, routines, and object properties. What you need is some working examples and an explanation of how they work. And if you are looking for something like that, then this book is for you.