4. Office Work

You can write documents, create spreadsheets, and stunning presentations using OpenOffice.org, a full-featured Microsoft Office-compatible office suite. We briefly present the word processor interface, please refer to the OpenOffice.org Home Page for more information.

Launch the OpenOffice.org word processor by choosing OfficeOpenOffice.org Writer from the main menu. You can start typing your document's text right away and insert tables, lists, images (see Figure 2.6, “The Familiar Word Processor Interface”).

Figure 2.6. The Familiar Word Processor Interface

The Familiar Word Processor Interface

Even though you can directly change the appearance of your document (for example, font family and size), it is recommended that you use styles to standardize on document formatting. Press F11 to open the Styles and Formatting options, select some text and click on a style name to apply that style to the selected text.

Use OpenOffice.org Calc for spreadsheets and simulations and OpenOffice.org Impress for creating stunning presentations with slides containing text, lists, images, charts, animations, transition effects, etc.