Beginning OpenOffice 3: from novice to professional

If you want to fly with OpenOffice 3.0, publish to your local wiki, create web presentations, or add maps to your documents, Beginning OpenOffice 3 is the book for you. You will arm yourself with new OpenOffice.org 3.0 tools, from creating wiki docs to automating complex design steps. OpenOffice has been downloaded almost 100 million times, and this is the book that explains why.

• You learn how to adopt OpenOffice 3.0 innovations.
• You see how to work across Windows, OS X, Google, and the Web, no matter what the format.
• Mail merges and wiki docs will never seem so simple.

You will acquire skills in stylish document creation using a range of tools, by hand and via automation. No matter whether the documents are flyers or books, you will learn automation, design, remediation, sharing information, collaboration, presentation, and output. And author Andy Channelle will talk about reports and how to produce docs formatted for wikis, the Web, Google, and other platforms.

• Design OpenOffice cross–platform documents and output them to all platforms.
• Use OpenOffice on Windows, Mac, and Linux.
• Deal with Word documents and wiki output alike.
• Learn how to produce snazzy PDFs, GoogleOffice docs, and automated designs.
• See how spreadsheets can be pretty and secure.
• Explore the dustier corners of OpenOffice, from fonts to bibliographies.

OpenOffice 3.0 is for all of us. OpenOffice runs on Windows, Linux, and OS X: the audience is enormous, and 90 millions downloads speak clearly.

The Beginning series from Apress is the right choice to get the information you need to land that crucial entry–level job. These books will teach you a standard and important technology from the ground up because they are explicitly designed to take you from “novice to professional.” You’ll start your journey by seeing what you need to know—but without needless theory and filler. You’ll build your skill set by learning how to put together real–world projects step by step. So whether your goal is your next career challenge or a new learning opportunity, the Beginning series from Apress will take you there—it is your trusted guide through unfamiliar territory!