OpenOffice.org

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OpenOffice.org is a free, open source alternative to MS Office or Word Perfect. It provides almost all of the functionality, with none of the cost. You can read more about the creators and the project's goals here.

[edit] Introduction

• Introduction
• Installation
• Applications Overview

[edit] Applications

OpenOffice.org is as an office suite, is divided into several related sub-applications. These applications are designed to work together but can also work like a stand alone programs:

• Writer: word processor
• Calc: spreadsheet
• Impress: presentation program
• Draw: vector graphics editor
• Base: database management program
• Math: formula editor

[edit] General Features

• Macro: OpenOffice.org can be scripted through OpenOffice.org Basic, Python, Beanshell, and Javascript, this feature is more widely known as Macro

[edit] Technical

• OASIS File Format

[edit] Miscellaneous topics

• Performance Tips
• Quickstarter
• Prelink
• Some useful template

[edit] Versions

The latest stable version of OpenOffice.org as of July 6, 2008 is OpenOffice.org 2.4.1, it can be obtained from Open Office's official download site.

[edit] Derived Works (Forks)

An up-to-date list is kept at http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/DerivedWorks.

[edit] References and external links

Wikipedia has related information at OpenOffice.org.

• OpenOffice.org User Guide (2.0 Draft 11). Note that this is a 470 page PDF file and may take a few moments to download/open depending on your connection speed.
• OpenOffice.org data recovery Hopefully it never happens, but if it does use these steps to recover data from corrupted or problem files in OpenOffice.org.
• OpenOffice.org 2.0 lessons in Flash format
• How to install OpenOffice.org in Windows XP
• Using C++ with OOo's SDK

[edit] Contributors

• T.R. Darr - Responsible for the bulk of the content (at the time of this writing; feel free to change that).
• Roger Que - Information on OpenOffice.org being pre-installed with Linux distributions
• Klingoncowboy4 - Added version, writer, and additional windows download info. Started Writer Tutorial.
• Gesiwuj - Added descriptions and images of each application.