Books about OpenOffice

The following list of books may be of interest to OpenOffice users. Authors and publishers who wish to see their book listed here are encouraged to send these details to our public dev mailing list for consideration. Although we do not endorse books, we are glad to offer this listing as a service to the community. We would also be interested in interviewing book authors for our Apache OpenOffice blog.

2016 Ik wil... metOpenOffice aan het werk (Ipaa Service) - Book is in Dutch language only!
In Netherlands language by Gerrit Bruijnes, publisher Ipaa Service, February 2016, ISBN 978-9072445513
Introductie in alle apps van OpenOffice 4.x. Plus een naslagwerk rond vijftien thema's zoals correspondentie, (e)mailingen, presenteren, een c.v. schrijven, gegevensbeheer, financiële administratie en meer. Het boek wordt doorlopend geactualiseerd als een nieuwe versie van de software daar aanleiding toe geeft.
2013 Taming Apache OpenOffice: Getting Started (Lulu)
Jean Hollis Weber, Friends of OpenDocument, Inc., May 2013, ISBN 978-1921320323
This book is for anyone who wants to get up to speed quickly with Apache OpenOffice.org 3.4. It introduces Writer (word processing), Calc (spreadsheets), Impress (presentations), Draw (vector drawings), Math (equation editor) and Base (database), as well as common features including styles, templates, printing, a gallery of graphics, and macros.
2012 Open Office Basic: An Introduction (Amazon)
Prof. James Steinberg, Gold Turtle Publishing, December 2012, ISBN 978-1481270939
This book starts by giving an overview of the language and its structure, before detailing the various commands and functions that are available in OpenOffice.org Basic.
2012 OpenOffice 3.4 Volume I: Writer (Amazon)
Christopher N. Cain and Riley W. Walker, Quantum Scientific Publishing, November 2012, ISBN 978-1480224322
The OpenOffice series provides step-by-step instructions on navigating basic, as well as advanced features within the Apache OpenOffice 3.4.
2012 OpenOffice 3.4 Volume II: Calc (Amazon)
Christopher N. Cain and Riley W. Walker, Quantum Scientific Publishing, November 2012, ISBN 978-1480224346
The OpenOffice series provides step-by-step instructions on navigating basic, as well as advanced features within the Apache OpenOffice 3.4.
2012 OpenOffice 3.4 Volume III: Base (Amazon)
Christopher N. Cain and Riley W. Walker, Quantum Scientific Publishing, November 2012, ISBN 978-1480224360
The OpenOffice series provides step-by-step instructions on navigating basic, as well as advanced features within the Apache OpenOffice 3.4.
2012 OpenOffice 3.4 Volume IV: Impress (Amazon)
Christopher N. Cain and Riley W. Walker, Quantum Scientific Publishing, November 2012, ISBN 978-1480224384
The OpenOffice series provides step-by-step instructions on navigating basic, as well as advanced features within the Apache OpenOffice 3.4.
2011 Beginning OpenOffice Calc (Amazon)
Jacek Artymiak, Apress, September 2011, ISBN 978-1430231592
Covers topics from setting up simple spreadsheets to business forecasting.
2011 OpenOffice.org 3.3 Draw Guide (Lulu)
A free PDF version is also available from the Documentation wiki.
The OOoAuthors team, Friends of OpenDocument Inc., August 2011, ISBN 978-1921320187.
2011 OpenOffice.org 3.3 Math Guide (Lulu)
A free PDF version is also available from the Documentation wiki.
The OOoAuthors team, Friends of OpenDocument Inc., August 2011.
2011 OpenOffice.org 3.3 Impress Guide (Lulu)
A free PDF version is also available from the Documentation wiki.
The OOoAuthors team, Friends of OpenDocument Inc., June 2011, ISBN 978-1921320170.
2011 OpenOffice.org 3.3 Calc Guide (Lulu)
A free PDF version is also available from the Documentation wiki.
The OOoAuthors team, Friends of OpenDocument Inc., May 2011. ISBN 978-1921320149.
2011 OpenOffice.org 3.3 Writer Guide (Lulu)
A free PDF version is also available from the Documentation wiki.
The OOoAuthors team, Friends of OpenDocument Inc., February 2011, ISBN 978-1921320132.
2010 Getting Started with OpenOffice.org 3.3 (Lulu)
A free PDF version is also available from the Documentation wiki.
The OOoAuthors team, Friends of OpenDocument Inc., November 2010, ISBN 978-1921320118.
2010 OpenOffice Basic Crash Course (Lulu)
Learn how to use the OpenOffice.org Basic programming language to automate the suite's applications and create nifty solutions. No programming experience required.
Dmitri Popov, 2010, ISBN 978-8799306800.
2010 Writer for Writers and Advanced Users (Lulu)
Learn how to design book templates, format bibliographies, digitally sign documents and much, much more.
Dmitri Popov, 2010, ISBN: 978-1411680388.
2010 Sun Report Builder Guidebook (Lulu)
Learn how to use the powerful Sun Report Builder extension that works with a variety of databases including OpenOffice Base.
Dmitri Popov, 2010.
2010 Writer's Tools Manual (Lulu)
Covers all the important topics to help you to get the most out of the Writer's Tools extension for OpenOffice.org.
Dmitri Popov, 2010.
2009 Self-publishing using OOo3 Writer (Lulu)
How to use free software to write, design, and create PDFs for print-on-demand books.
Jean Hollis Weber, October 2009, ISBN 978-1921320071.
2008 Quick Start Cards (BrainStorm, Inc.)
6-page, tri-folded cards for a quick reference on basic and intermediate tasks in Writer, Calc and Impress.
2008 Beginning OpenOffice 3: From Novice to Professional (Amazon)
Andy Channelle, 2008, Apress, ISBN 978-1430215905.
2006 OASIS OpenDocument Essentials--Using OASIS OpenDocument XML Free introduction to the XML that serves as the native internal format of OpenOffice.org, an open source, cross-platform office suite.
J. David Eisenberg, 2006.