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How to create slide transitions for presentations using Open Office.org Impress

by Ross McKillop on November 9, 2007

Office

This tutorial will take you through each of the steps involved in creating slide transitions using the free presentation software Impress from Open Office.org. [click to continue...]

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Using the Word Completion feature of OpenOffice.org

by Ross McKillop on November 4, 2007

Office

This overview will explain the various features of OpenOffice.org’s Word Completion - including how to disable it. [click to continue...]

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How to extract the images from a .doc file using OpenOffice.org Writer

by Ross McKillop on November 4, 2007

Office

This brief tutorial will guide you through the steps to extract all of the images from a .doc file. Though the screenshots are specific to OpenOffice.org Writer, the steps are nearly identical for Microsoft Word (including 2007). [click to continue...]

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How to download, install and use Open Office

by Ross McKillop on August 3, 2006

Office Windows

Open Office (officially titled OpenOffice.org) is a free, open source Office Suite - similar to the not-at-all-free Microsoft Office. Open Office includes a word processor (think MS Word), spreadsheet application (think MS Excel), presentation tool (think MS PowerPoint) and more. This tutorial will guide you in downloading, installing and using Open Office - and answer a number of commonly asked questions at the same time… [click to continue...]

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