"Robin's book comes at the perfect time. With the extremely popular 2.0 release, more people will discover OpenOffice.org's incredible value. A book like Robin's is important because it helps people master the OpenOffice.org tools they need to get things done." --Jeffrey Bates, VP Editorial Operations, cofounder Slashdot.org OpenOffice.org 2.0 made easy...incredibly easy! Tired of Microsoft Office hassles, upgrades, and cost? Try OpenOffice.org 2.0! OpenOffice.org 2.0 is all the office productivity software you'll ever need for your Windows or Linux computer: word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, drawing, even databases...and it's free! Not sure it's up to the job? It is. Not sure you can switch from Microsoft Office? You can. Just let OpenOffice.org expert and Open Source Technology Group (OSTG) editor-in-chief Robin 'Roblimo' Miller teach you OpenOffice.org the easy way--using the skills you already have! Robin will help you become productive in minutes--and you don't need to be a computer expert! His easy, visual instructions walk you through every step of every task you need to know...plus, you'll find twenty how-to videos on CD!You'll master everything from formatting text documents to creating presentation slide shows and building "what-if" projections to designing flowcharts. There's even bonus coverage of Firefox and Thunderbird, the fast, safe, free software for Web browsing and e-mail! / Master OpenOffice.org Writer, Calc, Impress, Draw, and Base. / Create Microsoft Office-compatible documents anyone can read and use. / Analyze, manage, and manipulate business information with Calc. / Design attractive charts and other visuals. / Use mail merge to create great form letters or e-mails. / Create and manipulate sophisticated databases--even if you have no previous database experience. / Start using Firefox--the safest, most secure Web browser available for Windows! / Filter out junk mail with Thunderbird and say goodbye to Outlook Express. / Do things you can't do with Microsoft Office--such as creating Flash slide shows for the Web! TWO CD-ROMS INCLUDED The first CD-ROM features OpenOffice 2.0 for Windows and Linux, plus the Windows versions of the latest Firefox Web browser and Thunderbird e-mail software...just install and run!The second CD-ROM features 'Roblimo' showing you how to perform twenty essential OpenOffice.org tasks in easy, bite-sized video tutorials...just watch, and do!
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“Robin’s book comes at the perfect time. With the extremely popular 2.0 release, more people will discover OpenOffice.org’s incredible value. A book like Robin’s is important because it helps people master the OpenOffice.org tools they need to get things done.”
—Jeffrey Bates, VP Editorial Operations, cofounder Slashdot.org
OpenOffice.org 2.0 made easy...incredibly easy!
Tired of Microsoft Office hassles, upgrades, and cost? Try OpenOffice.org 2.0!
OpenOffice.org 2.0 is all the office productivity software you’ll ever need for your Windows or Linux computer: word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, drawing, even databases... and it’s free! Not sure it’s up to the job? It is. Not sure you can switch from Microsoft Office? You can. Just let OpenOffice.org expert and Open Source Technology Group (OSTG) editor-in-chief Robin ‘Roblimo’ Miller teach you OpenOffice.org the easy way—using the skills you already have!
Robin will help you become productive in minutes—and you don’t need to be a computer expert! His easy, visual instructions walk you through every step of every task you need to know... plus, you’ll find twenty how-to videos on CD! You’ll master everything from formatting text documents to creating presentation slide shows and building “what-if” projections to designing flowcharts. There’s even bonus coverage of Firefox and Thunderbird, the fast, safe, free software for Web browsing and e-mail!
• Master OpenOffice.org Writer, Calc, Impress, Draw, and Base.
• Create Microsoft Office-compatible documents anyone can read and use.
• Analyze, manage, and manipulate business information with Calc.
• Design attractive charts and other visuals.
• Use mail merge to create great form letters or e-mails.
• Create and manipulate sophisticated databases—even if you have no previous database experience.
• Start using Firefox—the safest, most secure Web browser available for Windows!
• Filter out junk mail with Thunderbird and say goodbye to Outlook Express.
• Do things you can’t do with Microsoft Office—such as creating Flash slide shows for the Web!
TWO CD-ROMS INCLUDED
The first CD-ROM features OpenOffice 2.0 for Windows and Linux, plus the Windows versions of the latest Firefox Web browser and Thunderbird e-mail software... just install and run!
The second CD-ROM features ‘Roblimo’ showing you how to perform twenty essential OpenOffice.org tasks in easy, bite-sized video tutorials... just watch, and do!
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Robin 'Roblimo' Miller (http://www.roblimo.com) is editor-in-chief of OSTG, one of the world's leading online tech news publishers. He has written extensively about computers and the Internet for Slashdot, Linux.com, NewsForge, Time New Media, Online Journalism Review, Web Hosting Magazine, theWashington Post, theBaltimore Sun, and many other Web sites, newspapers, and magazines. He is one of modern interactive journalism's creators and has served as an Internet business consultant to several Fortune 500 companies and many Internet entrepreneurs. He has also authored The Online Rules of Successful Companies (Financial Times Prentice Hall 2002) and Point & Click Linux (Prentice Hall 2004).
Bruce Byfield (Chapter 11, "Sharing Files Between OpenOffice.org and Microsoft Office") is a course designer, instructor, and computer journalist whose work has appeared on both NewsForge.com and the Linux Journal Web site.
Daniel Carrera (Chapter 6, "Slick OpenOffice.org Writer Tricks") is a long-time OpenOffice.org volunteer, user, and advocate who has written dozens of articles about OpenOffice.org.
Lalaine "Lizza" Capucion (Chapter 5, "OOo Calc: Spreadsheets and More," and Chapter 9, "Make Calc Spreadsheets Dance for You") is a freelance writer, editor, and abstractor/indexer who has been creating and working with sophisticated spreadsheets since 1993.
Rob Reilly (Chapter 3, "OOo Impress: Slide Shows That Will Impress Almost Anyone," Chapter 8, "OOo Impress: Smooth, Sophisticated Slide Shows," and Chapter 10, "OOo Database 'Front End': Your Free Pass") is a consultant, speaker, and freelance writer who has set up countless databases for clients—and loves to wow audiences with sophisticated slide presentations.
Linda Worthington (Chapter 7, "Draw: Not Your Father's Drawing Board") is a writer and graphics artist who maintains several sections of the official OOo Users Guide.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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This is not what I would call a quality product.
The written text is from several authors and is in several styles. The content does not go very deep at all. If there was more than 20 minutes thought given to the whole book before just diving in and writing I would be very surprised.
The videos continue this poorly prepared theme, with Roblimo just feeling his way around the software, obviously without a prepared script, and without having practiced what he was going to do and say beforehand. In one of the videos he gets stuck trying to export graphics, and the video just ends with an error message on his screen.
If you want a quick surface skim, and can find a second hand copy for a quid then go ahead and buy, otherwise forget it; just have a play with the software, the book won't teach you anything more.
The written text is from several authors and is in several styles. The content does not go very deep at all. If there was more than 20 minutes thought given to the whole book before just diving in and writing I would be very surprised.
The videos continue this poorly prepared theme, with Roblimo just feeling his way around the software, obviously without a prepared script, and without having practiced what he was going to do and say beforehand. In one of the videos he gets stuck trying to export graphics, and the video just ends with an error message on his screen.
If you want a quick surface skim, and can find a second hand copy for a quid then go ahead and buy, otherwise forget it; just have a play with the software, the book won't teach you anything more.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By Hannah
Format:Paperback
A good clear introduction to open office, with a CD containing the software and a second entire CD of video showing how to use Open Office, this is incredible value.
You can just sit back and watch the videos to easily learn how to use open office, and you also have the book in which you can read the parts you need as and when you need them, or refer to as a reference. The best value book I own.
You can just sit back and watch the videos to easily learn how to use open office, and you also have the book in which you can read the parts you need as and when you need them, or refer to as a reference. The best value book I own.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Good Introduction, But Lacks the Depth of a User's Manual
3 May 2006
By John Canales
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I should have read all the reviews before purchasing this book. I would have noticed that it provides an excellent overview of the wonderful suite of programs known collectively as OpenOffice.org. However, had I paid attention to previous reviews, I would also have realized that the book lacks in-depth coverage of the various programs.
Point & Click certainly is well-written and easy to follow. You will get started in no time with this book. However, once you start having nitty-gritty questions about how to do this or do the other, you will not find the answers here.
Point & Click certainly is well-written and easy to follow. You will get started in no time with this book. However, once you start having nitty-gritty questions about how to do this or do the other, you will not find the answers here.
10 of 12 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
Point & Click OpenOffice.org!
11 Jan 2006
By OOo Supporter
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback
First I want to thank the author for publishing this book since written references for OOo 2.0 are few and far between. It provides a good general introduction to select capabilities of OOo.
Beyond the above, I was very disappointed that it didn't provide more "meat." In particular I wanted information on Base, i.e., how to create, maintain, and report information from a database generated exclusively from OOo. The author does give a quick look into the reporting function and some insight into other capabilities. As well, a continuous case example would have been beneficial.
Yet, there is no information as to how to create a database in Base including editing of input data for accuracy. The author starts by directing the reader to get an existing database created from MySQL! I don't use MySQL. I use OOo!
If the buyer wants a "quick start" reference, "Point & Click OpenOffice 2.0" will do the trick. Even at that the price in the $20 range is excessive for 195 pages of generalizations.
Beyond the above, I was very disappointed that it didn't provide more "meat." In particular I wanted information on Base, i.e., how to create, maintain, and report information from a database generated exclusively from OOo. The author does give a quick look into the reporting function and some insight into other capabilities. As well, a continuous case example would have been beneficial.
Yet, there is no information as to how to create a database in Base including editing of input data for accuracy. The author starts by directing the reader to get an existing database created from MySQL! I don't use MySQL. I use OOo!
If the buyer wants a "quick start" reference, "Point & Click OpenOffice 2.0" will do the trick. Even at that the price in the $20 range is excessive for 195 pages of generalizations.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good introduction but much more powerful than presented here
6 Sep 2006
By Harold McFarland
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback
With the price of office software suites continuing to go up one of the more common questions these days is whether there are alternatives that provide a strong word processor and spreadsheet application. OpenOffice is one of the most popular of the alternatives and has the additional advantages of including a slide show presentation program and a database application program with the suite. In addition it is able to open Word and Excel documents as well as save documents and spreadsheets in those formats.
The book includes coverage of all the basics of installing and working with OpenOffice and all of the products included in the suite. There is no real heavy stuff here but instead covers all the most common tasks and how to accomplish them. The software is a lot more feature laden and powerful than what is covered in this book but Point and Click OpenOffice.org is the perfect place to start if you want to know how to get everyday tasks done right away. Point and Click OpenOffice.org is recommended to anyone new to OpenOffice and includes a CD with version 2.0 for Windows and Linux and 20 instructional videos.
The book includes coverage of all the basics of installing and working with OpenOffice and all of the products included in the suite. There is no real heavy stuff here but instead covers all the most common tasks and how to accomplish them. The software is a lot more feature laden and powerful than what is covered in this book but Point and Click OpenOffice.org is the perfect place to start if you want to know how to get everyday tasks done right away. Point and Click OpenOffice.org is recommended to anyone new to OpenOffice and includes a CD with version 2.0 for Windows and Linux and 20 instructional videos.
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