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=== Configuration ===
=== Configuration ===


Many settings can be set/changed vie Tools -> Options
Many settings can be set/changed via:

-> Tools -> Options


If many documents will be interchanged with people who don't use OpenOffice then default format for saving can be set via
If many documents will be interchanged with people who don't use OpenOffice then default format for saving can be set via

Revision as of 03:33, 18 January 2015

For General Users

Several freely downloadable or commercially available derivatives of OpenOffice are now available:

  1. freely downloadable
  2. sold commercially
    • IBM Smartsuite

All use the same document format and can import/export a range of documents as well

  • PDF
  • DOC & dotDOCX documents
  • XLS
  • PPT.


Documentation

  • comprhensive editing help is available via the HELP menu within openoffice variants
  • LibreOffice additionally provide a conventional user guides that may be downloaded in dotODT or dotPDF format

http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/documentation/

LibreOffice

A major upgrade to version 4 was released in February 2013.

  • significant change in menu structures
  • conversion guide available from above documentation repository


Configuration

Many settings can be set/changed via:

-> Tools -> Options

If many documents will be interchanged with people who don't use OpenOffice then default format for saving can be set via

-> Load/Save -> General
  • then select the document format for text, spreadsheet etc docs

Rod12:29, 11 March 2013 (EST)