To open OpenOffice.org applications, select the relevant menu item (such as the OpenOffice.org
Writer icon) from the System menu. In most distributions, there??™s a folder called Office (or something
very similar) located on the system menu as well. Figure 21-1 shows a Microsoft Word
document open for editing in OpenOffice.org Writer.
The controls in Writer are similar to the ones you find in Word. Toolbars include boxes for changing
styles, font types, and font sizes. Buttons let you save and print the file, change the text alignment,
and cut, copy, and paste text. In other words, Writer includes almost everything you expect
in an advanced word processor. In addition, Writer includes a handy PDF button to output a file
directly to the PDF format, which is very useful for exchanging documents or placing data on the
Internet.
Although this book cannot cover all the OpenOffice.org applications, you can try them
out directly from KNOPPIX or most other Linux distributions that offer KDE or GNOME
desktops.
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FIGURE 21-1
Work with Microsoft Word documents in OpenOffice.org Writer.
Other Word Processors
If your distribution does not include the OpenOffice.org suite, or you just want to try something
else, you have some other choices:
StarOffice??”The StarOffice productivity suite contains applications for word processing,
spreadsheets, presentation graphics, e-mail, news, charting, and graphics.
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