Getting Started with OpenOffice.org
Overview:
This one-day course provides students with the knowledge and skills to accurately and efficiently work with a variety of business document types, including reports, newsletters, spreadsheets, simple databases, outlines, formulas, screen and web presentations.
Prerequisites:
Prior to attending this class, students should have the following experience:
- Basic use of a desktop computing environment: mouse, keyboard, etc.
Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to:
- Use and configure OpenOffice.org
- Collaborate with users of other productivity suites
- Utilize templates and styling management tools
- Create, edit, print, save, email and export various documents
- Work with Letters, Mail Merges, and Forms using Writer
- Work with Spreadsheets, Charts, and Formulas using Calc
- Work with presentations using Impress
- Implement basic Macros to automate tasks
Course Topics:
- What is OpenOffice.org?
- Basic Use of OpenOffice.org
- OpenOffice.org Configuration
- Collaborating with Proprietary Suites
- Styles and Templates
- Introduction to Writer
- Introduction to Calc
- Introduction to Impress
- Introduction to Base
- Other OO.o Tools
- Introduction to Macros