Special Edition Using StarOffice provides the information beginning to intermediate users need to created, edit, and publish effective documents using Linux's freeware office suite. Learn the ins and outs of the word processor, the spreadsheet, the presentation software. Also, see how to take advantage of Linux' native networkability for workgroup editing, Intranet document sharing and Web publishing.
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Special Edition Using StarOffice provides the information beginning to intermediate users need to created, edit, and publish effective documents using Linux's freeware office suite. Learn the ins and outs of the word processor, the spreadsheet, the presentation software. Also, see how to take advantage of Linux' native networkability for workgroup editing, Intranet document sharing and Web publishing.
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29 of 31 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Not bad at all. Very useful if you're making the switch!,
By A Customer
This review is from: special edition Using StarOffice (Paperback)
To the best of my knowledge, this is one of the first books to try documenting the StarOffice suite. A bold challenge since much of the exhaustive documentation is either in German or scattered in a several newsgroups. This book has met that challenge rather well. If you are working with StarOffice, and need more than just the online help (who doesn't?), this book is currently (as of 10/99) probably one of the best out there.The problem that I usually encounter with references which cover the entire "suite" is that there is very little coverage of of the advanced features. This book is only partly guilty of these kinds of omissions. The advanced features ARE covered but just a tad lightly (I suppose we'll be seeing very in-depth, application-specific books someday in the future). Having used StarOffice for about 8 months now, this book made me aware that StarCalc had its own version of Microsoft Excel's Pivot-Tables. This covers version 5.1 as was released by the original StarDivision or as is available now from Sun Microsystems. It covers both the Windows and Linux/Unix/Solaris versions and identifies subtle differences which you might encounter. Overall, it's a very good first reference with enough advanced topics.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Lots of detail, hard to use,
By James Jacobson (Torrance, CA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: special edition Using StarOffice (Paperback)
I bought this book because it definitely wasn't for Dummies, and I thought it would cover all of StarOffice's features. And by golly, it does. But darned if I can find what I need without wading through it for a half hour. I was very confused by the organization; each product has a 60-some page *introductory* section. I couldn't figure out where to look for just a simple procedure that tells me what I needed. When you can find a procedure, it's often a series of long, dense paragraphs; the information doesn't exactly leap out at you. And the illustrations, while very professional-looking, really aren't that helpful--the callouts are just the tooltips, which are built into the program. This book has a lot of potential and a lot of information but it needs an industrial-strength organizational makeover. before it can be really helpful. It's better than the quickie 400-page books, but I guess I'm still looking for the book I need. (It's also outdated, on version 5.1...sigh.)
17 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A must for anyone who really wants to use SO,
By A Customer
This review is from: special edition Using StarOffice (Paperback)
StarOffice (SO) is a pretty comparable app, on windows it compares nicely to MS office (although I would give a _slight_ edge to MS office) and under Linux it has no competition. With excellent import/export filters it's a must for anyone who is a linux/solaris user.. I was pleasantly pleased with this book they don't spend a lot of time teaching how to use a mouse but come in at a middle level (and occasionally getting down right advanced) If all you want to do is type a few letters no need to get this, but if you want to do anything else it is ~$$ well spent
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