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8 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Unfortunately, I have not had time to assess the product in a practical sense but skipping through the book I note that the content is practical and set out clearly. I have the impression that it does not deal with the 6 applications in depth, which is only to be expected given that, after all, the book is written with OpenOffice novices in mind.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
It is exactly what the title of the book says, Getting Started. Easy and not complicate. It is not a book that will guide through detailed steps of this very powerfull Office Suit. The OOo community is always available to support anyone.
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66 of 67 people found the following review helpful
It's a help!
27 Nov 2008
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
I am switching over from MS Office to Open Office 3. I have a number of years experience with heavy duty office suites including Corel Perfect Office and Microsoft Office. And, I can say without reservation that Open Office 3 is an excellent package. This manual comes with the suite's download in Adobe Acrobat format. So, you may wonder why someone would pay for a printed version. The answer is simple, "convenience". It's easier to use a printed version than to keep jumping back and forth, and when you consider time and printing materials, certainly cheaper than printing it off for yourself. Do I recommend it? In a word, "yes".
My only knock on the book is that it is skimpy. The writers try to cover an awful lot of material and in so doing, they don't go into a huge amount of detail on any one thing. That means that they make assumptions about how much a reader already knows. For an experienced user, the book can be quite helpful, for a beginner just starting out on office suites, probably less so.
One problem the book doesn't address is the variation in terminology from suite to suite. For example in MS Office reader remarks are called "comments" whereas in Open Office, they are called "notes". Not knowing what something is called can make it hard to look up. Still, with the manual and some experimentation you should be up and running fairly quickly.
My only knock on the book is that it is skimpy. The writers try to cover an awful lot of material and in so doing, they don't go into a huge amount of detail on any one thing. That means that they make assumptions about how much a reader already knows. For an experienced user, the book can be quite helpful, for a beginner just starting out on office suites, probably less so.
One problem the book doesn't address is the variation in terminology from suite to suite. For example in MS Office reader remarks are called "comments" whereas in Open Office, they are called "notes". Not knowing what something is called can make it hard to look up. Still, with the manual and some experimentation you should be up and running fairly quickly.
24 of 24 people found the following review helpful
The software is free, but this manual is priceless!
19 May 2009
Format:Paperback
Free software without a guide is not worth the price...so I was very happy in my research to find that blog after blog recommend this Getting Started Guide....
I had been trying to wean myself off Microsoft products and was looking at Open Office but up to now Open Office was lacking in the manual dept. Not any longer....in a few hours of opening this book I felt I was an old pro on OpenOffice.
I loved the info, the format and the fact that its written for a user in mind, not a technician in mind....written for real people!
Very, Very well recommend!
I had been trying to wean myself off Microsoft products and was looking at Open Office but up to now Open Office was lacking in the manual dept. Not any longer....in a few hours of opening this book I felt I was an old pro on OpenOffice.
I loved the info, the format and the fact that its written for a user in mind, not a technician in mind....written for real people!
Very, Very well recommend!
14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Great Manual
4 May 2009
Format:Paperback
I ran into open office org by mistake when I was trying to convert to a PDF file. It is easier than word and you don't lose formatting. This book helped me get through that hurdle and many more. The book is even a better user guide than the help feature on office org.
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