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OpenOffice.org for Dummies
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Customer Reviews
Rating:  - Not as in depth as I would have liked
Should be more in depth....and along with another reviewer I would like to see more in depth books covering the individual applications...such as the spreadsheet and presentation applications....
Have not had much time to read the whole book but I was not very impressed with the spreadsheet section.....although it is helpfull....I was hoping for more detailed and in depth help....
Rating:  - Helpful
Best book on the subject but spends a lot of time on stuff 90% of us will never use.
Rating:  - Be carefull
All supplied material for review of this book said it was new and up to date but did not give the version number of Open Office that was covered. When I received the book I was frustrated and well into it when I found it was for version 1.1. The Open Office I have is 2.2. The data base portion is not even mentioned in this book. I found that I wasted a lot of time. If any of these books do not show the version number of the program they are working with I would not buy them!
Rating: - good book
Pretty much of a getting started but does talk about many important points.
Though I am very skilled in Excel, Open office is still irritating.
I would buy it again.
Rating:  - Very good, but not as in depth as I would like.
The book covers the major aspects of the software suite, but it really doesn't get into the details of the programs. For that, I recommend a Dummies book on the Microsoft version, since they don't have an in-depth book on the OpenOffice.org version of the software applications. For what it is, an overview of the suite, it is very good. I highly recommend it as a fantastic starting point. I paid a paltry $7 for the book, delivered. How can you go wrong with a price like that? Truth be told, I believe it would have been worth the cover price of $24.99. It is an excellent book to start with, but you'll want to dig deeper after you make it through this book. I hope the authors will consider making full-blown Dummies books for Impress/Presentation, and Calc/Spreadsheet, and the Writer/Text Document applications, too.
I highly recommend OpenOffice.org to all non-profit organizations, as well as for-profit companies: save yourselves $200-$500, per computer, along with the upgrade/compatibility issues, and dump Microsoft. You will be glad you did. Cheers!
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