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OpenOffice for Beginners

Description

Many years ago the competition for applications like word processors, spreadsheets and presentation applications was fierce, but today it seems like we have only one choice. NOT SO! OpenOffice is available for free and can do just about anything that the competition can do and can create, read and edit documents that can be read and edited by the other applications. In this course you will learn to use the OpenOffice Writer to create basic word processing document. You will learn to use the OpenOffice Calc to create spreadsheets and charts. You will use the OpenOffice Impress to create presentations. You will use the OpenOffice Base to create databases and mail merges.

Objectives

Students will explore OpenOffice settings and how to get help.
Students will use Writer to create and format basic documents.
Students will use Writer to tables, graphics and tables of contents to their documents.
Students will use Calc to create basic spreadsheets.
Students will add charts and filter and sort data in their Calc spreadsheets.
Students will use Impress to create a basic presentation.
Students will use Impress to create handouts for their presentations and add animation to their presentations.
Students will use Draw to create illustrations for their OpenOffice documents.
Students will use Base to create a database.
Students will create a final project using what they learned in this course.

Book

Lesson 1: Getting Started

Read Chapters 1, 2 and 5

Lesson 2: Writer Basics

Read Chapters 6 - 10

Lesson 3: More Writer Skills

Read Chapters 11-15

Lesson 4: Calc Basics

Read Chapters 16 and 17

Lesson 5: More Calc Skills

Read Chapters 18, 19 and 20

Lesson 6: Impress Basics

Read Chapters 21 and 22

Lesson 7: More Impress Skills

Read Chapters 23, 24 and 25

Lesson 8: Drawings

Read Chapters 26, 27 and 28

Lesson 9: Base Basics

Read Chapters 29, 30 and 31

Lesson 10: Putting it All Together

Review Chapters 1 - 31