StarOffice 5.2 Companion

• The step-by-step, task-based productivity guide to StarOffice
• For Windows, Linux, and Solaris platforms
• Covers Writer, Calc, Impress, Web, Draw, Image, Schedule, Mail, Address Book, Base, and more

Imagine: an office productivity suite that's powerful, easy to use, thoroughly integrated—and free! For millions of Linux, Solaris, and Windows users, this is no fantasy. It's a reality, with StarOffice. Now, there's a comprehensive, task-based guide to making the most of StarOffice 5.2—direct from Sun Microsystems, developer of StarOffice!

StarOffice 5.2 Companion also incorporates solutions to questions from hundreds of new StarOffice users, making this the most practical, task-oriented book around. This book delivers clear, step-by-step coverage of every key StarOffice component—focusing on the features, techniques, and tips that help you do what you need to do to get your job done.

You'll find comprehensive coverage of all of the following and more:

• Conversion to and from Microsoft file formats—on individual files, entire folders, and scores of other file formats
• StarOffice Writer: editing, formatting, collaboration, long documents, mail merge, and printing
• StarOffice Calc: data entry, formatting, calculations, functions, and data analysis tools
• StarOffice Impress: creating, organizing, designing, and delivering presentations
• StarOffice Draw and Image: lines, objects, colors, text, vector drawings, and raster graphics in popular formats like JPG and GIF
• StarOffice Web: browsing the Internet, creating HTML documents, hyperlinks, converting other StarOffice formats to HTML, WebCast presentations, FTP, and animated text and graphics
• StarOffice Schedule: event and task management, views and filters, notifications, workgroup scheduling, and PalmPilot synchronization
• StarOffice Mail and Address Book: email, newsgroups, and contacts management
• Installation and printer setup information: Getting StarOffice up and running quickly on your home computer, and detailed instructions for implementing an enterprise-wide networked solution
• Customizing the StarOffice integrated environment to make using StarOffice simple and productive

StarOffice Companion also contains detailed coverage of StarOffice 5.2's Web browsing and database features—even an introduction to StarOffice Basic, StarOffice's powerful macro automation language.

Want to get productive with StarOffice? Here's the practical, direct, expert guide you've been searching for: StarOffice 5.2 Companion.

Contents

• Preface
• Chapter 1: Installation
• Chapter 2: Printing in StarOffice
• Chapter 3: Taming the StarOffice Environment
• Chapter 4: Getting Started with Writer
• Chapter 5: Formatting Documents
• Chapter 6: Adding Objects to Documents
• Chapter 7: Headers, Footers, and Fields
• Chapter 8: Books and Longer Documents
• Chapter 9: Mailings
• Chapter 10: Version Control and Editing Tools
• Chapter 11: Printing in StarOffice Writer
• Chapter 12: StarOffice Web Setup
• Chapter 13: Browsing
• Chapter 14: Creating Web Pages
• Chapter 15: Printing in StarOffice Web
• Chapter 16: Getting Started with Calc
• Chapter 17: Data Entry and Formatting
• Chapter 18: Calculating and Manipulating Data
• Chapter 19: Adding Objects to SpreadSheets
• Chapter 20: Useful SpreadSheet Tools
• Chapter 21: Version Control and Editing Tools
• Chapter 22: Printing in StarOffice Calc
• Chapter 23: Creating Presentations
• Chapter 24: Developing Presentations
• Chapter 25: Delivering Presentations
• Chapter 26: StarOffice Draw
• Chapter 27: StarOffice Image
• Chapter 28: StarOffice Scheduel Setup
• Chapter 29: Scheduling
• Chapter 30: Printing in StarOffice Schedule
• Chapter 31: Setting Up Mail and News
• Chapter 32: Using Mail
• Chapter 33: Using Address Book
• Chapter 34: Creating and Modifying Databases
• Chapter 35: Using Databases
• Chapter 36: Using Macros to Automate Tasks
• Index