Welcome to OpenOffice.org Support
Welcome to the OpenOffice.org Support area. Listed here are links to free community Support, commercial support and training, OpenOffice.org books, and general community resources.
Most of the listings provided here are done so as a courtesy to the providers; they are not necessarily linked to the OpenOffice.org Project and we make no guarantee about their services. If you have a problem or want to compliment them, contact the service provider directly. Where direct links are provided for the purchase of these resources, we are not endorsing any particular resellers, and in most cases they are available from a host of other independent stores near you.
If you are a new user to OpenOffice.org, we recommend that you read the latest User Guide available for your version: located here. Otherwise, feel free to peruse the documents listed below.
In the listings below, each item is preceded by some characters, which indicates the version/s of OpenOffice.org for which it is relevant:
ALL - Indicates that it is relevant for ALL versions of OpenOffice.org
3.x - Indicates that it is relevant for OpenOffice.org 3.0 and later
2.x - Indicates that it is relevant for OpenOffice.org 2.0 to 2.4.1
1.x - Indicates that it is relevant for OpenOffice.org 1.1.5 and earlier
Free Community Support
Commercial
Community
- OOoExtras
Includes templates, samples and macros in several languages.
- OpenOffice.org Wiki
Supports development and other kinds of contributions
Books (Sorted by Date Published)
- 2009OpenOffice.org Extended (Lulu)
The ability to extend the default functionality of OpenOffice.org
using extensions is a boon for users who want to add nifty features to
the productivity suite. But the sheer number of available extensions
inevitably leads to the question: “Which extensions are actually worth
installing?” This book can help you to find the answer to this
question. The book provides a practical introduction to the most
useful OpenOffice.org extensions and shows how to put them to
productive use.
Dmitri Popov, 2009, ISBN: 978-87-993068-1-7.
- 2009Sun Report Builder Guidebook (Lulu)
Learn how to use the powerful Sun Report Builder extension that works with a variety of databases including OpenOffice Base. Compatible with OpenOffice 2.4 and higher.
Dmitri Popov, 2009.
- 2009OpenOffice.org 3 Writer Guide (Lulu)
A free PDF version is also available from the OOo Documentation Project.
The OOoAuthors team, Friends of OpenDocument Inc., January 2009, ISBN 978-1-921320-06-4.
- 2008A Conceptual Guide to OpenOffice.org 3 (Author's site)
Released under the Public Docuemntation License (PDL), Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike and GNU Free Documentation licenses.
Gabriel Gurley, 2008, ISBN: 9780977899166. See also the OpenOffice.org Documentation Project link.
- 2008Getting Started with OpenOffice.org 3 (Lulu)
A free PDF version is also available from the OOo Documentation Project.
The OOoAuthors team, Friends of OpenDocument Inc., October 2008, ISBN 978-1-921320-05-7.
- 2008OpenOffice 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, 2008, ISBN 978-87-993068-0-0.
- 2008Getting Started with OpenOffice.org 2.x <Fourth Edition> (Lulu)
A free PDF version is also available from the OOo Documentation Project.
The OOoAuthors team, Friends of OpenDocument Inc., May 2008, ISBN 978-1-921320-04-0.
- 2008OpenOffice.org 2.x Draw Guide <Second Edition> (Lulu)
A free PDF version is also available from the OOo Documentation Project.
The OOoAuthors team, Friends of OpenDocument Inc., April 2008, ISBN 978-1-921320-03-3.
- 2008Writer for Writers and Advanced Users ( Lulu)
Learn how to design book templates, format bibliographies, digitally sign documents and much, much more.
Dmitri Popov, 2008, ISBN: 978-1-4116-8038-8
- 2007A Conceptual Guide to OpenOffice.org 2.0 for Windows and Linux (Buy from author, Amazon, Barnes and Noble)
Education institutions: More information at author's website.
Gabriel Gurley, Concise Concepts, Inc., 2007, ISBN: 9780977899159.
- 2007Quick Start Cards (BrainStorm, Inc.)
6-page, tri-folded cards for a quick reference on basic and intermediate tasks in Writer, Calc and Impress 2.X.
- 2007OpenOffice.org 2.x Impress Guide (Lulu)
A free PDF version is also available from the OOo Documentation Project.
The OOoAuthors team, Friends of OpenDocument Inc., May 2007, ISBN
978-1-9213-2001-9.
- 2007OpenOffice.org 2.x Writer Guide <Third Edition> (Lulu)
A free PDF version is also available from the OOo Documentation Project.
The OOoAuthors team, Friends of OpenDocument Inc., February 2007, ISBN 978-1-9213-2000-2.
- 2006Learn OpenOffice.org Spreadsheet Macro Programming: OOoBasic and Calc Automation (Buy from publisher)
Dr Mark Alexander Bain, December 2006 ISBN 9781847190970
- 2006OpenOffice.org 2 Guidebook
(Buy from Amazon or
publisher)
Solveig Haugland, 2006, ISBN 9780974312029.
- 2006Learning OpenOffice.org for Windows (e-book) (Webskills4u)
A free preview is available at the publisher's website.
Walter Ditch, webskills4u.com, 2006, ISBN 09781905724000.
- 2006OpenOffice.org 2.0 Migration Guide (Lulu)
A free PDF version is also available from the OOo Documentation Project.
the OOoAuthors team, Friends of OpenDocument Inc., May 2006, ISBN 978-1-4116-9388-3.
- 2006Hacking Openoffice.org: Tips, Tricks, and Untold Secrets (Buy from Amazon or publisher)
Bruce Byfield, No Starch Press, 2006, ISBN 1593270720.
- 2006OpenOffice.org 2.x Cluesheets (Buy from publisher)
Set of two-page, quick reference cards that provide easy-to-read how-to instructions for the key tasks. 2006.
- 2006OpenOffice.org 2.x Resource Kit
Solveig Haugland and Floyd Jones, Prentice Hall, 2006, ISBN 013148205X; not
published, replaced by OpenOffice.org 2 Guidebook.
- 2005Sams Teach Yourself OpenOffice.org 2, Firefox and Thunderbird for Windows All in One (Buy from Amazon or publisher)
Greg Perry, Sams, 2005, ISBN 0672328089.
- 2005Point & Click OpenOffice.org (Buy from Amazon or publisher)
Robin Miller, Prentice Hall, 2005, ISBN 0131879928.
- 2004OpenOffice.org Writer: The Free Alternative to Microsoft Word, O'Reilly Community Press, ISBN 0596008260
(Buy from Amazon.com or publisher.) A power user's guide to OpenOffice.org Writer. 234 pp. 26 September 2004.
- 2004Sams Teach Yourself OpenOffice.org All in One
"A well-illustrated introduction for the non-technical reader"--TechBook Report. September 2004
- 2004 OpenOffice.org 1.1 Resource Kit
A comprehensive guide to OpenOffice.org, with CD of the software. 1020 pages. August 2004.
- 2004 OpenOffice.org Macros Explained
Introduction to macro programming in OpenOffice.org. 300 pages. August 2004.
- 2004The Tiny Guide to OpenOffice.org
Pocket reference to OpenOffice.org. 150 pages. June 2004.
- 2003OpenOffice.org for Dummies (Buy from Amazon or publisher)
A beginner's guide to OpenOffice.org, with CD of the software. 359 pages. November 2003.
- 2003OOoSwitch: 501 Things You Want to Know About Switching to OpenOffice.org from Microsoft Office
(Buy from Amazon or from the publisher)
Guide to using OpenOffice.org with emphasis on the transition from Microsoft Office. 311 pages. September 2003.
- 2003OpenOffice.org Resource Kit (Buy from Amazon or publisher, with free PDF supplement)
Comprehensive guide to OpenOffice.org, with CD of the software. 1020 pages. February 2003.
- 2002Special Edition StarOffice 6.0 (Buy from Amazon or publisher)
Comprehensive guide to StarOffice. 1180 pages. December 2002.
- 2002StarOffice 6.0 Companion (Buy from Amazon or publisher)
Comprehensive guide to StarOffice. 1100 pages. September 2002.
- 2002OpenOffice.org 1.1.1 Cluesheets (Buy from Amazon)
Set of two-page, quick reference cards that provide easy-to-read how-to instructions for the key tasks. July 2002.
Free Resources Available Online (Alphabetical)
- Developer's Guide
Free OpenOffice.org community developer's guide.
- Guide to OpenOffice.org Writer
Free guide to using Writer.
- Macro Guide
Free guide to macros.
- 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.
- OOo User Guide
Free OpenOffice.org user's guide.
- OpenOffice.org community tutorials and other information.
These items provide directions for doing one or more specific tasks, such as creating a presentation or doing a mail merge.
- OpenOffice.org, ODBC,and MySQL How-To
Free guide to using mySQL as the database with OpenOffice.org.
- OpenOffice.org Setup Guide
Free guide from the OpenOffice.org community to setting up OpenOffice.org.
- Sun Programmer's Guide to StarOffice and OpenOffice.org
Free programmer's guide to the API from Sun.
- Migration Overview: Microsoft Office to OpenOffice.org
This white paper will help you create an effective migration plan to OpenOffice.org from Microsoft Office, pointing out best practices, tips and tricks and providing workarounds for common migraiton issues.
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Total Cost of Ownership for OpenOffice.org, StarOffice and Microsoft Office
This white paper shows the significant cost savings of deploying OpenOffice.org or StarOffice. The white paper also provides a model so customers can perform their own cost-benefit analysis.
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