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Documentation and Related Resources
From NeoWiki
In addition to this wiki, there are many places to find documention and other information about using NeoOffice. Many of these resources are written for OpenOffice.org, but most of the time they apply equally as well to NeoOffice. When working with information about OpenOffice.org, remember to use the Command key in NeoOffice when the OpenOffice.org resource mentions the Control key.
The resources below are all in English. Sometimes there are resources available in one language but not another. If you speak or read one of the other languages supported in this wiki, you may want to refer to this article in another language; links are provided at the bottom of the page. Resources specific to a particular module (Writer, Calc, Base, Macros, etc.) are more likely to be listed in the wiki pages dedicated to those modules than here.
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Free User Guides and eBooks
- This is a new manual, written completely from scratch by jgd and that offers more in-depth coverage of NeoOffice features and supplements the original NeoOffice User Guide. The link is a direct link to the manual as a PDF (3 MB).
- This is a revision of the OpenOffice.org 2.x Guide, edited by , jgd and other members of the NeoOffice community to apply to directly to NeoOffice. The link is a direct link to the download (18 MB). The individual chapter files, in
.odtformat can be downloaded here.
A Conceptual Guide to NeoOffice 2 for Mac OS X by R. Gabriel Gurley
- This is the only NeoOffice-specific book that we are aware of. The book is available as a paperback book for purchase from a variety of outlets worldwide. The book is a 288-page guide written by an educator and includes ten hands-on lessons that walk users step-by-step through the creation of various documents.
- The official OpenOffice.org User Guide, available in draft form as a PDF.
OOoAuthors.org OpenOffice 2.x Guide
- OOoAuthors has a guide to using OpenOffice.org 2.x, explaining many of the features and common tasks.
OOoAuthors.org Office Migration Guide
- A guide to switching from Microsoft Office to OpenOffice.org 2.x, explaining the differences in many of the features and common tasks.
- StarOffice is the commercial version of OpenOffice.org that is sold by Sun Microsystems for Linux, Solaris, and Windows. While there are differences between the two, about 90% of the documentation is directly relevant for NeoOffice 2.x.
Ebooks and Print Books for purchase
A Conceptual Guide to NeoOffice 2 for Mac OS X by R. Gabriel Gurley
- This is the only NeoOffice-specific book that we are aware of. The book is available as a PDF (free download) or as a paperback book for purchase from Lulu. The book is a 288-page guide written by an educator and includes ten hands-on lessons that walk users step-by-step through the creation of various documents.
OpenOffice.org Guidebook by Solveig Haugland
- A comprehensive guidebook by a trainer with extensive experience with OpenOffice.org.
Training Workbooks by Solveig Haugland
- Training workbooks on various modules/functions of OpenOffice.org. Lab files for working through the exercises are available on this page as well.
OpenOffice.org books available from www.lulu.com
- From this site you can purchase print copies of the OpenOffice.org Guide and the OOo Authors guides to the various modules. Other books on OpenOffice.org are also available, in print and/or as a download.
Forums, etc.
- The official support forums for NeoOffice.
- User-to-user support forums for OpenOffice.org. An exellent source of information and assistance on the various modules of OpenOffice.org (and thus NeoOffice).
OpenOffice.org Community Forums
- A newer user forum for OpenOffice.org. Currently fewer posts are left unanswered than in the OOo Forums listed above. Many regulars in this forum frequent OOo Forums as well, so double posting is not reccommended.
- Not precisely a forum. Enter a keyword, phrase, or question, and the knowledge base will provide related articles.
- The OpenOffice.org wiki now includes documentation pages. It includes FAQs, Howtos, etc.
Blogs etc.
The blogs below are full of useful articles and tips on using OpenOffice.org.
- A prolific blogger and OpenOffice.org expert. A sampling of blog articles:
- Configuring OpenOffice.org Writer
- What New Users Need to Know About OpenOffice.org
- 11 Tips for Moving to OpenOffice.org
- Back to School with Bibliographies
- Sharing Files Between OpenOffice.org and MS Office
- Fielding Questions, Part 4 - Mail Merges
- That's Your Version: Version Control in OpenOffice.org
- A trainer and expert in OpenOffice.org. Her blog articles cover a wide range of tips and instructions. A sampling of blog articles:
- Publisher Users: Making Postcards, Brochures, and Other Cool Stuff...
- Creating Keyboard Shortcuts in OpenOffice, including Assigning Keyboard Shortcuts to Styles, a GREAT Feature
- Sample Project for Joining Tables, Regarding Primary Keys
- Creating Calculated Fields in OpenOffice Base
- Using OpenOffice Draw: Creating a Drawing and Exporting the Drawing to GIF, PNG, JPG, or Other Raster Formats
- There is also a list of her articles written for the enterprise linux site
- Technical editor and writer with over 30 years of editing experience. Not precisely a blog. Her site has separate pages for each module, with some links of helpful resources from various places on the net, including articles by Bruce Byfield and Solveig Haugland.
OpenOffice.org Help TNT: Tips'n'Tricks that somehow didn't make it to the help (yet)
- A sporadically updated blog with tips on using various aspects of OpenOffice.org. A menu bar at the top lets you chose the module or category you are interested in.
- A well organized blog of OpenOffice Tips, which can be searched by category. The blogger is in the process of changing to WordPress. An list of articles from the old blog can be found at richhillsoftware.com.
Tutorials
- Visual tutorials from InPics provide tutorials for many common tasks in Writer, Calc, Impress, and Base.
- Screencast-tutorials.com provides online help for OpenOffice.org in the form of Plan-B animated software manuals
- These well organized tutorials can be either viewed on-line or downloaded as Writer files (with supporting Calc, Impress, or Draw files, as appropriate). This means that you can print them locally and build-up a complete reference set. The early tutorials in each section are designed for those with little to no experience with office suites.
- Web-based training and streaming video tutorials for OpenOffice.org
- Student created video tutorials for Open Office, including one on customizing the thesis template.
- The link will take you to the tips for toolbars, but there is a navigation bar on the right to other tips.
Related Articles in the Wiki
Sources of Templates
Sources of Clipart
Documentation/Support for Macros
Documentation on NeoOffice Base
Related External Links
The OpenOffice.org Documentation Project
- An index of a wide variety of OpenOffice.org documentation and resources. Most of the OpenOffice.org resources listed in Free User Guides and eBooks section can also be accessed from this page. The OpenOffice.org Documentation Project includes links to the following:
- User Manuals
- How Tos
- FAQs - Frequently Asked Questions
- Setup Guides
- Application Online Help
- Developer Documentation
- Samples, Templates and Clipart
- Tutorials
- Articles and Reviews
- Documentation from other OpenOffice.org projects
- Third party resources
- OOoForums
- Archive
- A comprehensive list of help resources for OpenOffice.org; if you don't find it here, you might find it there.
- Another page on the official OpenOffice.org site, Links to:
- free community Support,
- commercial support and training,
- OpenOffice.org books, and
- general community resources.
