What is OpenOffice.org? Well it is an office suite that is a credible rival for Microsoft office. It includes a faculty for creating text documents with Writer, sorting your finances with the spreadsheet Calc, presenting your ideas with Impress and storing your customer details with the database Base.
Its interface is very similar to Microsoft office suite especially prior to Office 2007 with the introduction of its Ribbon. OpenOffice.org (oOo) lets you open documents and save documents in a wide range of formats including Microsoft Office, TXT, PDF, HTML and XML. It can be installed on any computer platform including Windows, Linux and Mac. There is also a mobile version that can be installed on your USB memory stick. It’s an open source product so it is FREE to use and can be customised to suite your requirements. Currently it is available in 27 languages with more being added by the global community of developers.

You can get you copy from the http://www.openoffice.org website by either downloading it for free or requesting a CD-Rom from one of the many distributors worldwide who may charge a small fee for posting and packaging.

OpenOffice.org comes with a number of applications including

Writer – Word Processing
Calc – Spreadsheet
Base – Database
Draw – Graphics
Impress – Presentation

In my book “How to use OpenOffice Writer 3.3″ you learn how to download, install and use the Word Processing package of the OpenOffice.org office suite. There are also small projects to help you practise and the different aspects of OpenOffice.org writer.

The book is available in the Kindle store, just click on the link to get your copy… “How to use OpenOffice Writer 3.3″