Transcript Open Office Writer Computer Training Programme

Open Office Writer
Computer Training Programme
Speaker
Kumardeep Chaudhary
17th September 2014
(Wednesday)
What is Open Office?
 OpenOffice.org is a
www.openoffice.org.
free
download
you
can
get
it
at
 A suite of 6 programs that perform the same or similar tasks as those
in Microsoft Office.
 Open-sourced version of the earlier StarOffice,
Microsystems acquired in 1999 for internal use.
which
Sun
 Its Free with The LGPL (GNU Lesser General Public License)
license.
 Means you can:
 install it on any number of computers.
 use it for any purpose.
 make copies and give them away.
OpenOffice.org components
• Word processor (Writer)
• Spreadsheet (Calc)
• Presentation application (Impress)
• Drawing application (Draw)
• Formula editor (Math)
• Database management application (Base)
What is Writer?
• The word processor component of OpenOffice.org
• Free alternative to Windows' MS Word .
• Can be used to create documents such as reports and letters
• File extension is .odt
MICROSOFT
OPEN OFFICE
Developed by a single vendor
Open source software is
developed collaboratively.
Microsoft Office 2013, on the
other hand, costs from $139.99
to $399.99 depending on the
edition.
OpenOffice and LibreOffice are
both free.
Only install it on a specified
Download and install the
number of computers within your software on as many
organization.
machines as you like.
Microsoft doesn't offer anything
comparable
Customize the code to your
needs
Usability and Interface
System Requirements
MICROSOFT

OPEN OFFICE
1GB RAM for 32-bit computers (2GB
for 64-bit machines)
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Office 2013 also requires Windows
7 or 8 to run fully
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subscribe to Office 365 Home
Premium
not allowed on LINUX
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LibreOffice 4.0 and Open Office 4.0
need just 256MB of RAM(although
both recommend 512MB)
need Java installed to take
advantage of certain features
LibreOffice and OpenOffice will run
on older Windows versions,
including XP or Vista, and
OpenOffice can even run on
Windows 2003.
Both open source suites will run on
most Mac computers running OS X
10.4 (Tiger) or higher
Cross-platform compatibility
Open Office and LibreOffice will run on
a Linux system

Document Sharing
• For open office Writer, the file type will be in “.odt” (Open Document Text)
but can read and write files using Microsoft's format such as .DOC or .DOCX
formats .
• Advantage of .odt format is the file size will be smaller.
• Can open files saved in substantially older versions of Microsoft Office than
Office 2013 .
• Can even open corrupted Word files that Office 2013 can’t open.
• Export any file as a PDF, ensuring that viewers see the document exactly as
you intended.
Specific Features: A Comparison
• Grammar Checking. LibreOffice have built-in grammar-checking
tools.
• Conditional Formatting Ability to automatically format cells based
on the properties of the data within them.
• Suite-Wide interface Provides a gateway to easily access any of the
individual components, while users need to open each Office 2013
application separately.
• File Size. In general, the native formats of OpenOffice and
LibreOffice will create smaller files than Office 2013.
• HTML Production. create and edit files in HTML, the coding
language behind the web.
Extended Help
Setting Page margins
Adding Page Numbers
Adding Default
Footer First
Inserting Page
number
Inserting Page
Count to
compare with
total Pages
Inserted Page
number with
page count.
Setting Graphics
• No Wrap Text is placed above and below the image but not around it
• Page Wrap or Optimal Page Wrap The text flows around the image.
Moving the image around the page causes the text to be rearranged
to fill the space to the left and right of it.
• Wrap Through Superimposes the image on the text. That is, the
image is above the text.
• Background the image is placed below the text so there may be no
need to change the transparency to make the text visible.
Adding Formulas to word Document
Enter formula here.
Tracking Changes
• When multiple people are working on a document or project,
Writer has a feature that allows changes in the document to
be tracked by user.
Select
Record
Tracking Changes
• When multiple people are working on a document or project,
Writer has a feature that allows changes in the document to
be tracked by user.
Select
Record
Compare two Documents
Compare two Documents
Adding Reference
Adding Bibliography
Hindi Support
Why is open office not as popular as
MS office?
• Network effect.
• Through word-of-mouth effect.
• People may not understand the benefit of open source .
• People do not trust the reliability of open source software.
“Free software is a matter of liberty, not price. To understand the concept, you
should think of 'free' as in free speech, not as in 'free beer'.” -Richard M.
Stallman
Thank you