Welcome to OpenOffice.org Support
Welcome to the OpenOffice.org Support area. Listed here are links to OpenOffice.org community Support, commercial support and training, OpenOffice.org books, and general community resources.
If you are a new user to OpenOffice.org and can't get your questioned answered through the on-line Help provided with OpenOffice.org, we recommend that you first take a look at the latest User Guide available for your version, and use the excellent OpenOffice.org FAQ site. The OpenOffice.org forum is another great place to get help!
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
- Documentation Project
Templates, help guides, how-Tos, tutorials and other useful documentation for users - User Help: Frequently Asked Questions
FAQs, information, knowledge base - The OpenOffice.org Community Forum
The premier forum for OpenOffice.org users; immensely useful and recommended - Issue Tracker (bug reporting and lookup) from the OpenOffice.org QA Project
Public issue search but you must register to submit an issue. - Users Mail List (Subscribe / Archives)
OpenOffice.org Project community support provided by a network of hundreds of experienced users. You must be subscribed to post messages. - General OOo Mail Lists
Subscriptions and archives for key OOo lists - Tutorials for OpenOffice.org
Assistance to anyone learning or teaching OpenOffice.org - OOoExtras
Includes templates, samples and macros in several languages. - OpenOffice.org Wiki
Supports development and other kinds of contributions - OpenOffice.org Setup Guides (only 1.x and 2.x available, not generally needed for 3.x)
Free guide from the OpenOffice.org community to setting up OpenOffice.org. - Developer's Guide
Free OpenOffice.org community developer's guide.
- Feature Comparison of Oracle Open Office (OpenOffice.org) and Microsoft Office
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Cost comparisons for Oracle Open Office (OpenOffice.org) and Microsoft Office
This white paper shows the significant cost savings of deploying OpenOffice.org. - 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.
- The (Unofficial) OpenOffice Forum
Discussion site for all things OpenOffice.org - OpenOfficeSchool.org
Free lessons in calc - StarOffice.org
Support from volunteers unaffiliated with StarOffice but familiar with both StarOffice and OpenOffice.org - edafe.org
How-tos, links to helpful documentation, other interesting material - 8daysaweek
General help for users of OpenOffice.org - Macro Guide
Free guide to macros. - LearnOpenOffice.org
Web-based training and streaming video tutorials for OpenOffice.org - In pictures
Pictorial tutorials for OpenOffice.org, and other programs - 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. - OpenOffice.org, ODBC,and MySQL How-To
Free guide to using mySQL as the database with OpenOffice.org.
- OpenOffice.org Consultants Directory
A comprehensive list of consultants offering a variety of services related to OpenOffice.org including professional support and training
Oracle
Professional support for enterprises including bugfixes and enhancements. For consumers, incident based suport.
- 2009Self-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 978-1-921320-07-1. - 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.
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