OOoSwitch: 501 Things You Want to Know About Switching To OpenOffice.org from Microsoft Office (Paperback)

~ Tamar E. Granor (Author), Scott Carr (Author), Sam Hiser (Author) "OpenOffice.org (OOo) is an open source office suite..." (more)
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Product Description

As Microsoft Office users are converting to OpenOffice.org in droves due to a wide difference in price and no onerous licensing or restrictive installation and activation requirements, this timely guide to making this switch helps MS Office users get up to speed quickly. With the goal of preventing Office users from becoming bogged down and spending a lot of time learning how OpenOffice.org's functionality differs, this book allows them to accomplish what they can already do in Microsoft Office with their new office suite. Covered are the installation and configuration of OOo, file compatibility, exchange, and layouts. Writer, Calc, Impress, and Draw are also discussed as replacements for Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Paint along with hundreds of tips on using them in day-to-day work. The capabilities of OOo Math are demonstrated, as is the OOo application programming interface.

About the Author

Tamar E. Granor, Ph.D., has developed and enhanced numerous FoxPro and Visual FoxPro applications for businesses and other organizations. She served as editor of FoxPro Advisor and is the coauthor of the magazine’s popular “Advisor Answers” column. She is a Microsoft Certified Professional and a Microsoft Support Most Valuable Professional. She lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Sam Hiser is an open source advocate and systems consultant to media, financial services, government, and education. He is a senior contributor and member of the Release Committee of OpenOffice.org.

Product Details

• Paperback: 311 pages
• Publisher: Hentzenwerke Publishing (September 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1930919360
• ISBN-13: 978-1930919365
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #496,797 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The switch got easier especially for Novices, November 26, 2003

By	"cigarone" (Tucker, GA United States) - See all my reviews

For those of us coming from an MS world, it helps with any new software to have assistance to overcome the learning curve. OOoSwitch jumpstarts the "trial and error" learning curve methodology by showing the differences and similarities between MS Office and OpenOffice.org.

The PDF feature in OOo would be reason enough to endure the learning curve, but OOoSwitch makes the transition fairly painless. By pointing out tasks I've already mastered in MS Office, I'm becoming reasonbly proficent in OOo.

Good book for experienced MS Office users and noncomputer types.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This gets the job done, December 14, 2005

By	Tom D. (Michigan) - See all my reviews

If you know how to do a task in Word, then you can quickly look up how to do it in Write. The language is simple and easy to use. My Mother liked it so much, that she took my copy.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars OOoSwitch: 501 Things You Wanted To Know About Switching to OpenOffice.org from Microsoft Office, July 23, 2005

By	Tommie S. Kirksmith "Tommie" (Whitesboro TX USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Few of us have time to read a guide book cover-to-cover, so it's nice to find one that's well-organized. This one is! OpenOffice.org is a new product/project that's still ironing out problems and making improvements. If you can't find what you need within this book, it also gives the website for the reader/user to ask questions and even invites their input.