Libraries can use the Open Office suite when they buy new computers. When libraries buy the Microsoft Office Suite for example for their computers, they must buy a license agreement which is an extra fee. Microsoft Office or Apple Works are expensive to put on a computer in the first place.
Friday, September 18, 2009
Where Can You Find Open Office?
The website for Open Office is: http://www.openoffice.org/.
Open Office is completely free and user friendly. The Open Office community offers free updates as well. If ever you need to troubleshoot issues with the programs, this site offers great advice.
A Clever Description of Open Office
Open Office is similar to the Microsoft Office Suite. It is compatible with the Microsoft programs, so if you’re working on a word document in Open Office, you can save it so a Microsoft Office Word program will read it. The Open Office suite includes programs like word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, and databases. Open Office is also available in a wide variety of languages because the software is created and updated around the world.
The following is a product description from the OOo site. The unerlined names of the software will also take you to that particular site for a more in depth description and download.
Writer – a word processor you can use for anything from writing a quick letter to producing an entire book.
Calc – a powerful spreadsheet with all the tools you need to calculate, analyse, and present your data in numerical reports or sizzling graphics.
Impress – the fastest, most powerful way to create effective multimedia presentations.
Draw – lets you produce everything from simple diagrams to dynamic 3D illustrations.
Base – lets you manipulate databases seamlessly. Create and modify tables, forms, queries, and reports, all from within OpenOffice.org
Math – lets you create mathematical equations with a graphic user interface or by directly typing your formulas into the equation editor.
http://www.openoffice.org/product/product.html. Accessed: November 3, 2009.
The following is a product description from the OOo site. The unerlined names of the software will also take you to that particular site for a more in depth description and download.
Writer – a word processor you can use for anything from writing a quick letter to producing an entire book.
Calc – a powerful spreadsheet with all the tools you need to calculate, analyse, and present your data in numerical reports or sizzling graphics.
Impress – the fastest, most powerful way to create effective multimedia presentations.
Draw – lets you produce everything from simple diagrams to dynamic 3D illustrations.
Base – lets you manipulate databases seamlessly. Create and modify tables, forms, queries, and reports, all from within OpenOffice.org
Math – lets you create mathematical equations with a graphic user interface or by directly typing your formulas into the equation editor.
http://www.openoffice.org/product/product.html. Accessed: November 3, 2009.
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