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Advanced Training Course (2 days)

  Day 1   Introduction
a)  Top Ten Reasons to Use Star/OpenOffice
b) Examples of Organisations using it
c) Product Features
d) Differences Between StarOffice and OpenOffice.org

 

Starting Up
a)  Installation of OpenOffice 1.1
b) Switching From Microsoft Office
c) Password-Protecting Documents
d) XML Backbone

 

Writer
a)  Creating a New Writer Document
b) Working with Non-Writer Documents (includes dealing with password protected document)
c) Exporting Writer Documents to Other Formats
d) Searching and Replacing
e) Spellchecking and Hyphenation
f) Bulleting and Numbering
g Page and Section Breaks
h Using Headers and Footers in Basic Documents
i) Page Layout
j) Inserting Graphics
k) Tables
l) Printing in Writer
m) Mail Merge


Writer Exercise: Create a Writer document with the following:

a) Header
b) Footer
c) Table of Contents
d) Tables
e) Images
f) Saving files in PDF Format
g) Opening up MS Word password protected files
h) Mail Merge

 

  Day 2   Calc
a)  Getting Started with Calc
b) Creating a new Calc document
c) Working with Non-Calc Documents
d) Opening an HTML Table in Calc
e) Importing a Text file or Spreadsheet
f) Exporting Calc Spreadsheets to Other Formats
g Adding Sheets to a Spreadsheet
h Renaming Sheets
i) Reordering Sheets
j) Deleting Sheets
k) Resizing and Navigating in the Tab Area
l) Searching and Replacing
m) Working with Columns and Rows
n) Page Setup
o) Calculating and Manipulating Data
p) Entering formulas manually
q) Using the Function Autopilot
r) Using Cell References
s) Sorting Data
t) Filtering Data
u) Inserting Charts
v) Modifying Charts
w) Useful Spreadsheet Tools
x) Protecting Cells From Modification
y) Printing in Calc

Calc Exercise: Create a Calc spreadsheet with the following

a) Formulas
b) Charts
c) Saving files in PDF Format
d) Opening up MS Excel password protected files

 

Impress
a)  Creating a New Impress Presentation
b) Running a Presentation
c) Opening Existing Presentations
d) Creating and Modifying Templates
e) Using Master Views, Foreground/Background Views, and Layers
f) Controlling Workspace Display
g Using the Navigator to Move Among Slides
h Organising Presentations
i) Adding Text
j) Using the Right Slide Layout
k) Using Text and Object Styles
l) Inserting Other Objects and Files
m) Presentation Backgrounds
n) Headers and Footers
o) Adding Movement, Sound, & Special Effects to Objects & Text in Slides
p) Adding Notes and Creating Handouts
q) Delivering a Presentation
r) Printing in Impress

 

 

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