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:

1. What is OpenOffice.org?
2. Basic Use of OpenOffice.org
3. OpenOffice.org Configuration
4. Collaborating with Proprietary Suites
5. Styles and Templates
6. Introduction to Writer
7. Introduction to Calc
8. Introduction to Impress
9. Introduction to Base
10. Other OO.o Tools
11. Introduction to Macros