Point & click Openoffice.org!

Table of Contents
Foreword
? by Louis Suarez-Potts, OpenOffice.org Foundation
Introduction - What OpenOffice.org can do for you
Section One ? OpenOffice.org Basics

Chapter 1 -- First Things First
Installing OpenOffice.org
Setting up OpenOffice.org
How OpenOffice.org works
OpenOffice.org file formats

Chapter 2 ? OOo Writer: Text Documents With Pizazz
Entering Text
Jazzing it up
Adding an image
Saving the Document
Printing it for all to see

Chapter 3 - OOo Impress: Slide shows that will impress almost anyone
Creating a slide show from OOo's built-in templates
Making your own slide patterns from scratch
Using the OOo Impress "autolayout" feature
Adding graphics to your slides
Saving your slide show
Importing and editing PowerPoint slide shows
Exporting slide shows to PowerPoint format
Exporting slide shows as flash for Web viewing
The real secret to good-looking presentations

Chapter 4 - OOo Draw: Documents with Imagination
Making (or altering) pictures with OOo Draw drawing tools
Adding text to drawings
Saving image files

hapter Five ? Ooo Calc: Spreadsheets and more
Starting Simply
Formatting for Fun
Recognizing OOo Calc Limitations

Section Two -- Advanced OpenOffice.org

Chapter 6 -- Slick OpenOffice.org Writer tricks
Wizards: Make a layout once, use it a million times
Styling and formatting for effect
Create a sample document
Modify Styles
Working faster with AutoCorrect
Use word completion (or not)
Configure other autocorrect options
Automating page footers and page numbers
Adding footnotes however and wherever you want them
Simplifying complexity in special-purpose documents
Generating a table of contents and index
Sending OOo documents as email
Downloading and using templates made by others
Installing a template

Chapter 7 -- Draw: Not your father?s drawing board
Grouping Objects
Creating Flowcharts and Organizational Charts
Shaping Cool Effects
Convert a shape to 3D
Create a 3D logo from font characters
Casting Shadows
Modifying Transparency
Advancing to specific needs
Duplicate a shape
Exchange objects with other programs
Going with the Gimp

Chapter 8 ? OOo Impress: Smooth, Sophisticated Slide Shows
Getting From Slide To Slide with Transitions
Bringing Life to Your Show With Object Animations
Using Normal Mode for Most Work
Jazzing up Your Text
Customizing Graphics
Stepping up the Productivity
Slide Shows are only part of public speaking

Chapter Nine ? Make Calc spreadsheets dance for you
Creating ?natural language? formulas
Using the ?Intelligent Sum? button
Working with Stylist and Autoformat in Calc
Letting Scenario Manager help with ?What if?? projections
Using and Creating Spreadsheet Themes
Using ?DataPilot? to Import and Manipulate Information from Databases
Created With Other Software
?Mail Merging? with OOo Writer Documents and Calc Data

Chapter 10 ? OOo database ?front end?: Your Free Pass
Connecting To OpenOffice.org's Data Sources
Accessing A Datasource In Writer Or Calc
Formulating SQL Queries ? Even If You Know Nothing About
Databases
Making Elegant, Printable Reports from Your Database

CH 11-- Sharing files between OpenOffice.org and MS Office
Preparing for sharing ? files, that is
Preparing to Share Files Between Writer and Word
Sharing Files Between Writer and Word
Sharing Files Between Calc and Excel
Sharing Files Between Impress and PowerPoint
Sharing Draw Files

Chapter 12 -- OpenOffice.org as a community effort
Open source magic
Free tech support
What does Sun Microsystems get by giving away OpenOffice.org?
Getting hooked on open source software
Bonus Section: FireFox Web Browsing & Thunderbird Email

Ch 13 ? About FireFox and Thunderbird

Ch 14 ? Light up the World Wide Web with Firefox
Installing Firefox
Importing Explorer Settings
Privacy and other options
Saving the best for last: Tabbed browsing

Ch 15 ? Thunderbird saves the email day
Installing Thunderbird
Configuring Thunderbird
Setting up the Thunderbird Junk email filter