A slightly dated presentation (2008) done to show how Open source software can be used for task around home. Main task are a greeting card, a picture slideshow, a checkbook, a poster or newsletter. KOffice is now Calligra Suite. OpenOffice and LibraOffice are similar. Many other slideshow / photo management options are available now. Gimp main menu has changed File -> Create -> Logos instead of Xtns -> Logos.
2. Office Suite Projects at Home
The Christmas Card
The Slide Show
Checkbook
Newsletter / Poster
Other Programs
3. Loosely Integrated set of Applications
The Office Suite
Word Processor
Processes words, letters and pages
Spreadsheet
Mostly a calculator
Presentations
Slide Show
Drawing
Vector and Pixel
Database
Address Book
Other Applications
Desktop Publishing
eMail / Calendar
4. Applications
OpenOffice.org
Writer, Impress, Draw, Calc, Base
Koffice
KWord, Kspread, Kpresenter, Kexi, Kivio,
Karbon14, Krita, Kplato, Kugar
GnomeOffice
Abiword, Gnumeric, Evice, Evolution
The GIMP
Scribus
Google Docs
5. The
Version 3 on 13 October 2008
Freedom
NeoOffice for Mac
Suitefrom www.kfacts.com/oooart
6. Making Greeting Cards
Fancy Words
Folding paper to make cards
Clip Art
Side opening, bottom opening
Pictures
Back
Right
inside
Front
Back
Front
Left
inside
Top
Inside
Bottom
Inside
8. Text Blocks
Hashed border for typing
Green squares for frame adjustment
Click on frame border (green squares)
Right click border (with hand)
Select Line
Change frame border
Select Area
Change text background
Select Text
Change text
Green handles move corners and edges
Shift -Preserve aspect ratio
O
D
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9. OOo Draw Text
Drag a rectangle
Type words
Select words
Set font
Set size
Set alignment
De select
Select ( Small Green Squares )
Modify with tools
Rotate
Set in Circle
Set to Circle
Distort
10. Convert to Curve
Right Click
Area...
Gradient
Text
Right Click
Area...
Gradient
Area...
Bitmap
CHRISTMAS
Text
Outline
Shadow
11. OOo Draw
3D Text
Convert to 3D
Right click - 3D Effects
Geometry
Reduce depth
Increase radius
Select (Green handles) then
select again
Allows object rotation
12. Hint : In OOo Writer
View->Toolbars->Fontwork
Double Click to Edit Text
Character font not used
18. Insert curve points
Left mouse to place points
Right mouse to end
Properties -> Shape -> Edit Shape
Move Nodes
Move Control Points
End Editing
19. Text to
Curve
Insert Text Frame
Insert Text Frame
Edit Text
Edit Text
Select Text and Curve
Select Text and Curve
(Shift click)
(Shift click)
Item -> Attach Text to Path
Item -> Attach Text to Path
Properties to adjust curve and text
Save as .png
29. The Slide Show
for Special Events
OOo Impress
Best with Few Pictures
OpenOffice.org Photo Album
Extension
Text, Transitions,
Animations
Photo Albums
gThumb, F-Spot,
digiKam
KPhotoAlbum
Shows picture info
Rearrangeable photos
Videos
KDE Screensaver
31. Add Pictures
From File
Insert -> Picture -> From File
Will overwrite selected picture
Green Squares
Hold shift to scale at fixed aspect ratio
Avoid Links
Check with Edit -> Links ...
Custom Animation for additional pictures
Also, Slide Transitions
Master Pages
Need java media framework (jmf) for video
32. Checkbook – OOo Calc
Checks and Deposits
Maintain total and cleared total
Hide blank lines
36. Newsletter or Poster
Word Processor
Easy image placement
Text flow
Spell check
Optional Text Frames
Desktop Publishing
Accurate color
Accurate placement
Professional printing
37. CD Label
Use OOo Draw
Insert Circles
<F4> or Right Click to
place and size
Apply gradient to
Area
Add Text
Convert to Polygon
Set in Circle and rotate
Add clipart
38. Scribus
Everything is in a frame
Frames are in levels
Properties Dialog
Edit Shape
Use when accurate page
placement is needed
Reads ODT (Text)
40. Document Formats
Open Document Format
.odt - Word processor
.odp - Presentation
.ods - Spreadsheet
.odg - Graphics
zip compressed xml
Rename extension to .zip and uncompress
Content and images
ISO/IEC International Standard (Version 1.0)
on May 3, 2006 OpenDocument unanimously passed
Not OfficeOpen XML (OOXML)
.doc, .ppt, .xls are dead
54. Summary
Office software can be used in typical homes
Greeting cards
Checkbook
Slideshow
Newsletter / Poster
Open Document Format gives options
Many applications use same format
pdf not the answer
55. Please Promote
Open Document
Formats
Think
Others send Microsoft format and expect you to pay
several hundred dollars to view or edit
Only download and install OpenOffice.org
Portable Apps
Upload to Google Docs
Abiword, Koffice alternates
You own and control your data