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OpenOffice
OpenOffice is a free and open-source office suite. It is commonly used as a free alternative to Microsoft Office. It includes Writer (a word processor), Calc (a spreadsheet program), Impress (a presentation program), Base (a database manager), and Draw (a vector graphics editor).
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It's a suite of integrated programs incorporating word-processing, spreadsheet, database and others.
Can open office and Microsoft office be installed on same computer?
Yes, but you need to be careful which application you install first. There are specific rules related to the specific versions you use. Also, windows usually recognizes the last version as the default program for specific files. For example, if you install MS Office 2003 first, then install MS Office 2007, you might not be able to access the e-mail from Outlook 2003 without importing the e-mail files into Outlook 2007 (different file formats).
Unless you have a specific requirement for using two versions of MS Office on the same computer, it would be best to uninstall the first version before installing the new version.
AnswerYes. I downloaded PowerPoint 2007 for use of a specific project, although I much prefer the 2003 version. I already had the 2003 version and was able to use both versions in tandem, and keep my 2003 as the default.
A spreadsheet software is a program or application that is used to organize, analyze and store information in a digital worksheet. This type of application is commonly used in financial computations and documentations.
How do you change the background on OpenOffice?
First go to the Page Layout tab in your ribbon.
Next, in the Page Background box, should be a button that says Page Color.
Click it.
A pop up box should appear. Click the Picture Tab.
It should be simple from there.
Nobody. The Open Office suite of programs is 'Open Source' - meaning it's 'owned' by the community of users. The original program is owned by Sun Microsystems - BUT - it was designed so that you - the end-user - can manipulate it to suit your needs.
Is open office similar program to Microsoft access?
Microsoft Access is an individual database program. Open Office is a suite of programs incorporating database, spreadsheet, writing and presentation programs.
Can you use OpenOffice to open and edit a document created by WordPerfect?
Open Office is designed to be compatible with Microsoft's Office software and it can handle most Word documents.
What is the following Open Office Impress views shows more than one slide per screen?
All the versions display several slides at the left. They are all the slides you make in the normal view.
Does open office have a word count?
No, unfortunately, WordPad does NOT have word count...however, if you download the free openoffice.org, then you can use its word count feature.
How do you install OpenOffice on Mac OS X?
The Open Office download (See links below) is a disc image file (.dmg). Double click on the .dmg icon and you are presented with an icon labelled openoffice.org and another icon which is an alias to your Applications folder. Simply drag the openoffice icon onto the Applications folder icon and Open Office will be copied into the Applications folder. Double click on the Open Office icon in your Applications folder to launch Open Office. There is a version of Open Office called Neo Office that is tweaked specifically for Mac OS X.
What is spreadsheet formula in Open Office for dividing?
To do division in Excel you use the front slash character. You can click on the cell you want the formula in, and then you can type it like:
=B1/E4
This will divide the amount in B1 by the amount in E4.
You can use a cell and a value, like this:
=B2/10
or
=200/B5
Advantages of open office impress?
1. Impress is free. Being Open Source - Impress is free to download and make your own modifications. PowerPoint on the other hand can set you back at current prices around £171 or $197 (so why exactly is it almost twice as much in the UK?)
2. Export to Flash. If you want to put your slides online it is pretty hard going in PowerPoint. With Impress you can export your slides to Flash. Sure it is pretty basic and you lose all animation, but it is easy to put online.
3. Eyedropper tool. The eyedropper tool allows you to pick up a colour from an object or from a picture. You can do this in Photoshop, but it means opening up a new application. In Impress it is a tool within the application.
4. Visual indicator on the crop tool. It is pretty easy to crop images from within Impress. You have a measurement of how much you are cropping and you can also see the area to be cropped.
5. You can import PowerPoint files and you can save as PowerPoint.
While not a benefit over PowerPoint it makes it very easy to migrate from PowerPoint to Impress. Microsoft employed this trick in the early 90s when most users migrated from Lotus 1-2-3 to Excel.
How do you insert an upside down question mark in open office?
Alt-Control-Shift-?
or under the insert tab, click on symbol, more symbols, scroll until you locate the upside down question mark.
Who is the open office org creator?
The first incarnation of OpenOffice was originally called 'StarOffice' - created by the German company StarDivision. The program code was bought by Sun Microsystems in 1999.
How do you change the default font in openoffice?
In OpenOffice (LibreOffice, ApacheOffice, etc) Writer:
Format>Styles and Formatting
(a window with a number of styles opens)
Select "Default" style, right-click select "Modify"
(a dialog opens with 12 tabs)
Select the <Font> tab
Make any changes you want.
If you want all some future documents to have a template with these characteristics Save the (empty?) document by choosing File>Templates>Save and saving in the "My Templates" directory.
If you want all new documents to use these characteristics by default you have to Choose File>Templates>Organize
find the My Templates in the list on the left and double-click it.
You will see the user-defined templates in the user directory specified under Tools - Options - LibreOffice - Paths.
Select the template you have just saved and open the context menu (right click) or open the submenu of the Commands button.
Choose Set As Default Template. The next time you open a new text document, the new document will be based on the new default template.
All this is from the F1 help searching for "default templates;changing"
What is the keyboard shortcut for increasing indent in OpenOffice?
go to options or word options from ribbon or file and choose customize ribbon,under customize shortcuts press button Customize..and you have option to assign your own shortcut something its easy for you to remember if you use this often
What is merge cells in open office?
A merged cell is a cell that has been made from two or more cells. This is a facility available in Excel, which can be useful at times. For example you can make one large cell for a heading to spread across several columns or rows of data.
The iPad apps need to be created specifically for the iPad, it will not run standard software, and as yet there is not a version of Open Office available for the iPad.
NOTE:
it will open something made with Microsoft's Office (thus also an Open Office document) using Pages,KeyNote,Numbers which are part of the iWork suite.(I suppose that iWork is not included,you'll have to buy it).
Does Open Office have a similar software as Outlook?
No, OpenOffice does not contain an email client. However, there are many other free email clients available, such as Mozilla Thunderbird, Novell Evolution, and Sylpheed.
What is better Microsoft Excel or Open Office?
It depends on your point of view - they are both equally good programs. They both do the same thing (ie create spreadsheets. The main difference is Excel is a single program, where Open Office is a 'suite' of programs comprising spreadsheet, database, word-processor etc.
Does OpenOffice have a good word processor?
It's a very good word processor. As well as the usual page and text formatting, there's mail-merge facilities and the option to insert picture or drawings into documents. Additionally, you can save files in different formats so they can be read by other programs.
What are the function of open office calc?
OpenOffice.org Calc is the spreadsheet component of the OpenOffice.org software package.
Calc is similar to Microsoft Excel, with a roughly equivalent range of features. Calc is capable of opening and saving most spreadsheets in Microsoft Excel file format. It provides a number of features not present in Excel, including a system that automatically defines series for graphing based on the layout of the user's data. Calc is also capable of writing spreadsheets directly as PDF files.
The default file format for OpenOffice.org Calc (versions 2.x and 3.x) can be set to either Microsoft Excel's native file format or the international standard OpenDocument Format (ODF) ISO/IEC 26300:2006. Calc also supports a wide range of other file formats, for both opening and saving files, such as CSV, HTML, SXC, DBF, DIF, UOF, SLK, SDC and others.[1]
As with the entire OpenOffice.org suite, Calc can be used across a variety of platforms, including Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, Linux, FreeBSD and Solaris. Available under the GNU Lesser General Public License, Calc is free software.
A fork of the OpenOffice product is LibreOffice which has continued development since Oracle stopped. Apache has started a new (resumed) development of Open Office but as of June 2012 it has not yet reached LibreOffice functionality.
When downloaded from the official website or from one of the mirrors it links to, it is perfectly safe.
What is the extension for an Openoffice Excel filename?
It may be .ods, .ots, .sxc, .stc, .dif, .dbf, .slk, .csv or .uos. All these file extensions are of the OpenOffice Format and if your question is what formats OpenOffice supports then, including these formats it also supports: .xls, .xlt and .html formatted Excel Spreadsheets.
